Race held at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 44'18.913 | 24 | 25 | 5 |
| 2 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'20.554 | 24 | 20 | 6 |
| 3 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 44'26.585 | 24 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'37.033 | 24 | 13 | 7 |
| 5 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 44'43.949 | 24 | 11 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 44'48.114 | 24 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 44'51.815 | 24 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 44'52.200 | 24 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 44'54.862 | 24 | 7 | 13 | |
| 10 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 44'56.268 | 24 | 6 | 10 | |
| 11 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 45'07.952 | 24 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 45 |
Wataru Yoshikawa
|
Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 45'08.094 | 24 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 45'08.502 | 24 | 3 | 20 | |
| 14 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 45'10.984 | 24 | 2 | 16 |
| 15 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 45'11.093 | 24 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 45'19.398 | 24 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | 8 |
Garry McCoy
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 45'21.145 | 24 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27'54.715 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 14'59.756 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 48 |
Akira Yanagawa
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 11'23.416 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 9'23.155 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 20 |
Pere Riba
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 24 | 0 | 22 |
Twin Ring Motegi motorcycle circuit