2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 April 2001 at the Phakisa Freeway.

  2001 South African Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 April 2001
Official name	Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix[1]
Location	Phakisa Freeway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.242 km (2.636 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:34.629 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:35.508 on lap 28 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Loris Capirossi Third Tohru Ukawa
250cc
Pole position Rider Daijiro Kato Time 1:36.937 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:36.828 on lap 26 Podium First Daijiro Kato Second Marco Melandri Third Tetsuya Harada
125cc
Pole position Rider Youichi Ui Time 1:42.059 Fastest lap Rider Youichi Ui Time 1:42.611 on lap 7 Podium First Youichi Ui Second Manuel Poggiali Third Noboru Ueda

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	28	45:03.414	1	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+0.660	2	20
3	11	Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+7.530	6	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+8.653	3	13
5	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+9.224	7	11
6	28	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+13.211	9	10
7	1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+13.305	5	9
8	3	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+13.663	8	8
9	4	Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+17.357	12	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+21.697	11	6
11	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	28	+37.649	13	5
12	12	Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	28	+48.587	14	4
13	10	José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+1:01.110	17	3
14	14	Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	28	+1:06.173	19	2
15	8	Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	28	+1:08.255	16	1
16	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+1:10.262	15
17	9	Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	28	+1:15.130	18
18	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	27	+1 lap	20
19	21	Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1 lap	22
20	68	Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	27	+1 lap	23
Ret	5	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	17	Accident	4
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	4	Accident	10
DNS	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	0	Did not start	21
Sources:[2][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	26	42:31.371	1	25
2	5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+0.083	3	20
3	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	26	+15.806	2	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+17.666	4	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+34.031	5	11
6	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	26	+34.233	11	10
7	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+34.312	8	9
8	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	26	+35.074	12	8
9	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+35.185	13	7
10	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	26	+51.599	23	6
11	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	26	+53.805	19	5
12	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+54.066	15	4
13	42	David Checa	Honda	26	+54.475	16	3
14	12	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	26	+55.285	17	2
15	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+57.738	10	1
16	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	26	+1:09.396	9
17	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	26	+1:19.289	22
18	19	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	26	+1:19.734	21
19	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	26	+1:20.139	18
20	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+1:20.329	7
21	23	César Barros	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	24
22	55	Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	25
23	51	Jonathan van Vuuren	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	26
24	98	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	28
Ret	81	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	24	Retirement	14
Ret	22	José David de Gea	Yamaha	12	Retirement	20
DSQ	26	Iván Silva	Honda	12	Black flag	27
Ret	45	Stuart Edwards	Honda	9	Retirement	29
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	6	Accident	6
Ret	11	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	2	Retirement	30
Source:[5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	24	41:27.323	1	25
2	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	24	+1.288	3	20
3	5	Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	24	+7.149	2	16
4	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+7.365	7	13
5	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	24	+7.731	5	11
6	21	Arnaud Vincent	Honda	24	+7.989	11	10
7	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+8.114	16	9
8	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+15.140	18	8
9	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	24	+24.741	14	7
10	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+30.750	9	6
11	7	Stefano Perugini	Italjet	24	+30.833	13	5
12	6	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	+31.005	17	4
13	26	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	+31.190	15	3
14	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	24	+31.818	8	2
15	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	24	+32.198	12	1
16	25	Joan Olivé	Honda	24	+35.977	26
17	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	24	+36.383	22
18	24	Toni Elías	Honda	24	+37.833	6
19	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+58.806	4
20	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	24	+1:01.405	27
21	28	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	24	+1:12.989	24
22	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	24	+1:25.036	20
23	10	Jarno Müller	Honda	23	+1 lap	19
24	12	Raúl Jara	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	29
Ret	14	Philipp Hafeneger	Honda	13	Retirement	28
Ret	27	Marco Petrini	Honda	11	Accident	25
Ret	20	Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	9	Accident	10
Ret	31	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	8	Retirement	21
Ret	18	Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	23
DNS	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia		Did not start
DNQ	58	Jason Wessels	Aprilia		Did not qualify
Source:[6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 50 2 Loris Capirossi 28 3 Max Biaggi 24 4 Norifumi Abe 24 5 Shinya Nakano 24

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 50 2 Yamaha 33 3 Suzuki 18 4 Proton KR 10 5 Sabre V4 0

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