2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 April 2001 at the Suzuka Circuit.

  2001 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 April 2001
Official nameGrand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.859 km (3.641 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 2:04.777
Fastest lap
Rider Tohru Ukawa
Time 2:06.805 on lap 11
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Garry McCoy
Third Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Daijiro Kato
Time 2:07.414
Fastest lap
Rider Daijiro Kato
Time 2:08.658 on lap 7
Podium
First Daijiro Kato
Second Tetsuya Harada
Third Roberto Locatelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Youichi Ui
Time 2:14.686
Fastest lap
Rider Masao Azuma
Time 2:15.353 on lap 14
Podium
First Masao Azuma
Second Youichi Ui
Third Simone Sanna

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 21 44:51.501 7 25
2 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +0.724 4 20
3 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +0.956 3 16
4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 21 +1.176 6 13
5 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +3.256 2 11
6 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 21 +14.515 8 10
7 1 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +22.876 9 9
8 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 21 +28.732 1 8
9 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +34.478 11 7
10 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +53.765 12 6
11 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +58.688 16 5
12 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 21 +1:17.338 17 4
13 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 21 +1:17.681 20 3
Ret 24 Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 19 Retirement 21
Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 16 Accident 5
Ret 68 Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 15 Retirement 23
Ret 33 Akira Ryō Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 12 Accident 15
Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 11 Retirement 19
Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 10 Accident 10
Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 8 Accident 14
Ret 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 5 Retirement 24
Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 3 Retirement 22
Ret 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 0 Accident 13
Ret 8 Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 0 Accident 18
DNQ 14 Marcus Payten Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda Did not qualify
Sources: [1][4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 19 41:03.596 1 25
2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 19 +18.763 8 20
3 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 19 +18.835 3 13
4 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 19 +23.135 7 13
5 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 19 +24.423 9 11
6 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 19 +26.595 2 10
7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 19 +31.142 6 9
8 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 19 +43.953 5 8
9 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 19 +45.887 11 7
10 46 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 19 +48.496 15 6
11 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 19 +53.583 12 5
12 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 19 +1:05.172 18 4
13 87 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 19 +1:05.267 14 3
14 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 19 +1:17.422 13 2
15 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 19 +1:18.183 25 1
16 42 David Checa Honda 19 +1:18.602 24
17 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 19 +1:26.040 26
18 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 19 +1:35.868 23
19 48 Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 19 +1:41.647 16
20 47 Tekkyu Kayoh TSR-Honda 19 +1:43.891 27
21 55 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 19 +1:49.324 28
22 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 18 +1 lap 30
Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 16 Retirement 17
Ret 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 15 Accident 21
Ret 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 14 Accident 20
Ret 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 6 Accident 4
Ret 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 6 Retirement 29
Ret 45 Stuart Edwards TSR-Honda 5 Retirement 31
Ret 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 4 Retirement 10
Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 1 Accident 19
Ret 19 Julien Allemand Yamaha 0 Accident 22
DNS 49 Choujun Kameya Yamaha Did not start
DNQ 16 David Tomás Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 23 César Barros Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [6]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Masao Azuma Honda 18 40:59.192 4 25
2 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 18 +0.067 1 20
3 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 18 +0.604 19 16
4 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 18 +0.898 6 13
5 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 18 +1.151 2 11
6 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 18 +1.376 3 10
7 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 18 +14.173 5 9
8 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 18 +14.632 16 8
9 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 18 +15.735 18 7
10 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 +16.333 22 6
11 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 18 +17.384 11 5
12 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 18 +17.992 9 4
13 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 18 +18.621 12 3
14 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 18 +18.628 14 2
15 57 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 18 +23.655 15 1
16 24 Toni Elías Honda 18 +34.401 17
17 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 18 +34.521 13
18 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 18 +46.838 23
19 25 Joan Olivé Honda 18 +47.378 34
20 98 Masafumi Ono Honda 18 +48.164 25
21 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 18 +58.746 26
22 56 Yuzo Fujioka ERP Honda 18 +1:00.982 28
23 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 18 +1:01.962 31
24 10 Jarno Müller Honda 18 +1:21.581 21
25 14 Philipp Hafeneger Honda 18 +1:49.589 32
Ret 55 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 15 Retirement 10
Ret 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 14 Accident 7
Ret 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 14 Retirement 29
Ret 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 13 Retirement 30
Ret 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 12 Accident 20
Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 11 Accident 24
Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 5 Accident 8
Ret 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 0 Retirement 35
Ret 27 Marco Petrini Honda 0 Accident 27
Ret 97 Naoki Katoh Honda 0 Accident 33
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2001 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. "2001 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "Grand Prix of Japan – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. "Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  7. "Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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