The 2001 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 July 2001 at the Sachsenring.

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 43:36.983 1 25 2 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +3.249 4 20 3 56 Shinya Nakano Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +3.642 2 16 4 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +4.784 8 13 5 4 Alex Barros West Honda Pons Honda 30 +21.164 3 11 6 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +21.385 5 10 7 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 30 +21.945 11 9 8 65 Loris Capirossi West Honda Pons Honda 30 +22.485 7 8 9 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +23.331 9 7 10 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +24.404 10 6 11 5 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +24.410 6 5 12 41 Noriyuki Haga Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +43.996 16 4 13 10 José Luis Cardoso Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +44.216 12 3 14 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +44.329 13 2 15 14 Anthony West Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +1:22.533 15 1 16 24 Jason Vincent Pulse GP Pulse 29 +1 lap 21 Ret 11 Tohru Ukawa Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 Accident 14 Ret 18 Brendan Clarke Shell Advance Honda Honda 18 Accident 20 Ret 21 Barry Veneman Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 13 Retirement 22 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Sabre Sport Sabre V4 9 Retirement 19 Ret 12 Haruchika Aoki Arie Molenaar Racing Honda 0 Accident 17 Ret 9 Leon Haslam Shell Advance Honda Honda 0 Accident 18 DNS 28 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Did not start Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 29 42:37.696 2 25 2 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 29 +0.052 3 20 3 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 29 +0.203 1 16 4 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 29 +18.310 7 13 5 81 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 29 +28.108 8 11 6 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 29 +36.566 10 10 7 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 29 +36.764 12 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 29 +36.918 13 8 9 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +40.466 14 7 10 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 29 +43.174 5 6 11 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 29 +43.256 17 5 12 57 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 29 +57.398 20 4 13 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 29 +1:11.662 23 3 14 11 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 29 +1:25.507 24 2 15 16 David Tomás Honda 29 +1:25.614 22 1 16 75 Dirk Heidolf Yamaha 28 +1 lap 25 17 76 Christian Gemmel Honda 28 +1 lap 28 18 78 Max Neukirchner Honda 28 +1 lap 32 19 36 Luis Costa Yamaha 28 +1 lap 30 20 98 Katja Poensgen Aprilia 28 +1 lap 33 Ret 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 27 Accident 19 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 Accident 21 Ret 23 César Barros Yamaha 13 Retirement 29 Ret 45 Stuart Edwards Honda 11 Accident 31 Ret 55 Diego Giugovaz Yamaha 8 Accident 27 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 7 Accident 4 Ret 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 7 Accident 9 Ret 77 Marcel Schneider Honda 6 Accident 34 Ret 42 David Checa Honda 5 Accident 15 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 2 Accident 6 Ret 22 José David de Gea Yamaha 2 Accident 16 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 1 Accident 11 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 1 Accident 18 DNS 25 Vincent Philippe Honda 0 Did not start 26 Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 27 41:09.327 2 25 2 24 Toni Elías Honda 27 +0.247 5 20 3 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 27 +0.701 4 16 4 4 Masao Azuma Honda 27 +0.734 11 13 5 9 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 27 +1.370 3 11 6 39 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 27 +2.202 16 10 7 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 27 +2.326 1 9 8 31 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 27 +5.877 14 8 9 18 Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +6.132 9 7 10 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +10.071 6 6 11 26 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 27 +23.066 10 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 27 +23.089 15 4 13 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 27 +23.309 13 3 14 6 Mirko Giansanti Honda 27 +27.801 18 2 15 25 Joan Olivé Honda 27 +28.065 23 1 16 7 Stefano Perugini Italjet 27 +28.139 21 17 19 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 27 +28.948 22 18 28 Gábor Talmácsi Honda 27 +32.317 26 19 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 27 +35.643 8 20 34 Eric Bataille Honda 27 +40.978 20 21 27 Marco Petrini Honda 27 +44.624 17 22 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Italjet 27 +1:06.673 19 23 12 Raúl Jara Aprilia 27 +1:07.108 29 24 79 Andreas Hahn Honda 27 +1:08.085 30 25 78 Claudius Klein Honda 27 +1:08.383 28 26 80 Tobias Kirmeier Honda 27 +1:08.632 27 27 81 René Knöfler Yamaha 26 +1 lap 31 Ret 77 Adrián Araujo Honda 15 Retirement 32 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 8 Retirement 12 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Honda 8 Retirement 24 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 6 Retirement 7 Ret 82 Mika Kallio Honda 0 Retirement 25 DNS 5 Noboru Ueda TSR-Honda Did not start DNS 20 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia Did not start WD 10 Jarno Müller Honda Withdrew Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 170 2 Max Biaggi 160 3 Loris Capirossi 111 4 Alex Barros 100 5 Shinya Nakano 100

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 197 2 Yamaha 184 3 Suzuki 83 4 Proton KR 43 5 Pulse 3

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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