2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 August 2001
Official nameGauloises Grand Prix České republiky[1][2]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 2:00.347
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:01.461 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 2:02.953
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 2:03.836 on lap 5
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Japan Daijiro Kato
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Toni Elías
Time 2:09.062
Fastest lap
Rider Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš
Time 2:09.648 on lap 8
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías
Second Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Third Germany Steve Jenkner

The 2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 August 2001 at the Masaryk Circuit.

This race was the final podium for 1999 500cc world champion Àlex Crivillé.[3]

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 22 45:01.044 2 25
2 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 22 +3.374 8 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 22 +3.767 3 16
4 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 22 +4.057 11 13
5 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 22 +6.574 13 11
6 5 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +7.344 5 10
7 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +10.689 7 9
8 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +15.201 10 8
9 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 22 +24.732 9 7
10 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +29.758 1 6
11 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +42.667 15 5
12 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +43.063 12 4
13 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 22 +56.432 14 3
14 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 22 +1:13.315 17 2
15 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 22 +2:03.200 19 1
16 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2:07.065 21
Ret 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 Retirement 6
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 14 Retirement 18
Ret 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 8 Retirement 4
Ret 18 Australia Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 5 Retirement 20
Ret 25 Australia Shaun Geronimi Paton Grand Prix Paton 5 Retirement 22
DNS 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 20 41:32.599 1 25
2 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 +2.743 4 20
3 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 20 +2.797 2 16
4 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +31.315 5 13
5 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 20 +32.569 11 11
6 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +33.823 10 10
7 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 20 +35.171 6 9
8 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +35.386 8 8
9 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +35.663 13 7
10 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +41.559 7 6
11 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 20 +46.303 18 5
12 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +46.613 9 4
13 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +49.736 19 3
14 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +50.375 12 2
15 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 20 +51.492 22 1
16 46 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 20 +56.553 15
17 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 20 +56.605 14
18 42 Spain David Checa Honda 20 +1:02.337 16
19 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 20 +1:17.395 24
20 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 20 +1:17.512 26
21 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 20 +1:17.734 25
22 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 +1:17.840 23
23 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Yamaha 20 +1:18.157 20
24 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 20 +1:34.555 27
25 83 Hungary Gábor Rizmayer Honda 20 +1:59.296 28
26 62 United States Jason DiSalvo Honda 19 +1 lap 31
27 79 Germany Norman Rank Honda 19 +1 lap 33
28 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha 19 +1 lap 29
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 14 Accident 21
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 13 Retirement 3
Ret 80 Slovakia Vladimír Častka Yamaha 7 Accident 30
Ret 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Honda 5 Retirement 32
DNS 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 0 Did not start 17
DNQ 82 Germany Henrik Voit Honda Did not qualify
Source:[6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 19 41:27.703 1 25
2 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 19 +0.689 3 20
3 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +1.086 6 16
4 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +1.156 2 13
5 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 19 +3.668 9 11
6 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 19 +7.804 5 10
7 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 19 +7.817 10 9
8 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +7.985 13 8
9 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +8.528 8 7
10 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +13.875 4 6
11 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 19 +20.490 7 5
12 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 19 +25.982 21 4
13 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 19 +26.127 12 3
14 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 19 +30.135 22 2
15 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 19 +30.593 23 1
16 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +30.738 15
17 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +30.954 17
18 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +31.290 19
19 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 19 +32.111 14
20 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 19 +45.231 20
21 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 19 +58.341 27
22 77 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 19 +1:10.907 33
23 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +1:10.918 28
24 30 Germany Jascha Büch Honda 19 +1:11.480 30
25 80 Germany Tobias Kirmeier Honda 19 +1:11.692 31
26 84 Czech Republic Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +1:11.984 32
27 96 Czech Republic Matěj Smrž Aprilia 19 +1:12.105 29
28 83 Czech Republic Václav Bittman Honda 19 +1:12.660 34
29 85 Czech Republic Tomáš Mikšovský Honda 19 +1:12.749 35
Ret 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 17 Accident 18
Ret 27 Italy Marco Petrini Honda 13 Retirement 24
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 11 Accident 11
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 11 Accident 16
Ret 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 8 Retirement 25
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 4 Retirement 26
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "2001 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. ^ "2001 Czech MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "Gauloises České republiky GP – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Gauloises České republiky GP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Gauloises České republiky GP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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