Grand Prix: | South African |
Flag: | RSA |
Official Name: | Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix[1] |
Location: | Phakisa Freeway |
Course Mi: | 2.636 |
Course Km: | 4.242 |
Race No: | 2 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 22 April |
Year: | 2001 |
Pole Rider 500: | Valentino Rossi |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 500: | 1:34.629 |
Fast Rider 500: | Valentino Rossi |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 500: | 1:35.508 on lap 28 |
First Rider 500: | Valentino Rossi |
First Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 500: | Loris Capirossi |
Second Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 500: | Tohru Ukawa |
Third Rider 500 Country: | Japan |
Pole Rider 250: | Daijiro Kato |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Pole Time 250: | 1:36.937 |
Fast Rider 250: | Marco Melandri |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 250: | 1:36.828 on lap 26 |
First Rider 250: | Daijiro Kato |
First Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Second Rider 250: | Marco Melandri |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 250: | Tetsuya Harada |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Pole Rider 125: | Youichi Ui |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Pole Time 125: | 1:42.059 |
Fast Rider 125: | Youichi Ui |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Fast Time 125: | 1:42.611 on lap 7 |
First Rider 125: | Youichi Ui |
First Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Second Rider 125: | Manuel Poggiali |
Second Rider 125 Country: | San Marino |
Third Rider 125: | Noboru Ueda |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
The 2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20 - 22 April 2001 at the Phakisa Freeway.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 28 | 45:03.414 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +0.660 | 2 | 20 | |
3 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +7.530 | 6 | 16 | |
4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +8.653 | 3 | 13 | |
5 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +9.224 | 7 | 11 | |
6 | 28 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +13.211 | 9 | 10 | |
7 | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +13.305 | 5 | 9 | |
8 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +13.663 | 8 | 8 | |
9 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +17.357 | 12 | 7 | |
10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +21.697 | 11 | 6 | |
11 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 28 | +37.649 | 13 | 5 | |
12 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Arie Molenaar Racing | Honda | 28 | +48.587 | 14 | 4 | |
13 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +1:01.110 | 17 | 3 | |
14 | 14 | Anthony West | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 28 | +1:06.173 | 19 | 2 | |
15 | 8 | Chris Walker | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:08.255 | 16 | 1 | |
16 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +1:10.262 | 15 | ||
17 | 9 | Leon Haslam | Shell Advance Honda | Honda | 28 | +1:15.130 | 18 | ||
18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre Sport | Sabre V4 | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | ||
19 | 21 | Barry Veneman | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 22 | ||
20 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse GP | Pulse | 27 | +1 lap | 23 | ||
Ret | 5 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 17 | Accident | 4 | ||
Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 10 | ||
DNS | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse GP | Pulse | 0 | Did not start | 21 | ||
Sources:[2] [3] [4] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 lap | 24 | ||
22 | 55 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 25 | ||
23 | 51 | Jonathan van Vuuren | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 26 | ||
24 | 98 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | ||
Ret | 81 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 14 | ||
Ret | 22 | José David de Gea | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 20 | ||
DSQ | 26 | Iván Silva | Honda | 12 | Black flag | 27 | ||
Ret | 45 | Stuart Edwards | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 29 | ||
Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 6 | ||
Ret | 11 | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 30 | ||
Source:[5] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Daniel 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 lap | 19 | ||
24 | 12 | Raúl Jara | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 29 | ||
Ret | 14 | Philipp Hafeneger | Honda | 13 | Retirement | 28 | ||
Ret | 27 | Marco Petrini | Honda | 11 | Accident | 25 | ||
Ret | 20 | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 10 | ||
Ret | 31 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 21 | ||
Ret | 18 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 0 | Accident | 23 | ||
DNS | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | Did not start | ||||
DNQ | 58 | Jason Wessels | Aprilia | Did not qualify | ||||
Source:[6] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.[7]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Valentino Rossi | 50 | |
2 | Loris Capirossi | 28 | |
3 | Max Biaggi | 24 | |
4 | Norifumi Abe | 24 | |
5 | Shinya Nakano | 24 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Honda | 50 | |
2 | Yamaha | 33 | |
3 | Suzuki | 18 | |
4 | Proton KR | 10 | |
5 | Sabre V4 | 0 |