125cc Classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 24 | 41:26.120 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +0.270 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +0.826 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +1.098 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +1.187 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 24 | +1.583 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +1.830 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +12.839 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +13.942 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +19.201 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 24 | +19.210 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 24 | +39.207 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +46.560 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 24 | +53.710 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Gilera | 24 | +53.868 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +54.001 | 21 | |
| 17 | 31 | Mattia Angeloni | Gilera | 24 | +54.739 | 30 | |
| 18 | 8 | Gábor Talmácsi | Italjet | 24 | +54.886 | 23 | |
| 19 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 24 | +54.919 | 18 | |
| 20 | 19 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:07.871 | 28 | |
| 21 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 24 | +1:08.217 | 29 | |
| 22 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 24 | +1:15.825 | 10 | |
| 23 | 20 | Imre Tóth | Honda | 24 | +1:36.139 | 31 | |
| 24 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 24 | +1:43.455 | 24 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 0 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
| DNS | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia |
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