2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
Introduction The '''2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix''' was the second round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 April 2001 at the Phakisa Freeway.
500 cc classification  Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46  '''Valentino Rossi''' '''Nastro Azzurro Honda''' '''Honda''' 28 45:03.414 1 '''25''' 2 65  '''Loris Capirossi''' '''West Honda Pons''' '''Honda''' 28 +0.660 2 '''20''' 3 11  '''Tohru Ukawa''' '''Repsol YPF Honda Team''' '''Honda''' 28 +7.530 6 '''16''' 4 56  '''Shinya Nakano''' '''Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +8.653 3 '''13''' 5 6  '''Norifumi Abe''' '''Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +9.224 7 '''11''' 6 28  '''Àlex Crivillé''' '''Repsol YPF Honda Team''' '''Honda''' 28 +13.211 9 '''10''' 7 1  '''Kenny Roberts Jr.''' '''Telefónica Movistar Suzuki''' '''Suzuki''' 28 +13.305 5 '''9''' 8 3  '''Max Biaggi''' '''Marlboro Yamaha Team''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +13.663 8 '''8''' 9 4  '''Alex Barros''' '''West Honda Pons''' '''Honda''' 28 +17.357 12 '''7''' 10 15  '''Sete Gibernau''' '''Telefónica Movistar Suzuki''' '''Suzuki''' 28 +21.697 11 '''6''' 11 17  '''Jurgen van den Goorbergh''' '''Proton Team KR''' '''Proton KR''' 28 +37.649 13 '''5''' 12 12  '''Haruchika Aoki''' '''Arie Molenaar Racing''' '''Honda''' 28 +48.587 14 '''4''' 13 10  '''José Luis Cardoso''' '''Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin''' '''Yamaha''' 28 +1:01.110 17 '''3''' 14 14  '''Anthony West''' '''Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team''' '''Honda''' 28 +1:06.173 19 '''2''' 15 8 ''' Chris Walker''' '''Shell Advance Honda''' '''Honda''' 28 +1:08.255 16 '''1''' 16 19  Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +1:10.262 15 17 9  Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 28 +1:15.130 18 18 16  Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 27 +1 lap 20 19 21  Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1 lap 22 20 68  Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 27 +1 lap 23 Ret 5  Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 17 Accident 4 Ret 41  Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 4 Accident 10 DNS 24  Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 0 Did not start 21 Sources:
250 cc classification  Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74  '''Daijiro Kato''' '''Honda''' 26 42:31.371 1 '''25''' 2 5  '''Marco Melandri''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +0.083 3 '''20''' 3 31  '''Tetsuya Harada''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +15.806 2 '''16''' 4 15  '''Roberto Locatelli''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +17.666 4 '''13''' 5 10  '''Fonsi Nieto''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +34.031 5 '''11''' 6 99  '''Jeremy McWilliams''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +34.233 11 '''10''' 7 9  '''Sebastián Porto''' '''Yamaha''' 26 +34.312 8 '''9''' 8 44  '''Roberto Rolfo''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +35.074 12 '''8''' 9 8  '''Naoki Matsudo''' '''Yamaha''' 26 +35.185 13 '''7''' 10 66  '''Alex Hofmann''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +51.599 23 '''6''' 11 18  '''Shahrol Yuzy''' '''Yamaha''' 26 +53.805 19 '''5''' 12 50  '''Sylvain Guintoli''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +54.066 15 '''4''' 13 42  '''David Checa''' '''Honda''' 26 +54.475 16 '''3''' 14 12  '''Klaus Nöhles''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +55.285 17 '''2''' 15 6  '''Alex Debón''' '''Aprilia''' 26 +57.738 10 '''1''' 16 20  Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 26 +1:09.396 9 17 57  Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 26 +1:19.289 22 18 19  Julien Allemand Yamaha 26 +1:19.734 21 19 7  Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +1:20.139 18 20 21  Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +1:20.329 7 21 23  César Barros Yamaha 25 +1 lap 24 22 55  Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 25 +1 lap 25  23 51  Jonathan van Vuuren Yamaha 25 +1 lap 26 24 98  Katja Poensgen Aprilia 25 +1 lap 28 Ret 81  Randy de Puniet Aprilia 24 Retirement 14 Ret 22  José David de Gea Yamaha 12 Retirement 20 DSQ 26  Iván Silva Honda 12 Black flag 27 Ret 45  Stuart Edwards Honda 9 Retirement 29 Ret 37  Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 6 Accident 6 Ret 11  Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 2 Retirement 30 Source:
125 cc classification  Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41  '''Youichi Ui''' '''Derbi''' 24 41:27.323 1 '''25''' 2 54  '''Manuel Poggiali''' '''Gilera''' 24 +1.288 3 '''20''' 3 5  '''Noboru Ueda''' '''TSR-Honda''' 24 +7.149 2 '''16''' 4 23  '''Gino Borsoi''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +7.365 7 '''13''' 5 29  '''Ángel Nieto Jr.''' '''Honda''' 24 +7.731 5 '''11''' 6 21  '''Arnaud Vincent''' '''Honda''' 24 +7.989 11 '''10''' 7 11  '''Max Sabbatani''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +8.114 16 '''9''' 8 17  '''Steve Jenkner''' '''Aprilia''' 24 +15.140 18 '''8''' 9 15  '''Alex de Angelis''' '''Honda''' 24 +24.741 14 '''7''' 10 4  '''Masao Azuma''' '''Honda''' 24 +30.750 9 '''6''' 11 7  '''Stefano Perugini''' '''Italjet''' 24 +30.833 13 '''5''' 12 6  '''Mirko Giansanti''' '''Honda''' 24 +31.005 17 '''4''' 13 26  '''Daniel Pedrosa''' '''Honda''' 24 +31.190 15 '''3''' 14 8  '''Gianluigi Scalvini''' '''Italjet''' 24 +31.818 8 '''2''' 15 22  '''Pablo Nieto''' '''Derbi''' 24 +32.198 12 '''1''' 16 25  Joan Olivé Honda 24 +35.977 26 17 19  Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 24 +36.383 22 18 24  Toni Elías Honda 24 +37.833 6 19 9  Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +58.806 4  20 34  Eric Bataille Honda 24 +1:01.405 27  21 28  Gábor Talmácsi Honda 24 +1:12.989 24 22 39  Jaroslav Huleš Honda 24 +1:25.036 20 23 10  Jarno Müller Honda 23 +1 lap 19 24 12  Raúl Jara Aprilia 23 +1 lap 29 Ret 14  Philipp Hafeneger Honda 13 Retirement 28 Ret 27  Marco Petrini Honda 11 Accident 25 Ret 20  Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 9 Accident 10 Ret 31  Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 8 Retirement 21 Ret 18  Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 23 DNS 16  Simone Sanna Aprilia Did not start DNQ 58  Jason Wessels Aprilia Did not qualify Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings  Rider Points 1  Valentino Rossi 50 2  Loris Capirossi 28 3  Max Biaggi 24 4  Norifumi Abe 24 5  Shinya Nakano 24;Constructors' Championship standings  Constructor Points 1  Honda 50 2  Yamaha 33 3  Suzuki 18 4  Proton KR 10 5  Sabre V4 0* '''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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