Race held at the Phakisa Freeway circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'39.467 | 28 | 25 | 3 |
| 2 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'40.399 | 28 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 44'47.726 | 28 | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 45'06.429 | 28 | 13 | 14 |
| 5 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 45'06.694 | 28 | 11 | 7 |
| 6 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 45'07.356 | 28 | 10 | 9 |
| 7 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 45'09.682 | 28 | 9 | 15 |
| 8 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 45'10.248 | 28 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 45'23.263 | 28 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | 8 |
Garry McCoy
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 45'24.968 | 28 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 45'46.405 | 28 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 45'59.027 | 28 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | 20 |
Pere Riba
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 45'59.324 | 28 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 46'10.986 | 28 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 46'12.192 | 28 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 45'09.539 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 41'57.572 | 26 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 17'03.080 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 11'26.185 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |
| 4 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 8'31.745 | 5 | 0 | 16 |