Race held at the Assen circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 38'49.425 | 19 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 38'51.658 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 38'59.107 | 19 | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 39'02.733 | 19 | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 39'21.811 | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| 6 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 39'22.703 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 39'24.888 | 19 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 39'25.044 | 19 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 39'26.868 | 19 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 39'37.525 | 19 | 6 | 15 | |
| 11 | 66 |
Alexander Hofmann
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 39'37.750 | 19 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 39'38.796 | 19 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 39'41.183 | 19 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 40'01.215 | 19 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | 33 |
Akira Ryo
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 42'03.824 | 19 | 1 | 21 |
| 1 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 23'12.299 | 11 | 0 | 13 | |
| 2 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 16'37.635 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 12'31.917 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 12'30.561 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 8'19.787 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 20 |
Pere Riba
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 6'37.158 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
Assen motorcycle circuit