2001 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Flag:	AUS
Grand Prix:	Australian
Location:	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Official Name:	Qantas Australian Grand Prix^[1] ^[2]
Course Mi:	2.764
Course Km:	4.448
Race No:	14
Season No:	16
Date:	14 October
Year:	2001
Pole Rider 500 Country:	ITA
Pole Rider 500:	Max Biaggi
Pole Time 500:	1:31.984
Fast Rider 500 Country:	ITA
Fast Rider 500:	Max Biaggi
Fast Time 500:	1:32.993 on lap 16
First Rider 500 Country:	ITA
First Rider 500:	Valentino Rossi
Second Rider 500 Country:	ITA
Second Rider 500:	Max Biaggi
Third Rider 500 Country:	ITA
Third Rider 500:	Loris Capirossi
Pole Rider 250 Country:	JPN
Pole Rider 250:	Tetsuya Harada
Pole Time 250:	1:33.625
Fast Rider 250 Country:	JPN
Fast Rider 250:	Daijiro Kato
Fast Time 250:	1:34.560 on lap 7
First Rider 250 Country:	JPN
First Rider 250:	Daijiro Kato
Second Rider 250 Country:	JPN
Second Rider 250:	Tetsuya Harada
Third Rider 250 Country:	ITA
Third Rider 250:	Roberto Rolfo
Pole Rider 125 Country:	SMR
Pole Rider 125:	Manuel Poggiali
Pole Time 125:	1:37.737
Fast Rider 125 Country:	ITA
Fast Rider 125:	Max Sabbatani
Fast Time 125:	1:38.499 on lap 5
First Rider 125 Country:	JPN
First Rider 125:	Youichi Ui
Second Rider 125 Country:	SMR
Second Rider 125:	Manuel Poggiali
Third Rider 125 Country:	ESP
Third Rider 125:	Toni Elías

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:^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

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:^[6]

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:^[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[8]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2001 Australian MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 16 May 2018.
2. Web site: Phillip Island Circuit – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. Progcovers.com. 16 May 2018.
3. Web site: 2001 Australian MotoGP | Motorsport Database.
4. Web site: Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 October 2001. 25 November 2016.
5. Web site: motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2001 AUS 500cc RAC. Dorna. S.L. motogp.com.
6. Web site: Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 October 2001. 25 November 2016.
7. Web site: Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 October 2001. 25 November 2016.
8. Web site: Standings . 2001. resources.motogp.com . 2019-08-21.