2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix

2001 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the; 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 July 2001
Official name	Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility; 3.704 km (2.302 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:26.097
Fastest lap
Rider	Shinya Nakano
Time	1:26.808 on lap 30
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Shinya Nakano
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:26.906
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Melandri
Time	1:27.233 on lap 28
Podium
First	Marco Melandri
Second	Daijiro Kato
Third	Tetsuya Harada
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Max Sabbatani
Time	1:30.186
Fastest lap
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	1:30.371 on lap 4
Podium
First	Simone Sanna
Second	Toni Elías
Third	Manuel Poggiali

The 2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 July 2001 at the Sachsenring.

500 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	43:36.983	1	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+3.249	4	20
3	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+3.642	2	16
4	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	30	+4.784	8	13
5	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	30	+21.164	3	11
6	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+21.385	5	10
7	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	30	+21.945	11	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	30	+22.485	7	8
9	1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+23.331	9	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+24.404	10	6
11	5	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+24.410	6	5
12	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+43.996	16	4
13	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	30	+44.216	12	3
14	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+44.329	13	2
15	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	+1:22.533	15	1
16	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	29	+1 lap	21
Ret	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	Accident	14
Ret	18	Brendan Clarke	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	18	Accident	20
Ret	21	Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	13	Retirement	22
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	9	Retirement	19
Ret	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	0	Accident	17
Ret	9	Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	0	Accident	18
DNS	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda		Did not start
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	29	42:37.696	2	25
2	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	29	+0.052	3	20
3	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	29	+0.203	1	16
4	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	29	+18.310	7	13
5	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	29	+28.108	8	11
6	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	29	+36.566	10	10
7	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	29	+36.764	12	9
8	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	29	+36.918	13	8
9	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	29	+40.466	14	7
10	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	29	+43.174	5	6
11	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	29	+43.256	17	5
12	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	29	+57.398	20	4
13	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	29	+1:11.662	23	3
14	11	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	29	+1:25.507	24	2
15	16	David Tomás	Honda	29	+1:25.614	22	1
16	75	Dirk Heidolf	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	25
17	76	Christian Gemmel	Honda	28	+1 lap	28
18	78	Max Neukirchner	Honda	28	+1 lap	32
19	36	Luis Costa	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	30
20	98	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	28	+1 lap	33
Ret	12	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	27	Accident	19
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	Accident	21
Ret	23	César Barros	Yamaha	13	Retirement	29
Ret	45	Stuart Edwards	Honda	11	Accident	31
Ret	55	Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	8	Accident	27
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	7	Accident	4
Ret	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	7	Accident	9
Ret	77	Marcel Schneider	Honda	6	Accident	34
Ret	42	David Checa	Honda	5	Accident	15
Ret	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	2	Accident	6
Ret	22	José David de Gea	Yamaha	2	Accident	16
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	1	Accident	11
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	1	Accident	18
DNS	25	Vincent Philippe	Honda	0	Did not start	26
Source: ^[6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	27	41:09.327	2	25
2	24	Toni Elías	Honda	27	+0.247	5	20
3	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	27	+0.701	4	16
4	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	27	+0.734	11	13
5	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	27	+1.370	3	11
6	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	27	+2.202	16	10
7	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	27	+2.326	1	9
8	31	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	27	+5.877	14	8
9	18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	27	+6.132	9	7
10	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	27	+10.071	6	6
11	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	27	+23.066	10	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	27	+23.089	15	4
13	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	27	+23.309	13	3
14	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	27	+27.801	18	2
15	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	27	+28.065	23	1
16	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	27	+28.139	21
17	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	27	+28.948	22
18	28	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	27	+32.317	26
19	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	27	+35.643	8
20	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	27	+40.978	20
21	27	Marco Petrini	Honda	27	+44.624	17
22	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	27	+1:06.673	19
23	12	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	27	+1:07.108	29
24	79	Andreas Hahn	Honda	27	+1:08.085	30
25	78	Claudius Klein	Honda	27	+1:08.383	28
26	80	Tobias Kirmeier	Honda	27	+1:08.632	27
27	81	René Knöfler	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	31
Ret	77	Adrián Araujo	Honda	15	Retirement	32
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	8	Retirement	12
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	8	Retirement	24
Ret	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	6	Retirement	7
Ret	82	Mika Kallio	Honda	0	Retirement	25
DNS	5	Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda		Did not start
DNS	20	Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia		Did not start
WD	10	Jarno Müller	Honda		Withdrew
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	170
2	Max Biaggi	160
3	Loris Capirossi	111
4	Alex Barros	100
5	Shinya Nakano	100

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	197
2	Yamaha	184
3	Suzuki	83
4	Proton KR	43
5	Pulse	3

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

References edit

^ "2001 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ "2001 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". www.motogp.com.
^ "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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[1] "2001 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

[3] "2001 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[4] "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[5] "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". www.motogp.com.

[6] "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[7] "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

[8] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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