2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | April 8, 2001 | ||
| Location | Suzuka Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.859 km (3.641 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Loris Capirossi |
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| Time | 2:04.777 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Tohru Ukawa |
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| Time | 2:06.805 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi |
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| Second |  Garry McCoy |
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| Third | Max Biaggi |
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato |
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| Time | 2:07.414 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato |
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| Time | 2:08.658 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato |
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| Second | Tetsuya Harada |
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| Third | Roberto Locatelli |
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Youichi Ui |
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| Time | 2:14.686 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Masao Azuma |
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| Time | 2:15.353 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Masao Azuma |
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| Second | Youichi Ui |
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| Third | Simone Sanna |
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The 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 6–8, 2001 at the Suzuka Circuit.
500cc classification
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Honda | 21 | 44:51.501 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Garry McCoy |
Yamaha | 21 | +0.724 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi |
Yamaha | 21 | +0.956 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 21 | +1.176 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano |
Yamaha | 21 | +3.256 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 |  Alex Barros |
Honda | 21 | +14.515 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 |  Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Suzuki | 21 | +22.876 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Honda | 21 | +28.732 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 |  Álex Crivillé |
Honda | 21 | +34.478 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa |
Yamaha | 21 | +53.765 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Proton | 21 | +58.688 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki |
Honda | 21 | +1:17.338 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 |  Leon Haslam |
Honda | 21 | +1:17.681 | 20 | 3 |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent |
Pulse 500 | 19 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 16 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 68 | Mark Willis |
Pulse 500 | 15 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 33 | Akira Ryo |
Suzuki | 12 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Olivier Jacque |
Yamaha | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga |
Yamaha | 10 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Suzuki | 8 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 21 | Barry Veneman |
Honda | 5 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Sabre V4 | 3 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 10 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 0 | Collision | 13 | |
| Ret | 8 | Chris Walker |
Honda | 0 | Collision | 18 | |
| DNQ | 14 | Marcus Payten |
Honda |
References
- "MotoGP official website". http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2001/JPN/. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
| Previous race: 2000 Australian Grand Prix |
FIM MotoGP World Championship 2001 season |
Next race: 2001 South African Grand Prix |
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