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2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official Name	Grand Prix Polini de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course_mi	2.676
Course_km	4.305
Race_No	4
Season_No	16
Date	20 May
Year	2001
Image	Bugatti Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	1:38.421
Fast_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_500	1:39.954 on lap 16
First_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
First_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_500	Carlos Checa
Second_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Third_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:41.065
Fast_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:41.473 on lap 26
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	1:47.494
Fast_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:47.766 on lap 10
First_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
First_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Second_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Toni Elías
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2001 at the Bugatti Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	46:59.346	1	25
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+3.266	5	20
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	28	+4.830	3	16
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+14.561	7	13
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+14.977	9	11
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+23.180	2	10
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+29.597	8	9
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+31.205	12	8
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+32.499	13	7
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	28	+33.019	10	6
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+36.476	4	5
8	GBR Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	28	+1:15.798	15	4
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+1:19.446	14	3
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1 lap	19	2
32	NLD Jarno Janssen	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	27	+1 lap	20	1
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	16	Retirement	16
68	AUS Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	15	Retirement	18
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	10	Accident	11
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	10	Accident	6
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	2	Retirement	17
5	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha		Did not start
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda		Did not start
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda		Did not start
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha		Withdrew

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	26	44:29.546	1	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	26	+0.204	2	20
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+13.599	3	16
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	26	+16.813	5	13
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+18.429	4	11
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+29.025	10	10
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	26	+42.813	7	9
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+44.429	9	8
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	26	+45.077	12	7
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+45.351	11	6
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	26	+47.253	15	5
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	26	+55.500	14	4
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+56.474	13	3
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+57.653	21	2
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	26	+1:04.735	18	1
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	26	+1:19.767	17
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	26	+1:31.159	20
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	26	+1:31.496	16
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda	26	+1:37.808	29
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	24
54	FRA Hervé Mora	Honda	25	+1 lap	26
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Honda	25	+1 lap	28
52	FRA Guillaume Dietrich	Honda	25	+1 lap	31
56	FRA David Fouloi	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	30
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	25
53	FRA Tom Ouvrard	Yamaha	24	+2 laps	32
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	11	Retirement	22
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	7	Retirement	8
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	3	Retirement	23
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	2	Accident	6
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	2	Retirement	19
64	FRA Hugo Marchand	Honda	1	Accident	27
19	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha		Did not start
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Aprilia		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	24	43:33.372	2	25
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	+0.218	7	20
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	24	+0.298	6	16
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+0.515	8	13
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+0.969	3	11
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	24	+7.357	10	10
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	24	+7.940	5	9
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+8.464	17	8
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	24	+8.751	4	7
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	24	+11.523	9	6
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	24	+11.962	1	5
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+12.496	18	4
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	24	+12.514	13	3
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	24	+20.667	14	2
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+35.012	12	1
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	24	+36.143	16
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	+37.580	15
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	24	+42.565	26
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	24	+45.597	19
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	24	+59.595	22
27	ITA Marco Petrini	Honda	24	+1:16.293	25
63	FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda	24	+1:22.325	27
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	24	+1:35.945	23
62	FRA Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	24	+1:58.711	29
60	FRA Xavier Hérouin	Honda	23	+1 lap	30
14	DEU Philipp Hafeneger	Honda	23	+1 lap	32
59	FRA Julien Enjolras	Honda	23	+1 lap	31
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	20	Retirement	21
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	18	Accident	24
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	9	Retirement	11
61	FRA Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	6	Retirement	28
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	0	Did not start	20
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia		Did not start
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	91
2	JPN Norifumi Abe	57
3	ITA Max Biaggi	54
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	45
5	SPA Àlex Crivillé	44

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	91
2	JPN Yamaha	78
3	JPN Suzuki	37
4	MYS Proton KR	19
5	NZL Pulse	0

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 French MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2001 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(20 May 2001). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(20 May 2001). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(20 May 2001). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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