2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2001 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 May 2001
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.305 km (2.676 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:38.421
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:39.954
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:41.065
Fastest lap
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:41.473
Podium
First	Daijiro Kato
Second	Tetsuya Harada
Third	Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:47.494
Fastest lap
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	1:48.385
Podium
First	Manuel Poggiali
Second	Mirko Giansanti
Third	Toni Elías

The 2001 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2001 at the Bugatti Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	28	46:59.346	1	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	28	+3.266	5	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	28	+4.830	3	16
4	6	Norick Abe	Yamaha	28	+14.561	7	13
5	28	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	28	+14.977	9	11
6	1	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	28	+23.180	2	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	28	+29.597	8	9
8	4	Alex Barros	Honda	28	+31.205	12	8
9	15	Sete Gibernau	Suzuki	28	+32.499	13	7
10	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	Proton KR	28	+33.019	10	6
11	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	28	+36.476	4	5
12	8	Chris Walker	Honda	28	+1:15.798	15	4
13	10	José Luis Cardoso	Yamaha	28	+1:19.446	14	3
14	21	Barry Veneman	Honda	27	+1 Lap	19	2
15	32	Jarno Janssen	Honda	27	+1 Lap	20	1
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	Pulse	16	Retirement	16
Ret	68	Mark Willis	Pulse	15	Retirement	18
Ret	11	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	10	Collision	11
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha	10	Collision	6
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Sabre V4	2	Retirement	17
DNS	5	Garry McCoy	Yamaha		Did not start
DNS	9	Leon Haslam	Honda		Did not start
DNS	14	Anthony West	Honda		Did not start
DNQ	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha

References

• "MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2013-01-29.