# Grand Prix-wegrace van Australië 2001

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Australië 2001 was de veertiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2001. De race werd verreden op 14 oktober 2001 op het Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit nabij Phillip Island, Australië.
Valentino Rossi werd gekroond tot de laatste 500 cc-kampioen met zijn negende overwinning van het seizoen.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 27 | 42:22.383 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 27 | +0.013 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 27 | +0.581 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 27 | +0.714 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 27 | +1.288 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 27 | +2.534 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 27 | +2.579 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 27 | +2.582 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 27 | +2.832 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton | 27 | +19.443 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 27 | +20.000 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 27 | +20.303 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 27 | +21.043 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 27 | +21.360 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 1 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 27 | +29.738 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 27 | +30.023 | 7 | |
| 17 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 27 | +1:18.349 | 19 | |
| 18 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Honda | 27 | +1:24.773 | 21 | |
| 19 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 27 | +1:24.848 | 20 | |
| 20 | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Honda | 26 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| DNF | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 18 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 6 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 25 | 39:48.180 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 25 | +5.644 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 25 | +8.518 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 25 | +14.303 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 25 | +14.389 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 25 | +14.749 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 25 | +17.546 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 25 | +37.456 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 25 | +50.872 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 25 | +53.951 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:00.113 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 46 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 25 | +1:10.314 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 25 | +1:34.391 | 26 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 25 | +1:39.355 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 24 | +1 ronde | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 25 | |
| 17 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Aprilia | 24 | +1 ronde | 23 | |
| 18 | 36 | Luis Costa | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 28 | |
| 19 | 14 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| 20 | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 29 | |
| DNF | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 22 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 18 | Ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 96 | Mark Rowling | Yamaha | 17 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 14 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 95 | Shane Smith | Honda | 12 | Uitgevallen | 32 | |
| DNF | 24 | Jason Vincent | Yamaha | 1 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 0 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNF | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 12 | |
| DNF | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 0 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNS | 97 | Josh Brookes | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gestart | 27 | |
| DNS | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 0 | Blessure | 33 | |
| DNQ | 93 | Earl Lynch | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |
| DNQ | 94 | Terry Carter | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 23 | 38:14.688 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 23 | +4.709 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 23 | +4.743 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +4.938 | 14 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 23 | +4.974 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 23 | +5.053 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 23 | +5.562 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 23 | +5.881 | 21 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 23 | +9.506 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +17.165 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 23 | +17.289 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 73 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 23 | +17.372 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Honda | 23 | +18.361 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 23 | +18.375 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 23 | +18.447 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 23 | +19.742 | 8 | |
| 17 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +26.857 | 18 | |
| 18 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 23 | +26.892 | 15 | |
| 19 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 23 | +26.916 | 20 | |
| 20 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 23 | +31.486 | 26 | |
| 21 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 23 | +31.819 | 9 | |
| 22 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 23 | +35.783 | 30 | |
| 23 | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 23 | +35.998 | 13 | |
| 24 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 23 | +42.581 | 24 | |
| 25 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 23 | +49.404 | 28 | |
| 26 | 91 | Jay Taylor | Honda | 23 | +49.494 | 29 | |
| 27 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 23 | +54.787 | 22 | |
| 28 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 23 | +1:13.148 | 27 | |
| 29 | 37 | William de Angelis | Honda | 23 | +1:13.174 | 31 | |
| DNF | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 22 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 92 | Peter Gavin | Honda | 14 | Ongeluk | 33 | |
| DNF | 94 | Cath Thompson | Honda | 12 | Ongeluk | 34 | |
| DNF | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 11 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 77 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 32 | |
| DNQ | 93 | Andrew Brooks | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 275 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 203 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 179 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 160 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 135 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 272 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 243 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 169 |
| 4 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 163 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 138 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 210 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 194 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 182 |
| 4 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 140 |
| 5 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 125 |
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