Mick Doohan took the pole position on Saturday, before his Repsol Honda teammates Àlex Crivillé and Tadayuki Okada.

However, Crivillé retakes the lead at the short straight before the Curva Michelin (Turn 2), Barros doing likewise on Doohan for third place.

Daryl Beattie meanwhile, fancied an attempt on Doohan around the outside in sixth, but chose to stay behind the fellow Australian for the time being.

Crivillé tried to pass Cadalora at the Curva Sito Pons, but wasn't close enough and slotted back behind the Italian.

Beattie meanwhile ran wide at the Curva Dry Sac, almost clipping the rear tyre of Doohan and losing fifth as a result.

Norick Abe has also crashed out, highsighting in the middle of the Dry Sac corner, lying in pain in the gravel.

Beattie meanwhile has crashed out of contention at the Curva Peluqui (Turn 10), limping away from his stricken bike as a result Lap four has begun and Okada is now all over the back of Barros.

Beattie's bike, still in the gravel, is now starting to catch fire and Okada has managed to take fourth from Barros on the outside whilst exiting the Curva Sito Pons.

Further back is another trio, consisting out of Alberto Puig, Carlos Checa and Shinichi Ito in ninth, tenth and eleventh position.

However, this move caused Cadalora to run slightly wide at the exit and gave the Australian the chance to dive down the inside at the Curva Michelin.

On lap twelve, Cadalora is now slowly opening up a small gap to Okada, with Puig now in seventh position after he overtook Bayle.

Lap thirteen and Cadalora now has a significant gap to Doohan, making it a two-way battle for the lead and the win.

On lap fourteen, Doohan has now wholly closed the gap to Crivillé and is all over the back of the Spaniard, but still hasn't made a move on the leader.

As lap fifteen begins, Cadalora is now slowly closing the gap on the two frontrunners again, with Okada dropping off on the pace.

Capirossi meanwhile has overtaken Roberts Jr. before the straight of the Sito Pons corner, moving him up to fifth, with Puig also closing the gap to the two in front of him as well.

On lap nineteen, Doohan once again closes up on his Repsol Honda teammate and tries to get side-by-side with Criville at the Curva Dry Sac, with Crivillé denying him once again.

A handful of Spanish fans now started to get past the fences to separate them from the track and were waving flags at the trackside where the tyre barriers are.

On lap twenty-four, more and more fans have broken through the fences and are now dangerously sitting on the trackside wall, looking on as Crivillé still leads the trio.

The Spaniard was forced to slow slightly through the crowd which allowed Doohan to close up (the gap was less than a second between them at the start of the final lap).

As the duo reached the final corner - the Curva Ducados - Doohan dived down the inside of Crivillé to take the lead.

Seeking to regain the advantage, Crivillé throttled too early in the hairpin leading onto the pit straight, causing him to high-side over his bike, ending in the gravel trap and failing to finish the race.

He looks on, angrily puts up his hands in the air, then shakes his head in disbelief as Doohan crosses the line to win the race - his second of the season.