The 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 2001 at the Circuito de Jerez. In the 500cc race, the 2nd place for Norick Abe was the final podium in his premier class career.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 27 47:15.126 1 25 2 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 27 +2.307 3 20 3 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +2.845 12 16 4 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +4.157 4 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +5.932 6 11 6 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 27 +7.577 7 10 7 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +14.459 8 9 8 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 27 +18.970 2 8 9 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +19.725 11 7 10 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +20.239 14 6 11 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +20.621 5 5 12 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +29.891 10 4 13 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +42.838 9 3 14 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +45.530 13 2 15 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +45.848 19 1 16 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 27 +1:02.358 16 17 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 27 +1:13.081 18 18 24 Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 27 +1:23.194 20 19 68 Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 26 +1 lap 22 Ret 8 Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 5 Accident 17 Ret 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 4 Retirement 15 Ret 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 3 Accident 21 DNS 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start DNS 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Did not start DNQ 26 Vladimír Častka Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix Paton Did not qualify Sources:
250 cc classification Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 25 43:49.748 1 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 25 +11.789 5 20 3 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 +17.335 6 16 4 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 25 +17.870 2 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 25 +23.696 4 11 6 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +24.979 11 10 7 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 25 +25.757 12 9 8 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +32.201 3 8 9 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 25 +39.404 9 7 10 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 25 +39.510 8 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 25 +53.435 18 5 12 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +53.471 7 4 13 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 25 +1:02.113 10 3 14 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 25 +1:02.437 14 2 15 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 25 +1:07.791 24 1 16 42 David Checa Honda 25 +1:12.964 16 17 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 25 +1:16.192 19 18 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +1:35.023 13 19 19 Julien Allemand Yamaha 25 +1:35.337 23 20 55 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 25 +1:37.041 27 21 39 Ismael Bonilla Honda 24 +1 lap 26 22 38 Álvaro Molina Yamaha 24 +1 lap 25 23 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 24 +1 lap 29 24 23 César Barros Yamaha 24 +1 lap 28 25 16 David Tomás Honda 24 +1 lap 30 26 45 Stuart Edwards Honda 24 +1 lap 31 27 41 Dámaso Nácher Honda 24 +1 lap 32 Ret 22 David de Gea Yamaha 24 Accident 22 Ret 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 18 Accident 15 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 12 Retirement 20 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 7 Retirement 17 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 5 Accident 21 Source:
125 cc classification Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 4 Masao Azuma Honda 23 42:09.849 825 2 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 +4.623 320 3 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +5.753 916 4 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 23 +10.197 713 5 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 23 +10.384 2011 6 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 23 +10.604 1510 7 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 23 +10.747 169 8 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +15.231 148 9 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +15.798 237 10 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +19.497 126 11 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 23 +24.705 185 12 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +27.712 44 13 24 Toni Elías Honda 23 +28.109 63 14 25 Joan Olivé Honda 23 +28.221 252 15 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +28.969 261 16 44 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +33.743 24 17 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +33.905 13 18 10 Jarno Müller Honda 23 +38.247 22 19 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 23 +58.393 27 20 34 Eric Bataille Honda 23 +1:13.859 30 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 22 Accident 2Ret 43 Daniel Piñera Honda 21 Retirement 31Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 19 Accident 1Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 Retirement 17Ret 14 Philipp Hafeneger Honda 18 Retirement 32Ret 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 10 Retirement 10Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 9 Retirement 21Ret 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 7 Retirement 28 Ret 27 Marco Petrini Honda 7 Retirement 29 Ret 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 6 Accident 19 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 6 Retirement 11 Ret 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 4 Retirement 5 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 75 2 Norifumi Abe 44 3 Shinya Nakano 37 4 Loris Capirossi 36 5 Àlex Crivillé 33
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 75 2 Yamaha 53 3 Suzuki 27 4 Proton KR 13 5 Sabre V4 0
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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