Course disputée sur le circuit de Le Mans
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 34'22.335 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 34'22.552 | 21 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 34'22.939 | 21 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 34'24.036 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 34'30.799 | 21 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 34'32.547 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 34'34.772 | 21 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 34'37.566 | 21 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 34'39.490 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 34'44.182 | 21 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 34'47.456 | 21 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 34'48.254 | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 34'48.562 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 18 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 34'49.346 | 21 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 34'52.677 | 21 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | 30 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 34'58.909 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 21'46.291 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 18'03.329 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 16'45.980 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 13'05.043 | 8 | 0 | 2 |