Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | 43'29.146 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | 43'32.812 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | 43'38.445 | 21 | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 43'48.215 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | 43'50.301 | 21 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 43'50.414 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 43'51.027 | 21 | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 43'51.313 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | 43'52.296 | 21 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | 44'01.761 | 21 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 44'03.104 | 21 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 44'13.448 | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | D\'antin MotoGP | 44'24.381 | 21 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | 71 | Yukio Kagayama | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 44'38.726 | 21 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | 44'39.522 | 21 | 1 | 18 |
| 16 | 24 | Garry McCoy | MS Aprilia Racing | 44'45.280 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Project U FRS | 45'24.243 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | 77 | James Ellison | WCM | 43'30.948 | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 19 | 41 | Youichi Iu | WCM | 44'00.615 | 20 | 0 | 24 |
| 20 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 19'46.896 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | 36 | James Haydon | Proton Team KR | 18'14.771 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 22 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | 15'19.145 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 23 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D\'antin MotoGP | 13'51.991 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 24 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 4'17.891 | 2 | 0 | 8 |