Race held at the Sachsenring circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 43'32.783 | 30 | 25 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 43'33.513 | 30 | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 43'33.883 | 30 | 16 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 43'35.113 | 30 | 13 | 10 |
| 5 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 43'35.526 | 30 | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 43'35.563 | 30 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 43'48.221 | 30 | 9 | 7 | |
| 8 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 43'51.763 | 30 | 8 | 13 | |
| 9 | 8 |
Garry McCoy
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 43'52.052 | 30 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | 66 |
Alexander Hofmann
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 44'07.316 | 30 | 6 | 18 |
| 11 | 33 |
Akira Ryo
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 44'07.375 | 30 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 44'18.187 | 30 | 4 | 17 | |
| 13 | 30 |
Jose Luis Cardoso
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 44'49.243 | 30 | 3 | 19 |
| 1 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 39'13.034 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 39'12.842 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 36'50.706 | 25 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 23'48.595 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 14'38.831 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 14'38.754 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | 51 |
Yukio Kagayama
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 14'38.540 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
Sachsenring motorcycle circuit