2001 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 2001 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth and latest round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 November 2001 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. It was also the final 500cc race in Grand Prix motorcycle racing history. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Daijiro Kato before his death caused by a crash in the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix race.
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Race 16 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 3 November 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Cinzano Rio Grand Prix[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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