# Grand Prix-wegrace van Valencia 2001

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Valencia 2001 was de twaalfde race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2001. De race werd verreden op 23 september 2001 op het Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia nabij Cheste, Spanje.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 30 | 54:39.391 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 30 | +0.293 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 30 | +1.241 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 30 | +7.052 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 30 | +29.809 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 30 | +29.863 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 30 | +31.093 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 30 | +31.609 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton | 30 | +32.783 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 30 | +37.774 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 30 | +40.712 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 30 | +1:36.743 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 29 | +1 ronde | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 29 | +1 ronde | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Honda | 28 | +2 ronden | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 28 | +2 ronden | 19 | |
| 17 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 26 | +4 ronden | 16 | |
| DNF | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Honda | 14 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 7 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 1 | Ongeluk | 15 | |
| DNF | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNF | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 4 | |
| DNQ | 37 | Miguel Tey | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 27 | 44:01.853 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 27 | +4.943 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +12.371 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 27 | +14.972 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 27 | +21.045 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +25.817 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 27 | +26.623 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 27 | +26.776 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 27 | +35.372 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +46.273 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 27 | +47.766 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 27 | +47.887 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 27 | +49.132 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +51.582 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 27 | +52.052 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +53.057 | 15 | |
| 17 | 46 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 27 | +53.108 | 21 | |
| 18 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 27 | +1:17.203 | 24 | |
| 19 | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 27 | +1:42.393 | 22 | |
| 20 | 38 | Álvaro Molina | Yamaha | 27 | +1:53.681 | 27 | |
| 21 | 23 | César Barros | Yamaha | 27 | +2:07.720 | 28 | |
| 22 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 27 | +2:12.659 | 23 | |
| 23 | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Yamaha | 27 | +2:14.370 | 30 | |
| 24 | 14 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 27 | +2:23.258 | 29 | |
| DNF | 36 | Luis Costa | Yamaha | 19 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 16 | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 13 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 83 | Gábor Rizmayer | Honda | 9 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 6 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 24 | Jason Vincent | Yamaha | 5 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 3 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNQ | 41 | Damaso Nacher | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |
| DNQ | 43 | Isaac Martín | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |
| DNQ | 72 | Michael García | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |
| DNQ | 12 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 25 | 42:45.422 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 25 | +0.022 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | 25 | +0.263 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 25 | +0.305 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 25 | +0.561 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 25 | +0.586 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 25 | +0.654 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 25 | +1.596 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 25 | +2.005 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 25 | +2.078 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 25 | +15.746 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 25 | +17.225 | 29 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 25 | +17.369 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 25 | +17.456 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 25 | +17.709 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Honda | 25 | +18.686 | 15 | |
| 17 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 25 | +20.387 | 13 | |
| 18 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 25 | +20.537 | 16 | |
| 19 | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 25 | +21.800 | 28 | |
| 20 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 25 | +24.857 | 24 | |
| 21 | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 25 | +24.946 | 23 | |
| 22 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 25 | +38.255 | 22 | |
| 23 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 25 | +38.692 | 20 | |
| 24 | 77 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 25 | +42.858 | 34 | |
| 25 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 25 | +43.450 | 26 | |
| 26 | 30 | Jascha Büch | Honda | 25 | +1:01.078 | 30 | |
| DNF | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| DNF | 44 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 18 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 14 | Uitgevallen | 25 | |
| DNF | 45 | Javier Fores | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 27 | |
| DNF | 75 | Fabrizio Lai | Rieju | 11 | Ongeluk | 31 | |
| DNF | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 7 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 37 | William de Angelis | Honda | 6 | Uitgevallen | 33 | |
| DNF | 82 | Mika Kallio | Honda | 3 | Ongeluk | 32 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 225 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 183 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 147 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 127 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 116 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 247 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 198 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 169 |
| 4 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 136 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 114 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 178 |
| 2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 170 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 132 |
| 4 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 116 |
| 5 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 105 |
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