2001 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Spain  2001 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 23 September 2001
Official name GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana
Location Circuit de Valencia
Course Permanent racing facility
4.005 km (2.489 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:34.496
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:36.792 on lap 30
Podium
First Spain Sete Gibernau
Second Brazil Alex Barros
Third United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto
Time 1:36.379
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:36.701 on lap 16
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Tetsuya Harada
Third Spain Fonsi Nieto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Toni Elías
Time 1:40.481
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Gino Borsoi
Time 1:41.464 on lap 7
Podium
First San Marino Manuel Poggiali
Second Spain Toni Elías
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa

The 2001 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 September 2001 at the Circuit de Valencia.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Suzuki 30 54:39.391 12 25
2 4 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 30 +0.293 11 20
3 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 30 +1.241 7 16
4 7 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 30 +7.052 8 13
5 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 30 +29.809 14 11
6 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 30 +29.863 10 10
7 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 30 +31.093 3 9
8 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha 30 +31.609 13 8
9 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton KR 30 +32.783 9 7
10 3 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 30 +37.774 1 6
11 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda 30 +40.512 2 5
12 5 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 30 +1:36.743 5 4
13 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 29 +1 lap 18 3
14 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre V4 29 +1 lap 21 2
15 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Honda 28 +2 laps 20 1
16 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 28 +2 laps 19
17 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 26 +4 laps 16
Ret 18 Australia Brendan Clarke Honda 14 Retirement 22
Ret 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 7 Accident 6
Ret 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 1 Accident 15
Ret 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Honda 0 Accident 17
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 0 Accident 4
DNQ 37 Spain Miguel Tey Honda Did not qualify
Source: [1]

250 cc classification

The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; race times from the two heats were added together to determine the final results.[2]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 27 44:01.853 5 25
2 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 27 +4.943 4 20
3 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +12.371 1 16
4 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +14.972 9 13
5 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 27 +21.045 7 11
6 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +25.817 8 10
7 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +26.623 3 9
8 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 27 +26.776 10 8
9 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +35.372 2 7
10 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +46.273 14 6
11 42 Spain David Checa Honda 27 +47.766 13 5
12 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +47.887 19 4
13 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 27 +49.132 18 3
14 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +51.582 11 2
15 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 27 +52.052 16 1
16 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +53.057 15
17 46 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 27 +53.108 21
18 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 27 +1:17.203 24
19 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 27 +1:42.393 22
20 38 Spain Álvaro Molina Yamaha 27 +1:53.681 27
21 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha 27 +2:07.720 28
22 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 27 +2:12.659 23
23 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Yamaha 27 +2:14.370 30
24 14 Germany Katja Poensgen Honda 27 +2:23.258 29
Ret 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 19 Retirement 26
Ret 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 16 Retirement 12
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 13 Retirement 20
Ret 83 Hungary Gábor Rizmayer Honda 9 Retirement 31
Ret 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 6 Retirement 17
Ret 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Yamaha 5 Retirement 25
Ret 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 3 Retirement 6
DNQ 41 Spain Dámaso Nácher Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 43 Spain Isaac Martín Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 72 Spain Michael García Aprilia Did not qualify
DNQ 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia Did not qualify
Source: [3]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 25 42:45.422 12 25
2 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 25 +0.022 1 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 25 +0.263 8 16
4 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 25 +0.305 10 13
5 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +0.561 6 11
6 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +0.586 2 10
7 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +0.654 5 9
8 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 25 +1.596 3 8
9 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 25 +2.005 4 7
10 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 25 +2.078 9 6
11 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 25 +15.746 11 5
12 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 25 +17.225 29 4
13 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 25 +17.369 18 3
14 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 25 +17.456 14 2
15 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 25 +17.709 19 1
16 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 25 +18.686 15
17 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 25 +20.387 13
18 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 25 +20.537 16
19 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 25 +21.800 28
20 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 25 +24.857 24
21 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +24.946 23
22 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 25 +38.255 22
23 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 25 +38.692 20
24 77 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 25 +42.858 34
25 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 25 +43.450 26
26 30 Germany Jascha Büch Honda 25 +1:01.078 30
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 24 Accident 21
Ret 44 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 Retirement 17
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 14 Retirement 25
Ret 45 Spain Javier Forés Aprilia 14 Retirement 27
Ret 75 Italy Fabrizio Lai Rieju 11 Accident 31
Ret 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 7 Accident 7
Ret 37 San Marino William de Angelis Honda 6 Retirement 33
Ret 82 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 4 Accident 32
Source: [4]

References

  1. ↑ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "GP Valencia, gara 250: Katoh vola via...". motocorse.com (in Italian). Nexus Web Services. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "The 2001 races – Valencia". classic.autosport.com. Autosport. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

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