The 2001 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 October 2001 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 27 42:22.383 2 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +0.013 1 20 3 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 27 +0.581 6 16 4 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 27 +0.714 3 13 5 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +1.288 8 11 6 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +2.534 5 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +2.579 9 9 8 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +2.582 11 8 9 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +2.832 4 7 10 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +19.443 15 6 11 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +20.000 13 5 12 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +20.303 16 4 13 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 27 +21.043 10 3 14 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 27 +21.360 17 2 15 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +29.738 12 1 16 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +30.023 7 17 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 27 +1:18.349 19 18 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1:24.773 21 19 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 27 +1:24.848 20 20 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 26 +1 lap 22 Ret 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 18 Retirement 14 Ret 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 6 Retirement 18 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 25 39:48.180 3 25 2 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 25 +5.644 1 20 3 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 25 +8.518 11 16 4 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 25 +14.303 2 13 5 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 25 +14.389 5 11 6 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +14.749 10 10 7 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +17.546 4 9 8 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 25 +37.456 17 8 9 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +50.872 15 7 10 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 25 +53.951 19 6 11 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 25 +1:00.113 13 5 12 46 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 25 +1:10.314 18 4 13 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 25 +1:34.981 26 3 14 16 David Tomás Honda 25 +1:39.355 22 2 15 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 24 +1 lap 21 1 16 23 César Barros Yamaha 24 +1 lap 25 17 55 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 24 +1 lap 23 18 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 24 +1 lap 28 19 14 Katja Poensgen Honda 24 +1 lap 30 20 45 Stuart Edwards Yamaha 24 +1 lap 29 Ret 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 22 Retirement 20 Ret 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 18 Accident 16 Ret 96 Mark Rowling Yamaha 17 Retirement 31 Ret 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 14 Accident 7 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 14 Retirement 14 Ret 95 Shane Smith Honda 12 Retirement 32 Ret 24 Jason Vincent Yamaha 1 Retirement 24 Ret 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 0 Retirement 6 Ret 42 David Checa Honda 0 Accident 9 Ret 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 0 Accident 12 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 0 Accident 8 DNS 97 Josh Brookes Yamaha 0 Did not start 27 DNS 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia Did not start DNQ 93 Earl Lynch Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 94 Terry Carter Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 23 38:14.688 3 25 2 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 +4.709 1 20 3 24 Toni Elías Honda 23 +4.743 17 16 4 4 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +4.938 14 13 5 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 +4.974 2 11 6 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 23 +5.053 6 10 7 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +5.562 11 9 8 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +5.881 21 8 9 34 Eric Bataille Honda 23 +9.506 23 7 10 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +17.165 4 6 11 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 23 +17.289 5 5 12 73 Casey Stoner Honda 23 +17.372 19 4 13 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 23 +18.361 10 3 14 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 23 +18.375 12 2 15 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 23 +18.447 16 1 16 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 23 +19.742 8 17 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +26.857 18 18 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 23 +26.892 15 19 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 23 +26.916 20 20 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 23 +31.486 26 21 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 23 +31.819 9 22 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 23 +35.783 30 23 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 23 +35.998 13 24 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 23 +42.581 24 25 10 Jarno Müller Honda 23 +49.404 28 26 91 Jay Taylor Honda 23 +49.494 29 27 25 Joan Olivé Honda 23 +54.747 22 28 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 +1:13.148 27 29 37 William de Angelis Honda 23 +1:13.174 31 Ret 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 22 Accident 7 Ret 92 Peter Galvin Honda 14 Accident 33 Ret 94 Cath Thompson Honda 12 Accident 34 Ret 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 11 Retirement 25 Ret 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 1 Retirement 32 DNQ 93 Andrew Brooks Honda Did not qualify Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 275 2 Max Biaggi 203 3 Loris Capirossi 179 4 Alex Barros 160 5 Shinya Nakano 135
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 317 2 Yamaha 259 3 Suzuki 141 4 Proton KR 65 5 Sabre V4 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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