The 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2001 at the Bugatti Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 46:59.346 1 25 2 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +3.266 5 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 28 +4.830 3 16 4 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28 +14.561 7 13 5 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +14.977 9 11 6 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +23.180 2 10 7 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 28 +29.597 8 9 8 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 28 +31.205 12 8 9 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +32.499 13 7 10 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 28 +33.019 10 6 11 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +36.476 4 5 12 8 Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 28 +1:15.798 15 4 13 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28 +1:19.446 14 3 14 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1 lap 19 2 15 32 Jarno Janssen Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 27 +1 lap 20 1 Ret 24 Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 16 Retirement 16 Ret 68 Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 15 Retirement 18 Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 10 Accident 11 Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 10 Accident 6 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 2 Retirement 17 DNS 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start DNS 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda Did not start DNS 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda Did not start WD 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 26 44:29.546 1 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 26 +0.204 2 20 3 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +13.599 3 16 4 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +16.813 5 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +18.429 4 11 6 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +29.025 10 10 7 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 26 +42.813 7 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +44.429 9 8 9 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 26 +45.077 12 7 10 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +45.351 11 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 26 +47.253 15 5 12 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26 +55.500 14 4 13 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +56.474 13 3 14 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +57.653 21 2 15 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +1:04.735 18 1 16 42 David Checa Honda 26 +1:19.767 17 17 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 26 +1:31.159 20 18 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 26 +1:31.496 16 19 16 David Tomás Honda 26 +1:37.808 29 20 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 25 +1 lap 24 21 54 Hervé Mora Honda 25 +1 lap 26 22 45 Stuart Edwards Honda 25 +1 lap 28 23 52 Guillaume Dietrich Honda 25 +1 lap 31 24 56 David Fouloi Yamaha 25 +1 lap 30 25 23 César Barros Yamaha 25 +1 lap 25 26 53 Tom Ouvrard Yamaha 24 +2 laps 32 Ret 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 11 Retirement 22 Ret 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 7 Retirement 8 Ret 55 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 3 Retirement 23 Ret 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 2 Accident 6 Ret 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 2 Retirement 19 Ret 64 Hugo Marchand Honda 1 Accident 27 DNS 19 Julien Allemand Yamaha Did not start DNS 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia Did not start Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 24 43:33.372 2 25 2 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 +0.218 7 20 3 24 Toni Elías Honda 24 +0.298 6 16 4 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +0.515 8 13 5 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +0.969 3 11 6 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 24 +7.357 10 10 7 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 24 +7.940 5 9 8 4 Masao Azuma Honda 24 +8.464 17 8 9 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 24 +8.751 4 7 10 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 24 +11.523 9 6 11 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 24 +11.962 1 5 12 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +12.496 18 4 13 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 24 +12.514 13 3 14 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 24 +20.667 14 2 15 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +35.012 12 1 16 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 24 +36.143 16 17 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 24 +37.580 15 18 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 24 +42.565 26 19 10 Jarno Müller Honda 24 +45.597 19 20 34 Eric Bataille Honda 24 +59.595 22 21 27 Marco Petrini Honda 24 +1:16.293 25 22 63 Jimmy Petit Honda 24 +1:22.325 27 23 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 24 +1:35.945 23 24 62 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 24 +1:58.711 29 25 60 Xavier Hérouin Honda 23 +1 lap 30 26 14 Philipp Hafeneger Honda 23 +1 lap 32 27 59 Julien Enjolras Honda 23 +1 lap 31 Ret 25 Joan Olivé Honda 20 Retirement 21 Ret 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 18 Accident 24 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 9 Retirement 11 Ret 61 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 6 Retirement 28 DNS 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 0 Did not start 20 DNS 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia Did not start DNS 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 91 2 Norifumi Abe 57 3 Max Biaggi 54 4 Loris Capirossi 45 5 Àlex Crivillé 44
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 91 2 Yamaha 78 3 Suzuki 37 4 Proton KR 19 5 Pulse 0
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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