2001 French GP results

Round 4 · May 20, 2001 · Le Mans

Winners

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	46:59.346
2+20	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+3.266
3+16	Valentino Rossi	Honda	+4.830
4+13	Norick Abe	Yamaha	+14.561
5+11	Alex Criville	Honda	+14.977
6+10	Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+23.180
7+9	Loris Capirossi	Honda	+29.597
8+8	Alex Barros	Honda	+31.205
9+7	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	+32.499
10+6	Jurgen Vd Goorbergh	Proton KR	+33.019
11+5	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+36.476
12+4	Chris Walker	Honda	+1:15.798
13+3	Jose Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	+1:19.446
14+2	Barry Veneman	Honda	+1 lap
15+1	Jarno Janssen	Honda	+1 lap
—	Jay Vincent	Pulse	DNF
—	Mark Willis	Pulse	DNF
—	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	DNF
—	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	DNF
—	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre V4	DNF
—	Garry Mccoy	Yamaha	Did not start
—	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	Did not start
—	Anthony West	Honda	Did not start
—	Leon Haslam	Honda	Did not start

Pole: Daijiro Kato

Pos	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	Daijiro Kato	Honda	44:29.546
2+20	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+0.204
3+16	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+13.599
4+13	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	+16.813
5+11	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+18.429
6+10	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+29.025
7+9	Jeremy Mcwilliams	Aprilia	+42.813
8+8	Sebastian Porto	Yamaha	+44.429
9+7	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	+45.077
10+6	Alex Debon	Aprilia	+45.351
11+5	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	+47.253
12+4	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	+55.500
13+3	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+56.474
14+2	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+57.653
15+1	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	+1:04.735
16	David Checa	Honda	+1:19.767
17	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+1:31.159
18	David De Gea	Yamaha	+1:31.496
19	David Tomas	Honda	+1:37.808
20	Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	+1 lap
21	Herve Mora	Honda	+1 lap
22	Stuart Edwards	Honda	+1 lap
23	Guillaume Dietrich	Honda	+1 lap
24	David Fouloi	Yamaha	+1 lap
25	Cesar Barros	Yamaha	+1 lap
26	Tom Ouvrard	Yamaha	+2 lap
—	Jeronimo Vidal	Aprilia	DNF
—	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	DNF
—	Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	DNF
—	Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	DNF
—	Randy De Puniet	Aprilia	DNF
—	Hugo Marchand	Honda	DNF
—	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	Did not start
—	Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	Did not start

Pole: Youichi Ui

Pos	No.	Rider	Time/Gap
1+25	54	Manuel Poggiali	43:33.372
2+20	6	Mirko Giansanti	+0.218
3+16	24	Toni Elias	+0.298
4+13	23	Gino Borsoi	+0.515
5+11	9	Lucio Cecchinello	+0.969
6+10	21	Arnaud Vincent	+7.357
7+9	5	Noboru Ueda	+7.940
8+8	4	Masao Azuma	+8.464
9+7	39	Jaroslav Hules	+8.751
10+6	29	Angel Nieto Jr.	+11.523
11+5	41	Youichi Ui	+11.962
12+4	17	Steve Jenkner	+12.496
13+3	16	Simone Sanna	+12.514
14+2	15	Alex De Angelis	+20.667
15+1	11	Max Sabbatani	+35.012
16	28	Gabor Talmacsi	+36.143
17	26	Dani Pedrosa	+37.580
18	18	Jakub Smrz	+42.565
19	10	Jarno Müller	+45.597
20	34	Eric Bataille	+59.595
21	27	Marco Petrini	+1:16.293
22	63	Jimmy Petit	+1:22.325
23	20	Gaspare Caffiero	+1:35.945
24	62	Erwan Nigon	+1:58.711
—	25	Joan Olive	DNF
—	12	Raul Jara	DNF
—	7	Stefano Perugini	DNF
—	61	Gregory Lefort	DNF
—	22	Pablo Nieto	Did not start

Source: official results DB | Scope: 2001 French GP, 3 races | How points work