2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 2001 at the Circuito de Jerez. In the 500cc race, the 2nd place for Norick Abe was the final podium in his premier class career.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 27 | 47:15.126 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 27 | +2.307 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +2.845 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +4.157 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +5.932 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +7.577 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 27 | +14.459 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 27 | +18.970 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +19.725 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 27 | +20.239 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +20.621 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +29.891 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 27 | +42.838 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +45.530 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +45.848 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 27 | +1:02.358 | 16 | |
| 17 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 27 | +1:13.081 | 18 | |
| 18 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse GP | Pulse | 27 | +1:23.194 | 20 | |
| 19 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| Ret | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 4 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| DNS | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 26 | Vladimír Častka | Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix | Paton | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 25 | 43:49.748 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 25 | +11.789 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 25 | +17.335 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 25 | +17.870 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 25 | +23.696 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 25 | +24.979 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 25 | +25.757 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 25 | +32.201 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 25 | +39.404 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 25 | +39.510 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 25 | +53.435 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 25 | +53.471 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 25 | +1:02.113 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 25 | +1:02.437 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:07.791 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 25 | +1:12.964 | 16 | |
| 17 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 25 | +1:16.192 | 19 | |
| 18 | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 25 | +1:35.023 | 13 | |
| 19 | 19 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 25 | +1:35.337 | 23 | |
| 20 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 25 | +1:37.041 | 27 | |
| 21 | 39 | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 22 | 38 | Álvaro Molina | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 23 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 24 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 25 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 26 | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| 27 | 41 | Dámaso Nácher | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 22 | David de Gea | Yamaha | 24 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 18 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 21 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | 42:09.849 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 23 | +4.623 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +5.753 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 23 | +10.197 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 23 | +10.384 | 20 | 11 |
| 6 | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 23 | +10.604 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 23 | +10.747 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 23 | +15.231 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 23 | +15.798 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 23 | +19.497 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 23 | +24.705 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 23 | +27.712 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 23 | +28.109 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 23 | +28.221 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 23 | +28.969 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 23 | +33.743 | 24 | |
| 17 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 23 | +33.905 | 13 | |
| 18 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 23 | +38.247 | 22 | |
| 19 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 23 | +58.393 | 27 | |
| 20 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 23 | +1:13.859 | 30 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 22 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 43 | Daniel Piñera | Honda | 21 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 19 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 18 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 14 | Philipp Hafeneger | Honda | 18 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 9 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 5 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 75 |
| 2 | Norifumi Abe | 44 |
| 3 | Shinya Nakano | 37 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 36 |
| 5 | Àlex Crivillé | 33 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 75 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 53 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 27 |
| 4 | Proton KR | 13 |
| 5 | Sabre V4 | 0 |

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