Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 14:46:32 | 21 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 14:55:34 | 21 | 20 | 8 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 15:12:44 | 21 | 16 | 1 |
| 4 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 15:23:50 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 17:07:47 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
| 6 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 21:09:52 | 21 | 10 | 16 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 21:32:32 | 21 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 21:38:21 | 21 | 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 22:27:41 | 21 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 02:23:23 | 21 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 33 | Akira Ryo | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 02:36:35 | 21 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 03:29:13 | 21 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 04:11:48 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 07:47:42 | 21 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 11:04:48 | 21 | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | 30 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 11:44:55 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 13:25:05 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 19:17:56 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 | 84 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | 20:49:08 | 21 | 0 | 22 |
| 20 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 03:05:51 | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| 21 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 16:37:03 | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 12:47:04 | 3 | 0 | 17 |