2001 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 1

Grand Prix of Japan
Suzuka 06 - 08 Apr. 2001
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 41 Youichi UI               JPN  2'15.334 *2'14.686        Derbi L & M Derbi Team
 2 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  2'18.960 *2'14.832       Gilera Gilera Racing Team
 3  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  2'17.487 *2'14.941      Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
 4  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN  2'16.485 *2'14.986        Honda Liegeois Competition
 5 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  2'16.902 *2'15.253      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
 6 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  2'17.570 *2'15.292      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
 7  5 Noboru UEDA              JPN  2'16.534 *2'15.614    TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
 8  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'17.229 *2'15.899      Italjet Italjet Racing Team
 9 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  2'16.843 *2'16.265      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
10 55 Hideyuki NAKAJOH         JPN *2'16.293  2'16.303        Honda JHA Racing
11 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  2'17.520 *2'16.414        Honda Viceroy Team
12  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  2'17.139 *2'16.537      Italjet Italjet Racing Team
13 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  2'18.280 *2'16.602        Honda Matteoni Racing
14 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  2'18.019 *2'16.648        Honda Matteoni Racing
15 57 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN *2'16.713  2'17.439        Honda Wanpaku - Team Wheelie
16  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  2'17.724 *2'16.765        Honda Axo Racing Team
17 24 Antonio ELIAS            SPA  2'17.163 *2'16.827        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
18 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  2'19.388 *2'16.976        Honda Team Fomma
19 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  2'18.384 *2'17.078      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
20 20 Gaspare CAFFIERO         ITA  2'18.055 *2'17.291      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
21 10 Jarno MULLER             GER  2'18.895 *2'17.401        Honda PEV-Spalt-ADAC Sachsen
22 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  2'17.680 *2'17.465        Derbi L & M Derbi Team
23 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  2'19.412 *2'17.476        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
24 34 Eric BATAILLE            AND  2'20.172 *2'17.730        Honda Axo Racing Team
25 98 Masafumi ONO             JPN  2'18.619 *2'17.771        Honda Team Harc-Pro
26 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  2'20.523 *2'17.898        Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch
27 27 Marco PETRINI            ITA  2'20.434 *2'17.898        Honda Racing Service
28 56 Yuzo FUJIOKA             JPN  2'18.717 *2'18.247    ERP Honda Team Plus One
29 31 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA  2'22.700 *2'18.487      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
30 19 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA  2'20.444 *2'18.795      Aprilia Du Martel S.A.
31 28 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  2'20.278 *2'18.851        Honda Racing Service
32 14 Phillipp HAFENEGER       GER  2'23.774 *2'19.127        Honda Liegeois Competition
33 97 Naoki KATOH              JPN  2'21.694 *2'19.319        Honda JHA Racing
34 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA  2'22.778 *2'19.347        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
35 12 Raul JARA                SPA  2'22.545 *2'20.001      Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN  2'07.943 *2'07.414        Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2  5 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *2'08.546  2'09.221      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  2'10.005 *2'08.633      Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 4  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  2'12.322 *2'09.295      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
 5 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  2'09.742 *2'09.363      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
 6 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  2'10.255 *2'09.450      Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 7  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN *2'09.563  2'09.598       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 8 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  2'09.898 *2'09.683      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 9 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  2'10.009 *2'09.741      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
10 81 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  2'11.650 *2'10.013      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
11  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  2'10.892 *2'10.046       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
12 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  2'10.264 *2'10.251      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
13 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER  2'11.518 *2'10.261      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
14 87 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN  2'11.414 *2'10.264        Honda Team Harc-Pro
15 46 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN  2'11.643 *2'10.473       Yamaha Club Ventis
16 48 Shinichi NAKATOMI        JPN  2'12.007 *2'10.477        Honda Team Kotake Rsc
17 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  2'12.590 *2'10.497      Aprilia Campetella Racing
18 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  2'11.660 *2'10.528      Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory
19  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  2'10.673 *2'10.594        Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
20 22 David DE GEA             SPA  2'11.619 *2'10.598       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
21 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL *2'10.678  2'11.522       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
22 19 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  2'13.134 *2'10.732       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
23 20 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  2'14.066 *2'11.775      Aprilia PR2 Metrored
24 42 David CHECA              SPA  2'12.077 *2'11.787        Honda Team Fomma
25 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  2'12.424 *2'11.816      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
26 49 Choujun KAMEYA           JPN *2'11.884                 Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
27 57 Lorenzo LANZI            ITA *2'11.887  2'12.289      Aprilia Campetella Racing
28 47 Tekkyu KAYOH             JPN  2'13.501 *2'12.344    TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
29 55 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA  2'14.550 *2'12.952       Yamaha Edo Racing
30 11 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA  2'17.587 *2'14.376      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
31 98 Katja POENSGEN           GER  2'18.262 *2'15.821      Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory
32 45 Stuart EDWARDS           GBR  2'19.519 *2'15.957    TSR-Honda FCC-TSR

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   16 David TOMAS              SPA  2'17.318 *2'17.068        Honda Queroseno Racing Team
   23 Cesar BARROS             BRA  2'18.215 *2'17.477       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral

Qualification Time 107% 2'16.333

500cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  2'06.765 *2'04.777        Honda West Honda Pons
 2 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  2'06.510 *2'05.588       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  2'06.056 *2'05.703       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4  5 Garry McCOY              AUS  2'07.558 *2'05.833       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 5 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  2'06.630 *2'05.924        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
 6  6 Norick ABE               JPN  2'06.426 *2'05.927       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 7 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  2'06.475 *2'06.140        Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 8  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  2'06.599 *2'06.295        Honda West Honda Pons
 9  1 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  2'06.921 *2'06.469       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
10 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN  2'06.935 *2'06.597       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
11 28 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA *2'06.714  2'07.007        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
12  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  2'07.222 *2'06.858       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
13 10 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  2'08.469 *2'06.993       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  2'07.276 *2'07.121       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
15 33 Akira RYO                JPN  2'08.264 *2'07.580       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
16 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  2'09.330 *2'08.419    Proton KR Proton TEAM KR
17 12 Haruchika AOKI           JPN *2'08.906  2'09.511        Honda Arie Molenaar Racing
18  8 Chris WALKER             GBR  2'10.250 *2'09.129        Honda Shell Advance Honda
19 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  2'11.790 *2'09.409       Yamaha Galuloises Yamaha Tech 3
20  9 Leon HASLAM              GBR  2'12.298 *2'10.478        Honda Shell Advance Honda
21 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  2'14.683 *2'11.232        Pulse Pulse GP
22 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  2'13.805 *2'11.282     Sabre V4 Sabre Sport
23 68 Mark WILLIS              AUS  2'16.898 *2'12.791        Pulse Pulse GP
24 21 Barry VENEMAN            NED  2'16.683 *2'13.133        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   14 Marcus PAYTEN            AUS *2'15.490  2'16.441        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

Qualification Time 107% 2'13.511

125cc Race Classification (18 Laps = 105.462 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN 40'59.192 154.385                Honda Liegeois Competition
 2 41 Youichi UI               JPN 40'59.259 154.381    0.067       Derbi L & M Derbi Team
 3 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 40'59.796 154.347    0.604     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
 4 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 41'00.090 154.328    0.898     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
 5 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 41'00.343 154.313    1.151      Gilera Gilera Racing Team
 6  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 41'00.568 154.299    1.376     Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
 7 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 41'13.365 153.500   14.173     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
 8  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 41'13.824 153.472   14.632       Honda Axo Racing Team
 9 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 41'14.927 153.403   15.735       Honda Team Fomma
10 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 41'15.525 153.366   16.333       Derbi L & M Derbi Team
11 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 41'16.576 153.301   17.384       Honda Viceroy Team
12 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 41'17.184 153.264   17.992     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
13  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 41'17.813 153.225   18.621     Italjet Italjet Racing Team
14 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 41'17.820 153.224   18.628       Honda Matteoni Racing
15 57 Hiroyuki KIKUCHI         JPN 41'22.847 152.914   23.655       Honda Wanpaku - Team Wheelie
16 24 Antonio ELIAS            SPA 41'33.593 152.255   34.401       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
17 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 41'33.713 152.248   34.521       Honda Matteoni Racing
18 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 41'46.030 151.499   46.838       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
19 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA 41'46.570 151.467   47.378       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
20 98 Masafumi ONO             JPN 41'47.356 151.419   48.164       Honda Team Harc-Pro
21 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 41'57.938 150.783   58.746       Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch
22 56 Yuzo FUJIOKA             JPN 42'00.174 150.649 1'00.982   ERP Honda Team Plus One
23 28 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 42'01.154 150.591 1'01.962       Honda Racing Service
24 10 Jarno MULLER             GER 42'20.773 149.428 1'21.581       Honda PEV-Spalt-ADAC Sachsen
25 14 Phillipp HAFENEGER       GER 42'48.781 147.798 1'49.589       Honda Liegeois Competition

Not Classified
   55 Hideyuki NAKAJOH         JPN 34'49.907 151.387   3 Laps       Honda JHA Racing
    5 Noboru UEDA              JPN 31'51.842 154.455   4 Laps   TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
   31 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA 32'40.685 150.607   4 Laps     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
   19 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA 30'50.287 148.193   5 Laps     Aprilia Du Martel S.A.
   20 Gaspare CAFFIERO         ITA 27'43.189 152.182   6 Laps     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
   34 Eric BATAILLE            AND 25'35.924 151.059   7 Laps       Honda Axo Racing Team
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 11'28.496 153.177  13 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Team

Not finished first lap
   12 Raul JARA                SPA                                Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
   27 Marco PETRINI            ITA                                  Honda Racing Service
   97 Naoki KATOH              JPN                                  Honda JHA Racing

250cc Race Classification (19 Laps = 111.321 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN 41'03.596 162.670                Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 41'22.359 161.441   18.763     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 41'22.431 161.436   18.835     Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 4  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 41'26.731 161.157   23.135      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 5 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 41'28.019 161.074   24.423     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
 6  5 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 41'30.191 160.933   26.595     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 7 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 41'34.738 160.640   31.142     Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 8 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 41'47.549 159.819   43.953     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
 9  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 41'49.483 159.696   45.887      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
10 46 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN 41'52.092 159.530   48.496      Yamaha Club Ventis
11 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 41'57.179 159.208   53.583     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
12 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 42'08.768 158.478 1'05.172     Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory
13 87 Hiroshi AOYAMA           JPN 42'08.863 158.472 1'05.267       Honda Team Harc-Pro
14 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER 42'21.018 157.714 1'17.422     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
15 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 42'21.779 157.667 1'18.183     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
16 42 David CHECA              SPA 42'22.198 157.641 1'18.602       Honda Team Fomma
17 57 Lorenzo LANZI            ITA 42'29.636 157.181 1'26.040     Aprilia Campetella Racing
18 20 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 42'39.464 156.577 1'35.868     Aprilia PR2 Metrored
19 48 Shinichi NAKATOMI        JPN 42'45.243 156.225 1'41.647       Honda Team Kotake Rsc
20 47 Tekkyu KAYOH             JPN 42'47.487 156.088 1'43.891   TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
21 55 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA 42'52.920 155.759 1'49.324      Yamaha Edo Racing
22 98 Katja POENSGEN           GER 41'41.459 151.776    1 Lap     Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory

Not Classified
   37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 35'41.276 157.606   3 Laps     Aprilia Campetella Racing
   18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 33'02.907 159.556   4 Laps      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
   22 David DE GEA             SPA 31'07.461 158.125   5 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
    6 Alex DEBON               SPA 13'15.311 159.125  13 Laps     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
   11 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA 13'56.685 151.256  13 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
   45 Stuart EDWARDS           GBR 11'35.450 151.645  14 Laps   TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
   81 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  9'35.404 146.626  15 Laps     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
    7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  2'20.826 149.776  18 Laps       Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda

Not finished first lap
   19 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA                                 Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin

500cc Race Classification (21 Laps = 123.039 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'51.501 164.570                Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 2  5 Garry McCOY              AUS 44'52.225 164.525    0.724      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 44'52.457 164.511    0.956      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4  6 Norick ABE               JPN 44'52.677 164.498    1.176      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 5 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 44'54.757 164.371    3.256      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 6  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 45'06.016 163.687   14.515       Honda West Honda Pons
 7  1 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 45'14.377 163.183   22.876      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 8 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 45'20.233 162.831   28.732       Honda West Honda Pons
 9 28 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 45'25.979 162.488   34.478       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
10  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 45'45.266 161.346   53.765      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
11 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 45'50.189 161.058   58.688   Proton KR Proton TEAM KR
12 12 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 46'08.839 159.973 1'17.338       Honda Arie Molenaar Racing
13  9 Leon HASLAM              GBR 46'09.182 159.953 1'17.681       Honda Shell Advance Honda

Not Classified
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 42'22.202 157.641   2 Laps       Pulse Pulse GP
   11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 34'12.900 164.391   5 Laps       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
   68 Mark WILLIS              AUS 34'12.533 154.144   6 Laps       Pulse Pulse GP
   33 Akira RYO                JPN 25'49.473 163.351   9 Laps      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 24'18.646 159.062  10 Laps      Yamaha Galuloises Yamaha Tech 3
   41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN 21'27.228 163.859  11 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
   15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 17'15.804 162.906  13 Laps      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
   21 Barry VENEMAN            NED 11'20.491 154.979  16 Laps       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
   16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  7'02.515 149.763  18 Laps    Sabre V4 Sabre Sport

Not finished first lap
   10 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA                                 Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
    8 Chris WALKER             GBR                                  Honda Shell Advance Honda

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