| 1+25 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda · Repsol Honda Team | 45:15.374 | 1'23.984 | 255.0 |
| 2+20 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha · Gauloises Yamaha Team | +1.941 | 1'23.915 | 250.6 |
| 3+16 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha · Gauloises Yamaha Team | +2.312 | 1'24.207 | 251.7 |
| 4+13 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Honda · Repsol Honda Team | +4.216 | 1'24.280 | 251.2 |
| 5+11 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Honda · Movistar Honda MotoGP | +4.478 | 1'24.294 | 247.5 |
| 6+10 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Honda · Camel Honda | +22.381 | 1'24.787 | 251.6 |
| 7+9 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Honda · JIR Konica Minolta Honda | +22.493 | 1'24.654 | 249.5 |
| 8+8 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki · Team Suzuki MotoGP | +23.148 | 1'24.783 | 252.8 |
| 9+7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki · Kawasaki Racing Team | +23.625 | 1'24.706 | 243.1 |
| 10+6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati · Ducati Marlboro Team | +26.123 | 1'24.702 | 243.6 |
| 11+5 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | Yamaha · Fortuna Yamaha Team | +43.512 | 1'25.254 | 241.7 |
| 12+4 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Kawasaki · Kawasaki Racing Team | +50.957 | 1'25.437 | 244.5 |
| 13+3 | 24 | Toni Elias | Yamaha · Fortuna Yamaha Team | +51.343 | 1'25.371 | 240.8 |
| 14+2 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr | Suzuki · Team Suzuki MotoGP | +1:13.749 | 1'25.187 | 244.1 |
| 15+1 | 67 | Shane Byrne | Proton KR · Team Roberts | +1:24.256 | 1'26.495 | 242.6 |
| 16 | 77 | James Ellison | Blata · Blata WCM | +1:24.524 | 1'26.773 | 242.2 |
| 17 | 27 | Franco Battaini | Blata · Blata WCM | +1 lap | 1'28.638 | 234.0 |
| — | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda · Camel Honda | Out on lap 1 | | |
| — | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati · Ducati Marlboro Team | DNF | 1'24.694 | 251.8 |
| — | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda · Movistar Honda MotoGP | Out on lap 1 | | |
| — | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Ducati · D’Antin MotoGP - Pramac | DNF | 1'25.951 | 243.4 |