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2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Spanish
flag	Spain
Official Name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course_mi	2.748
Course_km	4.423
Race_No	3
Season_No	16
Date	6 May
Year	2001
Image	Jerez.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	1:42.739
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_500	1:43.779 on lap 22
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_500	Norick Abe
Second_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_500	Àlex Crivillé
Third_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:43.959
Fast_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:44.444 on lap 18
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	1:48.002
Fast_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_125	1:48.385 on lap 4
First_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Gino Borsoi
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 2001 at the Circuito de Jerez. In the 500cc race, the 2nd place for Norick Abe was the final podium in his premier class career.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	27	47:15.126	1	25
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+2.307	3	20
28	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+2.845	12	16
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+4.157	4	13
11	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+5.932	6	11
4	BRA Alex Barros	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+7.577	7	10
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+14.459	8	9
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	West Honda Pons	Honda	27	+18.970	2	8
5	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+19.725	11	7
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+20.239	14	6
3	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+20.621	5	5
41	JPN Noriyuki Haga	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+29.891	10	4
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+42.838	9	3
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+45.530	13	2
14	AUS Anthony West	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+45.848	19	1
9	GBR Leon Haslam	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	27	+1:02.358	16
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Sabre Sport	Sabre V4	27	+1:13.081	18
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Pulse GP	Pulse	27	+1:23.194	20
68	AUS Mark Willis	Pulse GP	Pulse	26	+1 lap	22
8	GBR Chris Walker	Shell Advance Honda	Honda	5	Accident	17
10	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	4	Retirement	15
21	NLD Barry Veneman	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	3	Accident	21
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha		Did not start
12	JPN Haruchika Aoki	Arie Molenaar Racing	Honda		Did not start
26	SVK Vladimír Častka	Slovnaft Paton Grand Prix	Paton		Did not qualify

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	25	43:49.748	1	25
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	25	+11.789	5	20
5	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	25	+17.335	6	16
34	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	25	+17.870	2	13
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	25	+23.696	4	11
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	25	+24.979	11	10
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	25	+25.757	12	9
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+32.201	3	8
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	25	+39.404	9	7
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	25	+39.510	8	6
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	25	+53.435	18	5
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+53.471	7	4
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	25	+1:02.113	10	3
12	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	25	+1:02.437	14	2
57	ITA Lorenzo Lanzi	Aprilia	25	+1:07.791	24	1
42	ESP David Checa	Honda	25	+1:12.964	16
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	25	+1:16.192	19
81	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+1:35.023	13
19	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha	25	+1:35.337	23
55	ITA Diego Giugovaz	Yamaha	25	+1:37.041	27
39	ESP Ismael Bonilla	Honda	24	+1 lap	26
38	ESP Álvaro Molina	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	25
98	DEU Katja Poensgen	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	29
23	BRA César Barros	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	28
16	ESP David Tomás	Honda	24	+1 lap	30
45	GBR Stuart Edwards	Honda	24	+1 lap	31
41	ESP Dámaso Nácher	Honda	24	+1 lap	32
22	ESP David de Gea	Yamaha	24	Accident	22
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	18	Accident	15
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	12	Retirement	20
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	7	Retirement	17
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	5	Accident	21

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	23	42:09.849	8	25
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	23	+4.623	3	20
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+5.753	9	16
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	TSR-Honda	23	+10.197	7	13
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	23	+10.384	20	11
31	ESP Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia	23	+10.604	15	10
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	23	+10.747	16	9
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	23	+15.231	14	8
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Honda	23	+15.798	23	7
26	ESP Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+19.497	12	6
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Honda	23	+24.705	18	5
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Italjet	23	+27.712	4	4
24	ESP Toni Elías	Honda	23	+28.109	6	3
25	ESP Joan Olivé	Honda	23	+28.221	25	2
18	CZE Jakub Smrž	Honda	23	+28.969	26	1
44	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+33.743	24
28	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	23	+33.905	13
10	DEU Jarno Müller	Honda	23	+38.247	22
12	ESP Raúl Jara	Aprilia	23	+58.393	27
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	23	+1:13.859	30
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	22	Accident	2
43	ESP Daniel Piñera	Honda	21	Retirement	31
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	Accident	1
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	18	Retirement	17
14	DEU Philipp Hafeneger	Honda	18	Retirement	32
20	ITA Gaspare Caffiero	Aprilia	10	Retirement	10
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Italjet	9	Retirement	21
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	7	Retirement	28
27	ITA Marco Petrini	Honda	7	Retirement	29
6	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	6	Accident	19
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	6	Retirement	11
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	4	Retirement	5

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	75
2	JPN Norifumi Abe	44
3	JPN Shinya Nakano	37
4	ITA Loris Capirossi	36
5	SPA Àlex Crivillé	33

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	75
2	JPN Yamaha	53
3	JPN Suzuki	27
4	MYS Proton KR	13
5	GBR Sabre V4	0

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2001 Spanish MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2001 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(6 May 2001). "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001".
(6 May 2001). "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(6 May 2001). "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"2001 Spanish MotoGP : Classification".

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