The top seven riders on the timesheet used qualifying tyres to set their best laps, although fastest man Jorge Lorenzo also recorded a best of 1min 39.59secs on race tyres - over half a second under Dani Pedrosa's lap record in Sunday's race.
Some riders will remain at
Jerez for a second day of testing on Tuesday.
Round three of the 2008 world championship will take place at Estoril on April 13.
1.
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M)
1min 38.679 secs
2.
Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B)
1min 39.117 secs
3.
Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B)
1min 39.218 secs
4.
Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M)
1min 39.484 secs
5.
John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B)
1min 39.569 secs
6.
Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B)
1min 39.747 secs
7.
Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B)
1min 40.034 secs
8.
Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M)
1min 40.116 secs
9.
Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M)
1min 40.389 secs
10.
Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Scot Team (M)
1min 40.394 secs
11.
Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B)
1min 40.534 secs
12.
Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B)
1min 41.308 secs
13.
Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B)
1min 41.396 secs
14.
Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B)
1min 42.132 secs
15.
Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B)
1min 42.240 secs
16.
Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Test Rider (B)
1min 42.562 secs
17.
Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B)
1min 42.624 secs
2008 Spanish Grand Prix:
Pole position: Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha (M)
1min 38.189secs
Fastest lap by manufacturer:
Honda: Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (M)
1min 40.116secs
Yamaha: Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha (B)
1min 40.192secs
Suzuki: Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki (B)
1min 40.402secs
Kawasaki: John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing (B)
1min 41.336secs
Ducati: Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro (B)
1min 41.386secs