Race held at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
Makoto Tamada
|
Camel Honda | Honda | 43'43.220 | 24 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 43'49.388 | 24 | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 43'56.616 | 24 | 16 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 43'58.655 | 24 | 13 | 10 |
| 5 | 33 |
Marco Melandri
|
Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 44'06.797 | 24 | 11 | 6 | |
| 6 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 44'10.598 | 24 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 44'19.054 | 24 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | 50 |
Neil Hodgson
|
D'antin MotoGP | 44'31.196 | 24 | 8 | 17 | |
| 9 | 11 |
Ruben Xaus
|
D'antin MotoGP | 44'33.101 | 24 | 7 | 18 | |
| 10 | 66 |
Alexander Hofmann
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 44'39.327 | 24 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | 19 |
Olivier Jacque
|
Moriwaki Racing | 45'04.457 | 24 | 5 | 21 | |
| 12 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 45'10.903 | 24 | 4 | 20 |
| 13 | 67 |
Shane Byrne
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 43'49.679 | 23 | 3 | 23 |
| 14 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Project U FRS | 44'09.067 | 23 | 2 | 22 | |
| 15 | 41 |
Youichi Iu
|
WCM | 45'35.870 | 23 | 1 | 24 | |
| 1 | 12 |
Troy Bayliss
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 34'50.308 | 19 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 17 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 16'30.965 | 9 | 0 | 15 | |
| 3 | 72 |
Tohru Ukawa
|
HRC | Honda | 14'45.557 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Camel Honda | Honda | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | 45 |
Colin Edwards
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 7 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 9 | 69 |
Nicky Hayden
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Twin Ring Motegi motorcycle circuit