# 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 30 | 46:53.349 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +1.794 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +2.011 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +7.610 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +12.526 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +12.766 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +16.225 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +16.699 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +16.780 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +24.781 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +29.205 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +44.984 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +49.907 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +50.033 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 30 | +59.116 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +1:04.876 | 16 | |
| 17 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:10.748 | 20 | |
| 18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 29 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 19 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 29 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 21 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 21 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 18 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 14 | Retirement | 10 | |
| WD | 27 | Sébastien Gimbert | Paton Grand Prix | Paton | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc race classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 27 | 42:46.466 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 27 | +10.173 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 27 | +10.401 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 27 | +25.100 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +46.668 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +51.130 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +51.926 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 27 | +52.491 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 27 | +53.797 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 27 | +57.984 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 27 | +58.117 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 27 | +1:02.663 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +1:06.628 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 27 | +1:14.493 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 27 | +1:16.335 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 27 | +1:21.487 | 23 | |
| 17 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 27 | +1:25.057 | 17 | |
| 18 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 27 | +1:26.254 | 1 | |
| 19 | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 20 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 21 | 36 | Luis Costa | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 22 | 62 | Jason DiSalvo | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 23 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 24 | 67 | Michael Herzberg | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| 25 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 25 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| Ret | 68 | Stuart Easton | Honda | 24 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 23 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 59 | Gary Jackson | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
| DNS | 58 | Shane Norval | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 21 | |
| DNS | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 26 | 43:17.675 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 26 | +3.129 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 26 | +3.869 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 26 | +3.966 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 26 | +17.386 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 26 | +23.647 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 26 | +24.201 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 26 | +24.422 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 26 | +28.039 | 28 | 7 |
| 10 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 26 | +28.612 | 22 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 26 | +28.620 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 26 | +33.089 | 26 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 26 | +36.125 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 26 | +36.583 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 26 | +36.948 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 26 | +43.849 | 23 | |
| 17 | 73 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 26 | +50.842 | 18 | |
| 18 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 26 | +1:01.114 | 17 | |
| 19 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 26 | +1:06.140 | 21 | |
| 20 | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 26 | +1:11.505 | 25 | |
| 21 | 77 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 26 | +1:32.712 | 32 | |
| 22 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 26 | +1:33.146 | 30 | |
| 23 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 8 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 16 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 72 | Chris Martin | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 11 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 11 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 71 | Paul Robinson | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 9 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 5 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
| DNS | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 74 | Sam Owens | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 161 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 135 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 103 |
| 4 | Alex Barros | 89 |
| 5 | Shinya Nakano | 84 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 186 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 159 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 76 |
| 4 | Proton KR | 41 |
| 5 | Pulse | 3 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.