2001 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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. Ten days after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) announced that the Valencian Community Motorcycle Grand Prix would go ahead as scheduled. Additionally, the Royal Automobile Club of Spain urged fans and spectators to behave "in keeping with the gravity of the situation and in collective participation in the pain of American citizens".

  2001 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 September 2001
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana[1][2]
LocationCircuit de Valencia
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:34.496
Fastest lap
Rider Sete Gibernau
Time 1:36.792 on lap 30
Podium
First Sete Gibernau
Second Alex Barros
Third Kenny Roberts Jr.
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Fonsi Nieto
Time 1:36.379
Fastest lap
Rider Daijiro Kato
Time 1:36.701 on lap 16
Podium
First Daijiro Kato
Second Tetsuya Harada
Third Fonsi Nieto
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Toni Elías
Time 1:40.481
Fastest lap
Rider Gino Borsoi
Time 1:41.464 on lap 7
Podium
First Manuel Poggiali
Second Toni Elías
Third Dani Pedrosa

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 54:39.391 12 25
2 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +0.293 11 20
3 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +1.241 7 16
4 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +7.052 8 13
5 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +29.809 14 11
6 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +29.863 10 10
7 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +31.093 3 9
8 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +31.609 13 8
9 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +32.783 9 7
10 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +37.774 1 6
11 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 30 +40.512 2 5
12 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +1:36.743 5 4
13 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 29 +1 lap 18 3
14 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 29 +1 lap 21 2
15 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 28 +2 laps 20 1
16 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 28 +2 laps 19
17 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 26 +4 laps 16
Ret 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 14 Retirement 22
Ret 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 7 Accident 6
Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 1 Accident 15
Ret 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 0 Accident 17
Ret 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 0 Accident 4
DNQ 37 Miguel Tey By Queroseno Racing Honda Did not qualify
Sources: [3][4][5]

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.[6]

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

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

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2001 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Valencia Ricardo Tormo - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "2001 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  5. "motogp.com · VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". www.motogp.com.
  6. "GP Valencia, gara 250: Katoh vola via..." motocorse.com (in Italian). Nexus Web Services. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. "The 2001 races – Valencia". classic.autosport.com. Autosport. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  8. "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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