Course disputée sur le circuit de Laguna-seca
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 08:21:07 | 32 | 25 | 6 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | 09:14:13 | 32 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Honda | 11:23:16 | 32 | 16 | 9 |
| 4 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Team Roberts | 11:40:08 | 32 | 13 | 3 |
| 5 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 15:58:26 | 32 | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 19:08:07 | 32 | 10 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Tech3 Yamaha | 20:48:12 | 32 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 21:49:53 | 32 | 8 | 13 |
| 9 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Camel Yamaha Team | 23:08:15 | 32 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Ducati Marlboro Team | 02:45:46 | 32 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Konica Minolta Honda | 04:20:08 | 32 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | 17 | Randy De Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | 05:01:14 | 32 | 4 | 15 |
| 13 | 77 | James Ellison | Tech3 Yamaha | 06:22:30 | 32 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Pramac d\'Antin MotoGP | 12:29:04 | 32 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | 24 | Toni Elias | Fortuna Honda | 15:34:33 | 31 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | 30 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Pramac d\'Antin MotoGP | 17:45:44 | 31 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | 01:44:27 | 30 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 23:07:22 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Lcr Honda | 18:07:44 | 12 | 0 | 7 |