The 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya. 84,000 people attended the race.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 25 44:57.142 1 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +2.579 4 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 25 +3.216 3 16 4 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +3.257 2 13 5 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +3.989 10 11 6 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +4.705 8 10 7 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +4.769 9 9 8 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +13.459 12 8 9 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 25 +13.903 6 7 10 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +19.616 13 6 11 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +26.378 11 5 12 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +37.301 15 4 13 8 Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 25 +1:01.010 16 3 14 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +1:13.371 14 2 15 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 25 +1:19.363 17 1 16 24 Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 25 +1:19.756 19 17 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 25 +1:24.089 21 18 68 Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 23 +2 laps 20 Ret 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 6 Retirement 18 Ret 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 6 Retirement 5 Ret 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 3 Accident 7 DNS 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start WD 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda Withdrew Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 23 41:40.347 1 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 +0.114 2 20 3 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 23 +12.573 6 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +19.077 8 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +22.776 3 11 6 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 23 +22.853 5 10 7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +22.876 7 9 8 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +31.224 9 8 9 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 23 +33.567 14 7 10 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +37.754 11 6 11 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +38.039 10 5 12 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +38.100 21 4 13 46 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 23 +38.182 18 3 14 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 +38.312 15 2 15 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 23 +38.701 12 1 16 42 David Checa Honda 23 +42.643 17 17 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 23 +42.647 20 18 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +49.236 16 19 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 23 +50.798 19 20 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +56.073 13 21 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 23 +1:30.364 23 22 16 David Tomás Honda 23 +1:30.432 24 23 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 23 +1:53.441 26 24 38 Álvaro Molina Yamaha 23 +1:53.584 27 25 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 22 +1 lap 28 26 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 22 +1 lap 25 Ret 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 10 Accident 4 Ret 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 6 Retirement 22 Ret 45 Stuart Edwards Honda 5 Retirement 29 DNS 23 César Barros Yamaha Did not start Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 22 41:31.696 1 25 2 24 Toni Elías Honda 22 +0.573 5 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 22 +6.764 7 16 4 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 22 +6.854 6 13 5 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 22 +7.029 3 11 6 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 22 +7.558 15 10 7 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 22 +7.788 13 9 8 25 Joan Olivé Honda 22 +18.438 19 8 9 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 22 +18.602 20 7 10 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 22 +23.109 12 6 11 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 22 +23.232 4 5 12 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 22 +23.291 23 4 13 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 22 +23.652 16 3 14 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 22 +24.308 21 2 15 10 Jarno Müller Honda 22 +24.465 9 1 16 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 22 +31.927 17 17 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 22 +31.955 24 18 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 22 +33.274 14 19 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 22 +42.904 22 20 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 22 +53.226 26 21 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 22 +1:09.855 11 22 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 22 +1:30.468 29 23 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +1 lap 27 24 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 21 +1 lap 30 Ret 4 Masao Azuma Honda 21 Accident 18 Ret 27 Marco Petrini Honda 12 Retirement 25 Ret 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 9 Accident 2 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 8 Retirement 10 Ret 43 Daniel Piñera Honda 2 Retirement 28 Ret 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 0 Accident 8 DNS 34 Eric Bataille Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 116 2 Max Biaggi 90 3 Loris Capirossi 81 4 Norifumi Abe 74 5 Shinya Nakano 63
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 141 2 Yamaha 114 3 Suzuki 58 4 Proton KR 30 5 Pulse 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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