# 2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 April 2001 at the Phakisa Freeway.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 28 | 45:03.414 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +0.660 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +7.530 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +8.653 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +9.224 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +13.211 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +13.305 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +13.663 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +17.357 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +21.697 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +37.649 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 28 | +48.587 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +1:01.110 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 28 | +1:06.173 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:08.255 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +1:10.262 | 15 | |
| 17 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:15.130 | 18 | |
| 18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 19 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 20 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 27 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 17 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNS | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse GP | Pulse | 0 | Did not start | 21 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 26 | 42:31.371 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +0.083 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 26 | +15.806 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 26 | +17.666 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +34.031 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 26 | +34.233 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +34.312 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 26 | +35.074 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +35.185 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 26 | +51.599 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 26 | +53.805 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +54.066 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 26 | +54.475 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 26 | +55.285 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +57.738 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 26 | +1:09.396 | 9 | |
| 17 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:19.289 | 22 | |
| 18 | 19 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 26 | +1:19.734 | 21 | |
| 19 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 26 | +1:20.139 | 18 | |
| 20 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +1:20.329 | 7 | |
| 21 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 22 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 23 | 51 | Jonathan van Vuuren | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 24 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
| DSQ | 26 | Iván Silva | Honda | 12 | Black flag | 27 | |
| Ret | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 30 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 24 | 41:27.323 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 24 | +1.288 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 24 | +7.149 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +7.365 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 24 | +7.731 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 24 | +7.989 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +8.114 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +15.140 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | +24.741 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +30.750 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 24 | +30.833 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +31.005 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +31.190 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 24 | +31.818 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 24 | +32.198 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 24 | +35.977 | 26 | |
| 17 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 24 | +36.383 | 22 | |
| 18 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 24 | +37.833 | 6 | |
| 19 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +58.806 | 4 | |
| 20 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 24 | +1:01.405 | 27 | |
| 21 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 24 | +1:12.989 | 24 | |
| 22 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 24 | +1:25.036 | 20 | |
| 23 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 24 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| Ret | 14 | Philipp Hafeneger | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 11 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNS | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 58 | Jason Wessels | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 50 |
| 2 | Loris Capirossi | 28 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 24 |
| 4 | Norifumi Abe | 24 |
| 5 | Shinya Nakano | 24 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 50 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 33 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 18 |
| 4 | Proton KR | 10 |
| 5 | Sabre V4 | 0 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.