Race held at the Suzuka circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 49'32.766 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 33 |
Akira Ryo
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 49'34.316 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 49'41.119 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 72 |
Shinichi Itoh
|
Team HRC | Honda | 49'43.595 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 49'53.189 | 21 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 50'05.025 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 50'12.399 | 21 | 9 | 15 | |
| 8 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 49'40.232 | 20 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 49'44.518 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 49'48.895 | 20 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 50'07.870 | 20 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 51'42.424 | 16 | 4 | 18 |
| 1 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 42'42.787 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 40'37.832 | 17 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 38'06.619 | 16 | 0 | 21 | |
| 4 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 29'31.616 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28'31.644 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 14'35.858 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 14'35.560 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 11'03.858 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |
| 9 | 8 |
Garry McCoy
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 5'04.167 | 2 | 0 | 17 |