Course disputée sur le circuit de Sepang International Circuit
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Team | 03:17:32 | 21 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 04:16:43 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 04:36:14 | 21 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 04:40:57 | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 05:44:19 | 21 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 28 | Alex Criville | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 06:40:44 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 07:38:54 | 21 | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 08:30:24 | 21 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 10:47:44 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 11:18:01 | 21 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 10 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 11:20:59 | 21 | 5 | 16 |
| 12 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 20:33:38 | 21 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 01:39:47 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Shell Advance Honda | 13:51:47 | 21 | 2 | 22 |
| 15 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | 13:52:32 | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 22:43:08 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 22:05:55 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | 12 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | 04:47:42 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 19 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | 03:34:57 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 20 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 13:26:13 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | 1 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 13:17:37 | 18 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | 05:15:34 | 19 | 0 | 17 |