Course disputée sur le circuit de Suzuka
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 49'32.766 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 33 | Akira Ryo | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 49'34.316 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 49'41.119 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 72 | Shinichi Itoh | Team HRC | 49'43.595 | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 49'53.189 | 21 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 50'05.025 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 50'12.399 | 21 | 9 | 15 |
| 8 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 49'40.232 | 20 | 8 | 19 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 49'44.518 | 20 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 49'48.895 | 20 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 50'07.870 | 20 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 51'42.424 | 16 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 42'42.787 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 40'37.832 | 17 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 38'06.619 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 29'31.616 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 28'31.644 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 14'35.858 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 14'35.560 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 11'03.858 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 5'04.167 | 2 | 0 | 17 |