2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
Introduction 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:
250 cc classification Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 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:
125 cc classification Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 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 2Ret 43  Daniel Piñera Honda 21 Retirement 31Ret 41  Youichi Ui Derbi 19 Accident 1Ret 22  Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 Retirement 17Ret 14  Philipp Hafeneger Honda 18 Retirement 32Ret 20  Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 10 Retirement 10Ret 8  Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 9 Retirement 21Ret 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:
Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings  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  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.
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