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2001 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
flag	JPN
Grand Prix	Pacific
Official Name	Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	13
Season_No	16
Date	7 October
Year	2001
Pole_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Pole_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Time_500	1:49.800
Fast_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Time_500	1:51.030 on lap 13
First_Rider_500_Country	ITA
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_500_Country	BRA
Second_Rider_500	Alex Barros
Third_Rider_500_Country	ITA
Third_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Pole_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Pole_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Pole_Time_250	1:52.789
Fast_Rider_250_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Fast_Time_250	1:53.767 on lap 12
First_Rider_250_Country	JPN
First_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Second_Rider_250_Country	ESP
Second_Rider_250	Emilio Alzamora
Third_Rider_250_Country	GBR
Third_Rider_250	Jeremy McWilliams
Pole_Rider_125_Country	JPN
Pole_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Pole_Time_125	1:58.603
Fast_Rider_125_Country	JPN
Fast_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Fast_Time_125	1:59.010 on lap 9
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	Daniel Pedrosa

The 2001 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 October 2001 at the Twin Ring Motegi.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	25	46:32.600	4	25
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	25	+2.607	3	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	25	+9.765	1	16
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+13.951	16	13
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+21.994	9	11
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+22.279	5	10
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+27.332	11	9
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	+27.607	6	8
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	+33.822	7	7
64	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	+38.139	14	6
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+41.866	12	5
5	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+50.419	13	4
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+56.204	17	3
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	25	+1:05.286	18	2
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	24	+1 lap	20	1
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	24	+1 lap	22
18	AUS Brendan Clarke	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	24	+1 lap	23
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	18	Retirement	8
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	8	Retirement	10
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	7	Accident	19
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	6	Accident	15
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	5	Accident	2
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	4	Retirement	21

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	23	43:59.587	1	25
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+7.559	5	20
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	23	+8.024	4	16
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	23	+11.462	6	13
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	23	+11.733	8	11
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+13.498	9	10
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+19.937	10	9
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+24.789	13	8
46	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	23	+26.671	16	7
88	JPN Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	23	+33.671	17	6
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+37.114	7	5
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	23	+40.478	15	4
89	JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	23	+41.670	20	3
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda	23	+42.139	23	2
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	23	+42.568	22	1
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	23	+42.806	24
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	23	+43.379	21
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+45.790	11
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	23	+46.181	12
90	JPN Daisaku Sakai	Honda	23	+48.361	26
92	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+48.507	19
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Yamaha	23	+1:16.106	29
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	23	+1:33.167	30
36	ESP Luis Costa	Yamaha	23	+1:53.607	31
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	33
14	DEU Katja Poensgen	Honda	22	+1 lap	35
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	13	Retirement	18
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha	11	Retirement	32
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	5	Accident	3
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	5	Accident	2
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Yamaha	4	Accident	34
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	3	Retirement	25
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	3	Retirement	14
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	2	Retirement	28
91	JPN Takayuki Onodera	Yamaha	0	Retirement	27

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	21	42:01.711	1	25
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	21	+1.004	2	20
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	21	+1.129	7	16
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	21	+12.109	5	13
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	+23.147	3	11
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	21	+28.345	9	10
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	21	+28.387	6	9
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+29.678	17	8
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	21	+29.898	13	7
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	21	+30.026	20	6
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	21	+30.268	15	5
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	21	+35.692	31	4
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	21	+35.894	21	3
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	21	+36.170	29	2
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	21	+45.438	28	1
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	21	+45.543	27
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	21	+45.997	16
65	JPN Toshihisa Kuzuhara	Honda	21	+1:10.144	33
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	21	+1:14.335	34
37	SMR William de Angelis	Honda	21	+1:14.887	30
77	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	21	+1:29.415	35
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	13	Retirement	24
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	11	Retirement	32
56	JPN Yuzo Fujioka	Honda	6	Accident	18
64	JPN Yuki Takahashi	E-NER	5	Accident	11
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	5	Accident	12
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	4	Accident	4
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	4	Accident	8
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	4	Accident	10
55	JPN Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda	2	Retirement	19
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	1	Accident	22
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	0	Accident	14
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	23
66	JPN Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	0	Accident	26
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	0	Accident	25

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	250
2	ITA Max Biaggi	183
3	ITA Loris Capirossi	163
4	BRA Alex Barros	147
5	JPN Shinya Nakano	126

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	292
2	JPN Yamaha	239
3	JPN Suzuki	134
4	MYS Proton KR	59
5	GBR Sabre V4	6

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 Pacific MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2001 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(7 October 2001). "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(7 October 2001). "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(7 October 2001). "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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