2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 53rd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

2001 was the end of the 500 cc era in Grand Prix motorcycle racing; in 2002 the premier class would be renamed MotoGP and dominated by 4-stroke 990 cc machines. However, 2001 was the beginning of another era, that of Valentino Rossi's run of championships in the top class. His learning year past him, he won 11 races in 2001, far outdistancing his nearest competitor, Max Biaggi. Rossi and Biaggi began the season with a controversial incident at Suzuka, where Biaggi seemed to have tried to push Rossi into the dirt at 150 mph and Rossi responded two laps later with an aggressive pass and an extended middle finger. Rossi would win that race and sew-up the championship with two rounds to go. It was the last season where an independent team rider won the rider championship title in the premier class, until 2024, which was won by Jorge Martín, riding for Pramac Racing.

The 500 cc Rookie of the Year award went to Shinya Nakano.^[1] At the 2001 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Katja Poensgen became the first female competitor to qualify for a 250cc Grand Prix race.^[2]

As of 2024, it was the last year where a single constructor (Honda) won the championship in all three categories.

In the weekend of 20 to 22 October 2000, the FIM confirmed the 2001 calendar.^[3] The following sixteen Grands Prix were scheduled to take place:^[4][5]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	8 April	Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
2	22 April	Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix	Phakisa Freeway
3	6 May	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito de Jerez
4	20 May	Grand Prix Polini de France	Bugatti Circuit
5	3 June	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
6	17 June	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
7	30 June ††	Gauloises Dutch TT	Assen
8	8 July	Cinzano British Grand Prix	Donington Park
9	22 July	Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
10	26 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
11	9 September	Grande Premio Marlboro de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
12	23 September	Gran Premio Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
13	7 October	Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi	Twin Ring Motegi
14	14 October	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit
15	21 October	Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
16	3 November ††	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

†† = Saturday race

• The South African Grand Prix was moved back, from 19 March to 22 April.
• The Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix was moved back, from 7 October to 3 November.
• The Malaysian Grand Prix was moved back, from 2 April to 21 October.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	8 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	Masao Azuma	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
2	22 April	South African motorcycle Grand Prix	Phakisa	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
3	6 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Masao Azuma	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
4	20 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Manuel Poggiali	Daijiro Kato	Max Biaggi	Report
5	3 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Noboru Ueda	Tetsuya Harada	Alex Barros	Report
6	17 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Lucio Cecchinello	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	30 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Toni Elías	Jeremy McWilliams	Max Biaggi	Report
8	8 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
9	22 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Simone Sanna	Marco Melandri	Max Biaggi	Report
10	26 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Toni Elías	Tetsuya Harada	Valentino Rossi	Report
11	9 September	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Manuel Poggiali	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
12	23 September	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Manuel Poggiali	Daijiro Kato	Sete Gibernau	Report
13	7 October	Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Youichi Ui	Tetsuya Harada	Valentino Rossi	Report
14	14 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	21 October	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
16	3 November ††	Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report

†† = Saturday race

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda NSR500 11 Tohru Ukawa All 28 Àlex Crivillé All West Honda Pons 4 Alex Barros All 65 Loris Capirossi All Nastro Azzurro Honda 46 Valentino Rossi All Shell Advance Honda 8 Chris Walker 1–8 9 Leon Haslam 9–16 NSR500V 1–4, 6–8 18 Brendan Clarke 9–16 Arie Molenaar Racing 12 Haruchika Aoki 1–3, 5–16 32 Jarno Janssen 4 Dee Cee Jeans Racing 14 Marcus Payten 1 14 Anthony West 2–16 21 Barry Veneman 1–5, 7–16 By Queroseno Racing 37 Miguel Tey 12 Paton Grand Prix Slovnaft-Paton Grand Prix Paton PG500RC 25 Shaun Geronimi 10 26 Vladimír Častka 3, 5 27 Sébastien Gimbert 8 / Proton Team KR Proton KR KR3 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 80 Kurtis Roberts 15 Pulse GP Pulse 500 24 Jason Vincent 1–7, 9 68 Mark Willis 1–8 Sabre Sport Sabre Sabre V4 16 Johan Stigefelt 1–15 Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XRB1) 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. All 15 Sete Gibernau All 33 Akira Ryō 1 64 Yukio Kagayama 13 Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR500 (OWL6) 3 Max Biaggi All 7 Carlos Checa 1, 3–16 Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 19 Olivier Jacque 1–4, 6–16 56 Shinya Nakano All Red Bull Yamaha WCM 5 Garry McCoy 1–4, 6–7, 9–16 24 Jason Vincent 8 41 Noriyuki Haga All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin 6 Norifumi Abe All 10 José Luis Cardoso All Source:[6]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

• All entries used Michelin tyres.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds MS Aprilia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 5 Marco Melandri All 31 Tetsuya Harada All 34 Marcellino Lucchi 3, 5 Valência Circuit - Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 6 Álex Debón All 10 Fonsi Nieto All Telefónica MoviStar Honda Honda Honda NSR250 7 Emilio Alzamora All 74 Daijiro Kato All Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 8 Naoki Matsudo All 18 Shahrol Yuzy All Yamaha Kurz (rd 1-9) Dark Dog Yamaha Kurz (rd 10-16) Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 9 Sebastián Porto All 23 Cesar Barros All Aprilia Grand Prix Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 Riccardo Chiarello 1–2, 4–16 99 Jeremy McWilliams 1–5 / MS Aprilia Racing (Germany) Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 12 Klaus Nöhles 1–12 55 Diego Giugovaz 13–16 99 Jeremy McWilliams 6–16 By Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 13 David Tomás 1, 3–16 26 Iván Silva 2 85 Rafael Da Cunha 16 Shell Advance Honda Honda Honda NSR250 14 Katja Poensgen 11–16 MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 15 Roberto Locatelli All 21 Franco Battaini All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 19 Julien Allemand 1–4 22 José David de Gea All 36 Luis Costa 5–16 PR2 Metrored / PR2 - Damas Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 20 Jerónimo Vidal 1–15 Honda Honda NSR250 41 Damaso Nacher 3, 11–12, 16 QUB Team Optimum Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 24 Jason Vincent 10–16 Tecmas Racing Honda Honda NSR250 25 Vincent Philippe 9 Edo Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 55 Diego Giugovaz 1–5, 7–9 27 Shaun Geronimi 15–16 46 Taro Sekiguchi 6, 10–14 80 Vladimir Častka 10 Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 37 Luca Boscoscuro All 57 Lorenzo Lanzi All Kolmer Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 38 Álvaro Molina 3, 6, 12 BRT Ismael Bonilla Honda Honda NSR250 39 Ismael Bonilla 3 Team Fomma Honda Honda NSR250 42 David Checa All Construcciones CM Honda Honda NSR250 43 Isaac Martín 12 Safilo Oxydo Race Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 Roberto Rolfo All FCC-TSR Honda Honda NSR250 45 Stuart Edwards 2–11 TSR-Honda 1 47 Tekkyu Kayo 1 Fujitsu Siemens Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 45 Stuart Edwards 12–16 Club Ventis Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 46 Taro Sekiguchi 1 Team Kotake RSC Honda Honda NSR250 48 Shinichi Nakatomi 1 Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 49 Choujun Kameya 1 Équipe de France - Scrab GP Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 50 Sylvain Guintoli All 81 Randy de Puniet All Privest Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 51 Jonathan Van Vuuren 2 Équipe de France Honda Honda NSR250 52 Guillaume Dietrich 4 64 Hugo Marchand 4 Ouvrard Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 53 Tom Ouvrard 4 Bentin Motorsport Honda Honda NSR250 54 Hervé Mora 4 Fouloi Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 56 David Fouloi 4 Right Track Racing Honda Honda NSR250 58 Shane Norval 8 Team Jackson Honda Honda NSR250 59 Gary Jackson 8 Car Centre Nijmegen Honda Honda NSR250 60 Gert Pieper 7 Performance Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 61 Jarno Boesveld 7 Cruise America Grand Prix Racing Honda Honda NSR250 62 Jason Di Salvo 7–8, 10 M.R.T.T. Hugen Racing Honda Honda NSR250 63 Arnold Litjens 7 Dark Dog Racing Factory (rd 1-9) Racing Factory (rd 10-16) Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 66 Alex Hofmann All 98 Katja Poensgen 1–9 EPS Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 67 Michael Herzberg 8 Monster Mob Honda Honda NSR250 68 Stuart Easton 8 TZM Sport Honda Honda NSR250 70 José Estrela 11 Team Motorsport Racing Honda Honda NSR250 71 Javier Díaz 11 PS Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 72 Michael García 11–12 Freundenberg Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 75 Dirk Heidolf 9 Kiefer Castrol Honda Racing Honda Honda NSR250 76 Christian Gemmel 9 77 Marcel Schneider 9 ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda NSR250 78 Max Neukirchner 9 MSC Schleizer Dreieck Honda Honda NSR250 79 Norman Rank 10 Road Racing Team Voit Honda Honda NSR250 82 Henrik Voit 10 Biro Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 83 Gábor Rizmayer 10, 12 Vaz Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 84 Cristiano Vieira 16 Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda NSR250 87 Hiroshi Aoyama 1 92 13 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 88 Nobuyuki Ohsaki 13 Motorex Daytona Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 89 Osamu Miyazaki 13 RT Endurance Honda Honda NSR250 90 Daisaku Sakai 13 Morino Kumasan Miztec. RT Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 91 Takayuki Onodera 13 Impact Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 93 Earl Lynch 14 RGV Spares Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 94 Terry Carter 14 97 Josh Brookes 14 Allect Racing Honda Honda NSR250 95 Shane Smith 14 Turramurra Cyclery Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 96 Mark Rowling 14 Source:[7]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Liégeois Compétition Honda Honda RS125R 4 Masao Azuma All 14 Philipp Hafeneger 1–5 77 Adrián Araujo 6–16 F.C.C. - TSR Honda Honda RS125R 5 Noboru Ueda All Axo Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 6 Mirko Giansanti All 34 Eric Bataille All Italjet Racing Team Italjet Italjet F125 7 Stefano Perugini All 8 Gianluigi Scalvini All MS Aprilia LCR Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 9 Lucio Cecchinello All 12 Raúl Jara All PEV-Spalt-Moto ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda RS125R 10 Jarno Müller 1–9, 13–16 30 Jascha Büch 10–12 Bossini Fontana Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 11 Max Sabbatani All 20 Gaspare Caffiero 1–15 50 Andrea Ballerini 5, 16 Matteoni Racing Honda Honda RS125R 15 Alex de Angelis All 39 Jaroslav Huleš All Safilo Oxydo Race Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 16 Simone Sanna All Team LAE - UGT 3000 Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 17 Steve Jenkner All 23 Gino Borsoi All Budweiser Budvar Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R 18 Jakub Smrž All Team Crae Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 19 Alessandro Brannetti 1–3, 5–16 Team Fomma Honda Honda RS125R 21 Arnaud Vincent All Viceroy Team Honda Honda RS125R 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. All L&M Derbi Team Derbi Derbi 125 GP 22 Pablo Nieto All 41 Youichi Ui All Telefónica MoviStar Jnr. Team Honda Honda RS125R 24 Toni Elías All 25 Joan Olivé All 26 Daniel Pedrosa All 73 Casey Stoner 8, 14 Racing Service Honda Honda RS125R 27 Marco Petrini 1–11 28 Gábor Talmácsi All 37 William de Angelis 12–16 Valência Circuit - Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 31 Ángel Rodríguez All 44 Héctor Faubel 3, 12 By Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 43 Daniel Piñera 3, 6 90 José Luis Nión 11 CC Valencia Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 45 Javier Forés 12 Racing Team Panades Honda Honda RS125R 48 Leandro Panadés 16 RCGM Rubicone Corse Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 51 Andrea Dovizioso 5 BNT Racing Honda Honda RS125R 52 Michele Conti 5 Gilera Racing Team Gilera Gilera 125 GP 54 Manuel Poggiali All JHA Racing Honda Honda RS125R 55 Hideyuki Nakajoh 1, 13 97 Naoki Katoh 1 Team Plus One ERP Honda Honda RS125R 56 Yuzo Fujioka 1, 13 Wanpaku - Team Wheelie Honda Honda RS125R 57 Hiroyuki Kikuchi 1 Emtec Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 58 Jason Wessels 2 Tati Team Beaujolais Racing Honda Honda RS125R 59 Julien Enjolras 4 MOB 77 Honda Honda RS125R 60 Xavier Hérouin 4 Provence Moto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 61 Grégory Lefort 4 AJP Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 62 Erwan Nigon 4 Racing Moto Sport Honda Honda RS125R 63 Jimmy Petit 4 OSL SC & Okegawa School E-NER E-NER 125 64 Yuki Takahashi 13 Kumamoto Racing Honda Honda RS125R 65 Toshihisa Kuzuhara 13 Showa Denki Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS125R 66 Shuhei Aoyama 13 Adm.Kant.Harkens/Vts Sneltr. Honda Honda RS125R 67 Adri den Bekker 7 Luvro/Tennen V. Leeuwen Tech Honda Honda RS125R 68 Wilhelm van Leeuwen 7 Spijkse Metaalhandel Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 69 Ronnie Timmer 7 D.S.A. Honda Honda RS125R 70 Patrick Lakerveld 7 Paul Robinson Racing Honda Honda RS125R 71 Paul Robinson 8 Wilson Racing TSR Honda Honda RS125R 72 Chris Martin 8 Breadline Racing / TSR Honda Honda RS125R 74 Sam Owens 8 Engines Engineering Rieju Rieju 125GP 75 Fabrizio Lai 12 ADAC Junior Team Germany Honda Honda RS125R 78 Claudius Klein 9 Team Hahn Honda Honda RS125R 79 Andreas Hahn 9 Ivetra-Seel Racing Honda Honda RS125R 80 Tobias Kirmeier 9–10 HKS Racing Team Moto Meinig Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 81 René Knöfler 9 Team Red Devil Honda Honda Honda RS125R 82 Mika Kallio 9, 12 BRC Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 83 Václav Bittman 10 ELF Revena Team Honda Honda RS125R 84 Igor Kaláb 10 Klub R.J.T. Honda Honda RS125R 85 Tomáš Mikšovský 10 AFL Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 86 José Leite 11 TZM Sport Honda Honda RS125R 87 José Monteiro 11 I.R.T. Honda Honda RS125R 88 João Pinto 11 Team VP Moto Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 89 Ricardo Tomé 11 Taylor Racing Honda Honda RS125R 91 Jay Taylor 14 Tech.M/C Clothing - JBD Racing Honda Honda RS125R 92 Peter Galvin 14 93 Andrew Brooks 14 Team eServ Honda Honda RS125R 94 Cath Thompson 14 Sonax Racing Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 96 Matěj Smrž 10 Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS125R 98 Masafumi Ono 1 Source:[8]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Honda 1 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 1 7 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 325 2 Max Biaggi Yamaha 3 8 11 1 3 2 1 2 1 10 5 10 Ret 2 Ret 3 219 3 Loris Capirossi Honda 8 2 8 7 2 3 3 10 8 3 2 Ret 3 3 2 5 210 4 Alex Barros Honda 6 9 6 8 1 Ret 4 3 5 9 Ret 2 2 4 7 4 182 5 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 5 4 4 11 8 4 5 6 3 DNS 9 7 6 7 4 9 155 6 Carlos Checa Yamaha 10 14 2 Ret 8 Ret 5 2 7 4 4 7 16 10 2 137 7 Norifumi Abe Yamaha 4 5 2 4 9 6 Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 8 4 13 13 6 137 8 Àlex Crivillé Honda 9 6 3 5 4 11 Ret 7 DNS 2 Ret Ret 11 11 6 7 120 9 Sete Gibernau Suzuki Ret 10 10 9 6 5 7 11 10 8 Ret 1 9 9 8 12 119 10 Tohru Ukawa Honda Ret 3 5 Ret 7 7 8 16 Ret 5 Ret 6 5 5 5 Ret 107 11 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 7 7 7 6 Ret Ret 6 8 9 Ret 6 3 8 15 Ret 16 97 12 Garry McCoy Yamaha 2 Ret 9 DNS DNS DNS 11 6 3 12 12 Ret 3 10 88 13 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton KR 11 11 13 10 12 9 9 12 14 Ret 7 9 Ret 10 DNS Ret 65 14 Noriyuki Haga Yamaha Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 10 10 4 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 8 9 DNS 59 15 Olivier Jacque Yamaha Ret 16 DNS WD 12 11 9 6 12 8 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 59 16 José Luis Cardoso Yamaha Ret 13 Ret 13 11 14 12 Ret 13 13 10 17 13 Ret 11 8 45 17 Haruchika Aoki Honda 12 12 DNS 5 15 14 Ret Ret 14 11 Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 33 18 Anthony West Honda 14 15 DNS Ret Ret 15 14 15 Ret 12 13 14 12 12 13 27 19 Leon Haslam Honda 13 17 16 DNS WD 13 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 15 19 15 11 13 20 Chris Walker Honda Ret 15 Ret 12 Ret 13 DNS 15 9 21 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 10 6 22 Johan Stigefelt Sabre V4 Ret 18 17 Ret Ret 17 18 18 Ret 15 13 14 Ret 17 Ret 6 23 Brendan Clarke Honda Ret Ret 14 Ret 17 20 14 15 5 24 Barry Veneman Honda Ret 19 Ret 14 DSQ 17 Ret Ret 16 15 15 16 18 Ret 17 4 25 Mark Willis Pulse Ret 20 19 Ret 13 18 16 19 3 26 Jason Vincent Pulse Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 3 Yamaha 13 27 Jarno Janssen Honda 15 1 Akira Ryō Suzuki Ret 0 Shaun Geronimi Paton Ret 0 Kurtis Roberts Proton KR Ret 0 Vladimír Častka Paton DNQ DNQ 0 Marcus Payten Honda DNQ 0 Miguel Tey Honda DNQ 0 Sébastien Gimbert Paton WD 0 Pos Rider Bike JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO Pts 1 Daijiro Kato Honda 1 1 1 1 10 1 11 1 2 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 322 2 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 2 3 2 2 1 2 24 18 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 6 273 3 Marco Melandri Aprilia 6 2 3 3 3 Ret 6 3 1 2 2 Ret Ret DNS 11 2 194 4 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 5 8 7 9 2 3 Ret 2 4 5 4 8 5 3 10 8 177 5 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 11 5 5 5 5 5 DNS 6 10 4 7 3 4 5 3 4 167 6 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 8 6 10 7 Ret 6 1 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 3 4 5 5 141 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda Ret 19 6 4 6 7 2 4 Ret 7 Ret 4 2 6 Ret 7 136 8 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 3 4 8 6 4 4 17 DNS Ret 12 Ret 7 6 7 4 3 134 9 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 4 9 12 Ret 12 10 19 5 8 9 6 6 7 9 7 9 112 10 Franco Battaini Aprilia 7 20 9 13 Ret 20 5 13 9 14 9 14 8 Ret 6 10 75 11 Álex Debón Aprilia Ret 15 13 10 8 11 20 8 6 10 12 9 18 Ret 14 16 60 12 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 12 10 11 11 18 9 12 9 7 DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret 8 17 55 13 Randy de Puniet Aprilia Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret 8 13 Ret 5 6 17 10 11 Ret 12 13 50 14 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 15 12 Ret 14 Ret 18 4 7 Ret 13 Ret 16 16 Ret 9 11 44 15 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha Ret 11 Ret 15 9 12 26 10 11 Ret 10 12 19 10 Ret 23 44 16 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 9 7 Ret 8 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 8 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 39 17 David Checa Honda 16 13 16 16 7 16 Ret 11 Ret 18 8 11 12 Ret 15 22 35 18 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 14 14 14 12 16 15 18 12 Ret 11 11 DNQ 25 19 José David de Gea Yamaha Ret Ret Ret 18 13 21 3 17 Ret 19 13 15 Ret Ret 20 15 24 20 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 17 17 15 Ret 11 19 16 14 12 15 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret 12 23 21 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 17 7 15 Ret 17 18 Ret Ret 8 13 18 21 22 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 10 13 16 Ret 17 9 12 20 23 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia Ret Ret 20 Ret 23 8 Ret 14 20 Ret 19 23 13 17 14 15 24 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 4 Ret 13 25 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 18 16 17 Ret 15 Ret 9 Ret 13 22 15 18 Ret 15 19 13 26 David Tomás Honda DNQ 25 19 17 22 10 16 15 21 16 22 14 14 16 Ret 11 27 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 10 6 28 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 13 21 3 29 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 13 3 30 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 22 24 23 DNS 14 26 Ret 23 20 2 Honda 20 24 26 19 Ret 26 31 Jason Vincent Yamaha 23 14 Ret 22 Ret 18 20 2 32 Jarno Boesveld Yamaha 15 1 Dirk Heidolf Yamaha 16 0 César Barros Yamaha DNQ 21 24 25 Ret DNS 25 25 Ret 28 Ret 21 Ret 16 DNS 24 0 Christian Gemmel Honda 17 0 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 21 22 20 Ret DSQ Ret 20 Ret 0 Aprilia 25 17 21 Ret Max Neukirchner Honda 18 0 Luis Costa Yamaha 19 25 22 21 19 24 19 Ret 24 18 22 21 0 Julien Allemand Yamaha Ret 18 19 DNS 0 Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 19 0 Stuart Edwards TSR-Honda Ret 0 Honda Ret 26 22 DNQ Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Yamaha DNS 23 Ret 20 DNQ 19 Daisuke Sakai Honda 20 0 Tekkyu Kayo TSR-Honda 20 0 Álvaro Molina Yamaha 22 24 20 0 Javier Díaz Honda 21 0 Gert Pieper Honda 21 0 Hervé Mora Honda 21 0 Ismael Bonilla Honda 21 0 Jason DiSalvo Honda Ret 22 26 0 Michael Garcia Aprilia 22 DNQ 0 Arnold Litjens Honda 23 0 Guillaume Dietrich Honda 23 0 Jonathan Van Vuuren Yamaha 23 0 Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 23 25 0 Michael Herzberg Yamaha 24 0 David Fouloi Yamaha 24 0 Gábor Rizmayer Honda 25 Ret 0 Tom Ouvrard Yamaha 26 0 Norman Rank Honda 27 0 Dámaso Nácher Honda 27 DNQ DNQ Ret 0 Cristiano Vieira Yamaha Ret 0 Mark Rowling Yamaha Ret 0 Shane Smith Honda Ret 0 Takayuki Onodera Yamaha Ret 0 Vladimír Častka Yamaha Ret 0 Marcel Schneider Honda Ret 0 Gary Jackson Honda Ret 0 Stuart Easton Honda Ret 0 Hugo Marchand Honda Ret 0 Iván Silva Honda DSQ 0 Josh Brookes Yamaha DNS 0 Vincent Philippe Honda DNS 0 Shane Norval Honda DNS 0 Choujun Kameya Yamaha DNS 0 Rafael Da Cunha Honda DNQ Earl Lynch Yamaha DNQ Terry Carter Yamaha DNQ Isaac Martín Honda DNQ José Estrela Honda DNQ Henrik Voit Honda DNQ Pos Rider Bike JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO Pts 1 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 5 2 Ret 1 3 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 2 5 241 2 Youichi Ui Derbi 2 1 Ret 11 18 5 Ret 1 19 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 232 3 Toni Elías Honda 16 18 13 3 4 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 Ret 3 6 4 217 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 6 19 2 5 Ret 1 Ret 5 5 2 16 8 4 5 3 Ret 156 5 Masao Azuma Honda 1 10 1 8 8 Ret Ret 4 4 13 Ret 23 5 4 8 7 142 6 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 4 4 3 4 2 18 6 8 Ret 23 15 5 8 10 5 20 130 7 Simone Sanna Aprilia 3 DNS Ret 13 5 10 11 6 1 10 4 6 Ret Ret 16 2 125 8 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 18 13 10 17 23 7 Ret 12 11 8 5 3 3 7 4 Ret 100 9 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda Ret 3 4 7 1 Ret 4 23 DNS 11 Ret Ret Ret 11 11 13 94 10 Arnaud Vincent Honda 9 6 11 6 7 14 2 18 Ret Ret 10 18 Ret 21 7 3 94 11 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 7 8 Ret 12 12 4 3 7 10 3 Ret 7 Ret 17 Ret 17 94 12 Mirko Giansanti Honda 8 12 Ret 2 DNS 16 7 11 14 16 8 13 7 Ret 9 Ret 75 13 Max Sabbatani Honda 12 7 8 15 Ret 21 15 15 7 5 9 9 Ret 8 10 Ret 72 14 Alex de Angelis Honda 14 9 7 14 10 9 Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 14 6 63 15 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 17 22 9 9 15 Ret 8 Ret 6 7 7 Ret 14 14 15 10 62 16 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 11 5 5 10 6 12 Ret Ret 13 19 Ret 16 13 13 Ret Ret 56 17 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 Ret 15 18 Ret 19 5 13 9 6 6 21 Ret 19 Ret 8 50 18 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 23 21 17 16 14 17 Ret 10 18 9 12 11 6 28 20 Ret 34 19 Joan Olivé Honda 19 16 14 Ret 16 8 Ret 14 15 14 Ret 10 12 27 12 11 34 20 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia Ret Ret 6 DNS 20 Ret Ret 9 8 17 Ret 15 15 23 17 Ret 27 21 Stefano Perugini Italjet Ret 11 12 Ret Ret 11 12 Ret 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 16 13 Ret 25 22 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 13 14 Ret DNS Ret 13 Ret Ret 22 Ret 18 22 9 18 Ret 9 22 23 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia Ret 17 Ret 13 20 9 Ret 17 20 11 20 10 22 Ret 15 22 24 Pablo Nieto Derbi 10 15 Ret DNS Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 14 16 20 Ret 14 21 25 Jarno Müller Honda 24 23 18 19 9 15 10 DNS WD 19 25 21 12 18 26 Raúl Jara Aprilia Ret 24 19 Ret 17 23 14 22 23 Ret 14 25 11 24 18 18 9 27 Eric Bataille Honda Ret 20 20 20 Ret DNS 17 19 20 15 DNS 17 Ret 9 Ret Ret 8 28 Andrea Ballerini Aprilia 11 Ret 5 29 Casey Stoner Honda 17 12 4 30 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 23 19 22 Ret 16 DNS 21 13 19 17 15 19 4 31 Adrián Araujo Honda 24 13 21 Ret 22 17 24 21 Ret 23 16 3 32 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 15 1 Marco Petrini Honda Ret Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 16 20 21 Ret Ret 0 Toshihisa Kuzuhara Honda 18 0 Wilhelm van Leeuwen Honda 18 0 Leandro Panadés Honda 19 0 Ronnie Timmer Yamaha 19 0 Jascha Büch Honda 24 19 26 0 José Leite Honda 20 0 Masafumi Ono Honda 20 0 William de Angelis Honda Ret 20 29 22 Ret 0 Michele Conti Honda 22 0 Jimmy Petit Honda 22 0 Yuzo Fujioka ERP Honda 22 Ret 0 Andreas Hahn Honda 24 0 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 24 0 Claudius Klein Honda 25 0 Xavier Hérouin Honda 25 0 Tobias Kirmeier Honda 26 25 0 Philipp Hafeneger Honda 25 Ret Ret 26 DNS 0 Jay Taylor Honda 26 0 Igor Kaláb Honda 26 0 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 Ret 0 Matěj Smrž Aprilia 27 0 René Knöfler Yamaha 27 0 Julien Enjolras Honda 27 0 Václav Bittman Honda 28 0 Tomáš Mikšovský Honda 29 0 Cath Thompson Honda Ret 0 Peter Galvin Honda Ret 0 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda Ret Ret 0 Shuhei Aoyama Honda Ret 0 Yuki Takahashi E-NER Ret 0 Fabrizio Lai Rieju Ret 0 Javier Forés Aprilia Ret 0 Mika Kallio Honda Ret Ret 0 José Luis Nión Honda Ret 0 Chris Martin Honda Ret 0 Paul Robinson Honda Ret 0 Adri den Bekker Honda Ret 0 Patrick Lakerveld Honda Ret 0 Daniel Piñera Honda Ret Ret 0 Andrea Dovizioso Aprilia Ret 0 Grégory Lefort Aprilia Ret 0 Naoki Katoh Honda Ret 0 Andrew Brooks Honda DNQ João Pinto Honda DNQ José Monteiro Honda DNQ Ricardo Tomé Aprilia DNQ Jason Wessels Aprilia DNQ Sam Owens Honda WD Pos Rider Bike JPN RSA ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL PAC AUS MAL RIO Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Pos	Manufacturer	JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	5	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	367
2	Yamaha	2	4	2	1	3	2	1	2	1	4	3	4	4	2	3	2	295
3	Suzuki	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	8	9	8	6	1	8	9	8	12	153
4	Proton KR	11	11	13	10	12	9	9	12	14	Ret	7	9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	65
5	Sabre V4	Ret	18	17	Ret	Ret	17	18	18	Ret	15	13	14	Ret	17	Ret		6
6	Pulse	Ret	20	18	Ret	13	16	16	19	16								3
	Paton			DNQ		DNQ			WD		Ret							0
Pos	Manufacturer	JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO	Pts

Pos	Manufacturer	JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	6	1	2	1	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	361
2	Aprilia	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	345
3	Yamaha	4	7	12	8	9	10	3	5	8	8	6	6	7	9	7	9	142
	TSR-Honda	20																0
Pos	Manufacturer	JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO	Pts

Pos	Manufacturer	JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO	Pts
1	Honda	1	5	1	2	4	2	1	2	2	1	3	2	3	3	4	3	301
2	Aprilia	3	4	2	4	2	1	3	5	1	2	4	5	4	5	3	2	263
3	Gilera	5	2	Ret	1	3	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	1	2	2	2	5	241
4	Derbi	2	1	Ret	11	18	5	Ret	1	19	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	232
5	TSR-Honda	Ret	3	4	7	1	Ret	4	23	DNS	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	11	13	94
6	Italjet	13	11	12	Ret	Ret	11	12	Ret	16	Ret	18	12	9	16	13	9	42
	Yamaha				24			19		27								0
	ERP Honda	22																0
	Rieju												Ret					0
	E-NER													Ret				0
Pos	Manufacturer	JPN	RSA	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	PAC	AUS	MAL	RIO	Pts

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