Course disputée sur le circuit de Nelson Piquet
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 49'09.516 | 24 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 49'11.190 | 24 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 49'28.280 | 24 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 49'34.275 | 24 | 13 | 15 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 49'41.870 | 24 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 49'43.876 | 24 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 49'53.766 | 24 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 50'06.666 | 24 | 8 | 18 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 50'19.503 | 24 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 50'27.127 | 24 | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | 30 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 50'30.353 | 24 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 51'00.290 | 24 | 4 | 10 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 49'15.451 | 23 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 50'44.086 | 23 | 2 | 14 |
| 15 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 46'11.673 | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 32'50.552 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 8'33.600 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 6'34.324 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 2'12.931 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 0 | 0 | 6 |