250cc Classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 42:04.690 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | +0.536 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Sebastián Porto | Aprilia | +5.859 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | +24.561 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | +30.018 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | +30.653 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | +31.458 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Toni Elías | Honda | +31.458 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | +31.940 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | +35.643 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | +36.418 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | +36.864 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | +39.105 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | +43.027 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | +51.493 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | Anthony West | Aprilia | +51.699 | 20 | |
| 17 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | +52.883 | 18 | |
| 18 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | +59.900 | 14 | |
| 19 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | +1:02.819 | 16 | |
| 20 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | +1:14.844 | 23 | |
| 21 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | +1:15.026 | 21 | |
| 22 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | +1:19.230 | 28 | |
| 23 | Johann Stigefelt | Aprilia | +1:21.627 | 26 | |
| 24 | Max Sabbatani | Yamaha | +1:28.990 | 29 | |
| 25 | Gregory Lefort | Aprilia | +1:29.832 | 27 | |
| Ret | Christian Gemmel | Honda | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | Eric Bataille | Honda | Retirement | 8 |
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