The 2001 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 June 2001 at the Mugello Circuit.
500 cc classification The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 23 49:26.006 5 25 2 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 23 +8.359 3 20 3 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 +8.509 4 16 4 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 23 +8.996 6 13 5 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 23 +20.651 17 11 6 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 23 +24.723 12 10 7 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 23 +27.745 9 9 8 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 +32.768 10 8 9 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 23 +51.357 11 7 10 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1:08.505 13 6 11 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 23 +1:18.026 14 5 12 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 23 +1:49.333 7 4 13 68 Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 22 +1 lap 21 3 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 22 Retirement 1 Ret 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 20 Retirement 2 Ret 24 Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 20 Retirement 16 DSQ 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 17 Disqualified 20 Ret 8 Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 11 Retirement 15 Ret 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 10 Retirement 18 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 7 Retirement 8 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 2 Retirement 19 DNQ 26 Vladimír Častka Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix Paton Did not qualify Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 21 46:11.129 1 25 2 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 21 +12.729 10 20 3 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 21 +37.673 8 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +43.860 5 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 21 +47.149 12 11 6 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +54.884 17 10 7 42 David Checa Honda 21 +57.903 20 9 8 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 21 +59.092 9 8 9 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 21 +1:00.763 18 7 10 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 21 +1:11.795 6 6 11 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 21 +1:13.110 21 5 12 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 21 +1:40.274 15 4 13 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 21 +1:42.351 23 3 14 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 21 +1:42.515 28 2 15 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 21 +1:42.911 19 1 16 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 21 +1:43.602 14 17 16 David Tomás Honda 21 +1:45.253 25 18 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 21 +1:51.411 13 19 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 20 +1 lap 27 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 16 Retirement 22 Ret 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 15 Accident 26 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 9 Accident 16 DSQ 55 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 9 Black flag 24 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 5 Accident 11 Ret 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 5 Retirement 7 Ret 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 4 Accident 2 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 4 Accident 3 Ret 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 3 Accident 4 Ret 23 César Barros Yamaha 1 Accident 29 DNQ 45 Stuart Edwards Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 20 45:15.046 6 25 2 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 +3.810 8 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 20 +6.917 12 16 4 24 Toni Elías Honda 20 +12.917 2 13 5 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 20 +13.280 11 11 6 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 20 +14.127 10 10 7 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 20 +21.103 20 9 8 4 Masao Azuma Honda 20 +21.250 7 8 9 10 Jarno Müller Honda 20 +21.263 15 7 10 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 20 +25.424 18 6 11 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 20 +27.084 4 5 12 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20 +34.483 9 4 13 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20 +1:01.136 27 3 14 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 20 +1:01.892 24 2 15 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 20 +1:38.445 14 1 16 25 Joan Olivé Honda 20 +1:50.790 22 17 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 20 +2:00.237 29 18 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +1 lap 1 19 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 19 +1 lap 31 20 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 19 +1 lap 17 21 27 Marco Petrini Honda 19 +1 lap 26 22 52 Michele Conti Honda 19 +1 lap 30 23 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 +1 lap 28 Ret 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 15 Accident 21 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 14 Retirement 13 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 13 Retirement 16 Ret 51 Andrea Dovizioso Aprilia 12 Retirement 23 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 7 Retirement 19 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 4 Retirement 25 Ret 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 3 Accident 3 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 2 Retirement 5 DNS 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda Did not start DNS 14 Philipp Hafeneger Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 91 2 Max Biaggi 70 3 Loris Capirossi 65 4 Norifumi Abe 64 5 Alex Barros 60
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 116 2 Yamaha 94 3 Suzuki 47 4 Proton KR 23 5 Pulse 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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