Race held at the Le Mans circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 34'22.335 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 34'22.552 | 21 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 34'22.939 | 21 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 34'24.036 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 34'30.799 | 21 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 34'32.547 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| 7 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 34'34.772 | 21 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 34'37.566 | 21 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 34'39.490 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 34'44.182 | 21 | 6 | 6 | |
| 11 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 34'47.456 | 21 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 34'48.254 | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 34'48.562 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 18 |
Jean-Michel Bayle
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 34'49.346 | 21 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 34'52.677 | 21 | 1 | 17 | |
| 16 | 30 |
Jose Luis Cardoso
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 34'58.909 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 1 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 21'46.291 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 18'03.329 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 16'45.980 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 13'05.043 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
Le Mans motorcycle circuit