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2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	South African
flag	RSA
Official_Name	Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix
Location	Phakisa Freeway
Course_mi	2.636
Course_km	4.242
Race_No	2
Season_No	16
Date	22 April
Year	2001
Image	Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	1:34.629
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_500	1:35.508 on lap 28
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_500	Loris Capirossi
Second_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_500	Tohru Ukawa
Third_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:36.937
Fast_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:36.828 on lap 26
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Tetsuya Harada
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	1:42.059
Fast_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_125	1:42.611 on lap 7
First_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Manuel Poggiali
Second_Rider_125_Country	San Marino
Third_Rider_125	Noboru Ueda
Third_Rider_125_Country	Japan

The 2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 April 2001 at the Phakisa Freeway.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	Italy Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	28	45:03.414	1	25
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+0.660	2	20
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+7.530	6	16
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+8.653	3	13
6	JPN Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+9.224	7	11
28	SPA Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+13.211	9	10
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+13.305	5	9
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+13.663	8	8
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	28	+17.357	12	7
15	SPA Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+21.697	11	6
17	NED Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	28	+37.649	13	5
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda	28	+48.587	14	4
10	SPA José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+1:01.110	17	3
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	28	+1:06.173	19	2
8	GBR Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	28	+1:08.255	16	1
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+1:10.262	15
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	28	+1:15.130	18
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	27	+1 lap	20
21	NED Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1 lap	22
68	Australia Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	27	+1 lap	23
5	Australia Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	17	Accident	4
41	Japan Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	4	Accident	10
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	0	Did not start	21

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	26	42:31.371	1	25
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+0.083	3	20
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	26	+15.806	2	16
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	26	+17.666	4	13
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+34.031	5	11
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	26	+34.233	11	10
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+34.312	8	9
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	26	+35.074	12	8
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+35.185	13	7
66	GER Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	26	+51.599	23	6
18	Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	26	+53.805	19	5
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	26	+54.066	15	4
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	26	+54.475	16	3
12	GER Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	26	+55.285	17	2
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+57.738	10	1
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	26	+1:09.396	9
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	26	+1:19.289	22
19	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha	26	+1:19.734	21
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	26	+1:20.139	18
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+1:20.329	7
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	24
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	25
51	RSA Jonathan van Vuuren	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	26
98	GER Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	28
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	24	Retirement	14
22	ESP José David de Gea	Yamaha	12	Retirement	20
26	ESP Iván Silva	Honda	12	Black flag	27
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Honda	9	Retirement	29
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	6	Accident	6
11	ITA Riccardo Chiarello	Aprilia	2	Retirement	30

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	24	41:27.323	1	25
54	San Marino Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	24	+1.288	3	20
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	24	+7.149	2	16
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+7.365	7	13
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	24	+7.731	5	11
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	24	+7.989	11	10
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	24	+8.114	16	9
17	GER Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+15.140	18	8
15	San Marino Alex de Angelis	Honda	24	+24.741	14	7
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+30.750	9	6
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	24	+30.833	13	5
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	+31.005	17	4
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	+31.190	15	3
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	24	+31.818	8	2
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	24	+32.198	12	1
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	24	+35.977	26
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	24	+36.383	22
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	24	+37.833	6
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	24	+58.806	4
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	24	+1:01.405	27
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	24	+1:12.989	24
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	24	+1:25.036	20
10	GER Jarno Müller	Honda	23	+1 lap	19
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	29
14	GER Philipp Hafeneger	Honda	13	Retirement	28
27	ITA Marco Petrini	Honda	11	Accident	25
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	9	Accident	10
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	8	Retirement	21
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	0	Accident	23
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia		Did not start
58	RSA Jason Wessels	Aprilia		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	50
2	ITA Loris Capirossi	28
3	ITA Max Biaggi	24
4	JPN Norifumi Abe	24
5	JPN Shinya Nakano	24

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	50
2	JPN Yamaha	33
3	JPN Suzuki	18
4	MYS Proton KR	10
5	GBR Sabre V4	0

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2000 South African Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2002 South African Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 South African MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2001 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(22 April 2001). "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification".
"motogp.com · · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(22 April 2001). "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification".
(22 April 2001). "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2001). "Standings".

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