Germany  2001 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the
2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 July 2001
Official nameCinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2]
LocationSachsenring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.704 km (2.302 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:26.097
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:26.808 on lap 30
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Japan Shinya Nakano
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:26.906
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:27.233 on lap 28
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Japan Daijiro Kato
Third Japan Tetsuya Harada
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Sabbatani
Time 1:30.186
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Time 1:30.371 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Simone Sanna
Second Spain Toni Elías
Third San Marino Manuel Poggiali

The 2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 July 2001 at the Sachsenring.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 43:36.983 1 25
2 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +3.249 4 20
3 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +3.642 2 16
4 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +4.784 8 13
5 4 Brazil Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +21.164 3 11
6 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +21.385 5 10
7 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 30 +21.945 11 9
8 65 Italy Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 30 +22.485 7 8
9 1 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +23.331 9 7
10 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +24.404 10 6
11 5 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +24.410 6 5
12 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +43.996 16 4
13 10 Spain José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +44.216 12 3
14 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +44.329 13 2
15 14 Australia Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +1:22.533 15 1
16 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 29 +1 lap 21
Ret 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 Accident 14
Ret 18 Australia Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 18 Accident 20
Ret 21 Netherlands Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 13 Retirement 22
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 9 Retirement 19
Ret 12 Japan Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 0 Accident 17
Ret 9 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 0 Accident 18
DNS 28 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Did not start
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 29 42:37.696 2 25
2 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 29 +0.052 3 20
3 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 29 +0.203 1 16
4 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 29 +18.310 7 13
5 81 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 29 +28.108 8 11
6 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 29 +36.566 10 10
7 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 29 +36.764 12 9
8 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 29 +36.918 13 8
9 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +40.466 14 7
10 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 29 +43.174 5 6
11 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 29 +43.256 17 5
12 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 29 +57.398 20 4
13 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 29 +1:11.662 23 3
14 11 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 29 +1:25.507 24 2
15 16 Spain David Tomás Honda 29 +1:25.614 22 1
16 75 Germany Dirk Heidolf Yamaha 28 +1 lap 25
17 76 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda 28 +1 lap 28
18 78 Germany Max Neukirchner Honda 28 +1 lap 32
19 36 Spain Luis Costa Yamaha 28 +1 lap 30
20 98 Germany Katja Poensgen Aprilia 28 +1 lap 33
Ret 12 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 27 Accident 19
Ret 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 Accident 21
Ret 23 Brazil César Barros Yamaha 13 Retirement 29
Ret 45 United Kingdom Stuart Edwards Honda 11 Accident 31
Ret 55 Italy Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 8 Accident 27
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 7 Accident 4
Ret 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 7 Accident 9
Ret 77 Germany Marcel Schneider Honda 6 Accident 34
Ret 42 Spain David Checa Honda 5 Accident 15
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 2 Accident 6
Ret 22 Spain José David de Gea Yamaha 2 Accident 16
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 1 Accident 11
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 1 Accident 18
DNS 25 France Vincent Philippe Honda 0 Did not start 26
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 27 41:09.327 2 25
2 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 27 +0.247 5 20
3 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 27 +0.701 4 16
4 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 27 +0.734 11 13
5 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 27 +1.370 3 11
6 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 27 +2.202 16 10
7 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 27 +2.326 1 9
8 31 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 27 +5.877 14 8
9 18 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +6.132 9 7
10 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +10.071 6 6
11 26 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 +23.066 10 5
12 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 27 +23.089 15 4
13 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 27 +23.309 13 3
14 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 27 +27.801 18 2
15 25 Spain Joan Olivé Honda 27 +28.065 23 1
16 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Italjet 27 +28.139 21
17 19 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 27 +28.948 22
18 28 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda 27 +32.317 26
19 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 27 +35.643 8
20 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 27 +40.978 20
21 27 Italy Marco Petrini Honda 27 +44.624 17
22 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 27 +1:06.673 19
23 12 Spain Raúl Jara Aprilia 27 +1:07.108 29
24 79 Germany Andreas Hahn Honda 27 +1:08.085 30
25 78 Germany Claudius Klein Honda 27 +1:08.383 28
26 80 Germany Tobias Kirmeier Honda 27 +1:08.632 27
27 81 Germany René Knöfler Yamaha 26 +1 lap 31
Ret 77 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 15 Retirement 32
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 8 Retirement 12
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Honda 8 Retirement 24
Ret 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 6 Retirement 7
Ret 82 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 0 Retirement 25
DNS 5 Japan Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda Did not start
DNS 20 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia Did not start
WD 10 Germany Jarno Müller Honda Withdrew
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.[8]

References

  1. ^ "2001 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2001 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2001". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2001. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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