Course disputée sur le circuit de Le Mans
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 44'22.750 | 28 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | 44'24.421 | 28 | 20 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | 44'24.658 | 28 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | 44'27.022 | 28 | 13 | 4 |
| 5 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 44'38.505 | 28 | 11 | 5 |
| 6 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 44'40.975 | 28 | 10 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | 44'50.406 | 28 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | 44'54.280 | 28 | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | 44'55.914 | 28 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 45'02.262 | 28 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 45'10.375 | 28 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 45'34.890 | 28 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | 45'46.141 | 28 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | D\'antin MotoGP | 44'23.773 | 27 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | 44'24.402 | 27 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | 44'24.563 | 27 | 0 | 22 |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Project U FRS | 44'33.360 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | 28'11.931 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| 19 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 25'48.584 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | 8'15.468 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 21 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D\'antin MotoGP | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| 22 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 23 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |