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2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Malaysia  2001 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date21 October 2001
Official nameMalaysian Grand Prix[1]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 2:05.637
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:06.618 on lap 13
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Australia Garry McCoy
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 2:08.151
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 2:08.920 on lap 2
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Spain Fonsi Nieto
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Toni Elías
Time 2:15.358
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 2:14.961 on lap 7
Podium
First Japan Youichi Ui
Second San Marino Manuel Poggiali
Third Italy Lucio Cecchinello

The 2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2001 at the Sepang International Circuit.

500 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 21 44:46.652 2 25
2 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 21 +3.551 1 20
3 5 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +4.722 4 16
4 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +5.005 6 13
5 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +8.807 12 11
6 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +12.192 11 10
7 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 21 +15.682 5 9
8 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +18.772 8 8
9 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +27.012 14 7
10 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +28.829 13 6
11 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 21 +29.007 16 5
12 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 21 +1:02.166 18 4
13 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 21 +1:20.535 10 3
14 18 Australia Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 21 +2:04.455 22 2
15 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 21 +2:04.500 20 1
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 12 Accident 7
Ret 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 7 Accident 19
Ret 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 6 Retirement 15
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 5 Retirement 21
Ret 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 3 Accident 9
Ret 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 3 Accident 3
Ret 80 United States Kurtis Roberts Proton Team KR Proton KR 2 Accident 17
DNS 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR Did not start
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 20 43:22.487 1 25
2 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 20 +14.893 6 20
3 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +15.892 2 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +19.748 7 13
5 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 20 +35.867 9 11
6 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +46.364 13 10
7 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +46.408 12 9
8 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 20 +46.731 11 8
9 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +56.513 14 7
10 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 20 +58.914 4 6
11 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 +1:00.301 8 5
12 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +1:00.689 5 4
13 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 20 +1:09.730 15 3
14 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +1:09.953 17 2
15 42 Spain David Checa Honda 20 +1:10.810 18 1
16 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 20 +1:10.847 23
17 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 20 +1:12.008 16
18 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Yamaha 20 +1:26.290 22
19 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 +1:30.098 24
20 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 20 +1:37.261 21
21 55 Italy Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 20 +1:37.635 25
22 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 20 +1:49.118 26
23 27 Australia Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 19 +1 lap 28
Ret 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 11 Retirement 19
Ret 14 Germany Katja Poensgen Honda 9 Accident 27
Ret 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 8 Accident 3
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 6 Retirement 20
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 2 Accident 10
DNS 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha Did not start
DNQ 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [4]

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 19 43:21.269 2 25
2 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 19 +2.078 8 20
3 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 19 +2.196 3 16
4 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +3.161 4 13
5 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +3.987 5 11
6 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 19 +4.265 1 10
7 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 19 +4.468 11 9
8 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 19 +5.123 10 8
9 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +30.026 16 7
10 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 19 +30.292 7 6
11 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 19 +30.417 13 5
12 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 19 +30.684 14 4
13 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 19 +30.860 27 3
14 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 19 +31.433 15 2
15 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 19 +31.802 12 1
16 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +33.406 9
17 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +36.162 23
18 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 19 +36.542 26
19 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 19 +37.248 22
20 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +41.564 19
21 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda 19 +41.660 20
22 37 San Marino William de Angelis Honda 19 +1:11.823 29
23 77 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 19 +1:34.039 30
Ret 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 17 Retirement 6
Ret 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 7 Retirement 24
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 7 Retirement 21
Ret 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 0 Accident 28
Ret 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 17
Ret 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 0 Accident 25
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 0 Accident 18
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2001 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ^ "MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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