2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya. 84,000 people attended the race.[2]

  2001 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 June 2001
Official name	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya[1]
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:45.507 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:46.619 on lap 5 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Max Biaggi Third Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position Rider Daijiro Kato Time 1:47.261 Fastest lap Rider Daijiro Kato Time 1:48.014 on lap 21 Podium First Daijiro Kato Second Tetsuya Harada Third Roberto Rolfo
125 cc
Pole position Rider Lucio Cecchinello Time 1:51.368 Fastest lap Rider Stefano Perugini Time 1:51.811 on lap 8 Podium First Lucio Cecchinello Second Toni Elías Third Manuel Poggiali

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	25	44:57.142	1	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+2.579	4	20
3	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	25	+3.216	3	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+3.257	2	13
5	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	+3.989	10	11
6	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+4.705	8	10
7	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+4.769	9	9
8	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+13.459	12	8
9	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	25	+13.903	6	7
10	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+19.616	13	6
11	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+26.378	11	5
12	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+37.301	15	4
13	8	Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	25	+1:01.010	16	3
14	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+1:13.371	14	2
15	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	25	+1:19.363	17	1
16	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	25	+1:19.756	19
17	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	25	+1:24.089	21
18	68	Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	23	+2 laps	20
Ret	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	6	Retirement	18
Ret	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	6	Retirement	5
Ret	1	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	3	Accident	7
DNS	5	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha		Did not start
WD	9	Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda		Withdrew
Sources: [1][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	23	41:40.347	1	25
2	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	23	+0.114	2	20
3	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	23	+12.573	6	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+19.077	8	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+22.776	3	11
6	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	23	+22.853	5	10
7	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+22.876	7	9
8	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+31.224	9	8
9	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	23	+33.567	14	7
10	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+37.754	11	6
11	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+38.039	10	5
12	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	23	+38.100	21	4
13	46	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	23	+38.182	18	3
14	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	23	+38.312	15	2
15	12	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	23	+38.701	12	1
16	42	David Checa	Honda	23	+42.643	17
17	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	23	+42.647	20
18	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+49.236	16
19	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	23	+50.798	19
20	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+56.073	13
21	22	José David de Gea	Yamaha	23	+1:30.364	23
22	16	David Tomás	Honda	23	+1:30.432	24
23	11	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	23	+1:53.441	26
24	38	Álvaro Molina	Yamaha	23	+1:53.584	27
25	36	Luis Costa	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	28
26	98	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	25
Ret	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	10	Accident	4
Ret	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	6	Retirement	22
Ret	45	Stuart Edwards	Honda	5	Retirement	29
DNS	23	César Barros	Yamaha		Did not start
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	22	41:31.696	1	25
2	24	Toni Elías	Honda	22	+0.573	5	20
3	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	22	+6.764	7	16
4	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	22	+6.854	6	13
5	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	22	+7.029	3	11
6	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	22	+7.558	15	10
7	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	22	+7.788	13	9
8	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	22	+18.438	19	8
9	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	22	+18.602	20	7
10	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	22	+23.109	12	6
11	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	22	+23.232	4	5
12	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	22	+23.291	23	4
13	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	22	+23.652	16	3
14	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	22	+24.308	21	2
15	10	Jarno Müller	Honda	22	+24.465	9	1
16	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	22	+31.927	17
17	28	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	22	+31.955	24
18	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	22	+33.274	14
19	18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	22	+42.904	22
20	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	22	+53.226	26
21	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	22	+1:09.855	11
22	20	Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	22	+1:30.468	29
23	12	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	27
24	77	Adrián Araujo	Honda	21	+1 lap	30
Ret	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	21	Accident	18
Ret	27	Marco Petrini	Honda	12	Retirement	25
Ret	5	Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	2
Ret	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	8	Retirement	10
Ret	43	Daniel Piñera	Honda	2	Retirement	28
Ret	31	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
DNS	34	Eric Bataille	Honda		Did not start
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 116 2 Max Biaggi 90 3 Loris Capirossi 81 4 Norifumi Abe 74 5 Shinya Nakano 63

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 141 2 Yamaha 114 3 Suzuki 58 4 Proton KR 30 5 Pulse 3

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

References

1. "2001 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
2. Latorre, Francisco (18 June 2001). "Los italianos copan la gloria y la miseria en Montmeló". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
3. "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
4. "CATALUNYA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
5. "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
6. "Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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