Course disputée sur le circuit de Suzuka
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 44'13.182 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | 44'19.627 | 21 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 44'21.391 | 21 | 16 | 15 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 44'26.391 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | 44'36.281 | 21 | 11 | 13 |
| 6 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | 44'42.222 | 21 | 10 | 9 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 44'42.308 | 21 | 9 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | 44'43.708 | 21 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | D\'antin MotoGP | 44'46.629 | 21 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 44'53.382 | 21 | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 44'57.972 | 21 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | 45'16.540 | 21 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | 45'17.132 | 21 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | 45'17.267 | 21 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | 45'23.172 | 21 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | 45'29.754 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | 45'30.562 | 21 | 0 | 23 |
| 18 | 48 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki Racing Team | 45'36.787 | 21 | 0 | 18 |
| 19 | 25 | Tamaki Serizawa | Moriwaki Racing | 45'48.641 | 21 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | 46'10.310 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Racing | 25'27.018 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 15'39.663 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 23 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 13'01.002 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 24 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 4'21.492 | 2 | 0 | 11 |