| Race details | |||
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| Race 15 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | October 21, 2001 | ||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.44 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Loris Capirossi | ||
| Time | 2:05.637 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 2:06.618 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Second | Loris Capirossi | ||
| Third | Garry McCoy | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Time | 2:08.151 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Time | 2:08.920 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Second | Tetsuya Harada | ||
| Third | Fonsi Nieto | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Toni Elías | ||
| Time | 2:15.358 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Youichi Ui | ||
| Time | 2:14.961 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Youichi Ui | ||
| Second | Manuel Poggiali | ||
| Third | Lucio Cecchinello | ||
The 2001 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of October 19–21, 2001 at the Sepang International Circuit.
| Previous race: 2001 Australian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2001 season |
Next race: 2001 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix |
Malaysian Grand Prix | Next race: 2002 Malaysian Grand Prix |