2001_British_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

2001 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the; 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 July 2001
Official name	Cinzano British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.023 km (2.500 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:31.964
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:33.056 on lap 26
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Alex Barros
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:33.651
Fastest lap
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:34.096 on lap 18
Podium
First	Daijiro Kato
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Marco Melandri
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:38.844
Fastest lap
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:38.626 on lap 11
Podium
First	Youichi Ui
Second	Toni Elías
Third	Manuel Poggiali

2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.

Daijiro Kato, riding his Honda in the 250cc race. He went on to win, which was his sixth victory of the year.

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Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	30	46:53.349	11	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+1.794	1	20
3	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	30	+2.011	3	16
4	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+7.610	12	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+12.526	9	11
6	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+12.766	4	10
7	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	30	+16.225	13	9
8	1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+16.699	6	8
9	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+16.780	8	7
10	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	30	+24.781	2	6
11	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+29.205	7	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+44.984	5	4
13	24	Jason Vincent	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+49.907	19	3
14	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	+50.033	18	2
15	8	Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	30	+59.116	14	1
16	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	30	+1:04.876	16
17	9	Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	30	+1:10.748	20
18	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	29	+1 lap	22
19	68	Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	29	+1 lap	21
Ret	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	21	Retirement	17
Ret	21	Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	21	Retirement	21
Ret	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	18	Retirement	15
Ret	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	14	Retirement	10
WD	27	Sébastien Gimbert	Paton Grand Prix	Paton		Withdrew
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	27	42:46.466	2	25
2	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	27	+10.173	7	20
3	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	27	+10.401	3	16
4	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	27	+25.100	4	13
5	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	27	+46.668	6	11
6	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	27	+51.130	9	10
7	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	+51.926	13	9
8	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	27	+52.491	11	8
9	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	27	+53.797	12	7
10	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	27	+57.984	14	6
11	42	David Checa	Honda	27	+58.117	15	5
12	12	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	27	+1:02.663	16	4
13	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+1:06.628	18	3
14	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	27	+1:14.493	20	2
15	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	27	+1:16.335	19	1
16	16	David Tomás	Honda	27	+1:21.487	23
17	22	José David de Gea	Yamaha	27	+1:25.057	17
18	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	27	+1:26.254	1
19	45	Stuart Edwards	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
20	55	Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	30
21	36	Luis Costa	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	29
22	62	Jason DiSalvo	Honda	26	+1 lap	28
23	98	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	32
24	67	Michael Herzberg	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	33
25	23	César Barros	Yamaha	25	+2 laps	31
Ret	68	Stuart Easton	Honda	24	Retirement	26
Ret	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	23	Retirement	10
Ret	11	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	21	Retirement	24
Ret	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	17	Retirement	22
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	15	Accident	5
Ret	59	Gary Jackson	Honda	7	Retirement	25
Ret	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
DNS	58	Shane Norval	Honda	0	Did not start	21
DNS	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia		Did not start
Source:^[6]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	26	43:17.675	2	25
2	24	Toni Elías	Honda	26	+3.129	1	20
3	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	26	+3.869	3	16
4	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	26	+3.966	4	13
5	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	26	+17.386	9	11
6	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	26	+23.647	15	10
7	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	26	+24.201	14	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	26	+24.422	10	8
9	31	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	26	+28.039	28	7
10	28	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	26	+28.612	22	6
11	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	26	+28.620	16	5
12	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	26	+33.089	26	4
13	18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	26	+36.125	20	3
14	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	26	+36.583	24	2
15	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	26	+36.948	19	1
16	20	Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	26	+43.849	23
17	73	Casey Stoner	Honda	26	+50.842	18
18	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	26	+1:01.114	17
19	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	26	+1:06.140	21
20	27	Marco Petrini	Honda	26	+1:11.505	25
21	77	Adrián Araujo	Honda	26	+1:32.712	32
22	12	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	26	+1:33.146	30
23	5	Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	25	+1 lap	8
Ret	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	16	Retirement	5
Ret	72	Chris Martin	Honda	13	Retirement	29
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	11	Accident	13
Ret	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	11	Accident	12
Ret	71	Paul Robinson	Honda	10	Retirement	31
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	9	Retirement	11
Ret	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	6	Accident	27
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	5	Accident	7
Ret	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	1	Accident	6
DNS	10	Jarno Müller	Honda		Did not start
WD	74	Sam Owens	Honda		Withdrew
Source:^[7]

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2001_British_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix

500 cc classification

250 cc race classification

125 cc classification

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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