2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 2 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 22 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Phakisa Freeway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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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 |
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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: [2][3][4] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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 | Aprilia | 26 | +55.285 | 17 | 2 | |
15 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +57.738 | 10 | 1 |
16 | 20 | Aprilia | 26 | +1:09.396 | 9 | ||
17 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:19.289 | 22 | |
18 | 19 | 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 | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | ||
23 | 51 | 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 | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 29 | ||
Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 11 | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 30 | ||
Source: [5] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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 | -Honda | 24 | +7.149 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +7.365 | 7 | 13 |
5 | 29 | 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 | Dani 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 | 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 | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 19 | ||
24 | 12 | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 29 | ||
Ret | 14 | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 28 | ||
Ret | 27 | Honda | 11 | Accident | 25 | ||
Ret | 20 | 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 | Aprilia | Did not qualify | ||||
Source: [6] |
Championship standings after the race (500cc)[]
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.[7]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- ^ "2001 South African MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "2001 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. 22 April 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "motogp.com · · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. 22 April 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 April 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
Categories:
- South African motorcycle Grand Prix
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- 2001 in South African motorsport
- April 2001 sports events in Africa