2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 53rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

2001 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous: 2000 Next: 2002
World Champion
500cc – Valentino Rossi (Honda)
250cc – Daijiro Kato (Honda)
125cc – Manuel Poggiali (Gilera)
Daijiro Kato (pictured at Donington Park) became the 2001 250cc world champion

Season summary

2001 was the end of the 500 cc era in Grand Prix motorcycle racing; in 2002 the premier class would be renamed MotoGP and dominated by 4-stroke 990 cc machines. However, 2001 was the beginning of another era, that of Valentino Rossi's run of championships in the top class. His learning year past him, he won 11 races in 2001, far outdistancing his nearest competitor, Max Biaggi. Rossi and Biaggi began the season with a controversial incident at Suzuka, where Biaggi seemed to have tried to push Rossi into the dirt at 150 mph and Rossi responded two laps later with an aggressive pass and an extended middle finger. Rossi would win that race and sew-up the championship with two rounds to go. As of 2019, it was the last season where a non-factory rider won the rider championship title in the premier class.

The 500 cc Rookie of the Year award went to Shinya Nakano.[1] At the 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Katja Poensgen became the first female competitor to qualify for a 250cc Grand Prix race.[2]

As of 2020, it was the last year where a single constructor (Honda) won the championship in all three categories.

2001 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2001:[3][4]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 8 April Grand Prix of Japan Suzuka Circuit
2 22 April Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix Phakisa Freeway
3 6 May Gran Premio Marlboro de España Circuito de Jerez
4 20 May Grand Prix Polini de France Bugatti Circuit
5 3 June Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia Mugello Circuit
6 17 June Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya
7 30 June †† Gauloises Dutch TT Assen
8 8 July Cinzano British Grand Prix Donington Park
9 22 July Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring
10 26 August Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit
11 9 September Grande Premio Marlboro de Portugal Autódromo do Estoril
12 23 September Gran Premio Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo
13 7 October Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi Twin Ring Motegi
14 14 October Qantas Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Circuit
15 21 October Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
16 3 November Cinzano Rio Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

2001 Grand Prix seasons results
Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 125 winner 250 winner 500 winner Report
1 8 April Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Suzuka Masao Azuma Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
2 22 April South African motorcycle Grand Prix Phakisa Youichi Ui Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
3 6 May Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez Masao Azuma Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
4 20 May French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Manuel Poggiali Daijiro Kato Max Biaggi Report
5 3 June Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Noboru Ueda Tetsuya Harada Alex Barros Report
6 17 June Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya Lucio Cecchinello Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
7 30 June †† Gauloises Dutch TT Assen Toni Elías Jeremy McWilliams Max Biaggi Report
8 8 July British motorcycle Grand Prix Donington Park Youichi Ui Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
9 22 July German motorcycle Grand Prix Sachsenring Simone Sanna Marco Melandri Max Biaggi Report
10 26 August Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Toni Elías Tetsuya Harada Valentino Rossi Report
11 9 September Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Estoril Manuel Poggiali Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
12 23 September Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Valencia Manuel Poggiali Daijiro Kato Sete Gibernau Report
13 7 October Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix Motegi Youichi Ui Tetsuya Harada Valentino Rossi Report
14 14 October Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Youichi Ui Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
15 21 October Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang Youichi Ui Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report
16 3 November Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Youichi Ui Daijiro Kato Valentino Rossi Report

†† = Saturday race

Participants

500cc participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds
Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XRB1) 1 Kenny Roberts, Jr. All
15 Sete Gibernau All
33 Akira Ryo 1
64 Yukio Kagayama 13
Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWL6) 3 Max Biaggi All
7 Carlos Checa 1, 3–16
West Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 4 Alex Barros All
65 Loris Capirossi All
Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 5 Garry McCoy 1–4, 6–7, 9–16
41 Noriyuki Haga All
24 Jason Vincent 8
Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Norifumi Abe All
10 José Luis Cardoso All
Shell Advance Honda Honda Honda NSR500 8 Chris Walker 1–8
9 Leon Haslam 9–16
Honda NSR500V 1–4, 6–8
18 Brendan Clarke 9–16
Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 11 Tohru Ukawa All
28 Àlex Crivillé All
Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda NSR500V 12 Haruchika Aoki 1–3, 5–16
32 Jarno Janssen 4
Dee Cee Jeans Racing Honda Honda NSR500V 14 Marcus Payten 1
21 Barry Veneman 1–5, 7–16
14 Anthony West 2–16
Sabre Sport Sabre Sabre V4 16 Johan Stigefelt 1–15
Proton Team KR Proton KR Proton KR3 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All
80 Kurtis Roberts 15
Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 19 Olivier Jacque 1–4, 6–16
56 Shinya Nakano All
Pulse GP Pulse Pulse 500 24 Jason Vincent 1–7, 9
68 Mark Willis 1–8
Paton Grand Prix
Slovnaft-Paton Grand Prix		 Paton Paton PG500RC 25 Shaun Geronimi 10
26 Vladimír Častka 3, 5
27 Sébastien Gimbert 8
By Queroseno Racing Honda Honda NSR500V 37 Miguel Tey 12
Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda Honda NSR500 46 Valentino Rossi All
Source: [5]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 5 Marco Melandri All
31 Tetsuya Harada All
34 Marcellino Lucchi 3, 5
Valência Circuit - Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 6 Álex Debón All
10 Fonsi Nieto All
Telefónica MoviStar Honda Honda Honda NSR250 7 Emilio Alzamora All
74 Daijiro Kato All
Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 8 Naoki Matsudo All
18 Shahrol Yuzy All
Yamaha Kurz (rd 1-9)
Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz (rd 10-16)		 Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 9 Sebastián Porto All
23 Cesar Barros All
Aprilia Grand Prix Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 Riccardo Chiarello 1-2, 4-16
99 Jeremy McWilliams 1-5
MS Aprilia Racing (Germany) Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 12 Klaus Nöhles 1-12
55 Diego Giugovaz 13-16
99 Jeremy McWilliams 6-16
Shell Advance Honda Honda Honda NSR250 14 Katja Poensgen 11-16
MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 15 Roberto Locatelli All
21 Franco Battaini All
By Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 26 Iván Silva 2
39 David Tomás 3-16
85 Rafael Da Cunha 16
Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 19 Julien Allemand 1-4
22 José David de Gea All
36 Luis Costa 5-16
PR2 Metrored / PR2 - Damas Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 20 Jerónimo Vidal 1-15
Honda Honda NSR250 41 Damaso Nacher 3, 11-12, 16
QUB Team Optimum Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 24 Jason Vincent 10-16
Tecmas Racing Honda Honda NSR250 25 Vincent Philippe 9
Edo Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 55 Diego Giugovaz 1-5, 7-9
27 Shaun Geronimi 15-16
46 Taro Sekiguchi 6, 10-14
80 Vladimir Častka 10
Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 37 Luca Boscoscuro All
57 Lorenzo Lanzi All
Kolmer Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 38 Álvaro Molina 3, 6, 12
BRT Ismael Bonilla Honda Honda NSR250 39 Ismael Bonilla 3
Team Fomma Honda Honda NSR250 42 David Checa All
Construcciones CM Honda Honda NSR250 43 Isaac Martín 12
Safilo Oxydo Race Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 Roberto Rolfo All
FCC-TSR Honda Honda NSR250 45 Stuart Edwards 2-11
TSR-Honda 1
47 Tekkyu Kayo 1
Fujitsu Siemens Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 45 Stuart Edwards 12-16
Club Ventis Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 46 Taro Sekiguchi 1
Team Kotake RSC Honda Honda NSR250 48 Shinichi Nakatomi 1
Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 49 Choujun Kameya 1
Équipe de France - Scrab GP Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 50 Sylvain Guintoli All
81 Randy de Puniet All
Privest Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 51 Jonathan Van Vuuren 2
Équipe de France Honda Honda NSR250 52 Guillaume Dietrich 4
64 Hugo Marchand 4
Ouvrard Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 53 Tom Ouvrard 4
Bentin Motorsport Honda Honda NSR250 54 Hervé Mora 4
Fouloi Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 56 David Fouloi 4
Right Track Racing Honda Honda NSR250 58 Shane Norval 8
Team Jackson Honda Honda NSR250 59 Gary Jackson 8
Car Centre Nijmegen Honda Honda NSR250 60 Gert Pieper 7
Performance Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 61 Jarno Boesveld 7
Cruise America Grand Prix Racing Honda Honda NSR250 62 Jason Di Salvo 7-8, 10
M.R.T.T. Hugen Racing Honda Honda NSR250 63 Arnold Litjens 7
Dark Dog Racing Factory (rd 1-9)
Racing Factory (rd 10-16)		 Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 66 Alex Hofmann All
98 Katja Pönsgen 1-9
EPS Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 67 Michael Herzberg 8
Monster Mob Honda Honda NSR250 68 Stuart Easton 8
TZM Sport Honda Honda NSR250 70 José Estrela 11
Team Motorsport Racing Honda Honda NSR250 71 Javier Díaz 11
PS Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 72 Michael García 11-12
Freundenberg Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 75 Dirk Heidolf 9
Kiefer Castrol Honda Racing Honda Honda NSR250 76 Christian Gemmel 9
77 Marcel Schneider 9
ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda NSR250 78 Max Neukirchner 9
MSC Schleizer Dreieck Honda Honda NSR250 79 Norman Rank 10
Road Racing Team Voit Honda Honda NSR250 82 Henrik Voit 10
Biro Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 83 Gábor Rizmayer 10, 12
Vaz Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 84 Cristiano Vieira 16
Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda NSR250 87 Hiroshi Aoyama 1
92 13
SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 88 Nobuyuki Ohsaki 13
Motorex Daytona Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 89 Osamu Miyazaki 13
Endurance Honda Honda NSR250 90 Daisaku Sakai 13
Morino Kumasan Miztec. RT Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 91 Takayuki Onodera 13
Impact Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 93 Earl Lynch 14
RGV Spares Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 94 Terry Carter 14
97 Josh Brookes 14
Allect Racing Honda Honda NSR250 95 Shane Smith 14
Turramurra Cyclery Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR250 96 Mark Rowling 14
Source: [6]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

125cc participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Liégeois Compétition Honda Honda RS125R 4 Masao Azuma All
14 Philipp Hafeneger 1-5
77 Adrián Araujo 6-16
F.C.C. - TSR Honda Honda RS125R 5 Noboru Ueda All
Axo Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 6 Mirko Giansanti All
34 Eric Bataille 1-5, 7-16
Italjet Racing Team Italjet Italjet F125 7 Stefano Perugini All
8 Gianluigi Scalvini All
MS Aprilia LCR Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 9 Lucio Cecchinello All
12 Raúl Jara All
PEV-Spalt-Moto ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda RS125R 10 Jarno Müller 1–9, 13-16
9 Jascha Büch
Bossini Fontana Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 11 Max Sabbatani All
20 Gaspare Caffiero 1-15
50 Andrea Ballerini 5, 16
Matteoni Racing Honda Honda RS125R 15 Alex de Angelis All
39 Jaroslav Huleš All
Safilo Oxydo Race Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 16 Simone Sanna All
Team LAE - UGT 3000 Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 17 Steve Jenkner All
23 Gino Borsoi All
Budweiser Budvar Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R 18 Jakub Smrž All
Team Crae Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 19 Alessandro Brannetti 1-4, 6-16
Team Fomma Honda Honda RS125R 21 Arnaud Vincent All
Viceroy Team Honda Honda RS125R 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. All
L&M Derbi Team Derbi Aprilia RS125R 22 Pablo Nieto All
41 Youichi Ui All
Telefónica MoviStar Jnr. Team Honda Honda RS125R 24 Toni Elías All
25 Joan Olivé All
26 Dani Pedrosa All
73 Casey Stoner 8, 14
Racing Service Honda Honda RS125R 27 Marco Petrini 1-11
28 Gábor Talmácsi All
37 William de Angelis 12-16
Valência Circuit - Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 31 Ángel Rodríguez All
44 Héctor Faubel 3, 12
Gilera Racing Team Gilera Aprilia RS125R 54 Manuel Poggiali All
Source: [7]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Standings

500cc riders' standings

[8]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
1 Valentino Rossi Honda 1 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 1 7 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 325
2 Max Biaggi Yamaha 3 8 11 1 3 2 1 2 1 10 5 10 Ret 2 Ret 3 219
3 Loris Capirossi Honda 8 2 8 7 2 3 3 10 8 3 2 Ret 3 3 2 5 210
4 Alex Barros Honda 6 9 6 8 1 Ret 4 3 5 9 Ret 2 2 4 7 4 182
5 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 5 4 4 11 8 4 5 6 3 DNS 9 7 6 7 4 9 155
6 Carlos Checa Yamaha 10 14 2 Ret 8 Ret 5 2 7 4 4 7 16 10 2 137
7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 4 5 2 4 9 6 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 8 4 13 13 6 137
8 Àlex Crivillé Honda 9 6 3 5 4 11 Ret 7 DNS 2 Ret Ret 11 11 6 7 120
9 Sete Gibernau Suzuki Ret 10 10 9 6 5 7 11 10 8 Ret 1 9 9 8 12 119
10 Tohru Ukawa Honda Ret 3 5 Ret 7 7 8 16 Ret 5 Ret 6 5 5 5 Ret 107
11 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 7 7 7 6 Ret Ret 6 8 9 Ret 6 3 8 15 Ret 16 97
12 Garry McCoy Yamaha 2 Ret 9 DNS DNS DNS 11 6 3 12 12 Ret 3 10 88
13 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton KR 11 11 13 10 12 9 9 12 14 Ret 7 9 Ret 10 DNS Ret 65
14 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 10 10 4 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 8 9 DNS 59
15 Olivier Jacque Yamaha Ret 16 DNS WD 12 11 9 6 12 8 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 59
16 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Ret 13 Ret 13 11 14 12 Ret 13 13 10 17 13 Ret 11 8 45
17 Haruchika Aoki Honda 12 12 DNS 5 15 14 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 33
18 Anthony West Honda 14 15 DNS Ret Ret 15 14 15 Ret 12 13 14 12 12 13 27
19 Leon Haslam Honda 13 17 16 DNS WD 13 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 15 19 15 11 13
20 Chris Walker Honda Ret 15 Ret 12 Ret 13 DNS 15 9
21 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 10 6
22 Johan Stigefelt Sabre V4 Ret 18 17 Ret Ret 17 18 18 Ret 15 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 6
23 Brendan Clarke Honda Ret Ret 14 Ret 17 20 14 15 5
24 Barry Veneman Honda Ret 19 Ret 14 DSQ 17 Ret Ret 16 15 15 16 18 Ret 17 4
25 Mark Willis Pulse Ret 20 19 Ret 13 18 16 19 3
26 Jason Vincent Pulse Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 3
Yamaha 13
27 Jarno Janssen Honda 15 1
Akira Ryō Suzuki Ret 0
Shaun Geronimi Paton Ret 0
Kurtis Roberts Proton KR Ret 0
Vladimír Častka Paton DNQ DNQ 0
Marcus Payten Honda DNQ 0
Miguel Tey Honda DNQ 0
Sébastien Gimbert Paton WD 0
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

250cc riders' standings

[9]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
1 Daijiro Kato Honda 1 1 1 1 10 1 11 1 2 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 322
2 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 2 3 2 2 1 2 24 18 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 6 273
3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 6 2 3 3 3 Ret 6 3 1 2 2 Ret Ret DNS 11 2 194
4 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 5 8 7 9 2 3 Ret 2 4 5 4 8 5 3 10 8 177
5 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 11 5 5 5 5 5 DNS 6 10 4 7 3 4 5 3 4 167
6 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 8 6 10 7 Ret 6 1 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 3 4 5 5 141
7 Emilio Alzamora Honda Ret 19 6 4 6 7 2 4 Ret 7 Ret 4 2 6 Ret 7 136
8 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 3 4 8 6 4 4 17 DNS Ret 12 Ret 7 6 7 4 3 134
9 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 4 9 12 Ret 12 10 19 5 8 9 6 6 7 9 7 9 112
10 Franco Battaini Aprilia 7 20 9 13 Ret 20 5 13 9 14 9 14 8 Ret 6 10 75
11 Álex Debón Aprilia Ret 15 13 10 8 11 20 8 6 10 12 9 18 Ret 14 16 60
12 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 12 10 11 11 18 9 12 9 7 DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret 8 17 55
13 Randy de Puniet Aprilia Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret 8 13 Ret 5 6 17 10 11 Ret 12 13 50
14 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 15 12 Ret 14 Ret 18 4 7 Ret 13 Ret 16 16 Ret 9 11 44
15 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha Ret 11 Ret 15 9 12 26 10 11 Ret 10 12 19 10 Ret 23 44
16 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 9 7 Ret 8 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 8 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 39
17 David Checa Honda 16 13 16 16 7 16 Ret 11 Ret 18 8 11 12 Ret 15 22 35
18 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 14 14 14 12 16 15 18 12 Ret 11 11 DNQ 25
19 José David de Gea Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 18 13 21 3 17 Ret 19 13 15 Ret Ret 20 15 24
20 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 17 17 15 Ret 11 19 16 14 12 15 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret 12 23
21 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 17 7 15 Ret 17 18 Ret Ret 8 13 18 21
22 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 10 13 16 Ret 17 9 12 20
23 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia Ret Ret 20 Ret 23 8 Ret 14 20 Ret 19 23 13 17 14 15
24 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 4 Ret 13
25 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 18 16 17 Ret 15 Ret 9 Ret 13 22 15 18 Ret 15 19 13
26 David Tomás Honda DNQ 25 19 17 22 10 16 15 21 16 22 14 14 16 Ret 11
27 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 10 6
28 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 13 21 3
29 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 13 3
30 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 22 24 23 DNS 14 26 Ret 23 20 2
Honda 20 24 26 19 Ret 26
31 Jason Vincent Yamaha 23 14 Ret 22 Ret 18 20 2
32 Jarno Boesveld Yamaha 15 1
César Barros Yamaha DNQ 21 24 25 Ret DNS 25 25 Ret 28 Ret 21 Ret 16 DNS 24 0
Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 21 22 20 Ret DSQ Ret 20 Ret 0
Aprilia 25 17 21 Ret
Luis Costa Yamaha 19 25 22 21 19 24 19 Ret 24 18 22 21 0
Julien Allemand Yamaha Ret 18 19 DNS 0
Stuart Edwards TSR-Honda Ret 0
Honda Ret 26 22 DNQ Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret
Yamaha DNS 23 Ret 20 DNQ 19
Tekkyu Kayo TSR-Honda 20 0
Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 23 25 0
Dámaso Nácher Honda 27 DNQ DNQ Ret 0
Iván Silva Honda DSQ 0
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

125cc riders' standings

[10]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 5 2 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 2 5 241
2 Youichi Ui Derbi 2 1 Ret 11 18 5 Ret 1 19 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 232
3 Toni Elías Honda 16 18 13 3 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 Ret 3 6 4 217
4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 6 19 2 5 Ret 1 Ret 5 5 2 16 8 4 5 3 Ret 156
5 Masao Azuma Honda 1 10 1 8 8 Ret Ret 4 4 13 Ret 23 5 4 8 7 142
6 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 4 4 3 4 2 18 6 8 Ret 23 15 5 8 10 5 20 130
7 Simone Sanna Aprilia 3 DNS Ret 13 5 10 11 6 1 10 4 6 Ret Ret 16 2 125
8 Dani Pedrosa Honda 18 13 10 17 23 7 Ret 12 11 8 5 3 3 7 4 Ret 100
9 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda Ret 3 4 7 1 Ret 4 23 DNS 11 Ret Ret Ret 11 11 13 94
10 Arnaud Vincent Honda 9 6 11 6 7 14 2 18 Ret Ret 10 18 Ret 21 7 3 94
11 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 7 8 Ret 12 12 4 3 7 10 3 Ret 7 Ret 17 Ret 17 94
12 Mirko Giansanti Honda 8 12 Ret 2 DNS 16 7 11 14 16 8 13 7 Ret 9 Ret 75
13 Max Sabbatani Honda 12 7 8 15 Ret 21 15 15 7 5 9 9 Ret 8 10 Ret 72
14 Alex de Angelis Honda 14 9 7 14 10 9 Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 14 6 63
15 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 17 22 9 9 15 Ret 8 Ret 6 7 7 Ret 14 14 15 10 62
16 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 11 5 5 10 6 12 Ret Ret 13 19 Ret 16 13 13 Ret Ret 56
17 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 Ret 15 18 Ret 19 5 13 9 6 6 21 Ret 19 Ret 8 50
18 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 21 17 16 14 17 Ret 10 18 9 12 11 6 28 20 Ret 34
19 Joan Olivé Honda 19 16 14 Ret 16 8 Ret 14 15 14 Ret 10 12 27 12 11 34
20 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia Ret Ret 6 DNS 20 Ret Ret 9 8 17 Ret 15 15 23 17 Ret 27
21 Stefano Perugini Italjet Ret 11 12 Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 16 13 Ret 25
22 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 13 14 Ret DNS Ret 13 Ret Ret 22 Ret 18 22 9 18 Ret 9 22
23 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia Ret 17 Ret 13 20 9 Ret 17 20 11 20 10 22 Ret 15 22
24 Pablo Nieto Derbi 10 15 Ret DNS Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 14 16 20 Ret 14 21
25 Jarno Müller Honda 24 23 18 19 9 15 10 DNS WD 19 25 21 12 18
26 Raúl Jara Aprilia Ret 24 19 Ret 17 23 14 22 23 Ret 14 25 11 24 18 18 9
27 Eric Bataille Honda Ret 20 20 20 Ret DNS 17 19 20 15 DNS 17 Ret 9 Ret Ret 8
28 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 11 Ret 5
29 Casey Stoner Honda 17 12 4
30 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 23 19 22 Ret 16 DNS 21 13 19 17 15 19 4
31 Adrián Araujo Honda 24 13 21 Ret 22 17 24 21 Ret 23 16 3
32 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 15 1
Marco Petrini Honda Ret Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 16 20 21 Ret Ret 0
Jascha Büch Honda 24 19 26 0
William de Angelis Honda Ret 20 29 22 Ret 0
Philipp Hafeneger Honda 25 Ret Ret 26 DNS 0
Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 Ret 0
Pos. Rider Bike JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

500cc manufacturers' standings
Pos Manufacturer JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
1 Honda 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 367
2 Yamaha 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 295
3 Suzuki 7 7 7 6 6 5 6 8 9 8 6 1 8 9 8 12 153
4 Proton KR 11 11 13 10 12 9 9 12 14 Ret 7 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 65
5 Sabre V4 Ret 18 17 Ret Ret 17 18 18 Ret 15 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 6
6 Pulse Ret 20 18 Ret 13 16 16 19 16 3
Paton DNQ DNQ WD Ret 0
Pos. Manufacturer JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts

250cc manufacturers' standings
Pos Manufacturer JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
1 Honda 1 1 1 1 6 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 361
2 Aprilia 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 345
3 Yamaha 4 7 12 8 9 10 3 5 8 8 6 6 7 9 7 9 142
TSR-Honda 20 0
Pos. Manufacturer JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts

125cc manufacturers' standings
Pos Manufacturer JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts
1 Honda 1 5 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 3 301
2 Aprilia 3 4 2 4 2 1 3 5 1 2 4 5 4 5 3 2 263
3 Gilera 5 2 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 2 5 241
4 Derbi 2 1 Ret 11 18 5 Ret 1 19 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 232
5 TSR-Honda Ret 3 4 7 1 Ret 4 23 DNS 12 Ret Ret Ret 11 11 13 94
6 Italjet 13 11 12 Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 16 Ret 18 12 9 16 13 9 42
ERP Honda 22 0
Rieju Ret 0
E-NER Ret 0
Pos. Manufacturer JPN
 RSA
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GBR
 GER
 CZE
 POR
 VAL
 PAC
 AUS
 MAL
 RIO
 Pts

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