Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 44'01.592 | 21 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 44'02.134 | 21 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 44'03.164 | 21 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 44'03.830 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 44'10.067 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| 6 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 44'24.592 | 21 | 10 | 16 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 44'25.952 | 21 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 44'26.301 | 21 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 44'29.261 | 21 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 44'43.403 | 21 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 33 | Akira Ryo | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 44'44.195 | 21 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 44'47.353 | 21 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 44'49.908 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 45'02.862 | 21 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 45'14.688 | 21 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | 30 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 45'17.095 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 45'23.105 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 45'44.276 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | 84 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | 45'49.748 | 21 | 0 | 22 |
| 20 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 39'00.351 | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 23'58.623 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 6'28.024 | 3 | 0 | 17 |