title: Grand Prix moto du Japon 2001
text: # Grand Prix moto du Japon 2001
  
  Le Grand Prix moto du Japon 2001 est la première manche du championnat du monde de vitesse moto 2001. La compétition s'est déroulée du 6 au 8 avril 2001 sur le circuit de Suzuka.
  
  C'est la 21e édition du Grand Prix moto du Japon.
  
  ## Classement des 500 $cm^3$
  
  | Pos | Pilote | Constructeur | Temps/Écart | Grille | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 44 min 51 s 501 | 7 | 25 |
  | 2 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | +0 s 724 | 4 | 20 |
  | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | +0 s 956 | 3 | 16 |
  | 4 | Norick Abe | Yamaha | +1 s 176 | 6 | 13 |
  | 5 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | +3 s 256 | 2 | 11 |
  | 6 | Alex Barros | Honda | +14 s 515 | 8 | 10 |
  | 7 | Kenny Roberts Jr | Suzuki | +22 s 876 | 9 | 9 |
  | 8 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | +28 s 732 | 1 | 8 |
  | 9 | Álex Crivillé | Honda | +34 s 478 | 11 | 7 |
  | 10 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | +53 s 765 | 12 | 6 |
  | 11 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Proton | +58 s 688 | 16 | 5 |
  | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | +1 min 17 s 338 | 17 | 4 |
  | 13 | Leon Haslam | Honda | +1 min 17 s 681 | 20 | 3 |
  | Abd. | Jason Vincent | Pulse 500 | Abandon | 21 | |
  | Abd. | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | Accident | 5 | |
  | Abd. | Mark Willis | Pulse 500 | Abandon | 23 | |
  | Abd. | Akira Ryō | Suzuki | Accident | 15 | |
  | Abd. | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | Abandon | 19 | |
  | Abd. | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | Accident | 10 | |
  | Abd. | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | Accident | 14 | |
  | Abd. | Barry Veneman | Honda | Abandon | 24 | |
  | Abd. | Johan Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | Abandon | 22 | |
  | Abd. | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | Accident | 13 | |
  | Abd. | Chris Walker | Honda | Accident | 18 | |
  
  ## Classement des 250 $cm^3$
  
  | Pos | Pilote | Constructeur | Temps/Écart | Grille | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 41 min 03 s 596 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | +18 s 763 | 8 | 20 |
  | 3 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | +18 s 835 | 3 | 16 |
  | 4 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | +23 s 135 | 7 | 13 |
  | 5 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | +24 s 423 | 9 | 11 |
  | 6 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | +26 s 595 | 2 | 10 |
  | 7 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | +31 s 142 | 6 | 9 |
  | 8 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | +43 s 953 | 5 | 8 |
  | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | +45 s 887 | 11 | 7 |
  | 10 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | +48 s 496 | 15 | 6 |
  | 11 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | +53 s 583 | 12 | 5 |
  | 12 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | +1 min 05 s 172 | 18 | 4 |
  | 13 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | +1 min 05 s 267 | 14 | 3 |
  | 14 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | +1 min 17 s 422 | 13 | 2 |
  | 15 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | +1 min 18 s 183 | 25 | 1 |
  | 16 | David Checa | Honda | +1 min 18 s 602 | 24 | |
  | 17 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Aprilia | +1 min 26 s 040 | 27 | |
  | 18 | Jeronimo Vidal | Aprilia | +1 min 35 s 868 | 23 | |
  | 19 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Honda | +1 min 41 s 647 | 16 | |
  | 20 | Tekkyu Kayo | TSR-Honda | +1 min 43 s 891 | 28 | |
  | 21 | Diego Giugovaz | Yamaha | +1 min 49 s 324 | 29 | |
  | 22 | Katja Poensgen | Aprilia | +1 tour | 31 | |
  | Abd. | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | Abandon | 17 | |
  | Abd. | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | Accident | 21 | |
  | Abd. | David de Gea | Yamaha | Accident | 20 | |
  | Abd. | Alex Debón | Aprilia | Accident | 4 | |
  | Abd. | Riccardo Chiarello | Aprilia | Abandon | 30 | |
  | Abd. | Stuart Edwards | TSR-Honda | Abandon | 32 | |
  | Abd. | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | Abandon | 10 | |
  | Abd. | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | Accident | 19 | |
  | Abd. | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | Accident | 22 | |
  
  ## Classement des 125 $cm^3$
  
  | Pos | Pilote | Constructeur | Temps/Écart | Grille | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 40 min 59 s 192 | 4 | 25 |
  | 2 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | +0 s 067 | 1 | 20 |
  | 3 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | +0 s 604 | 19 | 16 |
  | 4 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | +0 s 898 | 6 | 13 |
  | 5 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | +1 s 151 | 2 | 11 |
  | 6 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | +1 s 376 | 3 | 10 |
  | 7 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | +14 s 176 | 5 | 9 |
  | 8 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | +14 s 632 | 16 | 8 |
  | 9 | Arnaud Vincent | Honda | +15 s 735 | 18 | 7 |
  | 10 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | +16 s 333 | 22 | 6 |
  | 11 | Ángel Nieto Jr | Honda | +17 s 384 | 11 | 5 |
  | 12 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | +17 s 992 | 9 | 4 |
  | 13 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Italjet | +18 s 621 | 12 | 3 |
  | 14 | Alex De Angelis | Honda | +18 s 628 | 14 | 2 |
  | 15 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | +23 s 655 | 15 | 1 |
  | 16 | Toni Elías | Honda | +34 s 401 | 17 | |
  | 17 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | +34 s 521 | 13 | |
  | 18 | Daniel Pedrosa | Honda | +46 s 838 | 23 | |
  | 19 | Joan Olivé | Honda | +47 s 378 | 34 | |
  | 20 | Masafumi Ono | Honda | +48 s 164 | 25 | |
  | 21 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | +58 s 746 | 26 | |
  | 22 | Yuzo Fujioka | ERP-Honda | +1 min 00 s 982 | 28 | |
  | 23 | Gábor Talmácsi | Honda | +1 min 01 s 962 | 31 | |
  | 24 | Jarno Müller | Honda | +1 min 21 s 581 | 21 | |
  | 25 | Phillipp Hafeneger | Honda | +1 min 49 s 589 | 32 | |
  | Abd. | Hideyuki Nakajoh | Honda | Abandon | 10 | |
  | Abd. | Noboru Ueda | TSR-Honda | Accident | 7 | |
  | Abd. | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | Abandon | 29 | |
  | Abd. | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | Abandon | 30 | |
  | Abd. | Gaspare Caffiero | Aprilia | Accident | 20 | |
  | Abd. | Éric Bataille | Honda | Accident | 24 | |
  | Abd. | Stefano Perugini | Italjet | Accident | 8 | |
  | Abd. | Raul Jara | Aprilia | Abandon | 35 | |
  | Abd. | Marco Petrini | Honda | Accident | 27 | |
  | Abd. | Naoki Katoh | Honda | Accident | 33 | |
  