2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 8 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 8 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Cinzano British Grand Prix[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Donington Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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500 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.
500 cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 30 | 46:53.349 | 11 | 25 |
2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +1.794 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +2.011 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +7.610 | 12 | 13 |
5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +12.526 | 9 | 11 |
6 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +12.766 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +16.225 | 13 | 9 |
8 | 1 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +16.699 | 6 | 8 |
9 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +16.780 | 8 | 7 |
10 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +24.781 | 2 | 6 |
11 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +29.205 | 7 | 5 |
12 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +44.984 | 5 | 4 |
13 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +49.907 | 19 | 3 |
14 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +50.033 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 30 | +59.116 | 14 | 1 |
16 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +1:04.876 | 16 | |
17 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:10.748 | 20 | |
18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 29 | +1 lap | 22 | |
19 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 29 | +1 lap | 21 | |
Ret | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 21 | Retirement | 17 | |
Ret | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 21 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 18 | Retirement | 15 | |
Ret | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 14 | Retirement | 10 | |
WD | 27 | Sébastien Gimbert | Paton Grand Prix | Paton | Withdrew | |||
Sources: [3][4][5] |
250 cc race classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 27 | 42:46.466 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 27 | +10.173 | 7 | 20 |
3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 27 | +10.401 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 27 | +25.100 | 4 | 13 |
5 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +46.668 | 6 | 11 |
6 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +51.130 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +51.926 | 13 | 9 |
8 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 27 | +52.491 | 11 | 8 |
9 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 27 | +53.797 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 27 | +57.984 | 14 | 6 |
11 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 27 | +58.117 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 12 | Aprilia | 27 | +1:02.663 | 16 | 4 | |
13 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.628 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 27 | +1:14.493 | 20 | 2 |
15 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 27 | +1:16.335 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 16 | Honda | 27 | +1:21.487 | 23 | ||
17 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 27 | +1:25.057 | 17 | |
18 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 27 | +1:26.254 | 1 | |
19 | 45 | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | ||
20 | 55 | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 30 | ||
21 | 36 | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 29 | ||
22 | 62 | Jason DiSalvo | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 28 | |
23 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 32 | |
24 | 67 | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 33 | ||
25 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 25 | +2 laps | 31 | |
Ret | 68 | Stuart Easton | Honda | 24 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 23 | Retirement | 10 | |
Ret | 11 | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 24 | ||
Ret | 20 | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 22 | ||
Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 59 | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 25 | ||
Ret | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
DNS | 58 | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 21 | ||
DNS | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
Source: [6] |
125 cc race classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 26 | 43:17.675 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | +3.129 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 26 | +3.869 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 26 | +3.966 | 4 | 13 |
5 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 26 | +17.386 | 9 | 11 |
6 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 26 | +23.647 | 15 | 10 |
7 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 26 | +24.201 | 14 | 9 |
8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 26 | +24.422 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 26 | +28.039 | 28 | 7 |
10 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 26 | +28.612 | 22 | 6 |
11 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 26 | +28.620 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | +33.089 | 26 | 4 |
13 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +36.125 | 20 | 3 |
14 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 26 | +36.583 | 24 | 2 |
15 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 26 | +36.948 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 20 | Aprilia | 26 | +43.849 | 23 | ||
17 | 73 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 26 | +50.842 | 18 | |
18 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 26 | +1:01.114 | 17 | |
19 | 34 | Honda | 26 | +1:06.140 | 21 | ||
20 | 27 | Honda | 26 | +1:11.505 | 25 | ||
21 | 77 | Honda | 26 | +1:32.712 | 32 | ||
22 | 12 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:33.146 | 30 | ||
23 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | -Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 8 | |
Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 16 | Retirement | 5 | |
Ret | 72 | Chris Martin | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 29 | |
Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 11 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 29 | Honda | 11 | Accident | 12 | ||
Ret | 71 | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 31 | ||
Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 9 | Retirement | 11 | |
Ret | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 27 | |
Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 5 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
DNS | 10 | Honda | Did not start | ||||
WD | 74 | Honda | Withdrew | ||||
Source: [7] |
Championship standings after the race (500cc)[]
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[8]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- ^ "2001 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "2001 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 July 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 July 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 8 July 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
Categories:
- British motorcycle Grand Prix
- 2001 MotoGP race reports
- 2001 in British motorsport
- July 2001 sports events in the United Kingdom