2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 4 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 20 May 2001 | ||
| Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.305 km (2.676 mi) | ||
| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Max Biaggi |
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| Time | 1:38.421 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Max Biaggi |
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| Time | 1:39.954 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Max Biaggi |
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| Second |  Carlos Checa |
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| Third | Valentino Rossi |
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| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Daijiro Kato |
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| Time | 1:41.065 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato |
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| Time | 1:41.473 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato |
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| Second | Tetsuya Harada |
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| Third | Marco Melandri |
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| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Youichi Ui |
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| Time | 1:47.494 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Lucio Cecchinello |
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| Time | 1:48.385 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Manuel Poggiali |
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| Second | Mirko Giansanti |
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| Third | Toni Elías |
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The 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2001 at the Bugatti Circuit.
500 cc classification
| Pos | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi |
Yamaha | 28 | 46:59.346 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa |
Yamaha | 28 | +3.266 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Honda | 28 | +4.830 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norick Abe |
Yamaha | 28 | +14.561 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé |
Honda | 28 | +14.977 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 |  Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
Suzuki | 28 | +23.180 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi |
Honda | 28 | +29.597 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 |  Alex Barros |
Honda | 28 | +31.205 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Suzuki | 28 | +32.499 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 |  Jurgen vd Goorbergh |
Proton KR | 28 | +33.019 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 56 | Shinya Nakano |
Yamaha | 28 | +36.476 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 |  Chris Walker |
Honda | 28 | +1:15.798 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso |
Yamaha | 28 | +1:19.446 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Barry Veneman |
Honda | 27 | +1 Lap | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 32 | Jarno Janssen |
Honda | 27 | +1 Lap | 20 | 1 |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent |
Pulse | 16 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 68 |  Mark Willis |
Pulse | 15 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 10 | Collision | 11 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga |
Yamaha | 10 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Sabre V4 | 2 | Retirement | 17 | |
| DNS | 5 | Garry McCoy |
Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 9 | Leon Haslam |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 14 | Anthony West |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | 19 |  Olivier Jacque |
Yamaha |
References
- "MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2013-01-29.
| Previous race: 2001 Spanish Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2001 season |
Next race: 2001 Italian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2000 French Grand Prix |
French Grand Prix | Next race: 2002 French Grand Prix |
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