2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
Introduction 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  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:
250 cc classification  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:
125 cc classification  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:
Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings  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  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.
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