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2001 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	AUS
Grand Prix	Australian
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Image	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Official_Name	Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Course_mi	2.764
Course_km	4.448
Race_No	14
Season_No	16
Date	14 October
Year	2001
Pole_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Pole_Time_500	1:31.984
Fast_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Fast_Time_500	1:32.993 on lap 16
First_Rider_500_Country	ITA
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Pole_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Pole_Time_250	1:33.625
Fast_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Fast_Time_250	1:34.560 on lap 7
First_Rider_250_Country	JPN
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Second_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Second_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Third_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_250	Roberto Rolfo
Pole_Rider_125_Country	SMR
Pole_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Pole_Time_125	1:37.737
Fast_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_125	Max Sabbatani
Fast_Time_125	1:38.499 on lap 5
First_Rider_125_Country	JPN
First_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Second_Rider_125_Country	SMR
Second_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Third_Rider_125_Country	ESP
Third_Rider_125	Toni Elías

The 2001 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 October 2001 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	27	42:22.383	2	25
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+0.013	1	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+0.581	6	16
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+0.714	3	13
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+1.288	8	11
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+2.534	5	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+2.579	9	9
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+2.582	11	8
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+2.832	4	7
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+19.443	15	6
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+20.000	13	5
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+20.303	16	4
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+21.043	10	3
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	27	+21.360	17	2
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+29.738	12	1
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+30.023	7
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	27	+1:18.349	19
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:24.773	21
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	27	+1:24.848	20
18	AUS Brendan Clarke	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	26	+1 lap	22
5	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	18	Retirement	14
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	6	Retirement	18

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	25	39:48.180	3	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	25	+5.644	1	20
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	25	+8.518	11	16
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	25	+14.303	2	13
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	25	+14.389	5	11
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	25	+14.749	10	10
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+17.546	4	9
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	25	+37.456	17	8
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+50.872	15	7
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	25	+53.951	19	6
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	25	+1:00.113	13	5
46	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	25	+1:10.314	18	4
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	25	+1:34.981	26	3
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda	25	+1:39.355	22	2
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	21	1
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	25
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	23
36	ESP Luis Costa	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	28
14	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	24	+1 lap	30
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	29
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	22	Retirement	20
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	18	Accident	16
96	AUS Mark Rowling	Yamaha	17	Retirement	31
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	14	Accident	7
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	14	Retirement	14
95	AUS Shane Smith	Honda	12	Retirement	32
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Yamaha	1	Retirement	24
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	0	Retirement	6
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	0	Accident	9
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	0	Accident	12
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	0	Accident	8
97	AUS Josh Brookes	Yamaha	0	Did not start	27
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia		Did not start
93	AUS Earl Lynch	Yamaha		Did not qualify
94	AUS Terry Carter	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	23	38:14.688	3	25
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	23	+4.709	1	20
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	23	+4.743	17	16
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+4.938	14	13
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	23	+4.974	2	11
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	23	+5.053	6	10
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+5.562	11	9
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	23	+5.881	21	8
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	23	+9.506	23	7
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+17.165	4	6
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	23	+17.289	5	5
73	AUS Casey Stoner	Honda	23	+17.372	19	4
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	23	+18.361	10	3
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	23	+18.375	12	2
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	23	+18.447	16	1
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	23	+19.742	8
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+26.857	18
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	23	+26.892	15
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	23	+26.916	20
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	23	+31.486	26
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	23	+31.819	9
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	23	+35.783	30
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	23	+35.998	13
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	23	+42.581	24
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	23	+49.404	28
91	AUS Jay Taylor	Honda	23	+49.494	29
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	23	+54.747	22
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	23	+1:13.148	27
37	SMR William de Angelis	Honda	23	+1:13.174	31
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	22	Accident	7
92	AUS Peter Galvin	Honda	14	Accident	33
94	AUS Cath Thompson	Honda	12	Accident	34
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	11	Retirement	25
77	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	1	Retirement	32
93	AUS Andrew Brooks	Honda		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	275
2	ITA Max Biaggi	203
3	ITA Loris Capirossi	179
4	BRA Alex Barros	160
5	JPN Shinya Nakano	135

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	317
2	JPN Yamaha	259
3	JPN Suzuki	141
4	MYS Proton KR	65
5	GBR Sabre V4	6

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2000 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2002 Australian Grand Prix

References

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Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"2001 Australian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
(14 October 2001). "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2001 AUS 500cc RAC".
(14 October 2001). "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(14 October 2001). "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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