2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix
Introduction The '''2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix''' was the fourth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2001 at the Bugatti Circuit.
500 cc classification  Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3  '''Max Biaggi''' '''Marlboro Yamaha Team''' '''Yamaha''' 28 46:59.346 1 '''25''' 2 7  '''Carlos Checa''' '''Marlboro Yamaha Team''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +3.266 5 '''20''' 3 46  '''Valentino Rossi''' '''Nastro Azzurro Honda''' '''Honda''' 28 +4.830 3 '''16''' 4 6  '''Norick Abe''' '''Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +14.561 7 '''13''' 5 28  '''Àlex Crivillé''' '''Repsol YPF Honda Team''' '''Honda''' 28 +14.977 9 '''11''' 6 1  '''Kenny Roberts Jr.''' '''Telefónica Movistar Suzuki''' '''Suzuki''' 28 +23.180 2 '''10''' 7 65  '''Loris Capirossi''' '''West Honda Pons''' '''Honda''' 28 +29.597 8 '''9''' 8 4  '''Alex Barros''' '''West Honda Pons''' '''Honda''' 28 +31.205 12 '''8''' 9 15  '''Sete Gibernau''' '''Telefónica Movistar Suzuki''' '''Suzuki''' 28 +32.499 13 '''7''' 10 17  '''Jurgen van den Goorbergh''' '''Proton Team KR''' '''Proton KR''' 28 +33.019 10 '''6''' 11 56  '''Shinya Nakano''' '''Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +36.476 4 '''5''' 12 8  '''Chris Walker''' '''Shell Advance Honda''' '''Honda''' 28 +1:15.798 15 '''4''' 13 10  '''José Luis Cardoso''' '''Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +1:19.446 14 '''3''' 14 21  '''Barry Veneman''' '''Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team''' '''Honda''' 27 +1 lap 19 '''2''' 15 32  '''Jarno Janssen''' '''Arie Molenaar Racing''' '''Honda''' 27 +1 lap 20 '''1''' Ret 24  Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 16 Retirement 16 Ret 68  Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 15 Retirement 18 Ret 11  Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 10 Accident 11 Ret 41  Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 10 Accident 6 Ret 16  Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 2 Retirement 17 DNS 5  Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start DNS 9  Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda Did not start DNS 14  Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda Did not start WD 19  Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification  Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74  '''Daijiro Kato''' '''Honda''' 26 44:29.546 1 '''25''' 2 31  '''Tetsuya Harada''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +0.204 2 '''20''' 3 5  '''Marco Melandri''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +13.599 3 '''16''' 4 7  '''Emilio Alzamora''' '''Honda''' 26 +16.813 5 '''13''' 5 10  '''Fonsi Nieto''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +18.429 4 '''11''' 6 15  '''Roberto Locatelli''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +29.025 10 '''10''' 7 99  '''Jeremy McWilliams''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +42.813 7 '''9''' 8 9  '''Sebastián Porto''' '''Yamaha''' 26 +44.429 9 '''8''' 9 44  '''Roberto Rolfo''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +45.077 12 '''7''' 10 6  '''Alex Debón''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +45.351 11 '''6''' 11 66  '''Alex Hofmann''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +47.253 15 '''5''' 12 12  '''Klaus Nöhles''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +55.500 14 '''4''' 13 21  '''Franco Battaini''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +56.474 13 '''3''' 14 50  '''Sylvain Guintoli''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +57.653 21 '''2''' 15 18  '''Shahrol Yuzy''' '''Yamaha''' 26 +1:04.735 18 '''1''' 16 42  David Checa Honda 26 +1:19.767 17 17 37  Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 26 +1:31.159 20 18 22  José David de Gea Yamaha 26 +1:31.496 16 19 16  David Tomás Honda 26 +1:37.808 29 20 11  Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 25 +1 lap 24 21 54  Hervé Mora Honda 25 +1 lap 26 22 45  Stuart Edwards Honda 25 +1 lap 28 23 52  Guillaume Dietrich Honda 25 +1 lap 31 24 56  David Fouloi Yamaha 25 +1 lap 30 25 23  César Barros Yamaha 25 +1 lap 25 26 53  Tom Ouvrard Yamaha 24 +2 laps 32 Ret 20  Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 11 Retirement 22 Ret 8  Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 7 Retirement 8 Ret 55  Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 3 Retirement 23 Ret 81  Randy de Puniet Aprilia 2 Accident 6 Ret 57  Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 2 Retirement 19 Ret 64  Hugo Marchand Honda 1 Accident 27 DNS 19  Julien Allemand Yamaha Did not start DNS 98  Katja Poensgen Aprilia Did not start Source:
125 cc classification  Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 54  '''Manuel Poggiali''' '''Gilera''' 24 43:33.372 2 '''25''' 2 6  '''Mirko Giansanti''' '''Honda''' 24 +0.218 7 '''20''' 3 24  '''Toni Elías''' '''Honda''' 24 +0.298 6 '''16''' 4 23  '''Gino Borsoi''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +0.515 8 '''13''' 5 9  '''Lucio Cecchinello''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +0.969 3 '''11''' 6 21  '''Arnaud Vincent''' '''Honda''' 24 +7.357 10 '''10''' 7 5  '''Noboru Ueda''' '''TSR-Honda''' 24 +7.940 5 '''9''' 8 4  '''Masao Azuma''' '''Honda''' 24 +8.464 17 '''8''' 9 39  '''Jaroslav Huleš''' '''Honda''' 24 +8.751 4 '''7''' 10 29  '''Ángel Nieto Jr.''' '''Honda''' 24 +11.523 9 '''6''' 11 41  '''Youichi Ui''' '''Derbi''' 24 +11.962 1 '''5''' 12 17  '''Steve Jenkner''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +12.496 18 '''4''' 13 16  '''Simone Sanna''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +12.514 13 '''3''' 14 15  '''Alex de Angelis''' '''Honda''' 24 +20.667 14 '''2''' 15 11  '''Max Sabbatani''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +35.012 12 '''1''' 16 28  Gábor Talmácsi Honda 24 +36.143 16 17 26  Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 +37.580 15 18 18  Jakub Smrž Honda 24 +42.565 26 19 10  Jarno Müller Honda 24 +45.597 19 20 34  Eric Bataille Honda 24 +59.595 22 21 27  Marco Petrini Honda 24 +1:16.293 25 22 63  Jimmy Petit Honda 24 +1:22.325 27 23 20  Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 24 +1:35.945 23 24 62  Erwan Nigon Yamaha 24 +1:58.711 29 25 60  Xavier Hérouin Honda 23 +1 lap 30 26 14  Philipp Hafeneger Honda 23 +1 lap 32 27 59  Julien Enjolras Honda 23 +1 lap 31 Ret 25  Joan Olivé Honda 20 Retirement 21 Ret 12  Raúl Jara Aprilia 18 Accident 24 Ret 7  Stefano Perugini Italjet 9 Retirement 11 Ret 61  Grégory Lefort Aprilia 6 Retirement 28 DNS 22  Pablo Nieto Derbi 0 Did not start 20 DNS 31  Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia Did not start DNS 8  Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings  Rider Points 1  Valentino Rossi 91 2  Norifumi Abe 57 3  Max Biaggi 54 4  Loris Capirossi 45 5  Àlex Crivillé 44;Constructors' Championship standings  Constructor Points 1  Honda 91 2  Yamaha 78 3  Suzuki 37 4  Proton KR 19 5  Pulse 0* '''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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