Race held at the Sepang International Circuit circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 43'29.146 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Camel Honda | Honda | 43'32.812 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 43'38.445 | 21 | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | 69 |
Nicky Hayden
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 43'48.215 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 |
Makoto Tamada
|
Camel Honda | Honda | 43'50.301 | 21 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 43'50.414 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 43'51.027 | 21 | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 43'51.313 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | Yamaha | 43'52.296 | 21 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 |
Troy Bayliss
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 44'01.761 | 21 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 45 |
Colin Edwards
|
Telefonica Movistar Honda | Honda | 44'03.104 | 21 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 17 |
Norifumi Abe
|
Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 44'13.448 | 21 | 4 | 16 | |
| 13 | 11 |
Ruben Xaus
|
D'antin MotoGP | 44'24.381 | 21 | 3 | 15 | |
| 14 | 71 |
Yukio Kagayama
|
Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 44'38.726 | 21 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | 99 |
Jeremy McWilliams
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 44'39.522 | 21 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | 24 |
Garry McCoy
|
MS Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 44'45.280 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | 9 |
Nobuatsu Aoki
|
Project U FRS | 45'24.243 | 21 | 0 | 21 | |
| 18 | 77 |
James Ellison
|
WCM | 43'30.948 | 20 | 0 | 23 | |
| 19 | 41 |
Youichi Iu
|
WCM | 44'00.615 | 20 | 0 | 24 | |
| 1 | 33 |
Marco Melandri
|
Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 19'46.896 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2 | 36 |
James Haydon
|
Proton Team KR | 18'14.771 | 8 | 0 | 22 | |
| 3 | 66 |
Alexander Hofmann
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 15'19.145 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | 50 |
Neil Hodgson
|
D'antin MotoGP | 13'51.991 | 6 | 0 | 17 | |
| 5 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 4'17.891 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Sepang International Circuit motorcycle circuit