The 2001 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth and latest round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 November 2001 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. It was also the final 500cc race in Grand Prix motorcycle racing history. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Daijiro Kato before his death caused by a crash in the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix race.
500 cc classification The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 24 45:57.414 5 25 2 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +0.143 7 20 3 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +6.980 10 16 4 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 +19.053 12 13 5 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +20.655 2 11 6 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +20.829 9 10 7 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +27.894 14 9 8 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +45.110 15 8 9 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +2:25.532 4 7 10 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1 lap 13 6 11 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 23 +1 lap 18 5 12 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 23 +1 lap 6 4 13 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2 laps 16 3 14 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 22 +2 laps 17 2 15 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 22 +2 laps 19 1 16 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +2 laps 3 17 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2 laps 20 Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 7 Retirement 1 Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 1 Retirement 11 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Retirement 8 DNS 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 22 43:38.212 2 25 2 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +0.508 7 20 3 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 22 +1.382 4 16 4 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 22 +3.569 1 13 5 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 22 +3.846 3 11 6 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 22 +11.032 5 10 7 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 22 +14.786 11 9 8 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 22 +26.769 12 8 9 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +42.705 6 7 10 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +45.602 9 6 11 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 22 +46.659 19 5 12 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 22 +55.054 18 4 13 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 22 +1:00.211 8 3 14 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 22 +1:04.153 14 2 15 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 22 +1:04.281 21 1 16 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 22 +1:04.807 10 17 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 22 +1:06.148 13 18 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 22 +1:24.059 15 19 45 Stuart Edwards Yamaha 21 +1 lap 29 20 24 Jason Vincent Yamaha 21 +1 lap 23 21 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 21 +1 lap 28 22 42 David Checa Honda 21 +1 lap 20 23 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 21 +1 lap 16 24 23 César Barros Yamaha 21 +1 lap 27 25 27 Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 20 +2 laps 25 26 14 Katja Poensgen Honda 20 +2 laps 30 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 15 Retirement 17 Ret 55 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 10 Retirement 24 Ret 41 Dámaso Nácher Honda 8 Retirement 31 Ret 16 David Tomás Honda 3 Accident 22 Ret 84 Cristiano Vieira Yamaha 3 Accident 26 DNQ 85 Rafael da Cunha Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 21 46:47.181 1 25 2 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 +0.112 9 20 3 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 21 +27.647 14 16 4 24 Toni Elías Honda 21 +32.325 4 13 5 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +37.646 5 11 6 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 21 +42.052 18 10 7 4 Masao Azuma Honda 21 +42.563 21 9 8 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 +42.642 8 8 9 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 21 +42.867 20 7 10 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 21 +43.854 15 6 11 25 Joan Olivé Honda 21 +1:11.667 7 5 12 10 Jarno Müller Honda 21 +1:11.675 24 4 13 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 21 +1:18.050 17 3 14 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +1:50.142 28 2 15 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 21 +1:56.893 26 1 16 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 21 +2:01.428 30 17 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +2:05.356 12 18 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +2:09.956 23 19 48 Leandro Panadés Honda 21 +2:10.408 31 20 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 +1 lap 10 Ret 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 12 Accident 3 Ret 50 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 6 Accident 2 Ret 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 6 Accident 11 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 5 Accident 16 Ret 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 3 Accident 6 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 3 Retirement 13 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 1 Accident 29 Ret 37 William de Angelis Honda 1 Accident 27 Ret 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 1 Retirement 19 Ret 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 0 Accident 22 Ret 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 0 Accident 25 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 325 2 Max Biaggi 219 3 Loris Capirossi 210 4 Alex Barros 182 5 Shinya Nakano 155
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 367 2 Yamaha 295 3 Suzuki 153 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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