2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

2001 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the; 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 April 2001
Official name	Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.859 km (3.641 mi);
500 cc
Rider
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
Rider
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
Rider
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

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.

500 cc classification[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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	Antonio Elías	Honda	18	+34.401	17
17	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	18	+34.521	13
18	26	Daniel 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)[edit]

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	25
2	Garry McCoy	20
3	Max Biaggi	16
4	Norifumi Abe	13
5	Shinya Nakano	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	25
2	Yamaha	20
3	Suzuki	9
4	Proton KR	5
5	Pulse	0

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "2001 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "2001 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "Grand Prix of Japan – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
^ "Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 April 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

External links[edit]

"MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2011-07-11.

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[motorsportmagazine.com-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. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. 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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