Race held at the Nelson Piquet circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'36.633 | 24 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 44'39.742 | 24 | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 |
Makoto Tamada
|
Pramac Racing | 44'43.931 | 24 | 16 | 9 | |
| 4 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Camel Pramac Pons | 44'45.868 | 24 | 13 | 4 | |
| 5 | 69 |
Nicky Hayden
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'47.798 | 24 | 11 | 7 |
| 6 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 44'51.459 | 24 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
Camel Pramac Pons | 44'53.994 | 24 | 9 | 8 | |
| 8 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
D'antin MotoGP | 44'57.872 | 24 | 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 44'58.155 | 24 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | 12 |
Troy Bayliss
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 44'59.604 | 24 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | 33 |
Marco Melandri
|
Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 45'09.543 | 24 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 45'16.769 | 24 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 45 |
Colin Edwards
|
Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 45'30.732 | 24 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 41 |
Noriyuki Haga
|
Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 45'33.867 | 24 | 2 | 19 |
| 15 | 23 |
Ryuichi Kiyonari
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 45'34.311 | 24 | 1 | 15 |
| 16 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
Proton Team KR | 45'42.702 | 24 | 0 | 20 | |
| 17 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 45'46.077 | 24 | 0 | 18 |
| 18 | 88 |
Andrew Pitt
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 45'59.096 | 24 | 0 | 21 |
| 19 | 52 |
David De Gea
|
WCM | 44'54.808 | 23 | 0 | 22 | |
| 1 | 8 |
Garry McCoy
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 26'49.708 | 14 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Proton Team KR | 21'18.796 | 11 | 0 | 17 | |
| 3 | 35 |
Chris Burns
|
WCM | 18'33.563 | 8 | 0 | 23 | |
| 4 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 13'37.459 | 7 | 0 | 14 |