2001 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

Italy  2001 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 June 2001
Official nameGran Premio Cinzano d'Italia[1][2]
LocationAutodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:52.554
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:54.994 on lap 6
Podium
First Brazil Alex Barros
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Italy Max Biaggi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:53.922
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 2:07.403 on lap 21
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Italy Roberto Rolfo
Third Italy Marco Melandri
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:59.246
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda
Time 2:12.363 on lap 14
Podium
First Japan Noboru Ueda
Second Italy Gino Borsoi
Third San Marino Manuel Poggiali

The 2001 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 June 2001 at the Mugello Circuit.

500 cc classification

The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.[3]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 23 49:26.006 5 25
2 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 23 +8.359 3 20
3 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 +8.509 4 16
4 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 23 +8.996 6 13
5 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 23 +20.651 17 11
6 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 23 +24.723 12 10
7 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 23 +27.745 9 9
8 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 +32.768 10 8
9 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 23 +51.357 11 7
10 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1:08.505 13 6
11 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 23 +1:18.026 14 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 23 +1:49.333 7 4
13 68 Australia Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 22 +1 lap 21 3
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 22 Retirement 1
Ret 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 20 Retirement 2
Ret 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 20 Retirement 16
DSQ 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 17 Disqualified 20
Ret 8 United Kingdom Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 11 Retirement 15
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 10 Retirement 18
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 7 Retirement 8
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 2 Retirement 19
DNQ 26 Slovakia Vladimír Častka Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix Paton Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 21 46:11.129 1 25
2 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 21 +12.729 10 20
3 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 21 +37.673 8 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +43.860 5 13
5 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 21 +47.149 12 11
6 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +54.884 17 10
7 42 Spain David Checa Honda 21 +57.903 20 9
8 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 21 +59.092 9 8
9 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 21 +1:00.763 18 7
10 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 21 +1:11.795 6 6
11 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 21 +1:13.110 21 5
12 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 21 +1:40.274 15 4
13 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 21 +1:42.351 23 3
14 98 Germany Katja Poensgen Aprilia 21 +1:42.515 28 2
15 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 21 +1:42.911 19 1
16 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 21 +1:43.602 14
17 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 21 +1:45.253 25
18 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 21 +1:51.411 13
19 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 20 +1 lap 27
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 16 Retirement 22
Ret 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 15 Accident 26
Ret 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 9 Accident 16
DSQ 55 Italy Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 9 Black flag 24
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 5 Accident 11
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 5 Retirement 7
Ret 34 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 4 Accident 2
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 4 Accident 3
Ret 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 3 Accident 4
Ret 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha 1 Accident 29
DNQ 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Honda Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 20 45:15.046 6 25
2 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 +3.810 8 20
3 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 20 +6.917 12 16
4 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 20 +12.917 2 13
5 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 20 +13.280 11 11
6 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 20 +14.127 10 10
7 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +21.103 20 9
8 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 20 +21.250 7 8
9 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda 20 +21.263 15 7
10 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 20 +25.424 18 6
11 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +27.084 4 5
12 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20 +34.483 9 4
13 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20 +1:01.136 27 3
14 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 20 +1:01.892 24 2
15 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 20 +1:38.445 14 1
16 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 20 +1:50.790 22
17 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 20 +2:00.237 29
18 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +1 lap 1
19 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 19 +1 lap 31
20 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +1 lap 17
21 27 Italy Marco Petrini Honda 19 +1 lap 26
22 52 Italy Michele Conti Honda 19 +1 lap 30
23 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +1 lap 28
Ret 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 15 Accident 21
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 14 Retirement 13
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 13 Retirement 16
Ret 51 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Aprilia 12 Retirement 23
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 7 Retirement 19
Ret 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 4 Retirement 25
Ret 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 3 Accident 3
Ret 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 2 Retirement 5
DNS 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda Did not start
DNS 14 Germany Philipp Hafeneger Honda Did not start
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[9]

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

References

  1. ^ "2001 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Max mounts the podium". yamaha-racing.com. Yamaha Motor Racing. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ "2001 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia – 500cc – Race Classification". sport-fans.co.uk. Dorna Sports. 3 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 June 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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