The 2001 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 October 2001 at the Twin Ring Motegi.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 25 46:32.600 4 25 2 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 25 +2.607 3 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 25 +9.765 1 16 4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +13.951 16 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +21.994 9 11 6 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +22.279 5 10 7 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +27.332 11 9 8 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +27.607 6 8 9 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +33.822 7 7 10 64 Yukio Kagayama Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +38.139 14 6 11 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +41.866 12 5 12 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +50.419 13 4 13 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +56.204 17 3 14 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 25 +1:05.286 18 2 15 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 24 +1 lap 20 1 16 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 24 +1 lap 22 17 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 24 +1 lap 23 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 18 Retirement 8 Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 8 Retirement 10 Ret 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 7 Accident 19 Ret 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 6 Accident 15 Ret 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 5 Accident 2 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 4 Retirement 21 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 43:59.587 1 25 2 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +7.559 5 20 3 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 23 +8.024 4 16 4 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 23 +11.462 6 13 5 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 23 +11.733 8 11 6 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +13.498 9 10 7 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +19.937 10 9 8 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +24.789 13 8 9 46 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 23 +26.671 16 7 10 88 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 23 +33.671 17 6 11 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +37.114 7 5 12 42 David Checa Honda 23 +40.478 15 4 13 89 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 23 +41.670 20 3 14 16 David Tomás Honda 23 +42.139 23 2 15 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 23 +42.568 22 1 16 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 23 +42.806 24 17 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 23 +43.379 21 18 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +45.790 11 19 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +46.181 12 20 90 Daisaku Sakai Honda 23 +48.361 26 21 92 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +48.507 19 22 24 Jason Vincent Yamaha 23 +1:16.106 29 23 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 23 +1:33.167 30 24 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 23 +1:53.607 31 25 55 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 22 +1 lap 33 26 14 Katja Poensgen Honda 22 +1 lap 35 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 13 Retirement 18 Ret 23 César Barros Yamaha 11 Retirement 32 Ret 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 5 Accident 3 Ret 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 5 Accident 2 Ret 45 Stuart Edwards Yamaha 4 Accident 34 Ret 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 3 Retirement 25 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 3 Retirement 14 Ret 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 2 Retirement 28 Ret 91 Takayuki Onodera Yamaha 0 Retirement 27 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 21 42:01.711 1 25 2 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +1.004 2 20 3 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 21 +1.129 7 16 4 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 21 +12.109 5 13 5 4 Masao Azuma Honda 21 +23.147 3 11 6 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 21 +28.345 9 10 7 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 21 +28.387 6 9 8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +29.678 17 8 9 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 21 +29.898 13 7 10 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 21 +30.026 20 6 11 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +30.268 15 5 12 25 Joan Olivé Honda 21 +35.692 31 4 13 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 21 +35.894 21 3 14 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 21 +36.170 29 2 15 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 21 +45.438 28 1 16 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +45.543 27 17 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 21 +45.997 16 18 65 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 21 +1:10.144 33 19 10 Jarno Müller Honda 21 +1:14.335 34 20 37 William de Angelis Honda 21 +1:14.887 30 21 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 21 +1:29.415 35 Ret 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 13 Retirement 24 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 11 Retirement 32 Ret 56 Yuzo Fujioka Honda 6 Accident 18 Ret 64 Yuki Takahashi E-NER 5 Accident 11 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 5 Accident 12 Ret 24 Toni Elías Honda 4 Accident 4 Ret 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 4 Accident 8 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 4 Accident 10 Ret 55 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 2 Retirement 19 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 1 Accident 22 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 0 Accident 14 Ret 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 0 Accident 23 Ret 66 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 0 Accident 26 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 0 Accident 25 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 250 2 Max Biaggi 183 3 Loris Capirossi 163 4 Alex Barros 147 5 Shinya Nakano 126
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 292 2 Yamaha 239 3 Suzuki 134 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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