2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 August 2001 at the Masaryk Circuit.

Czech Republic  2001 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 August 2001
Official nameGauloises Grand Prix České republiky[1][2]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 2:00.347
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:01.461 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 2:02.953
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 2:03.836 on lap 5
Podium
First Japan Tetsuya Harada
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Japan Daijiro Kato
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Toni Elías
Time 2:09.062
Fastest lap
Rider Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš
Time 2:09.648 on lap 8
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías
Second Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Third Germany Steve Jenkner

This race was the final podium for 1999 500cc world champion Àlex Crivillé.[3]

500 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 22 45:01.044 2 25
2 28   Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 22 +3.374 8 20
3 65   Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 22 +3.767 3 16
4 6   Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 22 +4.057 11 13
5 11   Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 22 +6.574 13 11
6 5   Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +7.344 5 10
7 7   Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +10.689 7 9
8 15   Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +15.201 10 8
9 4   Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 22 +24.732 9 7
10 3   Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +29.758 1 6
11 41   Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +42.667 15 5
12 19   Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +43.063 12 4
13 10   José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 22 +56.432 14 3
14 12   Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 22 +1:13.315 17 2
15 16   Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 22 +2:03.200 19 1
16 21   Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2:07.065 21
Ret 1   Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 Retirement 6
Ret 14   Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 14 Retirement 18
Ret 9   Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 9 Accident 16
Ret 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 8 Retirement 4
Ret 18   Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 5 Retirement 20
Ret 25   Shaun Geronimi Paton Grand Prix Paton 5 Retirement 22
DNS 56   Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 31   Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 20 41:32.599 1 25
2 5   Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 +2.743 4 20
3 74   Daijiro Kato Honda 20 +2.797 2 16
4 10   Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +31.315 5 13
5 44   Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 20 +32.569 11 11
6 81   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +33.823 10 10
7 7   Emilio Alzamora Honda 20 +35.171 6 9
8 9   Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +35.386 8 8
9 8   Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +35.663 13 7
10 6   Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +41.559 7 6
11 12   Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 20 +46.303 18 5
12 15   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +46.613 9 4
13 50   Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +49.736 19 3
14 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +50.375 12 2
15 57   Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 20 +51.492 22 1
16 46   Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 20 +56.553 15
17 37   Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 20 +56.605 14
18 42   David Checa Honda 20 +1:02.337 16
19 22   José David de Gea Yamaha 20 +1:17.395 24
20 11   Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 20 +1:17.512 26
21 16   David Tomás Honda 20 +1:17.734 25
22 20   Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 +1:17.840 23
23 24   Jason Vincent Yamaha 20 +1:18.157 20
24 36   Luis Costa Yamaha 20 +1:34.555 27
25 83   Gábor Rizmayer Honda 20 +1:59.296 28
26 62   Jason DiSalvo Honda 19 +1 lap 31
27 79   Norman Rank Honda 19 +1 lap 33
28 23   César Barros Yamaha 19 +1 lap 29
Ret 18   Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 14 Accident 21
Ret 99   Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 13 Retirement 3
Ret 80   Vladimír Častka Yamaha 7 Accident 30
Ret 45   Stuart Edwards Honda 5 Retirement 32
DNS 66   Alex Hofmann Aprilia 0 Did not start 17
DNQ 82   Henrik Voit Honda Did not qualify
Source:[6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24   Toni Elías Honda 19 41:27.703 1 25
2 9   Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 19 +0.689 3 20
3 17   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +1.086 6 16
4 41   Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +1.156 2 13
5 11   Max Sabbatani Aprilia 19 +3.668 9 11
6 18   Jakub Smrž Honda 19 +7.804 5 10
7 39   Jaroslav Huleš Honda 19 +7.817 10 9
8 26   Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +7.985 13 8
9 28   Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +8.528 8 7
10 16   Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +13.875 4 6
11 5   Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 19 +20.490 7 5
12 15   Alex de Angelis Honda 19 +25.982 21 4
13 4   Masao Azuma Honda 19 +26.127 12 3
14 25   Joan Olivé Honda 19 +30.135 22 2
15 34   Eric Bataille Honda 19 +30.593 23 1
16 6   Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +30.738 15
17 31   Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +30.954 17
18 22   Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +31.290 19
19 29   Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 19 +32.111 14
20 19   Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 19 +45.231 20
21 20   Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 19 +58.341 27
22 77   Adrián Araujo Honda 19 +1:10.907 33
23 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +1:10.918 28
24 30   Jascha Büch Honda 19 +1:11.480 30
25 80   Tobias Kirmeier Honda 19 +1:11.692 31
26 84   Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +1:11.984 32
27 96   Matěj Smrž Aprilia 19 +1:12.105 29
28 83   Václav Bittman Honda 19 +1:12.660 34
29 85   Tomáš Mikšovský Honda 19 +1:12.749 35
Ret 7   Stefano Perugini Italjet 17 Accident 18
Ret 27   Marco Petrini Honda 13 Retirement 24
Ret 54   Manuel Poggiali Gilera 11 Accident 11
Ret 21   Arnaud Vincent Honda 11 Accident 16
Ret 12   Raúl Jara Aprilia 8 Retirement 25
Ret 8   Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 4 Retirement 26
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[8]

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

References edit

  1. ^ "2001 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
  4. ^ "2001 Czech MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "Gauloises České republiky GP – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Gauloises České republiky GP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Gauloises České republiky GP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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