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