2001 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

Japan  2001 Pacific Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date7 October 2001
Official namePacific Grand Prix of Motegi[1][2]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:49.800
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:51.030 on lap 13
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Brazil Alex Barros
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:52.789
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:53.767 on lap 12
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:58.603
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:59.010 on lap 9
Podium
First Japan Youichi Ui
Second San Marino Manuel Poggiali
Third Spain Daniel Pedrosa

The 2001 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 October 2001 at the Twin Ring Motegi.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 25 46:32.600 4 25
2 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 25 +2.607 3 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 25 +9.765 1 16
4 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +13.951 16 13
5 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +21.994 9 11
6 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +22.279 5 10
7 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +27.332 11 9
8 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +27.607 6 8
9 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +33.822 7 7
10 64 Japan Yukio Kagayama Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +38.139 14 6
11 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +41.866 12 5
12 5 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +50.419 13 4
13 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +56.204 17 3
14 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 25 +1:05.286 18 2
15 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 24 +1 lap 20 1
16 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 24 +1 lap 22
17 18 Australia Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 24 +1 lap 23
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 18 Retirement 8
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 8 Retirement 10
Ret 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 7 Accident 19
Ret 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 6 Accident 15
Ret 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 5 Accident 2
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 4 Retirement 21
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 43:59.587 1 25
2 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +7.559 5 20
3 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 23 +8.024 4 16
4 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +11.462 6 13
5 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 23 +11.733 8 11
6 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +13.498 9 10
7 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +19.937 10 9
8 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +24.789 13 8
9 46 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 23 +26.671 16 7
10 88 Japan Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 23 +33.671 17 6
11 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +37.114 7 5
12 42 Spain David Checa Honda 23 +40.478 15 4
13 89 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 23 +41.670 20 3
14 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 23 +42.139 23 2
15 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 23 +42.568 22 1
16 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +42.806 24
17 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 23 +43.379 21
18 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +45.790 11
19 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +46.181 12
20 90 Japan Daisaku Sakai Honda 23 +48.361 26
21 92 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +48.507 19
22 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Yamaha 23 +1:16.106 29
23 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 23 +1:33.167 30
24 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 23 +1:53.607 31
25 55 Italy Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 22 +1 lap 33
26 14 Germany Katja Poensgen Honda 22 +1 lap 35
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 13 Retirement 18
Ret 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha 11 Retirement 32
Ret 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 5 Accident 3
Ret 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 5 Accident 2
Ret 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Yamaha 4 Accident 34
Ret 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 3 Retirement 25
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 3 Retirement 14
Ret 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 2 Retirement 28
Ret 91 Japan Takayuki Onodera Yamaha 0 Retirement 27
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 21 42:01.711 1 25
2 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +1.004 2 20
3 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 21 +1.129 7 16
4 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 21 +12.109 5 13
5 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 +23.147 3 11
6 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +28.345 9 10
7 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +28.387 6 9
8 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +29.678 17 8
9 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 21 +29.898 13 7
10 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 21 +30.026 20 6
11 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +30.268 15 5
12 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 21 +35.692 31 4
13 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 21 +35.894 21 3
14 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 21 +36.170 29 2
15 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 21 +45.438 28 1
16 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +45.543 27
17 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 21 +45.997 16
18 65 Japan Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 21 +1:10.144 33
19 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda 21 +1:14.335 34
20 37 San Marino William de Angelis Honda 21 +1:14.887 30
21 77 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 21 +1:29.415 35
Ret 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 13 Retirement 24
Ret 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 11 Retirement 32
Ret 56 Japan Yuzo Fujioka Honda 6 Accident 18
Ret 64 Japan Yuki Takahashi E-NER 5 Accident 11
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 5 Accident 12
Ret 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 4 Accident 4
Ret 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 4 Accident 8
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 4 Accident 10
Ret 55 Japan Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 2 Retirement 19
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 1 Accident 22
Ret 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 0 Accident 14
Ret 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 23
Ret 66 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 0 Accident 26
Ret 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 0 Accident 25
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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

References

  1. ^ "2001 Pacific MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2001 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. ^ "PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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