Race held at the Nelson Piquet circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 49'09.516 | 24 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 49'11.190 | 24 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 49'28.280 | 24 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 49'34.275 | 24 | 13 | 15 |
| 5 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
West Honda Pons | Honda | 49'41.870 | 24 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 6 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 49'43.876 | 24 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 49'53.766 | 24 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 50'06.666 | 24 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 17 |
Jurgen van den Goorbergh
|
Kanemoto Racing | 50'19.503 | 24 | 7 | 8 | |
| 10 | 8 |
Garry McCoy
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 50'27.127 | 24 | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | 30 |
Jose Luis Cardoso
|
Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | Yamaha | 50'30.353 | 24 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 51'00.290 | 24 | 4 | 10 | |
| 13 | 31 |
Tetsuya Harada
|
Pramac Honda Racing Team | Honda | 49'15.451 | 23 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 50'44.086 | 23 | 2 | 14 |
| 1 | 55 |
Regis Laconi
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 46'11.673 | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 32'50.552 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 8'33.600 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | Yamaha | 6'34.324 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2'12.931 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | 74 |
Daijiro Kato
|
Fortuna Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | 0 | 6 |