Course disputée sur le circuit de Nelson Piquet
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 38'15.913 | 20 | 25 | 7 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Team | 38'15.965 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 38'20.666 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 38'34.257 | 20 | 13 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 38'34.328 | 20 | 11 | 12 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 38'34.479 | 20 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | 28 | Alex Criville | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 38'37.520 | 20 | 9 | 14 |
| 8 | 10 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 38'55.011 | 20 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 39'07.519 | 20 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 38'40.842 | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| 11 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | 39'24.893 | 19 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 39'53.496 | 19 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 38'16.293 | 18 | 3 | 16 |
| 14 | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Shell Advance Honda | 38'24.447 | 18 | 2 | 19 |
| 15 | 12 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | 38'24.710 | 18 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | 1 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 38'59.907 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | 39'18.351 | 18 | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Ypf Honda Team | 7'34.029 | 17 | 0 | 1 |