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2001 Japanese GP results

Round 1 · April 8, 2001 · Suzuka

Winners

• 500cc Valentino Rossi Honda
• 250cc Daijiro Kato Honda
• 125cc Masao Azuma

500cc 21 laps

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25		Valentino Rossi	Honda	44:51.501
2+20		Garry Mccoy	Yamaha	+0.724
3+16		Max Biaggi	Yamaha	+0.956
4+13		Norick Abe	Yamaha	+1.176
5+11		Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+3.256
6+10		Alex Barros	Honda	+14.515
7+9		Kenny Roberts Jr	Suzuki	+22.876
8+8		Loris Capirossi	Honda	+28.732
9+7		Alex Criville	Honda	+34.478
10+6		Carlos Checa	Yamaha	+53.765
11+5		Jurgen Vd Goorbergh	Proton KR	+58.688
12+4		Haruchika Aoki	Honda	+1:17.338
13+3		Leon Haslam	Honda	+1:17.681
—		Jay Vincent	Pulse	DNF
—		Tohru Ukawa	Honda	DNF
—		Mark Willis	Pulse	DNF
—		Akira Ryo	Suzuki	DNF
—		Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	DNF
—		Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	DNF
—		Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	DNF
—		Barry Veneman	Honda	DNF
—		Johan Stigefelt	Sabre V4	DNF
—		Jose Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	Out on lap 1
—		Chris Walker	Honda	Out on lap 1

250cc 19 laps

Pole: Daijiro Kato

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25		Daijiro Kato	Honda	41:03.596
2+20		Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	+18.763
3+16		Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	+18.835
4+13		Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+23.135
5+11		Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	+24.423
6+10		Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+26.595
7+9		Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+31.142
8+8		Jeremy Mcwilliams	Aprilia	+43.953
9+7		Sebastian Porto	Yamaha	+45.887
10+6		Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+48.496
11+5		Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	+53.583
12+4		Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	+1:05.172
13+3		Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	+1:05.267
14+2		Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	+1:17.422
15+1		Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	+1:18.183
16		David Checa	Honda	+1:18.602
17		Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	+1:26.040
18		Jeronimo Vidal	Aprilia	+1:35.868
19		Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	+1:41.647
20		Tekkyu Kayo	TSR	+1:43.891
21		Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	+1:49.324
22		Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	+1 lap
—		Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	DNF
—		Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	DNF
—		David De Gea	Yamaha	DNF
—		Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	DNF
—		Alex Debon	Aprilia	DNF
—		Stuart Edwards	TSR	DNF
—		Randy De Puniet	Aprilia	DNF
—		Emilio Alzamora	Honda	DNF
—		Choujun Kameya	Yamaha	Did not start
—		Julien Allemand	Yamaha	Out on lap 1

125cc 18 laps

Pole: Youichi Ui

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike · team	Time/Gap
1+25	4	Masao Azuma		40:59.192
2+20	41	Youichi Ui		+0.067
3+16	16	Simone Sanna		+0.604
4+13	23	Gino Borsoi		+0.898
5+11	54	Manuel Poggiali		+1.151
6+10	9	Lucio Cecchinello		+1.376
7+9	17	Steve Jenkner		+14.173
8+8	6	Mirko Giansanti		+14.632
9+7	21	Arnaud Vincent		+15.735
10+6	22	Pablo Nieto		+16.333
11+5	29	Angel Nieto Jr.		+17.384
12+4	11	Max Sabbatani		+17.992
13+3	8	Gianluigi Scalvini		+18.621
14+2	15	Alex De Angelis		+18.628
15+1	57	Hiroyuki Kikuchi		+23.655
16	24	Toni Elias		+34.401
17	39	Jaroslav Hules		+34.521
18	26	Dani Pedrosa		+46.838
19	25	Joan Olive		+47.378
20	98	Masafumi Ono		+48.164
21	18	Jakub Smrz		+58.746
22	56	Yuzo Fujioka		+1:00.982
23	28	Gabor Talmacsi		+1:01.962
24	10	Jarno Müller		+1:21.581
25	14	Phillipp Hafeneger		+1:49.589
—	55	Hideyuki Nakajoh		DNF
—	5	Noboru Ueda		DNF
—	31	Angel Rodriguez		DNF
—	19	Alessandro Brannetti		DNF
—	20	Gaspare Caffiero		DNF
—	34	Eric Bataille		DNF
—	7	Stefano Perugini		DNF
—	12	Raul Jara		Out on lap 1
—	27	Marco Petrini		Out on lap 1
—	97	Naoki Katoh		Out on lap 1

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