Valentino Rossi’s points lead in the 500cc World Championship Series increased to 29 points when he won at Brno while second-in-points Max Biaggi crashed and eventually finished 10th.
The points spread between the two had been 10 points going into the race.
Results follow:
500cc
1. Valentino Rossi, Honda
2. Alex Criville, Honda, -3.374 seconds
3. Loris Capirossi, Honda, -3.767
4. Norick Abe, Yamaha, -4.057
5. Tohru Ukawa, Honda
6. Garry McCoy, Yamaha
7. Carlos Checa, Yamaha
8. Sete Gibernau, Suzuki
9. Alex Barros, Honda
10. Max Biaggi, Yamaha
11. Noriyuki Haga, Yamaha
12. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha
13. Jose Luis Cardoso, Yamaha
14. Haruchika Aoki, Honda
15. Johan Stigefelt, Sabre
16. Barry Veneman, Honda
17. Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, DNF, -7 laps
18. Anthony West, Honda, DNF, -8 laps
19. Leon Haslam, Honda, -13 laps
20. Jurgen van den Goorbergh, Proton, DNF, -14 laps
21. Brendan Clarke, Honda, DNF, -17 laps
250cc
1. Tetsuya Harada, Aprilia
2. Marco Melandri, Aprilia, -2.743 seconds
3. Daijiro Katoh, Honda, -2.797
4. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia, -31.315
5. Roberto Rolfo, Aprilia
6. Randy de Puniet, Aprilia
7. Emilio Alzamora, Honda
8. Sebastian Porto, Yamaha
9. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha
10. Alex Debon, Aprilia
26. Jason DiSalvo, Honda, -1 lap
125cc
1. Toni Elias, Honda
2. Lucio Cecchinello, Aprilia, -0.689
3. Steve Jenkner, Aprilia, -1.086
4. Youchi Ui, Derbi
5. Max Sabbatani, Aprilia
6. Jakub Smrz, Honda
7. Jaroslav Hules, Honda
8. Daniel Pedrosa, Honda
9. Gabor Talmacsi, Honda
10. Simone Sanna, Aprilia