2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

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Circuit de Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:45.507
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:46.619 on lap 5
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:47.261
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:48.014 on lap 21
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Italy Roberto Rolfo
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Time 1:51.368
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Stefano Perugini
Time 1:51.811 on lap 8
Podium
First Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Second Spain Toni Elías
Third San Marino Manuel Poggiali

The 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the

Circuit de Catalunya. 84,000 people attended the race.[2]

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 25 44:57.142 1 25
2 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +2.579 4 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 25 +3.216 3 16
4 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +3.257 2 13
5 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +3.989 10 11
6 6
Norick Abe
 Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +4.705 8 10
7 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +4.769 9 9
8 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +13.459 12 8
9 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR
KR
 		25 +13.903 6 7
10 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +19.616 13 6
11 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +26.378 11 5
12 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +37.301 15 4
13 8 United Kingdom Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 25 +1:01.010 16 3
14 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +1:13.371 14 2
15 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 25 +1:19.363 17 1
16 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 25 +1:19.756 19
17 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 25 +1:24.089 21
18 68 Australia Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 23 +2 laps 20
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 6 Retirement 18
Ret 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 6 Retirement 5
Ret 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 3 Accident 7
DNS 5 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start
WD 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda Withdrew
Sources: [1][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 23 41:40.347 1 25
2 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 +0.114 2 20
3 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 23 +12.573 6 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +19.077 8 13
5 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +22.776 3 11
6 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 23 +22.853 5 10
7 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +22.876 7 9
8 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +31.224 9 8
9 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 23 +33.567 14 7
10 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +37.754 11 6
11 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +38.039 10 5
12 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +38.100 21 4
13 46 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 23 +38.182 18 3
14 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 +38.312 15 2
15 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 23 +38.701 12 1
16 42 Spain David Checa Honda 23 +42.643 17
17 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 23 +42.647 20
18 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +49.236 16
19 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 23 +50.798 19
20 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +56.073 13
21 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 23 +1:30.364 23
22 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 23 +1:30.432 24
23 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 23 +1:53.441 26
24 38 Spain Álvaro Molina Yamaha 23 +1:53.584 27
25 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 22 +1 lap 28
26 98 Germany Katja Poensgen Aprilia 22 +1 lap 25
Ret 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 10 Accident 4
Ret 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 6 Retirement 22
Ret 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Honda 5 Retirement 29
DNS 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha Did not start
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 22 41:31.696 1 25
2 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 22 +0.573 5 20
3 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 22 +6.764 7 16
4 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +6.854 6 13
5 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 22 +7.029 3 11
6 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 22 +7.558 15 10
7 26
Daniel Pedrosa
 Honda 22 +7.788 13 9
8 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 22 +18.438 19 8
9 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 22 +18.602 20 7
10 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 22 +23.109 12 6
11 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 22 +23.232 4 5
12 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 22 +23.291 23 4
13 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 22 +23.652 16 3
14 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 22 +24.308 21 2
15 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda 22 +24.465 9 1
16 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 22 +31.927 17
17 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 22 +31.955 24
18 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 22 +33.274 14
19 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 22 +42.904 22
20 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 22 +53.226 26
21 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 22 +1:09.855 11
22 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 22 +1:30.468 29
23 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +1 lap 27
24 77 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 21 +1 lap 30
Ret 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 Accident 18
Ret 27 Italy Marco Petrini Honda 12 Retirement 25
Ret 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 9 Accident 2
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 8 Retirement 10
Ret 43 Spain Daniel Piñera Honda 2 Retirement 28
Ret 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 0 Accident 8
DNS 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda Did not start
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b "2001 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ Latorre, Francisco (18 June 2001). "Los italianos copan la gloria y la miseria en Montmeló". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ "CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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