The 2001 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 21–23 September 2001 at the Circuit de Valencia. Ten days after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) announced that the Valencian Community Motorcycle Grand Prix would go ahead as scheduled. Additionally, the Royal Automobile Club of Spain urged fans and spectators to behave "in keeping with the gravity of the situation and in collective participation in the pain of American citizens".
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 54:39.391 12 25 2 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +0.293 11 20 3 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +1.241 7 16 4 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +7.052 8 13 5 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +29.809 14 11 6 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +29.863 10 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +31.093 3 9 8 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +31.609 13 8 9 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +32.783 9 7 10 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +37.774 1 6 11 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 30 +40.512 2 5 12 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +1:36.743 5 4 13 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 29 +1 lap 18 3 14 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 29 +1 lap 21 2 15 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 28 +2 laps 20 1 16 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 28 +2 laps 19 17 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 26 +4 laps 16 Ret 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 14 Retirement 22 Ret 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 7 Accident 6 Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 1 Accident 15 Ret 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 0 Accident 17 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 0 Accident 4 DNQ 37 Miguel Tey By Queroseno Racing Honda Did not qualify Sources:
250 cc classification The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; race times from the two heats were added together to determine the final results.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 27 44:01.853 5 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 27 +4.943 4 20 3 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +12.371 1 16 4 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +14.972 9 13 5 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 27 +21.045 7 11 6 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +25.817 8 10 7 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 +26.623 3 9 8 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 27 +26.776 10 8 9 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +35.372 2 7 10 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +46.273 14 6 11 42 David Checa Honda 27 +47.766 13 5 12 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +47.887 19 4 13 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 27 +49.132 18 3 14 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +51.582 11 2 15 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 27 +52.052 16 1 16 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +53.057 15 17 46 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 27 +53.108 21 18 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 27 +1:17.203 24 19 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 27 +1:42.393 22 20 38 Álvaro Molina Yamaha 27 +1:53.681 27 21 23 César Barros Yamaha 27 +2:07.720 28 22 16 David Tomás Honda 27 +2:12.659 23 23 45 Stuart Edwards Yamaha 27 +2:14.370 30 24 14 Katja Poensgen Honda 27 +2:23.258 29 Ret 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 19 Retirement 26 Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 16 Retirement 12 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 13 Retirement 20 Ret 83 Gábor Rizmayer Honda 9 Retirement 31 Ret 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 6 Retirement 17 Ret 24 Jason Vincent Yamaha 5 Retirement 25 Ret 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 3 Retirement 6 DNQ 41 Dámaso Nácher Honda Did not qualify DNQ 43 Isaac Martín Honda Did not qualify DNQ 72 Michael García Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 25 42:45.422 12 25 2 24 Toni Elías Honda 25 +0.022 1 20 3 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 25 +0.263 8 16 4 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 25 +0.305 10 13 5 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +0.561 6 11 6 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +0.586 2 10 7 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +0.654 5 9 8 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 25 +1.596 3 8 9 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 25 +2.005 4 7 10 25 Joan Olivé Honda 25 +2.078 9 6 11 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 25 +15.746 11 5 12 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 25 +17.225 29 4 13 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 25 +17.369 18 3 14 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 25 +17.456 14 2 15 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 25 +17.709 19 1 16 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 25 +18.686 15 17 34 Eric Bataille Honda 25 +20.387 13 18 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 25 +20.537 16 19 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 25 +21.800 28 20 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 25 +24.857 24 21 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +24.946 23 22 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 25 +38.255 22 23 4 Masao Azuma Honda 25 +38.692 20 24 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 25 +42.858 34 25 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 25 +43.450 26 26 30 Jascha Büch Honda 25 +1:01.078 30 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 24 Accident 21 Ret 44 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 Retirement 17 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 14 Retirement 25 Ret 45 Javier Forés Aprilia 14 Retirement 27 Ret 75 Fabrizio Lai Rieju 11 Accident 31 Ret 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 7 Accident 7 Ret 37 William de Angelis Honda 6 Retirement 33 Ret 82 Mika Kallio Honda 4 Accident 32 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 225 2 Max Biaggi 183 3 Loris Capirossi 147 4 Alex Barros 127 5 Shinya Nakano 116
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 267 2 Yamaha 226 3 Suzuki 126 4 Proton KR 59 5 Sabre V4 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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