2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2001 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the; 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 May 2001
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:42.739
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:43.779 on lap 22
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Norick Abe
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:43.959
Fastest lap
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:44.444 on lap 18
Podium
First	Daijiro Kato
Second	Tetsuya Harada
Third	Marco Melandri
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:48.002
Fastest lap
Rider	Masao Azuma
Time	1:48.385 on lap 4
Podium
First	Masao Azuma
Second	Lucio Cecchinello
Third	Gino Borsoi

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.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	27	47:15.126	1	25
2	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+2.307	3	20
3	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+2.845	12	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+4.157	4	13
5	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+5.932	6	11
6	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+7.577	7	10
7	1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+14.459	8	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+18.970	2	8
9	5	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+19.725	11	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+20.239	14	6
11	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+20.621	5	5
12	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+29.891	10	4
13	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+42.838	9	3
14	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+45.530	13	2
15	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+45.848	19	1
16	9	Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	27	+1:02.358	16
17	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	27	+1:13.081	18
18	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	27	+1:23.194	20
19	68	Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	26	+1 lap	22
Ret	8	Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	5	Accident	17
Ret	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	4	Retirement	15
Ret	21	Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	3	Accident	21
DNS	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha		Did not start
DNS	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda		Did not start
DNQ	26	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	Daijiro Kato	Honda	25	43:49.748	1	25
2	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	25	+11.789	5	20
3	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	25	+17.335	6	16
4	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	25	+17.870	2	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	25	+23.696	4	11
6	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	25	+24.979	11	10
7	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	25	+25.757	12	9
8	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+32.201	3	8
9	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	25	+39.404	9	7
10	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	25	+39.510	8	6
11	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	25	+53.435	18	5
12	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+53.471	7	4
13	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	25	+1:02.113	10	3
14	12	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	25	+1:02.437	14	2
15	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	25	+1:07.791	24	1
16	42	David Checa	Honda	25	+1:12.964	16
17	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	25	+1:16.192	19
18	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+1:35.023	13
19	19	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	25	+1:35.337	23
20	55	Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	25	+1:37.041	27
21	39	Ismael Bonilla	Honda	24	+1 lap	26
22	38	Álvaro Molina	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	25
23	98	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	29
24	23	César Barros	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	28
25	16	David Tomás	Honda	24	+1 lap	30
26	45	Stuart Edwards	Honda	24	+1 lap	31
27	41	Dámaso Nácher	Honda	24	+1 lap	32
Ret	22	David de Gea	Yamaha	24	Accident	22
Ret	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	18	Accident	15
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	12	Retirement	20
Ret	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	7	Retirement	17
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	5	Accident	21
Source: ^[5]

125 cc classification

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	75
2	Norifumi Abe	44
3	Shinya Nakano	37
4	Loris Capirossi	36
5	Àlex Crivillé	33

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	75
2	Yamaha	53
3	Suzuki	27
4	Proton KR	13
5	Sabre V4	0

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

References

"MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2009-09-07.

^ "2001 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ "2001 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 May 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
^ "2001 Spanish MotoGP : Classification" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.

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[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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