2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2001 at the Sepang International Circuit.

  2001 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21 October 2001
Official name	Malaysian Grand Prix[1]
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Loris Capirossi Time 2:05.637 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:06.618 on lap 13 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Loris Capirossi Third Garry McCoy
250cc
Pole position Rider Daijiro Kato Time 2:08.151 Fastest lap Rider Daijiro Kato Time 2:08.920 on lap 2 Podium First Daijiro Kato Second Tetsuya Harada Third Fonsi Nieto
125cc
Pole position Rider Toni Elías Time 2:15.358 Fastest lap Rider Youichi Ui Time 2:14.961 on lap 7 Podium First Youichi Ui Second Manuel Poggiali Third Lucio Cecchinello

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	21	44:46.652	2	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+3.551	1	20
3	5	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+4.722	4	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+5.005	6	13
5	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+8.807	12	11
6	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+12.192	11	10
7	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+15.682	5	9
8	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+18.772	8	8
9	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+27.012	14	7
10	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+28.829	13	6
11	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	21	+29.007	16	5
12	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	21	+1:02.166	18	4
13	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	21	+1:20.535	10	3
14	18	Brendan Clarke	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	21	+2:04.455	22	2
15	9	Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	21	+2:04.500	20	1
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	12	Accident	7
Ret	21	Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	7	Accident	19
Ret	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	6	Retirement	15
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	5	Retirement	21
Ret	1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	3	Accident	9
Ret	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Accident	3
Ret	80	Kurtis Roberts	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	2	Accident	17
DNS	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR		Did not start
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	20	43:22.487	1	25
2	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	20	+14.893	6	20
3	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+15.892	2	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+19.748	7	13
5	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	20	+35.867	9	11
6	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+46.364	13	10
7	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+46.408	12	9
8	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	20	+46.731	11	8
9	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+56.513	14	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	20	+58.914	4	6
11	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	20	+1:00.301	8	5
12	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	+1:00.689	5	4
13	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	20	+1:09.730	15	3
14	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	+1:09.953	17	2
15	42	David Checa	Honda	20	+1:10.810	18	1
16	16	David Tomás	Honda	20	+1:10.847	23
17	11	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	20	+1:12.008	16
18	24	Jason Vincent	Yamaha	20	+1:26.290	22
19	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	20	+1:30.098	24
20	22	José David de Gea	Yamaha	20	+1:37.261	21
21	55	Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia	20	+1:37.635	25
22	36	Luis Costa	Yamaha	20	+1:49.118	26
23	27	Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	28
Ret	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	11	Retirement	19
Ret	14	Katja Poensgen	Honda	9	Accident	27
Ret	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	8	Accident	3
Ret	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	6	Retirement	20
Ret	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	2	Accident	10
DNS	23	César Barros	Yamaha		Did not start
DNQ	45	Stuart Edwards	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: [4]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	43:21.269	2	25
2	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	19	+2.078	8	20
3	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	19	+2.196	3	16
4	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	19	+3.161	4	13
5	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+3.987	5	11
6	24	Toni Elías	Honda	19	+4.265	1	10
7	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	19	+4.468	11	9
8	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+5.123	10	8
9	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	19	+30.026	16	7
10	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	19	+30.292	7	6
11	5	Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	19	+30.417	13	5
12	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	19	+30.684	14	4
13	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	19	+30.860	27	3
14	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	19	+31.433	15	2
15	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	19	+31.802	12	1
16	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	19	+33.406	9
17	31	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	19	+36.162	23
18	12	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	19	+36.542	26
19	20	Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	19	+37.248	22
20	28	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	19	+41.564	19
21	10	Jarno Müller	Honda	19	+41.660	20
22	37	William de Angelis	Honda	19	+1:11.823	29
23	77	Adrián Araujo	Honda	19	+1:34.039	30
Ret	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	17	Retirement	6
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	7	Retirement	24
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	7	Retirement	21
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	0	Accident	28
Ret	18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	17
Ret	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	0	Accident	25
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	0	Accident	18
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 300 2 Max Biaggi 203 3 Loris Capirossi 199 4 Alex Barros 169 5 Shinya Nakano 148

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 342 2 Yamaha 275 3 Suzuki 149 4 Proton KR 65 5 Sabre V4 6

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

References

1. "2001 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
2. "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
3. "MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
4. "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
5. "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
6. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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