Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Team | 44'46.652 | 21 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 44'50.203 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 44'51.374 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 44'51.657 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 44'55.459 | 21 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 28 | Alex Criville | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 44'58.844 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 45'02.334 | 21 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 45'05.424 | 21 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 45'13.664 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 45'15.481 | 21 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 10 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 45'15.659 | 21 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 45'48.818 | 21 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 46'07.187 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Shell Advance Honda | 46'51.107 | 21 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | 46'51.152 | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 25'46.988 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 15'39.955 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | 12 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | 13'11.262 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | 11'40.497 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 20 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 6'30.373 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | 1 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 6'29.857 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | 4'34.534 | 19 | 0 | 17 |