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2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	GBR
Grand Prix	British
Official Name	Cinzano British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Image	Donington as of 2006.svg
Course_mi	2.500
Course_km	4.023
Race_No	8
Season_No	16
Date	8 July
Year	2001
Pole_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Pole_Time_500	1:31.964
Fast_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Time_500	1:33.056 on lap 26
First_Rider_500_Country	ITA
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_500_Country	BRA
Third_Rider_500	Alex Barros
Pole_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Pole_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Pole_Time_250	1:33.651
Fast_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Fast_Time_250	1:34.096 on lap 18
First_Rider_250_Country	JPN
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Second_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_250	Roberto Rolfo
Third_Rider_250_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ESP
Pole_Rider_125	Toni Elías
Pole_Time_125	1:38.844
Fast_Rider_125_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Fast_Time_125	1:38.626 on lap 11
First_Rider_125_Country	JPN
First_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Second_Rider_125_Country	ESP
Second_Rider_125	Toni Elías
Third_Rider_125_Country	SMR
Third_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali

The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.

Daijiro Kato, riding his Honda in the 250cc race. He went on to win, which was his sixth victory of the year.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	30	46:53.349	11	25
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+1.794	1	20
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	30	+2.011	3	16
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+7.610	12	13
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+12.526	9	11
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+12.766	4	10
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	30	+16.225	13	9
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+16.699	6	8
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+16.780	8	7
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	30	+24.781	2	6
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	30	+29.205	7	5
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+44.984	5	4
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+49.907	19	3
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	+50.033	18	2
8	GBR Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	30	+59.116	14	1
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	30	+1:04.876	16
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	30	+1:10.748	20
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	29	+1 lap	22
68	AUS Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	29	+1 lap	21
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	21	Retirement	17
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	21	Retirement	21
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	18	Retirement	15
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	14	Retirement	10
27	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Paton Grand Prix	Paton		Withdrew

250 cc race classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	27	42:46.466	2	25
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	27	+10.173	7	20
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	27	+10.401	3	16
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	27	+25.100	4	13
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	27	+46.668	6	11
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	27	+51.130	9	10
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	27	+51.926	13	9
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	27	+52.491	11	8
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	27	+53.797	12	7
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	27	+57.984	14	6
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	27	+58.117	15	5
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	27	+1:02.663	16	4
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+1:06.628	18	3
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	27	+1:14.493	20	2
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	27	+1:16.335	19	1
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda	27	+1:21.487	23
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	27	+1:25.057	17
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	27	+1:26.254	1
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	30
36	ESP Luis Costa	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	29
62	USA Jason DiSalvo	Honda	26	+1 lap	28
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	32
67	GBR Michael Herzberg	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	33
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha	25	+2 laps	31
68	GBR Stuart Easton	Honda	24	Retirement	26
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	23	Retirement	10
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	21	Retirement	24
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	17	Retirement	22
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	15	Accident	5
59	GBR Gary Jackson	Honda	7	Retirement	25
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
58	ZAF Shane Norval	Honda	0	Did not start	21
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	26	43:17.675	2	25
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	26	+3.129	1	20
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	26	+3.869	3	16
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	26	+3.966	4	13
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	26	+17.386	9	11
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	26	+23.647	15	10
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	26	+24.201	14	9
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	26	+24.422	10	8
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	26	+28.039	28	7
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	26	+28.612	22	6
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	26	+28.620	16	5
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	26	+33.089	26	4
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	26	+36.125	20	3
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	26	+36.583	24	2
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	26	+36.948	19	1
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	26	+43.849	23
73	AUS Casey Stoner	Honda	26	+50.842	18
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	26	+1:01.114	17
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	26	+1:06.140	21
27	ITA Marco Petrini	Honda	26	+1:11.505	25
77	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	26	+1:32.712	32
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	26	+1:33.146	30
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	25	+1 lap	8
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	16	Retirement	5
72	GBR Chris Martin	Honda	13	Retirement	29
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	11	Accident	13
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	11	Accident	12
71	GBR Paul Robinson	Honda	10	Retirement	31
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	9	Retirement	11
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	6	Accident	27
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	5	Accident	7
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	1	Accident	6
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda		Did not start
74	GBR Sam Owens	Honda		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	161
2	ITA Max Biaggi	135
3	ITA Loris Capirossi	103
4	BRA Alex Barros	89
5	JPN Shinya Nakano	84

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	186
2	JPN Yamaha	159
3	JPN Suzuki	76
4	MYS Proton KR	41
5	NZL Pulse	3

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 British MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2001 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(8 July 2001). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(8 July 2001). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(8 July 2001). "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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