# 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya. 84,000 people attended the race.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 25 | 44:57.142 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +2.579 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +3.216 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +3.257 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 25 | +3.989 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 25 | +4.705 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +4.769 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +13.459 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 25 | +13.903 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +19.616 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +26.378 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +37.301 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 25 | +1:01.010 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 25 | +1:13.371 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 25 | +1:19.363 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse GP | Pulse | 25 | +1:19.756 | 19 | |
| 17 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 25 | +1:24.089 | 21 | |
| 18 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 23 | +2 laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 7 | |
| DNS | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 23 | 41:40.347 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 23 | +0.114 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 23 | +12.573 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 23 | +19.077 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 23 | +22.776 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 23 | +22.853 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 23 | +22.876 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 23 | +31.224 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 23 | +33.567 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +37.754 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 23 | +38.039 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 23 | +38.100 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 46 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 23 | +38.182 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 23 | +38.312 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 23 | +38.701 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 23 | +42.643 | 17 | |
| 17 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 23 | +42.647 | 20 | |
| 18 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 23 | +49.236 | 16 | |
| 19 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 23 | +50.798 | 19 | |
| 20 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 23 | +56.073 | 13 | |
| 21 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 23 | +1:30.364 | 23 | |
| 22 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 23 | +1:30.432 | 24 | |
| 23 | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 23 | +1:53.441 | 26 | |
| 24 | 38 | Álvaro Molina | Yamaha | 23 | +1:53.584 | 27 | |
| 25 | 36 | Luis Costa | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 26 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 5 | Retirement | 29 | |
| DNS | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 22 | 41:31.696 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 22 | +0.573 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 22 | +6.764 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 22 | +6.854 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 22 | +7.029 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 22 | +7.558 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 22 | +7.788 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 22 | +18.438 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 22 | +18.602 | 20 | 7 |
| 10 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 22 | +23.109 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 22 | +23.232 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 22 | +23.291 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 22 | +23.652 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 22 | +24.308 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 22 | +24.465 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 22 | +31.927 | 17 | |
| 17 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 22 | +31.955 | 24 | |
| 18 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 22 | +33.274 | 14 | |
| 19 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 22 | +42.904 | 22 | |
| 20 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 22 | +53.226 | 26 | |
| 21 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 22 | +1:09.855 | 11 | |
| 22 | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 22 | +1:30.468 | 29 | |
| 23 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 21 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 24 | 77 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 21 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 9 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 43 | Daniel Piñera | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| DNS | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | | 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 seven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 116 |
| 2 | Max Biaggi | 90 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi | 81 |
| 4 | Norifumi Abe | 74 |
| 5 | Shinya Nakano | 63 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 141 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 114 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 58 |
| 4 | Proton KR | 30 |
| 5 | Pulse | 3 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.