Course disputée sur le circuit de Twin Ring Motegi
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 06:08:19 | 24 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda Racing Corporation | 06:32:58 | 24 | 20 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | 10:38:46 | 24 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | 12:17:27 | 24 | 13 | 9 |
| 5 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 15:21:51 | 24 | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloise Yamaha | 15:50:14 | 24 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 18:53:13 | 24 | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 21:49:57 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Toni Elias | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 02:08:56 | 24 | 7 | 17 |
| 10 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 08:30:26 | 24 | 6 | 19 |
| 11 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | 01:01:50 | 23 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | 07:25:18 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloise Yamaha | 04:57:53 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda Gresini | 04:41:59 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda Gresini | 00:37:40 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 06:19:51 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | 72 | Tohru Ukawa | Moriwaki Racing | 05:50:19 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | 16:52:40 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d\'Antin Pramac | 16:46:35 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | 45 | Naoki Matsudo | Moriwaki Racing | 01:00:00 | 0 | 0 | 18 |