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2001 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

Brazil  2001 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 November 2001
Official nameCinzano Rio Grand Prix[1]
LocationAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tohru Ukawa
Time 1:51.431
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:53.258 on lap 16
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Italy Max Biaggi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Fonsi Nieto
Time 1:53.819
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:55.315 on lap 22
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Italy Roberto Locatelli
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:58.676
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Simone Sanna
Time 2:11.067 on lap 6
Podium
First Japan Youichi Ui
Second Italy Simone Sanna
Third France Arnaud Vincent

500 cc classification

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The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.[2]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy  Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 24 45:57.414 5 25
2 7 Spain  Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +0.143 7 20
3 3 Italy  Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +6.980 10 16
4 4 Brazil  Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 24 +19.053 12 13
5 65 Italy  Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 24 +20.655 2 11
6 6 Japan  Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +20.829 9 10
7 28 Spain  Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +27.894 14 9
8 10 Spain  José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +45.110 15 8
9 56 Japan  Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +2:25.532 4 7
10 5 Australia  Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1 lap 13 6
11 9 United Kingdom  Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 23 +1 lap 18 5
12 15 Spain  Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 23 +1 lap 6 4
13 14 Australia  Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2 laps 16 3
14 12 Japan  Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 22 +2 laps 17 2
15 18 Australia  Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 22 +2 laps 19 1
16 1 United States  Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 22 +2 laps 3
17 21 Netherlands  Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 22 +2 laps 20
Ret 11 Japan  Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 7 Retirement 1
Ret 17 Netherlands  Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 1 Retirement 11
Ret 19 France  Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Retirement 8
DNS 41 Japan  Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Did not start
Sources: [1][3][4]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan  Daijiro Kato Honda 22 43:38.212 2 25
2 5 Italy  Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +0.508 7 20
3 15 Italy  Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 22 +1.382 4 16
4 10 Spain  Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 22 +3.569 1 13
5 99 United Kingdom  Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 22 +3.846 3 11
6 31 Japan  Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 22 +11.032 5 10
7 7 Spain  Emilio Alzamora Honda 22 +14.786 11 9
8 44 Italy  Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 22 +26.769 12 8
9 8 Japan  Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +42.705 6 7
10 21 Italy  Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +45.602 9 6
11 50 France  Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 22 +46.659 19 5
12 57 Italy  Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 22 +55.054 18 4
13 81 France  Randy de Puniet Aprilia 22 +1:00.211 8 3
14 11 Italy  Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 22 +1:04.153 14 2
15 22 Spain  José David de Gea Yamaha 22 +1:04.281 21 1
16 6 Spain  Alex Debón Aprilia 22 +1:04.807 10
17 66 Germany  Alex Hofmann Aprilia 22 +1:06.148 13
18 37 Italy  Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 22 +1:24.059 15
19 45 United Kingdom  Stuart Edwards Yamaha 21 +1 lap 29
20 24 United Kingdom  Jason Vincent Yamaha 21 +1 lap 23
21 36 Spain  Luis Costa Yamaha 21 +1 lap 28
22 42 Spain  David Checa Honda 21 +1 lap 20
23 18 Malaysia  Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 21 +1 lap 16
24 23 Brazil  César Barros Yamaha 21 +1 lap 27
25 27 Australia  Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 20 +2 laps 25
26 14 Germany  Katja Poensgen Honda 20 +2 laps 30
Ret 9 Argentina  Sebastián Porto Yamaha 15 Retirement 17
Ret 55 Italy  Diego Giugovaz Aprilia 10 Retirement 24
Ret 41 Spain  Dámaso Nácher Honda 8 Retirement 31
Ret 16 Spain  David Tomás Honda 3 Accident 22
Ret 84 Brazil  Cristiano Vieira Yamaha 3 Accident 26
DNQ 85 Brazil  Rafael da Cunha Honda Did not qualify
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 Japan  Youichi Ui Derbi 21 46:47.181 1 25
2 16 Italy  Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 +0.112 9 20
3 21 France  Arnaud Vincent Honda 21 +27.647 14 16
4 24 Spain  Toni Elías Honda 21 +32.325 4 13
5 54 San Marino  Manuel Poggiali Gilera 21 +37.646 5 11
6 15 San Marino  Alex de Angelis Honda 21 +42.052 18 10
7 4 Japan  Masao Azuma Honda 21 +42.563 21 9
8 18 Czech Republic  Jakub Smrž Honda 21 +42.642 8 8
9 8 Italy  Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 21 +42.867 20 7
10 39 Czech Republic  Jaroslav Huleš Honda 21 +43.854 15 6
11 25 Spain  Joan Olivé Honda 21 +1:11.667 7 5
12 10 Germany  Jarno Müller Honda 21 +1:11.675 24 4
13 5 Japan  Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda 21 +1:18.050 17 3
14 22 Spain  Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +1:50.142 28 2
15 19 Italy  Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 21 +1:56.893 26 1
16 77 Spain  Adrián Araujo Honda 21 +2:01.428 30
17 17 Germany  Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +2:05.356 12
18 12 Spain  Raúl Jara Aprilia 21 +2:09.956 23
19 48 Brazil  Leandro Panadés Honda 21 +2:10.408 31
20 23 Italy  Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 +1 lap 10
Ret 26 Spain  Daniel Pedrosa Honda 12 Accident 3
Ret 50 Italy  Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 6 Accident 2
Ret 31 Spain  Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 6 Accident 11
Ret 7 Italy  Stefano Perugini Italjet 5 Accident 16
Ret 9 Italy  Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 3 Accident 6
Ret 11 Italy  Max Sabbatani Aprilia 3 Retirement 13
Ret 34 Andorra  Eric Bataille Honda 1 Accident 29
Ret 37 San Marino  William de Angelis Honda 1 Accident 27
Ret 28 Hungary  Gábor Talmácsi Honda 1 Retirement 19
Ret 29 Spain  Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 0 Accident 22
Ret 6 Italy  Mirko Giansanti Honda 0 Accident 25
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[7][8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2001 Brazilian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Marlboro Yamaha two & three". yamaha-racing.com. Yamaha Motor Racing. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. ^ "The 2001 races – Brazil". Classic.autosport.com. Autosport. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · RIO GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". Motogp.com.
  5. ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 3 November 2001. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  7. ^ "2001 Rio de Janeiro MotoGP : Classification" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  8. ^ "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 2001". Motogp.com.


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