2001 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

2001 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the; 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 June 2001
Official name	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.245 km (3.259 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:52.554
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:54.994 on lap 6
Podium
First	Alex Barros
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Max Biaggi
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:53.922
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	2:07.403 on lap 21
Podium
First	Tetsuya Harada
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Marco Melandri
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:59.246
Fastest lap
Rider	Noboru Ueda
Time	2:12.363 on lap 14
Podium
First	Noboru Ueda
Second	Gino Borsoi
Third	Manuel Poggiali

2001 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the; 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 June 2001
Official name	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.245 km (3.259 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:52.554
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:54.994 on lap 6
Podium
First	Alex Barros
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Max Biaggi
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:53.922
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	2:07.403 on lap 21
Podium
First	Tetsuya Harada
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Marco Melandri
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:59.246
Fastest lap
Rider	Noboru Ueda
Time	2:12.363 on lap 14
Podium
First	Noboru Ueda
Second	Gino Borsoi
Third	Manuel Poggiali

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The 2001 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 June 2001 at the Mugello Circuit.

500 cc classification

The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.^[3]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	23	49:26.006	5	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	23	+8.359	3	20
3	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	23	+8.509	4	16
4	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	23	+8.996	6	13
5	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	23	+20.651	17	11
6	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	23	+24.723	12	10
7	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	23	+27.745	9	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	23	+32.768	10	8
9	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	23	+51.357	11	7
10	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	23	+1:08.505	13	6
11	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	23	+1:18.026	14	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	23	+1:49.333	7	4
13	68	Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	22	+1 lap	21	3
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	22	Retirement	1
Ret	1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	20	Retirement	2
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	20	Retirement	16
DSQ	21	Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	17	Disqualified	20
Ret	8	Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	11	Retirement	15
Ret	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	10	Retirement	18
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	7	Retirement	8
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	2	Retirement	19
DNQ	26	Vladimír Častka	Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix	Paton		Did not qualify
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	21	46:11.129	1	25
2	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	21	+12.729	10	20
3	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	21	+37.673	8	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	21	+43.860	5	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	21	+47.149	12	11
6	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	21	+54.884	17	10
7	42	David Checa	Honda	21	+57.903	20	9
8	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	+59.092	9	8
9	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	21	+1:00.763	18	7
10	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	21	+1:11.795	6	6
11	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	21	+1:13.110	21	5
12	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	21	+1:40.274	15	4
13	22	José David de Gea	Yamaha	21	+1:42.351	23	3
14	98	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	21	+1:42.515	28	2
15	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	21	+1:42.911	19	1
16	12	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	21	+1:43.602	14
17	16	David Tomás	Honda	21	+1:45.253	25
18	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	21	+1:51.411	13
19	36	Luis Costa	Yamaha	20	+1 lap	27
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	16	Retirement	22
Ret	11	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	15	Accident	26
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	9	Accident	16
DSQ	55	Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	9	Black flag	24
Ret	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	5	Accident	11
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	5	Retirement	7
Ret	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	4	Accident	2
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	4	Accident	3
Ret	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	3	Accident	4
Ret	23	César Barros	Yamaha	1	Accident	29
DNQ	45	Stuart Edwards	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	20	45:15.046	6	25
2	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	20	+3.810	8	20
3	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	20	+6.917	12	16
4	24	Toni Elías	Honda	20	+12.917	2	13
5	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	20	+13.280	11	11
6	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	20	+14.127	10	10
7	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	20	+21.103	20	9
8	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	20	+21.250	7	8
9	10	Jarno Müller	Honda	20	+21.263	15	7
10	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	20	+25.424	18	6
11	50	Andrea Ballerini	Aprilia	20	+27.084	4	5
12	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	20	+34.483	9	4
13	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	20	+1:01.136	27	3
14	28	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	20	+1:01.892	24	2
15	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	20	+1:38.445	14	1
16	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	20	+1:50.790	22
17	12	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	20	+2:00.237	29
18	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+1 lap	1
19	20	Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	31
20	31	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	17
21	27	Marco Petrini	Honda	19	+1 lap	26
22	52	Michele Conti	Honda	19	+1 lap	30
23	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	19	+1 lap	28
Ret	18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	15	Accident	21
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	14	Retirement	13
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	13	Retirement	16
Ret	51	Andrea Dovizioso	Aprilia	12	Retirement	23
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	7	Retirement	19
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	4	Retirement	25
Ret	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	3	Accident	3
Ret	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	2	Retirement	5
DNS	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda		Did not start
DNS	14	Philipp Hafeneger	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	91
2	Max Biaggi	70
3	Loris Capirossi	65
4	Norifumi Abe	64
5	Alex Barros	60

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	116
2	Yamaha	94
3	Suzuki	47
4	Proton KR	23
5	Pulse	3

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

References

^ "2001 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ "Max mounts the podium". yamaha-racing.com. Yamaha Motor Racing. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "2001 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia – 500cc – Race Classification". sport-fans.co.uk. Dorna Sports. 3 June 2001. Archived from the original on 21 June 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". www.motogp.com.
^ "Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 June 2001. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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