# 2001 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth and latest round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 November 2001 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. It was also the final 500cc race in Grand Prix motorcycle racing history. This also marked the final Grand Prix win in the career of Daijiro Kato before his death caused by a crash in the 2003 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix race.

## 500 cc classification

The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 24 | 45:57.414 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +0.143 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +6.980 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 24 | +19.053 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 24 | +20.655 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 24 | +20.829 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +27.894 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 24 | +45.110 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +2:25.532 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 23 | +1 lap | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 22 | +2 laps | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 22 | +2 laps | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 22 | +2 laps | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 22 | +2 laps | 3 | |
| 17 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 22 | +2 laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 1 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 8 | |
| DNS | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 22 | 43:38.212 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 22 | +0.508 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 22 | +1.382 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 22 | +3.569 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 22 | +3.846 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 22 | +11.032 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 22 | +14.786 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 22 | +26.769 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 22 | +42.705 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 22 | +45.602 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 22 | +46.659 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 22 | +55.054 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 22 | +1:00.211 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 22 | +1:04.153 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 22 | +1:04.281 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 22 | +1:04.807 | 10 | |
| 17 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 22 | +1:06.148 | 13 | |
| 18 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 22 | +1:24.059 | 15 | |
| 19 | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 20 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 21 | 36 | Luis Costa | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 22 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 23 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 24 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 21 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 25 | 27 | Shaun Geronimi | Yamaha | 20 | +2 laps | 25 | |
| 26 | 14 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 20 | +2 laps | 30 | |
| Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 15 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 41 | Dámaso Nácher | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 3 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 84 | Cristiano Vieira | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 26 | |
| DNQ | 85 | Rafael da Cunha | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 21 | 46:47.181 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 21 | +0.112 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 21 | +27.647 | 14 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 21 | +32.325 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 21 | +37.646 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 21 | +42.052 | 18 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | +42.563 | 21 | 9 |
| 8 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 21 | +42.642 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 21 | +42.867 | 20 | 7 |
| 10 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 21 | +43.854 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 21 | +1:11.667 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 21 | +1:11.675 | 24 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 21 | +1:18.050 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 21 | +1:50.142 | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 21 | +1:56.893 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 77 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 21 | +2:01.428 | 30 | |
| 17 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +2:05.356 | 12 | |
| 18 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 21 | +2:09.956 | 23 | |
| 19 | 48 | Leandro Panadés | Honda | 21 | +2:10.408 | 31 | |
| 20 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 20 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| Ret | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 12 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 5 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 37 | William de Angelis | Honda | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 0 | Accident | 25 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 325 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 219 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 210 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 182 |
| 5 | Shinya Nakano | 155 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 367 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 295 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 153 |
| 4 | Proton KR | 65 |
| 5 | Sabre V4 | 6 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.