250cc Classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | 42:52.922 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +2.962 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +5.213 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 26 | +6.290 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 26 | +6.675 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 26 | +8.102 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 26 | +22.571 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +24.171 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +28.161 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | David Checa | Aprilia | 26 | +36.261 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +47.211 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 26 | +47.886 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 26 | +53.106 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 26 | +1:02.767 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 26 | +1:04.093 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 26 | +1:13.435 | 15 | |
| 17 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 32 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 25 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 25 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 22 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 51 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 25 | Vincent Philippe | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 76 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 19 |
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