2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2001 French Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	May 20, 2001
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.305 km (2.676 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:38.421
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:39.954
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:41.065
Fastest lap
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:41.473
Podium
First	Daijiro Kato
Second	Tetsuya Harada
Third	Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:47.494
Fastest lap
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	1:48.385
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Mirko Giansanti
Third	Toni Elías

The 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of May 18–20, 2001 at the Bugatti Circuit.

500cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	28	46:59.346	1	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	28	+3.266	5	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	28	+4.830	3	16
4	6	Norick Abe	Yamaha	28	+14.561	7	13
5	28	Álex Crivillé	Honda	28	+14.977	10	11
6	1	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	28	+23.180	2	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	28	+29.597	8	9
8	4	Alex Barros	Honda	28	+31.205	13	8
9	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	28	+32.499	14	7
10	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Proton	28	+33.019	11	6
11	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	28	+36.476	4	5
12	8	Chris Walker	Honda	28	+1:15.798	16	4
13	10	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	28	+1:19.446	15	3
14	21	Barry Veneman	Honda	27	+1 Lap	21	2
15	32	Jarno Janssen	Honda	27	+1 Lap	22	1
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse 500	16	Retirement	17
Ret	68	Mark Willis	Pulse 500	15	Retirement	20
Ret	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	10	Collision	12
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	10	Collision	6
Ret	16	Johann Stigefelt	Sabre V4	2	Retirement	18
DNS	5	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	0	Did not start	9
DNS	9	Leon Haslam	Honda	0	Did not start	19
DNS	14	Anthony West	Honda	0	Did not start	23
DNQ	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha

References

• "MotoGP official website". http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2001/ESP/. Retrieved 2009-09-08. ^{[dead link]}