The 2001 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 August 2001 at the Masaryk Circuit.
This race was the final podium for 1999 500cc world champion Àlex Crivillé.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 22 45:01.044 2 25 2 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 22 +3.374 8 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 22 +3.767 3 16 4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 22 +4.057 11 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 22 +6.574 13 11 6 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +7.344 5 10 7 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +10.689 7 9 8 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +15.201 10 8 9 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 22 +24.732 9 7 10 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +29.758 1 6 11 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 22 +42.667 15 5 12 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +43.063 12 4 13 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 22 +56.432 14 3 14 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 22 +1:13.315 17 2 15 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 22 +2:03.200 19 1 16 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2:07.065 21 Ret 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 Retirement 6 Ret 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 14 Retirement 18 Ret 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 9 Accident 16 Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 8 Retirement 4 Ret 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 5 Retirement 20 Ret 25 Shaun Geronimi Paton Grand Prix Paton 5 Retirement 22 DNS 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 20 41:32.599 1 25 2 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 +2.743 4 20 3 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 20 +2.797 2 16 4 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +31.315 5 13 5 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 20 +32.569 11 11 6 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +33.823 10 10 7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 20 +35.171 6 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +35.386 8 8 9 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +35.663 13 7 10 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +41.559 7 6 11 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 20 +46.303 18 5 12 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 +46.613 9 4 13 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 20 +49.736 19 3 14 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +50.375 12 2 15 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 20 +51.492 22 1 16 46 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 20 +56.553 15 17 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 20 +56.605 14 18 42 David Checa Honda 20 +1:02.337 16 19 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 20 +1:17.395 24 20 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 20 +1:17.512 26 21 16 David Tomás Honda 20 +1:17.734 25 22 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 +1:17.840 23 23 24 Jason Vincent Yamaha 20 +1:18.157 20 24 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 20 +1:34.555 27 25 83 Gábor Rizmayer Honda 20 +1:59.296 28 26 62 Jason DiSalvo Honda 19 +1 lap 31 27 79 Norman Rank Honda 19 +1 lap 33 28 23 César Barros Yamaha 19 +1 lap 29 Ret 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 14 Accident 21 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 13 Retirement 3 Ret 80 Vladimír Častka Yamaha 7 Accident 30 Ret 45 Stuart Edwards Honda 5 Retirement 32 DNS 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 0 Did not start 17 DNQ 82 Henrik Voit Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Honda 19 41:27.703 1 25 2 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 19 +0.689 3 20 3 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +1.086 6 16 4 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +1.156 2 13 5 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 19 +3.668 9 11 6 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 19 +7.804 5 10 7 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 19 +7.817 10 9 8 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +7.985 13 8 9 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 19 +8.528 8 7 10 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +13.875 4 6 11 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 19 +20.490 7 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 19 +25.982 21 4 13 4 Masao Azuma Honda 19 +26.127 12 3 14 25 Joan Olivé Honda 19 +30.135 22 2 15 34 Eric Bataille Honda 19 +30.593 23 1 16 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +30.738 15 17 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +30.954 17 18 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +31.290 19 19 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 19 +32.111 14 20 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 19 +45.231 20 21 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 19 +58.341 27 22 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 19 +1:10.907 33 23 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +1:10.918 28 24 30 Jascha Büch Honda 19 +1:11.480 30 25 80 Tobias Kirmeier Honda 19 +1:11.692 31 26 84 Igor Kaláb Honda 19 +1:11.984 32 27 96 Matěj Smrž Aprilia 19 +1:12.105 29 28 83 Václav Bittman Honda 19 +1:12.660 34 29 85 Tomáš Mikšovský Honda 19 +1:12.749 35 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 17 Accident 18 Ret 27 Marco Petrini Honda 13 Retirement 24 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 11 Accident 11 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 11 Accident 16 Ret 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 8 Retirement 25 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 4 Retirement 26 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 195 2 Max Biaggi 166 3 Loris Capirossi 127 4 Alex Barros 107 5 Norifumi Abe 100
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 222 2 Yamaha 197 3 Suzuki 91 4 Proton KR 43 5 Pulse 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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