Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 43'27.523 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloise Yamaha | 43'29.522 | 21 | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati Marlboro Team | 43'29.592 | 21 | 16 | 8 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 43'36.750 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda Gresini | 43'43.409 | 21 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda Racing Corporation | 43'44.349 | 21 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 43'44.772 | 21 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | Camel Honda | 43'45.744 | 21 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 43'47.648 | 21 | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Gauloise Yamaha | 43'49.798 | 21 | 6 | 10 |
| 11 | 24 | Toni Elias | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 43'57.379 | 21 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | 44'19.195 | 21 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Team d\'Antin Pramac | 44'32.888 | 21 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | 67 | Shane Byrne | Team Roberts | 44'46.629 | 21 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | Fortuna Yamaha MotoGP | 44'46.879 | 21 | 1 | 16 |
| 16 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata WCM | 45'23.405 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | 77 | James Ellison | Blata WCM | 36'38.849 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | 8'47.858 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda Gresini | 2'10.100 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 2'09.640 | 1 | 0 | 4 |