2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 2001 at the Circuito de Jerez. In the 500cc race, the 2nd place for Norick Abe was the final podium in his premier class career.

Spain  2001 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 May 2001
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de España[1]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:42.739
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:43.779 on lap 22
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Norick Abe
Third Spain Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:43.959
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:44.444 on lap 18
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Italy Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:48.002
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma
Time 1:48.385 on lap 4
Podium
First Japan Masao Azuma
Second Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Third Italy Gino Borsoi

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 27 47:15.126 1 25
2 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 27 +2.307 3 20
3 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +2.845 12 16
4 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +4.157 4 13
5 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +5.932 6 11
6 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 27 +7.577 7 10
7 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +14.459 8 9
8 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 27 +18.970 2 8
9 5 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +19.725 11 7
10 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +20.239 14 6
11 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +20.621 5 5
12 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +29.891 10 4
13 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +42.838 9 3
14 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +45.530 13 2
15 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +45.848 19 1
16 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 27 +1:02.358 16
17 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 27 +1:13.081 18
18 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 27 +1:23.194 20
19 68 Australia Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 26 +1 lap 22
Ret 8 United Kingdom Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 5 Accident 17
Ret 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 4 Retirement 15
Ret 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 3 Accident 21
DNS 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start
DNS 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Did not start
DNQ 26 Slovakia Vladimír Častka Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix Paton Did not qualify
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 25 43:49.748 1 25
2 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 25 +11.789 5 20
3 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 +17.335 6 16
4 34 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 25 +17.870 2 13
5 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 25 +23.696 4 11
6 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +24.979 11 10
7 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 25 +25.757 12 9
8 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +32.201 3 8
9 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 25 +39.404 9 7
10 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 25 +39.510 8 6
11 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 25 +53.435 18 5
12 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +53.471 7 4
13 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 25 +1:02.113 10 3
14 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 25 +1:02.437 14 2
15 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 25 +1:07.791 24 1
16 42 Spain David Checa Honda 25 +1:12.964 16
17 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 25 +1:16.192 19
18 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +1:35.023 13
19 19 France Julien Allemand Yamaha 25 +1:35.337 23
20 55 Italy Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 25 +1:37.041 27
21 39 Spain Ismael Bonilla Honda 24 +1 lap 26
22 38 Spain Álvaro Molina Yamaha 24 +1 lap 25
23 98 Germany Katja Poensgen Aprilia 24 +1 lap 29
24 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha 24 +1 lap 28
25 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 24 +1 lap 30
26 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Honda 24 +1 lap 31
27 41 Spain Dámaso Nácher Honda 24 +1 lap 32
Ret 22 Spain David de Gea Yamaha 24 Accident 22
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 18 Accident 15
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 12 Retirement 20
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 7 Retirement 17
Ret 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 5 Accident 21
Source: [5]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 23 42:09.849 8 25
2 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 +4.623 3 20
3 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +5.753 9 16
4 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 23 +10.197 7 13
5 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 23 +10.384 20 11
6 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 23 +10.604 15 10
7 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 23 +10.747 16 9
8 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +15.231 14 8
9 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +15.798 23 7
10 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +19.497 12 6
11 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 23 +24.705 18 5
12 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +27.712 4 4
13 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 23 +28.109 6 3
14 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 23 +28.221 25 2
15 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +28.969 26 1
16 44 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +33.743 24
17 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +33.905 13
18 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda 23 +38.247 22
19 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 23 +58.393 27
20 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 23 +1:13.859 30
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 22 Accident 2
Ret 43 Spain Daniel Piñera Honda 21 Retirement 31
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 19 Accident 1
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 Retirement 17
Ret 14 Germany Philipp Hafeneger Honda 18 Retirement 32
Ret 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 10 Retirement 10
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 9 Retirement 21
Ret 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 7 Retirement 28
Ret 27 Italy Marco Petrini Honda 7 Retirement 29
Ret 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 6 Accident 19
Ret 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 6 Retirement 11
Ret 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 4 Retirement 5
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[7]

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

References
  • "MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  1. "2001 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. "2001 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  4. "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  6. "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  7. "2001 Spanish MotoGP : Classification" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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