| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | June 17, 2001 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.655 km (2.875 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:45.507 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:46.619 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Second | Max Biaggi | ||
| Third | Loris Capirossi | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Time | 1:47.261 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Time | 1:48.014 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Second | Tetsuya Harada | ||
| Third | Roberto Rolfo | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Lucio Cecchinello | ||
| Time | 1:51.368 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Stefano Perugini | ||
| Time | 1:51.811 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lucio Cecchinello | ||
| Second | Toni Elías | ||
| Third | Manuel Poggiali | ||
The 2001 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of June 15–17, 2001 at the Circuit de Catalunya.
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 25 | 44:57.142 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 25 | +2.759 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 25 | +3.216 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 25 | +3.257 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Suzuki | 25 | +3.989 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Norick Abe | Yamaha | 25 | +4.705 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 25 | +4.769 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 25 | +13.459 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Proton | 25 | +13.903 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha | 25 | +19.616 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 | Álex Crivillé | Honda | 25 | +26.378 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 25 | +37.301 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Chris Walker | Honda | 25 | +1:01.010 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | José Luis Cardoso | Yamaha | 25 | +1:13.371 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Haruchika Aoki | Honda | 25 | +1:19.363 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Pulse 500 | 25 | +1:19.756 | 20 | |
| 17 | 16 | Johann Stigefelt | Sabre V4 | 25 | +1:24.089 | 22 | |
| 13 | 68 | Mark Willis | Pulse 500 | 24 | +1 Lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 4 | Alex Barros | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 1 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 7 | |
| DNS | 5 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 0 | Did not start | 14 | |
| DNQ | 9 | Leon Haslam | Honda |
| Previous race: 2001 Italian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2001 season |
Next race: 2001 Dutch Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2000 Catalan Grand Prix |
Catalan Grand Prix | Next race: 2002 Catalan Grand Prix |