The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 30 46:53.349 11 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +1.794 1 20 3 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +2.011 3 16 4 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +7.610 12 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +12.526 9 11 6 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +12.766 4 10 7 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +16.225 13 9 8 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +16.699 6 8 9 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +16.780 8 7 10 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 30 +24.781 2 6 11 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +29.205 7 5 12 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +44.984 5 4 13 24 Jason Vincent Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +49.907 19 3 14 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +50.033 18 2 15 8 Chris Walker Shell Advance Honda Honda 30 +59.116 14 1 16 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +1:04.876 16 17 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 30 +1:10.748 20 18 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 29 +1 lap 22 19 68 Mark Willis Pulse GP Pulse 29 +1 lap 21 Ret 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 21 Retirement 17 Ret 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 21 Retirement 21 Ret 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 18 Retirement 15 Ret 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 14 Retirement 10 WD 27 Sébastien Gimbert Paton Grand Prix Paton Withdrew Sources:

250 cc race classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 27 42:46.466 2 25 2 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 27 +10.173 7 20 3 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 +10.401 3 16 4 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +25.100 4 13 5 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +46.668 6 11 6 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +51.130 9 10 7 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +51.926 13 9 8 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +52.491 11 8 9 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 27 +53.797 12 7 10 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +57.984 14 6 11 42 David Checa Honda 27 +58.117 15 5 12 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 27 +1:02.663 16 4 13 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +1:06.628 18 3 14 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 27 +1:14.493 20 2 15 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 27 +1:16.335 19 1 16 16 David Tomás Honda 27 +1:21.487 23 17 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 27 +1:25.057 17 18 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 27 +1:26.254 1 19 45 Stuart Edwards Honda 26 +1 lap 27 20 55 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 26 +1 lap 30 21 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 26 +1 lap 29 22 62 Jason DiSalvo Honda 26 +1 lap 28 23 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 26 +1 lap 32 24 67 Michael Herzberg Yamaha 26 +1 lap 33 25 23 César Barros Yamaha 25 +2 laps 31 Ret 68 Stuart Easton Honda 24 Retirement 26 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 Retirement 10 Ret 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 21 Retirement 24 Ret 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 17 Retirement 22 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 15 Accident 5 Ret 59 Gary Jackson Honda 7 Retirement 25 Ret 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 2 Accident 8 DNS 58 Shane Norval Honda 0 Did not start 21 DNS 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia Did not start Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 26 43:17.675 2 25 2 24 Toni Elías Honda 26 +3.129 1 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +3.869 3 16 4 4 Masao Azuma Honda 26 +3.966 4 13 5 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 26 +17.386 9 11 6 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 26 +23.647 15 10 7 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 26 +24.201 14 9 8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 26 +24.422 10 8 9 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 26 +28.039 28 7 10 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 26 +28.612 22 6 11 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 26 +28.620 16 5 12 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 26 +33.089 26 4 13 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 26 +36.125 20 3 14 25 Joan Olivé Honda 26 +36.583 24 2 15 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 26 +36.948 19 1 16 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 26 +43.849 23 17 73 Casey Stoner Honda 26 +50.842 18 18 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 26 +1:01.114 17 19 34 Eric Bataille Honda 26 +1:06.140 21 20 27 Marco Petrini Honda 26 +1:11.505 25 21 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 26 +1:32.712 32 22 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 26 +1:33.146 30 23 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 8 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 16 Retirement 5 Ret 72 Chris Martin Honda 13 Retirement 29 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 11 Accident 13 Ret 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 11 Accident 12 Ret 71 Paul Robinson Honda 10 Retirement 31 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 9 Retirement 11 Ret 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 6 Accident 27 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 5 Accident 7 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 1 Accident 6 DNS 10 Jarno Müller Honda Did not start WD 74 Sam Owens Honda Withdrew Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 161 2 Max Biaggi 135 3 Loris Capirossi 103 4 Alex Barros 89 5 Shinya Nakano 84

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 186 2 Yamaha 159 3 Suzuki 76 4 Proton KR 41 5 Pulse 3

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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