# Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2001

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2001 was de tweede race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2001. De race werd verreden op 22 april 2001 op de Phakisa Freeway nabij Welkom, Zuid-Afrika.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 28 | 45:03.414 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 28 | +0.660 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 28 | +7.530 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 28 | +8.623 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 28 | +9.224 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 28 | +13.211 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 28 | +13.305 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 28 | +13.663 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 28 | +17.357 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 28 | +21.697 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton | 28 | +37.649 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 28 | +48.587 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 28 | +1:01.110 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 28 | +1:06.173 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Chris Walker | Honda | 28 | +1:08.255 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 28 | +1:10.262 | 15 | |
| 17 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 28 | +1:15.130 | 18 | |
| 18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 27 | +1 ronde | 20 | |
| 19 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Honda | 27 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| 20 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse | 27 | +1 ronde | 23 | |
| DNF | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 17 | Ongeluk | 4 | |
| DNF | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 4 | Ongeluk | 10 | |
| DNS | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse | 0 | Niet gestart | 21 | |

### 250 cc

Iván Silva werd gediskwalificeerd vanwege het negeren van een ride through penalty, die hij kreeg na het maken van een valse start.
| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 ronde | 24 | |
| 22 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 25 | +1 ronde | 25 | |
| 23 | 51 | Jonathan van Vuuren | Yamaha | 25 | +1 ronde | 26 | |
| 24 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 25 | +1 ronde | 28 | |
| DNF | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 12 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 9 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 6 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 2 | Uitgevallen | 30 | |
| DSQ | 26 | Iván Silva | Honda | | Gediskwalificeerd | 27 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 | Dani 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 ronde | 19 | |
| 24 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 23 | +1 ronde | 29 | |
| DNF | 14 | Phillipp Hafeneger | Honda | 13 | Uitgevallen | 28 | |
| DNF | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 11 | Ongeluk | 25 | |
| DNF | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 9 | Ongeluk | 10 | |
| DNF | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 8 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 23 | |
| DNS | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | | |
| DNQ | 58 | Jason Wessels | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 50 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 28 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 24 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 24 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 24 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 50 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 36 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 30 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 29 |
| 5 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 20 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 45 |
| 2 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 31 |
| 3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 31 |
| 4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 26 |
| 5 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 17 |
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