# 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 46:59.346 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +3.266 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 28 | +4.830 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +14.561 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +14.977 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +23.180 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +29.597 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +31.205 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +32.499 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +33.019 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +36.476 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:15.798 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +1:19.446 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 32 | Jarno Janssen | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | 1 |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse GP | Pulse | 16 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 15 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 10 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 10 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 2 | Retirement | 17 | |
| DNS | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 26 | 44:29.546 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 26 | +0.204 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +13.599 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 26 | +16.813 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 26 | +18.429 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 26 | +29.025 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 26 | +42.813 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +44.429 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 26 | +45.077 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +45.351 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 26 | +47.253 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 26 | +55.500 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +56.474 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 26 | +57.653 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 26 | +1:04.735 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 26 | +1:19.767 | 17 | |
| 17 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 26 | +1:31.159 | 20 | |
| 18 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 26 | +1:31.496 | 16 | |
| 19 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 26 | +1:37.808 | 29 | |
| 20 | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 21 | 54 | Hervé Mora | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 22 | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 23 | 52 | Guillaume Dietrich | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| 24 | 56 | David Fouloi | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 25 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 26 | 53 | Tom Ouvrard | Yamaha | 24 | +2 laps | 32 | |
| Ret | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 7 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 3 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 64 | Hugo Marchand | Honda | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
| DNS | 19 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 24 | 43:33.372 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +0.218 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 24 | +0.298 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +0.515 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +0.969 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 24 | +7.357 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 24 | +7.940 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +8.464 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 24 | +8.751 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 24 | +11.523 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 24 | +11.962 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +12.496 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +12.514 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | +20.667 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +35.012 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 24 | +36.143 | 16 | |
| 17 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +37.580 | 15 | |
| 18 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 24 | +42.565 | 26 | |
| 19 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 24 | +45.597 | 19 | |
| 20 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 24 | +59.595 | 22 | |
| 21 | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 24 | +1:16.293 | 25 | |
| 22 | 63 | Jimmy Petit | Honda | 24 | +1:22.325 | 27 | |
| 23 | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 24 | +1:35.945 | 23 | |
| 24 | 62 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 24 | +1:58.711 | 29 | |
| 25 | 60 | Xavier Hérouin | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 26 | 14 | Philipp Hafeneger | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 27 | 59 | Julien Enjolras | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| Ret | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 9 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 61 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 28 | |
| DNS | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 0 | Did not start | 20 | |
| DNS | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | | Did not start | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 91 |
| 2 | Norifumi Abe | 57 |
| 3 | Max Biaggi | 54 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 45 |
| 5 | Àlex Crivillé | 44 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 91 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 78 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 37 |
| 4 | Proton KR | 19 |
| 5 | Pulse | 0 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.