2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  2001 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 July 2001
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.5 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:31.964
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:33.056
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Alex Barros
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Tetsuya Harada
Time	1:33.651
Fastest lap
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:34.096
Podium
First	Daijiro Kato
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	1:38.844
Fastest lap
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:38.626
Podium
First	Youichi Ui
Second	Toni Elías
Third	Manuel Poggiali

The 2001 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2001 at Donington Park.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	30	46:53.349	11	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	30	+1.794	1	20
3	4	Alex Barros	Honda	30	+2.011	3	16
4	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	30	+7.610	12	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	30	+12.526	9	11
6	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	30	+12.766	4	10
7	28	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	30	+16.225	13	9
8	1	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	30	+16.699	6	8
9	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	30	+16.780	8	7
10	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	30	+24.781	2	6
11	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	30	+29.205	7	5
12	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Proton KR	30	+44.984	5	4
13	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse	30	+49.907	19	3
14	14	Anthony West	Honda	30	+50.033	18	2
15	8	Chris Walker	Honda	30	+59.116	14	1
16	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	30	+1:04.876	16
17	9	Leon Haslam	Honda	30	+1:10.748	20
18	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre V4	29	+1 Laps	22
19	68	Mark Willis	Pulse	29	+1 Lap	21
Ret	12	Haruchika Aoki	Honda	21	Retirement	17
Ret	21	Barry Veneman	Honda	21	Retirement	21
Ret	6	Norick Abe	Yamaha	18	Retirement	15
Ret	10	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	14	Retirement	10
DNQ	27	Sébastien Gimbert	Paton

References

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