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2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	MYS
Grand Prix	Malaysian
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Image	Sepang.svg
Official_Name	Malaysian Grand Prix
Course_mi	3.444
Course_km	5.543
Race_No	15
Season_No	16
Date	21 October
Year	2001
Pole_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Time_500	2:05.637
Fast_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Time_500	2:06.618 on lap 13
First_Rider_500_Country	ITA
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Second_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_500_Country	AUS
Third_Rider_500	Garry McCoy
Pole_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Time_250	2:08.151
Fast_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Fast_Time_250	2:08.920 on lap 2
First_Rider_250_Country	JPN
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Second_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Second_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Third_Rider_250_Country	ESP
Third_Rider_250	Fonsi Nieto
Pole_Rider_125_Country	ESP
Pole_Rider_125	Toni Elías
Pole_Time_125	2:15.358
Fast_Rider_125_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Fast_Time_125	2:14.961 on lap 7
First_Rider_125_Country	JPN
First_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Second_Rider_125_Country	SMR
Second_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Third_Rider_125_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello

The 2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2001 at the Sepang International Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	21	44:46.652	2	25
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+3.551	1	20
5	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+4.722	4	16
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+5.005	6	13
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+8.807	12	11
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+12.192	11	10
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	21	+15.682	5	9
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+18.772	8	8
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+27.012	14	7
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+28.829	13	6
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	21	+29.007	16	5
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	21	+1:02.166	18	4
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	21	+1:20.535	10	3
18	AUS Brendan Clarke	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	21	+2:04.455	22	2
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	21	+2:04.500	20	1
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	12	Accident	7
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	7	Accident	19
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	6	Retirement	15
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	5	Retirement	21
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	3	Accident	9
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Accident	3
80	USA Kurtis Roberts	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	2	Accident	17
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	20	43:22.487	1	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	20	+14.893	6	20
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	20	+15.892	2	16
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	20	+19.748	7	13
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	20	+35.867	9	11
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+46.364	13	10
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+46.408	12	9
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	20	+46.731	11	8
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	20	+56.513	14	7
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	20	+58.914	4	6
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	20	+1:00.301	8	5
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	20	+1:00.689	5	4
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	20	+1:09.730	15	3
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	+1:09.953	17	2
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	20	+1:10.810	18	1
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda	20	+1:10.847	23
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	20	+1:12.008	16
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Yamaha	20	+1:26.290	22
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	20	+1:30.098	24
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	20	+1:37.261	21
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia	20	+1:37.635	25
36	ESP Luis Costa	Yamaha	20	+1:49.118	26
27	AUS Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	28
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	11	Retirement	19
14	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	9	Accident	27
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	8	Accident	3
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	6	Retirement	20
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	2	Accident	10
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha		Did not start
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Yamaha		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	43:21.269	2	25
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	19	+2.078	8	20
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	19	+2.196	3	16
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	19	+3.161	4	13
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+3.987	5	11
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	19	+4.265	1	10
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	19	+4.468	11	9
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+5.123	10	8
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	19	+30.026	16	7
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	19	+30.292	7	6
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	19	+30.417	13	5
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	19	+30.684	14	4
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	19	+30.860	27	3
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	19	+31.433	15	2
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	19	+31.802	12	1
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	19	+33.406	9
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	19	+36.162	23
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	19	+36.542	26
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	19	+37.248	22
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	19	+41.564	19
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	19	+41.660	20
37	SMR William de Angelis	Honda	19	+1:11.823	29
77	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	19	+1:34.039	30
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	17	Retirement	6
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	7	Retirement	24
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	7	Retirement	21
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	0	Accident	28
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	17
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	0	Accident	25
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	0	Accident	18

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	300
2	ITA Max Biaggi	203
3	ITA Loris Capirossi	199
4	BRA Alex Barros	169
5	JPN Shinya Nakano	148

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	342
2	JPN Yamaha	275
3	JPN Suzuki	149
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 Malaysian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(21 October 2001). "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(21 October 2001). "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(21 October 2001). "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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