# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2001

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2001 was de eerste race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2001. De race werd verreden op 8 april 2001 op het Suzuka International Racing Course nabij Suzuka, Japan.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 21 | 44:51.501 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 21 | +0.724 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 21 | +0.956 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 21 | +1.176 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 21 | +3.256 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 21 | +14.515 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 21 | +22.876 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 21 | +28.732 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 21 | +34.478 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 21 | +53.765 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton | 21 | +58.688 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 21 | +1:17.338 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 21 | +1:17.681 | 20 | 3 |
| DNF | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse | 19 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 16 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse | 15 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 33 | Akira Ryo | Suzuki | 12 | Ongeluk | 15 | |
| DNF | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 11 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 10 | Ongeluk | 10 | |
| DNF | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 8 | Ongeluk | 14 | |
| DNF | 21 | Barry Veneman | Honda | 5 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 3 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 0 | Botsing | 13 | |
| DNF | 8 | Chris Walker | Honda | 0 | Botsing | 18 | |
| DNQ | 14 | Marcus Payten | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 19 | 41:03.596 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 19 | +18.763 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 19 | +18.835 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 19 | +23.135 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 19 | +24.423 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 19 | +26.595 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 19 | +31.142 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 19 | +43.953 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 19 | +45.887 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 46 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 19 | +48.496 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 19 | +53.583 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 19 | +1:05.172 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 87 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 19 | +1:05.267 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 19 | +1:17.422 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 19 | +1:18.183 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 19 | +1:18.602 | 24 | |
| 17 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 19 | +1:26.040 | 26 | |
| 18 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 19 | +1:35.868 | 23 | |
| 19 | 48 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Honda | 19 | +1:41.647 | 16 | |
| 20 | 47 | Tekkyu Kayo | TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:43.891 | 27 | |
| 21 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 19 | +1:49.324 | 28 | |
| 22 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 18 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| DNF | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 16 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 15 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| DNF | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 14 | Ongeluk | 20 | |
| DNF | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 6 | Ongeluk | 4 | |
| DNF | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 6 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 45 | Stuart Edwards | TSR-Honda | 5 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 1 | Ongeluk | 19 | |
| DNF | 19 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 0 | Ongeluk | 22 | |
| DNS | 49 | Choujun Kameya | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gestart | | |
| DNQ | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |
| DNQ | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 18 | 40:59.192 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 18 | +0.067 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 18 | +0.604 | 19 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 18 | +0.898 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 18 | +1.151 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 18 | +1.376 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 18 | +14.173 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 18 | +14.632 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 18 | +15.735 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 18 | +16.333 | 22 | 6 |
| 11 | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Honda | 18 | +17.384 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 18 | +17.992 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 18 | +18.621 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 18 | +18.628 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 57 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 18 | +23.655 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 18 | +34.401 | 17 | |
| 17 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 18 | +34.521 | 13 | |
| 18 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 18 | +46.838 | 23 | |
| 19 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 18 | +47.378 | 34 | |
| 20 | 98 | Masafumi Ono | Honda | 18 | +48.164 | 25 | |
| 21 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 18 | +58.746 | 26 | |
| 22 | 56 | Yuzo Fujioka | ERP Honda | 18 | +1:00.982 | 28 | |
| 23 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 18 | +1:01.962 | 31 | |
| 24 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 18 | +1:21.581 | 21 | |
| 25 | 14 | Philipp Hafeneger | Honda | 18 | +1:49.589 | 32 | |
| DNF | 55 | Hideyuki Nakajoh | Honda | 15 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 14 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 29 | |
| DNF | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 13 | Uitgevallen | 30 | |
| DNF | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 12 | Ongeluk | 20 | |
| DNF | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 11 | Ongeluk | 24 | |
| DNF | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 5 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 0 | Uitgevallen | 35 | |
| DNF | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 27 | |
| DNF | 97 | Naoki Katoh | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 33 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 13 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 11 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 20 |
| 3 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 11 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 20 |
| 3 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 13 |
| 5 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 11 |
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