Moto GP Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 24 | 43:13.585 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 24 | +5.088 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 24 | +8.378 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Ducati | 24 | +9.712 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 24 | +11.944 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 24 | +18.108 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +19.937 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 24 | +22.492 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | KR211V | 24 | +26.824 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Honda | 24 | +30.970 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 24 | +39.263 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki | 24 | +39.440 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | Suzuki | 24 | +45.595 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 24 | +49.571 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 77 | James Ellison | Yamaha | 24 | +1:09.085 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Ducati | 24 | +1:11.748 | 20 | |
| Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki | 23 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 12 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 17 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki | 8 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Kawasaki | 8 | 16 | ||
| Ret | 30 | José Luis Cardoso | Ducati | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
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