Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 05:18:43 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloise Yamaha | 05:52:02 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | 05:53:12 | 21 | 16 | 8 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 07:52:30 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda Gresini | 09:43:29 | 21 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda Racing Corporation | 09:59:09 | 21 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 10:06:12 | 21 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | 10:22:24 | 21 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 10:54:08 | 21 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloise Yamaha | 11:29:58 | 21 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 24 | Toni Elias | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 13:36:19 | 21 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | 19:39:55 | 21 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d\'Antin Pramac | 23:28:08 | 21 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | 67 | Shane Byrne | Team Roberts | 03:17:09 | 21 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 03:21:19 | 21 | 1 | 16 |
| 16 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | 13:30:05 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | 77 | James Ellison | Blata WCM | 11:47:29 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | 03:37:38 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda Gresini | 13:08:20 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 13:00:40 | 1 | 0 | 4 |