Motorcycle World Championship 2001

Motorcycle World Championship 2001

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Daijirō Katō
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Manuel Poggiali
Constructor:	Honda
<2000 season	2002 season>

The 2001 motorcycle world championship season was the 53rd in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

16 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 8th	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Valentino Rossi	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Tōru Ukawa
2	04/22	South African GP	Welkom	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Tōru Ukawa	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
3	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Norick Abe	Àlex Crivillé	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
4th	05/20	French GP	Le Mans	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
5	03.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Alex Barros	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
6th	17.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
7th	30.06.	71. Dutch TT	Aces	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
8th	08.07.	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
9	07/22	65th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Max Biaggi	Carlos Checa	Shin'ya Nakano	Max Biaggi	Shin'ya Nakano
10	08/26	Czech GP	Brno	Valentino Rossi	Àlex Crivillé	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
11	09.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi
12	23.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Sete Gibernau	Alex Barros	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau
13	07.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
14th	14.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
15th	21.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Garry McCoy	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
16	03.11.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Valentino Rossi	Carlos Checa	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Honda 325 2 Max Biaggi Yamaha 219 3 Loris Capirossi Honda 210 4th Alex Barros Honda 182 5 Shin'ya Nakano Yamaha 155 6th Carlos Checa Yamaha 137 7th Norick Abe Yamaha 137 8th Àlex Crivillé Honda 120 9 Sete Gibernau Suzuki 119 10 Tōru Ukawa Honda 107 11 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 97 12 Garry McCoy Yamaha 88 13 Jürgen van den Goorbergh Proton KR 65 14th Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 59

15th Olivier Jacque Yamaha 59 16 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha 45 17th Haruchika Aoki Honda 33 18th Anthony West Honda 27 19th Leon Haslam Honda 13 20th Chris Walker Honda 9 21st Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 6th 22nd Johan Stigefelt Saber 6th 23 Brendan Clarke Honda 5 24 Barry Veneman Honda 4th 25th Mark Willis Pulse 3 Jay Vincent Pulse / Yamaha 3 27 Jarno Janssen Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	367
2	Yamaha	295
3	Suzuki	153
4th	proton	65
5	Saber	6th
6th	Pulse	3

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 8th	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Roberto Locatelli	Daijirō Katō	Daijirō Katō
2	04/22	South African GP	Welkom	Daijirō Katō	Marco Melandri	Tetsuya Harada	Daijirō Katō	Marco Melandri
3	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Marco Melandri	Daijirō Katō	Daijirō Katō
4th	05/20	French GP	Le Mans	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Marco Melandri	Daijirō Katō	Daijirō Katō
5	03.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Tetsuya Harada	Roberto Rolfo	Marco Melandri	Tetsuya Harada	Roberto Locatelli
6th	17.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Roberto Rolfo	Daijirō Katō	Daijirō Katō
7th	30.06.	71. Dutch TT	Aces	Jeremy McWilliams	Emilio Alzamora	David De Gea	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
8th	08.07.	British GP	Donington	Daijirō Katō	Roberto Rolfo	Marco Melandri	Daijirō Katō	Daijirō Katō
9	07/22	65th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Marco Melandri	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada	Marco Melandri
10	08/26	Czech GP	Brno	Tetsuya Harada	Marco Melandri	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Marco Melandri
11	09.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Daijirō Katō	Marco Melandri	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada	Daijirō Katō
12	23.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Fonsi Nieto	Fonsi Nieto	Daijirō Katō
13	07.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Tetsuya Harada	Emilio Alzamora	Jeremy McWilliams	Tetsuya Harada	Tetsuya Harada
14th	14.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Roberto Rolfo	Tetsuya Harada	Daijirō Katō
15th	21.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Daijirō Katō	Tetsuya Harada	Fonsi Nieto	Daijirō Katō	Daijirō Katō
16	03.11.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Daijirō Katō	Marco Melandri	Roberto Locatelli	Daijirō Katō	Marco Melandri

Driver ranking

1 Daijirō Katō Honda 322 2 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 273 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 194 4th Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 177 5 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 167 6th Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 141 7th Emilio Alzamora Honda 136 8th Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 134 9 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 112 10 Franco Battaini Aprilia 75 11 Alex Debón Aprilia 60 12 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 55 13 Randy De Puniet Aprilia 50 14th Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 44 15th Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 44 16 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 39 17th David Checa Honda 35

18th Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 25th 19th David De Gea Yamaha 24 20th Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 23 21st Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 21st 22nd Tarō Sekiguchi Yamaha 20th 23 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 15th 24 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 13 25th Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 13 26th David Tomás Honda 11 27 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 6th 28 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 3 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 3 30th Katja Poensgen Aprilia / Honda 2 Jay Vincent Yamaha 2 32 Jarno Boesveld Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	361
2	Aprilia	345
3	Yamaha	142

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 8th	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Masao Azuma	Yōichi Ui	Simone Sanna	Masao Azuma	Masao Azuma
2	04/22	South African GP	Welkom	Yōichi Ui	Manuel Poggiali	Noboru Ueda	Yōichi Ui	Yōichi Ui
3	06.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Masao Azuma	Lucio Cecchinello	Gino Borsoi	Yōichi Ui	Masao Azuma
4th	05/20	French GP	Le Mans	Manuel Poggiali	Mirko Giansanti	Toni Elías	Yōichi Ui	Lucio Cecchinello
5	03.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Noboru Ueda	Gino Borsoi	Manuel Poggiali	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda
6th	17.06.	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Lucio Cecchinello	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Lucio Cecchinello	Stefano Perugini
7th	30.06.	71. Dutch TT	Aces	Toni Elías	Arnaud Vincent	Steve Jenkner	Gino Borsoi	Toni Elías
8th	08.07.	British GP	Donington	Yōichi Ui	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Toni Elías	Yōichi Ui
9	07/22	65th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Simone Sanna	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Max Sabbatani	Lucio Cecchinello
10	08/26	Czech GP	Brno	Toni Elías	Lucio Cecchinello	Steve Jenkner	Toni Elías	Toni Elías
11	09.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Manuel Poggiali	Yōichi Ui	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Yōichi Ui
12	23.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Manuel Poggiali	Toni Elías	Dani Pedrosa	Toni Elías	Gino Borsoi
13	07.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Yōichi Ui	Manuel Poggiali	Dani Pedrosa	Yōichi Ui	Yōichi Ui
14th	14.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Yōichi Ui	Manuel Poggiali	Toni Elías	Manuel Poggiali	Max Sabbatani
15th	21.10.	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Yōichi Ui	Manuel Poggiali	Lucio Cecchinello	Toni Elías	Yōichi Ui
16	03.11.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Yōichi Ui	Simone Sanna	Arnaud Vincent	Lucio Cecchinello	Simone Sanna

Driver ranking

1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 241 2 Yōichi Ui Derbi 232 3 Toni Elías Honda 217 4th Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 156 5 Masao Azuma Honda 142 6th Gino Borsoi Aprilia 130 7th Simone Sanna Aprilia 125 8th Dani Pedrosa Honda 100 9 Noboru Ueda TSR -Honda 94 10 Arnaud Vincent Honda 94 11 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 94 12 Mirko Giansanti Honda 75 13 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 72 14th Alex De Angelis Honda 63 15th Jaroslav Huleš Honda 62 16  Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 56

17th Jakub Smrž Italjet 28 18th Gábor Talmácsi Honda 34 19th Joan Olivé Honda 34 20th  Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 27 21st Stefano Perugini Italjet 25th 22nd Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 22nd 23 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 22nd 24 Pablo Nieto Derbi 21st 25th Jarno Müller Honda 18th 26th Raul Jara Aprilia 9 27 Eric Bataille Honda 8th 28 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 5 29 Casey Stoner Honda 4th 30th Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 4th 31 Adrián Araujo Honda 3 32 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	298
2	Aprilia	267
3	Gilera	241
4th	Derbi	232
5	TSR - Honda	94
6th	Italjet	42

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 2001  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2001 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)