2001 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 16

Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Rio de Janeiro 01 - 03 Nov. 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  2'00.221 *1'58.676        Derbi L & M Derbi Team
 2 50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA  2'00.766 *1'59.085      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
 3 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  2'01.789 *1'59.133        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
 4 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  2'00.765 *1'59.187        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
 5 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  2'00.801 *1'59.214       Gilera Gilera Racing Team
 6  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  2'00.929 *1'59.244      Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
 7 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA  2'01.749 *1'59.546        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
 8 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  2'02.560 *1'59.573        Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch
 9 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  2'01.496 *1'59.661      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  2'01.713 *1'59.749      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
11 31 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA  2'02.038 *1'59.777      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
12 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  2'01.479 *1'59.822      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
13 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  2'01.074 *1'59.903      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
14 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  2'00.977 *1'59.963        Honda Team Fomma
15 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  2'02.534 *2'00.017        Honda Matteoni Racing
16  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  2'01.391 *2'00.147      Italjet Italjet Racing Team
17  5 Noboru UEDA              JPN  2'01.467 *2'00.213    TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
18 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  2'01.271 *2'00.403        Honda Matteoni Racing
19 28 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  2'02.065 *2'00.453        Honda Racing Service
20  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  2'02.126 *2'00.496      Italjet Italjet Racing Team
21  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN  2'01.412 *2'00.533        Honda Liegeois Competition
22 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  2'01.851 *2'00.548        Honda Viceroy Team
23 12 Raul JARA                SPA  2'02.753 *2'00.689      Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
24 10 Jarno MÜLLER             GER  2'03.148 *2'00.915        Honda PEV-Spalt-ADAC Sachsen
25  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA *2'01.009  2'01.261        Honda Axo Racing Team
26 19 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA  2'02.545 *2'01.158      Aprilia Team Crae
27 37 William DE ANGELIS       RSM  2'04.194 *2'01.175        Honda Racing Service
28 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  2'03.039 *2'01.350        Derbi L & M Derbi Team
29 34 Eric BATAILLE            AND  2'04.278 *2'02.433        Honda Axo Racing Team
30 77 Adrian ARAUJO            SPA  2'07.980 *2'02.719        Honda Liegeois Competition
31 48 Leandro PANADES          BRA *2'06.166  2'07.649        Honda Racing Team Panades

Qualification Time 107% 2'06.983

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

 1 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'59.974 *1'53.819      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
 2 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN  1'54.973 *1'53.860        Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 3 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'55.350 *1'54.011      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'55.685 *1'54.376      Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 5 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'55.175 *1'54.474      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 6  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  1'56.089 *1'54.511       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 7  5 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'54.803 *1'54.598      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 8 81 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'55.266 *1'54.644      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
 9 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'55.957 *1'54.649      Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
10  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  1'55.662 *1'54.892      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
11  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'56.213 *1'55.123        Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
12 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'56.051 *1'55.170      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
13 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'56.155 *1'55.343      Aprilia Racing Factory
14 11 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA  1'57.446 *1'55.416      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
15 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'56.752 *1'55.482      Aprilia Campetella Racing
16 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL  1'56.738 *1'55.519       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
17  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'56.535 *1'55.530       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
18 57 Lorenzo LANZI            ITA  1'56.543 *1'55.816      Aprilia Campetella Racing
19 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  1'57.527 *1'56.224      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
20 42 David CHECA              SPA *1'56.451  1'56.608        Honda Team Fomma
21 22 David DE GEA             SPA  1'57.030 *1'56.635       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
22 16 David TOMAS              SPA  1'58.146 *1'57.579        Honda By Queroseno Racing Team
23 24 Jay VINCENT              GBR  1'57.823 *1'57.696       Yamaha QUB Team Optimum
24 55 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA  1'58.249 *1'57.753      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
25 27 Shaun GERONIMI           AUS  2'00.936 *1'58.425       Yamaha Edo Racing
26 84 Cristiano VIEIRA         BRA  2'00.487 *1'58.909       Yamaha Vaz Yamaha-d'Antin
27 23 Cesar BARROS             BRA  1'59.714 *1'59.038       Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
28 36 Luis COSTA               SPA  2'00.722 *1'59.176       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
29 45 Stuart EDWARDS           GBR  2'01.595 *2'00.192       Yamaha Fujitsu Siemens
30 14 Katja POENSGEN           GER  2'03.502 *2'00.712        Honda Shell Advance Honda
31 41 Damaso NACHER            SPA  2'06.073 *2'01.661        Honda PR2 - Damas

Not qualified (Out of 107%)
   85 Rafael DA CUNHA          BRA *2'02.172                  Honda By Queroseno Racing Team


Qualification Time 107% 2'01.786

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

 1 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'53.963 *1'51.431        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
 2 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'53.109 *1'51.462        Honda West Honda Pons
 3  1 Kurtis ROBERTS           USA  1'52.523 *1'51.767       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 4 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'52.914 *1'51.820       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 5 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'52.479 *1'51.863        Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 6 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'53.750 *1'51.874       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 7  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'53.106 *1'51.920       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 8 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'53.528 *1'51.974       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 9  6 Norick ABE               JPN  1'52.881 *1'51.993       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
10  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'53.127 *1'52.011       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
11 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'53.293 *1'52.109    Proton KR Proton TEAM KR
12  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'53.015 *1'52.177        Honda West Honda Pons
13  5 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'53.575 *1'52.324       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 28 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'53.241 *1'52.771        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
15 10 Luis CARDOSO             SPA  1'54.315 *1'53.050       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
16 14 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'54.903 *1'53.764        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
17 12 Haruchika AOKI           JPN *1'54.319  1'55.376        Honda Arie Molenaar Racing
18  9 Leon HASLAM              GBR  1'55.950 *1'54.557        Honda Shell Advance Honda
19 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN *1'54.624                 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
20 18 Brendan CLARKE           AUS  1'57.665 *1'56.254        Honda Shell Advance Honda
21 21 Barry VENEMAN            NED  1'58.521 *1'56.776        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

Qualification Time 107% 1'59.231

125cc Race Classification (21 Laps = 103.593 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 41 Youichi UI               JPN 46'47.181 132.850                Derbi L & M Derbi Team
 2 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 46'47.293 132.844    0.112     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
 3 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 47'14.828 131.554   27.647       Honda Team Fomma
 4 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 47'19.506 131.337   32.325       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
 5 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 47'24.827 131.092   37.646      Gilera Gilera Racing Team
 6 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 47'29.233 130.889   42.052       Honda Matteoni Racing
 7  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN 47'29.744 130.866   42.563       Honda Liegeois Competition
 8 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 47'29.823 130.862   42.642       Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch
 9  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 47'30.048 130.852   42.867     Italjet Italjet Racing Team
10 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 47'31.035 130.806   43.854       Honda Matteoni Racing
11 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA 47'58.848 129.543 1'11.667       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
12 10 Jarno MULLER             GER 47'58.856 129.542 1'11.675       Honda PEV-Spalt-ADAC Sachsen
13  5 Noboru UEDA              JPN 48'05.231 129.256 1'18.050   TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
14 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 48'37.323 127.834 1'50.142       Derbi L & M Derbi Team
15 19 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA 48'44.074 127.539 1'56.893     Aprilia Team Crae
16 77 Adrian ARAUJO            SPA 48'48.609 127.341 2'01.428       Honda Liegeois Competition
17 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 48'52.537 127.171 2'05.356     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
18 12 Raul JARA                SPA 48'57.137 126.972 2'09.956     Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
19 48 Leandro PANADES          BRA 48'57.589 126.952 2'10.408       Honda Racing Team Panades
20 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 46'53.621 126.234    1 Lap     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000

Not Classified
   26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 26'59.154 131.615   9 Laps       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
   50 Andrea BALLERINI         ITA 13'33.387 130.998  15 Laps     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
   31 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA 13'38.623 130.161  15 Laps     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 11'06.969 133.130  16 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Team
    9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  6'44.269 131.784  18 Laps     Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
   11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  7'16.540 122.042  18 Laps     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
   34 Eric BATAILLE            AND  2'18.931 127.824  20 Laps       Honda Axo Racing Team
   37 William DE ANGELIS       RSM  2'25.595 121.973  20 Laps       Honda Racing Service
   28 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  2'38.558 112.001  20 Laps       Honda Racing Service

Not Finished First Lap
   29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA                                  Honda Viceroy Team
    6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA                                  Honda Axo Racing Team

250cc Race Classification (22 Laps = 108.526 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN 43'38.212 149.221                Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2  5 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 43'38.720 149.192    0.508     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 43'39.594 149.142    1.382     Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 4 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 43'41.781 149.018    3.569     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
 5 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 43'42.058 149.002    3.846     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 6 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 43'49.244 148.595   11.032     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 7  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 43'52.998 148.383   14.786       Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 8 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 44'04.981 147.711   26.769     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
 9  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 44'20.917 146.826   42.705      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 44'23.814 146.666   45.602     Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
11 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 44'24.871 146.608   46.659     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
12 57 Lorenzo LANZI            ITA 44'33.266 146.148   55.054     Aprilia Campetella Racing
13 81 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 44'38.423 145.867 1'00.211     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
14 11 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA 44'42.365 145.652 1'04.153     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
15 22 David DE GEA             SPA 44'42.493 145.645 1'04.281      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
16  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 44'43.019 145.617 1'04.807     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
17 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 44'44.360 145.544 1'06.148     Aprilia Racing Factory
18 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 45'02.271 144.579 1'24.059     Aprilia Campetella Racing
19 45 Stuart EDWARDS           GBR 43'48.506 141.880    1 Lap      Yamaha Fujitsu Siemens
20 24 Jay VINCENT              GBR 44'11.969 140.625    1 Lap      Yamaha QUB Team Optimum
21 36 Luis COSTA               SPA 44'22.605 140.063    1 Lap      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
22 42 David CHECA              SPA 44'58.586 138.196    1 Lap       Honda Team Fomma
23 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 44'59.431 138.153    1 Lap      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
24 23 Cesar BARROS             BRA 45'00.545 138.096    1 Lap      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
25 27 Shaun GERONIMI           AUS 43'49.161 135.091   2 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
26 14 Katja POENSGEN           GER 44'35.071 132.772   2 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Honda

Not Classified
    9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 30'50.597 143.943   7 Laps      Yamaha Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz
   55 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA 22'44.494 130.149  12 Laps     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
   41 Damaso NACHER            SPA 19'10.558 123.479  14 Laps       Honda PR2 - Damas
   16 David TOMAS              SPA  6'30.765 136.338  19 Laps       Honda By Queroseno Racing Team
   84 Cristiano VIEIRA         BRA  6'46.160 131.170  19 Laps      Yamaha Vaz Yamaha-d'Antin

500cc Race Classification (24 Laps = 118.392 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 45'57.414 154.569                Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 2  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 45'57.557 154.561    0.143      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 46'04.394 154.178    6.980      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 46'16.467 153.508   19.053       Honda West Honda Pons
 5 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 46'18.069 153.419   20.655       Honda West Honda Pons
 6  6 Norick ABE               JPN 46'18.243 153.410   20.829      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 7 28 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 46'25.308 153.021   27.894       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
 8 10 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 46'42.524 152.081   45.110      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 9 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 48'22.946 146.820 2'25.532      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
10  5 Garry McCOY              AUS 46'29.360 146.432    1 Lap      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
11  9 Leon HASLAM              GBR 47'23.035 143.667    1 Lap       Honda Shell Advance Honda
12 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 47'37.566 142.937    1 Lap      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
13 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 46'09.139 141.088   2 Laps       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
14 12 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 46'19.374 140.568   2 Laps       Honda Arie Molenaar Racing
15 18 Brendan CLARKE           AUS 46'26.629 140.202   2 Laps       Honda Shell Advance Honda
16  1 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 46'41.093 139.478   2 Laps      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
17 21 Barry VENEMAN            NED 47'19.454 137.594   2 Laps       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

Not Classified
   11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 15'14.797 135.889  17 Laps       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
   17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  2'00.944 146.834  23 Laps   Proton KR Proton TEAM KR

Not Finished First Lap
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA                                 Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

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