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.
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:
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:
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:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings 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 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.
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