250cc Classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 28 | 42:55.302 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 28 | +1.259 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Honda | 28 | +12.166 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 28 | +15.887 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Aprilia | 28 | +18.934 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 28 | +19.162 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | TSR-Honda | 28 | +21.821 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Jürgen Fuchs | Aprilia | 28 | +24.109 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | 28 | +26.216 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 28 | +34.541 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha | 28 | +40.510 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 28 | +45.201 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Noriyasu Numata | Suzuki | 28 | +45.397 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Jason Vincent | TSR-Honda | 28 | +47.662 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 28 | +1:13.683 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 41 | Federico Gartner | Aprilia | 28 | +1:26.065 | 22 | |
| 17 | 56 | Shahrol Yuzy | Honda | 28 | +1:31.633 | 23 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 27 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 20 | William Costes | Honda | 18 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 18 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 17 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 8 | Luis d'Antin | Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 14 | Davide Bulega | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Suzuki | 11 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT | |||||||
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