Race held at the Laguna-seca circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 |
Nicky Hayden
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 45'15.374 | 32 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |
Colin Edwards
|
Gauloise Yamaha | Yamaha | 45'17.315 | 32 | 20 | 5 |
| 3 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Gauloise Yamaha | Yamaha | 45'17.686 | 32 | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 |
Max Biaggi
|
Honda Racing Corporation | Honda | 45'19.590 | 32 | 13 | 7 |
| 5 | 15 |
Sete Gibernau
|
Honda Gresini | Honda | 45'19.852 | 32 | 11 | 13 |
| 6 | 12 |
Troy Bayliss
|
Honda Pons | Honda | 45'37.755 | 32 | 10 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 |
Makoto Tamada
|
Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 45'37.867 | 32 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 |
John Hopkins
|
Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 45'38.522 | 32 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | 56 |
Shinya Nakano
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 45'38.999 | 32 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 45'41.497 | 32 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 11 |
Ruben Xaus
|
Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 45'58.886 | 32 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 66 |
Alexander Hofmann
|
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 46'06.331 | 32 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 24 |
Toni Elias
|
Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 46'06.717 | 32 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | 10 |
Kenny Jr Roberts
|
Team Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 46'29.123 | 32 | 2 | 12 |
| 15 | 67 |
Shane Byrne
|
Team Roberts | 46'39.630 | 32 | 1 | 19 | |
| 16 | 77 |
James Ellison
|
Blata WCM | 46'39.898 | 32 | 0 | 20 | |
| 17 | 27 |
Franco Battaini
|
Blata WCM | 46'20.215 | 31 | 0 | 21 | |
| 1 | 44 |
Roberto Rolfo
|
Team d\'Antin Pramac | 43'19.959 | 30 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2 | 7 |
Carlos Checa
|
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 11'28.318 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 |
Alex Barros
|
Camel Honda | Honda | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 33 |
Marco Melandri
|
Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | 0 | 11 |