Marco Melandri won the 250cc race in Germany in dramatic fashion by passing Daijiro Katoh in one of the last corners to take his first ever 250cc class win. Eight of the top 10 finishers were on Aprilias.

Final 250cc Grand Prix Results From Germany:

1. Marco Melandri, Aprilia
2. Daijiro Katoh, Honda
3. Tetsuya Harada, Aprilia
4. Roberto Rolfo, Aprilia
5. Randy De Puniet, Aprilia
6. Alex Debon, Aprilia
7. Alex Hofmann, Aprilia
8. Naoki Matsudo, Yamaha
9. Franco Battaini, Aprilia
10. Fonsi Nieto, Aprilia

20. Katja Poensgen, Aprilia

Klaus Nohles, Aprilia, DNF, 27 laps, crash
Sylvain Guintoli, Aprilia, DNF, 27 laps, crash
Cesar Barros, Yamaha, DNF, 13 laps, retired
Stuart Edwards, Honda, DNF, 11 laps, crash
Diego Giugovaz, Yamaha, DNF, 8 laps, crash
Jeremy McWilliams, Aprilia, DNF, 7 laps, crash
Emilio Alzamora, Honda, DNF, 7 laps, crash
Marcel Schneider, Honda, DNF, 6 laps, crash
David Checa, Honda, DNF, 5 laps, crash
Sebastian Porto, Yamaha, DNF, 2 laps, crash
David DeGea, Yamaha, DNF, 2 laps, crash
Luca Boscoscuro, Aprilia, DNF, 1 lap, crash
Roberto Locatelli, Aprilia, DNF, 1 lap, crash