# Grand Prix-wegrace van Maleisië 2001

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Maleisië 2001 was de vijftiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2001. De race werd verreden op 21 oktober 2001 op het Sepang International Circuit nabij Sepang, Maleisië.
Daijiro Kato werd gekroond tot 250 cc-kampioen met zijn tiende overwinning van het seizoen.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 21 | 44:46.652 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 21 | +3.551 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 21 | +4.722 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 21 | +5.005 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 21 | +8.807 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 21 | +12.192 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 21 | +15.682 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 21 | +18.772 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 21 | +27.012 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 21 | +28.812 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 21 | +29.007 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 21 | +1:02.166 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 21 | +1:20.535 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Brendan Clarke | Honda | 21 | +2:04.455 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Honda | 21 | +2:04.500 | 21 | 1 |
| DNF | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 12 | Ongeluk | 7 | |
| DNF | 21 | Barry Veneman | Honda | 7 | Ongeluk | 20 | |
| DNF | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 6 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNF | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 5 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 1 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 3 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNF | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 3 | Ongeluk | 3 | |
| DNF | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton | 2 | Ongeluk | 18 | |
| DNS | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton | 0 | Niet gestart | 15 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 20 | 43:22.487 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 20 | +14.893 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 20 | +15.892 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 20 | +19.748 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 20 | +35.867 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 20 | +46.367 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 20 | +46.408 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 20 | +46.731 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 20 | +56.513 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 20 | +58.914 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.301 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 20 | +1:00.689 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.730 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.953 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 42 | David Checa | Honda | 20 | +1:10.810 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | David Tomás | Honda | 20 | +1:10.847 | 23 | |
| 17 | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 20 | +1:12.008 | 16 | |
| 18 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Yamaha | 20 | +1:26.290 | 22 | |
| 19 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 20 | +1:30.098 | 24 | |
| 20 | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 20 | +1:37.261 | 21 | |
| 21 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Aprilia | 20 | +1:37.635 | 25 | |
| 22 | 36 | Luis Costa | Yamaha | 20 | +1:49.118 | 26 | |
| 23 | 27 | Shaun Geronimi | Yamaha | 19 | +1 ronde | 29 | |
| DNF | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | 11 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 14 | Katja Poensgen | Honda | 9 | Ongeluk | 27 | |
| DNF | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 8 | Ongeluk | 3 | |
| DNF | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 6 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 2 | Ongeluk | 10 | |
| DNS | 23 | Cesar Barros | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gestart | 28 | |
| DNQ | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 19 | 43:21.269 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 19 | +2.078 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 19 | +2.196 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 19 | +3.161 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 19 | +3.987 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 19 | +4.265 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | 19 | +4.468 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 19 | +5.123 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 19 | +30.026 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 19 | +30.292 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | 19 | +30.417 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Joan Olivé | Honda | 19 | +30.684 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | 19 | +30.860 | 27 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 19 | +31.433 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 19 | +31.802 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 19 | +33.406 | 9 | |
| 17 | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 19 | +36.162 | 23 | |
| 18 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 19 | +36.542 | 26 | |
| 19 | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 19 | +37.248 | 22 | |
| 20 | 28 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | 19 | +41.564 | 19 | |
| 21 | 10 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 19 | +41.660 | 20 | |
| 22 | 37 | William de Angelis | Honda | 19 | +1:11.823 | 29 | |
| 23 | 77 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 19 | +1:34.039 | 30 | |
| DNF | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Honda | 17 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 7 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | 7 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 28 | |
| DNF | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNF | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 25 | |
| DNF | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 0 | Ongeluk | 18 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 300 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 203 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 199 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 169 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 148 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 297 |
| 2 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 263 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 174 |
| 4 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 169 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 154 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 230 |
| 2 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 207 |
| 3 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 204 |
| 4 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 156 |
| 5 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 133 |
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