2001 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 4

Grand Prix Polini De France
Le Mans 18 - 20 May 2001
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'49.188 *1'47.494        Derbi L & M Derbi Team
 2 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  1'50.004 *1'47.582       Gilera Gilera Racing Team
 3  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'50.248 *1'47.949      Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
 4 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'53.121 *1'48.097        Honda Matteoni Racing
 5  5 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'51.554 *1'48.104    TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
 6 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA  1'50.386 *1'48.155        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
 7  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'51.188 *1'48.283        Honda Axo Racing Team
 8 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'50.780 *1'48.344      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
 9 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'51.073 *1'48.451        Honda Viceroy Team
10 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'50.861 *1'48.624        Honda Team Fomma
11  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'50.529 *1'48.707      Italjet Italjet Racing Team
12 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  1'50.834 *1'48.790      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
13 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  1'51.701 *1'48.817      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
14 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  1'51.005 *1'49.025        Honda Matteoni Racing
15 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA  1'52.975 *1'49.033        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
16 28 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN  1'52.436 *1'49.103        Honda Racing Service
17 31 Angel RODRIGUEZ          SPA  1'55.739 *1'49.230      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
18  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'51.085 *1'49.288        Honda Liegeois Competition
19 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'56.139 *1'49.311      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
20 10 Jarno MULLER             GER  1'51.383 *1'49.335        Honda PEV-Spalt-ADAC Sachsen
21 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  1'56.819 *1'49.443        Derbi L & M Derbi Team
22  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'50.048 *1'49.477      Italjet Italjet Racing Team
23 25 Joan OLIVE               SPA  1'54.461 *1'49.922        Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
24 34 Eric BATAILLE            AND  2'00.175 *1'50.085        Honda Axo Racing Team
25 20 Gaspare CAFFIERO         ITA  1'52.959 *1'50.265      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
26 12 Raul JARA                SPA  1'52.507 *1'50.349      Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
27 27 Marco PETRINI            ITA  1'52.572 *1'50.429        Honda Racing Service
28 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE  1'51.335 *1'50.821        Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch
29 63 Jimmy PETIT              FRA  1'52.679 *1'50.934        Honda Racing Moto Sport
30 61 Gregory LEFORT           FRA  1'53.922 *1'51.214      Aprilia Provence Moto Sport
31 62 Erwan NIGON              FRA  1'53.865 *1'52.632       Yamaha AJP Team
32 60 Xavier HEROUIN           FRA  1'55.277 *1'52.785        Honda MOB 77
33 59 Julien ENJOLRAS          FRA  1'54.941 *1'52.818        Honda Tati Team Beaujolais Racing
34 14 Phillipp HAFENEGER       GER  1'55.065 *1'53.269        Honda Liegeois Competition

Qualification Time 107% 1'55.018

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN  1'42.307 *1'41.065        Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'42.390 *1'41.108      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3  5 Marco MELANDRI           ITA *1'41.328                Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 4 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'42.788 *1'41.595      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
 5  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'42.933 *1'41.840        Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 6 81 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'43.042 *1'41.895      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
 7 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR *1'42.117  1'42.287      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
 8  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  1'43.294 *1'42.181       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
 9  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'43.061 *1'42.184       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
10 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'43.139 *1'42.225      Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
11  6 Alex DEBON               SPA  1'43.088 *1'42.487      Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
12 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'43.101 *1'42.559      Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
13 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'43.644 *1'42.659      Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
14 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER  1'44.250 *1'42.920      Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
15 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'43.913 *1'43.054      Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory
16 22 David DE GEA             SPA  1'43.975 *1'43.301       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
17 42 David CHECA              SPA  1'44.046 *1'43.583        Honda Team Fomma
18 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL  1'43.923 *1'43.747       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
19 57 Lorenzo LANZI            ITA  1'44.375 *1'43.818      Aprilia Campetella Racing
20 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'44.396 *1'44.127      Aprilia Campetella Racing
21 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  1'44.767 *1'44.173      Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
22 20 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'45.647 *1'44.188      Aprilia PR2 Metrored
23 19 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA *1'44.295                 Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
24 55 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA *1'45.316  1'45.858       Yamaha Edo Racing
25 11 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA  1'46.462 *1'45.513      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
26 23 Cesar BARROS             BRA  1'48.128 *1'46.005       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
27 54 Herve MORA               FRA  1'46.538 *1'46.107        Honda Bentin Motorsport
28 64 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  1'47.660 *1'46.310        Honda Equipe de France
29 45 Stuart EDWARDS           GBR  1'46.782 *1'46.489        Honda FCC-TSR
30 98 Katja POENSGEN           GER *1'46.622                Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory
31 16 David TOMAS              SPA *1'46.862  1'46.901        Honda By Queroseno Racing Team
32 56 David FOULOI             FRA  1'48.666 *1'47.442       Yamaha Fouloi Racing Team
33 52 Guillaume DIETRICH       FRA  1'47.937 *1'47.526        Honda Equipe de France
34 53 Tom OUVRARD              FRA  1'48.865 *1'48.050       Yamaha Ouvrard Racing Team

Qualification Time 107% 1'48.139

500cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'39.805 *1'38.421       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 2  1 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'39.692 *1'38.668       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'39.584 *1'38.852        Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 4 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'40.036 *1'38.891       Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
 5  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'40.014 *1'39.093       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 6 41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN  1'39.938 *1'39.115       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 7  6 Norick ABE               JPN  1'39.530 *1'39.132       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 8 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'40.502 *1'39.247        Honda West Honda Pons
 9 28 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'40.438 *1'39.275        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
10  5 Garry McCOY              AUS *1'39.366                 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
11 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'40.289 *1'39.651    Proton KR Proton TEAM KR
12 11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'40.270 *1'39.973        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
13  4 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'41.176 *1'40.062        Honda West Honda Pons
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA *1'40.312  1'40.449       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
15 10 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA *1'40.509  1'40.859       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
16  8 Chris WALKER             GBR  1'41.639 *1'40.869        Honda Shell Advance Honda
17 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'42.509 *1'41.475        Pulse Pulse GP
18 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'43.565 *1'42.463     Sabre V4 Sabre Sport
19  9 Leon HASLAM              GBR *1'43.006                  Honda Shell Advance Honda
20 68 Mark WILLIS              AUS  1'45.653 *1'43.625        Pulse Pulse GP
21 21 Barry VENEMAN            NED  1'45.283 *1'43.684        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
22 32 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  1'46.263 *1'43.872        Honda Arie Molenaar Racing
23 14 Anthony WEST             AUS *1'43.976                  Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA                           Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3

Qualification Time 107% 1'45.310

125cc Race Classification (24 Laps = 103.32 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 43'33.372 142.326               Gilera Gilera Racing Team
 2  6 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 43'33.590 142.314    0.218       Honda Axo Racing Team
 3 24 Toni ELIAS               SPA 43'33.670 142.310    0.298       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
 4 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 43'33.887 142.298    0.515     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
 5  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 43'34.341 142.273    0.969     Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
 6 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 43'40.729 141.926    7.357       Honda Team Fomma
 7  5 Noboru UEDA              JPN 43'41.312 141.895    7.940   TSR-Honda FCC-TSR
 8  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN 43'41.836 141.866    8.464       Honda Liegeois Competition
 9 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 43'42.123 141.851    8.751       Honda Matteoni Racing
10 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 43'44.895 141.701   11.523       Honda Viceroy Team
11 41 Youichi UI               JPN 43'45.334 141.677   11.962       Derbi L & M Derbi Team
12 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 43'45.868 141.649   12.496     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
13 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 43'45.886 141.648   12.514     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
14 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 43'54.039 141.209   20.667       Honda Matteoni Racing
15 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 44'08.384 140.444   35.012     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
16 28 Gabor TALMACSI           HUN 44'09.515 140.384   36.143       Honda Racing Service
17 26 Daniel PEDROSA           SPA 44'10.952 140.308   37.580       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
18 18 Jakub SMRZ               CZE 44'15.937 140.045   42.565       Honda Budweiser Budvar Hanusch
19 10 Jarno MULLER             GER 44'18.969 139.885   45.597       Honda PEV-Spalt-ADAC Sachsen
20 34 Eric BATAILLE            AND 44'32.967 139.153   59.595       Honda Axo Racing Team
21 27 Marco PETRINI            ITA 44'49.665 138.289 1'16.293       Honda Racing Service
22 63 Jimmy PETIT              FRA 44'55.697 137.979 1'22.325       Honda Racing Moto Sport
23 20 Gaspare CAFFIERO         ITA 45'09.317 137.286 1'35.945     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
24 62 Erwan NIGON              FRA 45'32.083 136.142 1'58.711      Yamaha AJP Team
25 60 Xavier HEROUIN           FRA 43'47.306 135.672    1 Lap       Honda MOB 77
26 14 Phillipp HAFENEGER       GER 44'01.715 134.932    1 Lap       Honda Liegeois Competition
27 59 Julien ENJOLRAS          FRA 44'43.213 132.845    1 Lap       Honda Tati Team Beaujolais Racing

Not Classified
   25 Joan OLIVE               SPA 36'51.836 140.136   4 Laps       Honda Telefonica Movistar jnrTeam
   12 Raul JARA                SPA 33'46.745 137.641   6 Laps     Aprilia MS Aprilia LCR
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 16'27.639 141.227  15 Laps     Italjet Italjet Racing Team
   61 Gregory LEFORT           FRA 11'33.304 134.122  18 Laps     Aprilia Provence Moto Sport

Not starting
   22 Pablo NIETO              SPA                                  Derbi L & M Derbi Team

250cc Race Classification (26 Laps = 111.93 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN 44'29.546 150.942                Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 2 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 44'29.750 150.930    0.204     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 3  5 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 44'43.145 150.177   13.599     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
 4  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 44'46.359 149.997   16.813       Honda Telefonica Movistar Honda
 5 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 44'47.975 149.907   18.429     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
 6 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 44'58.571 149.319   29.025     Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
 7 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 45'12.359 148.559   42.813     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
 8  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 45'13.975 148.471   44.429      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
 9 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 45'14.623 148.436   45.077     Aprilia Safilo Oxydo Race
10  6 Alex DEBON               SPA 45'14.897 148.421   45.351     Aprilia Valencia Circuit Aspar Team
11 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 45'16.799 148.317   47.253     Aprilia Dark Dog Racing Factory
12 12 Klaus NÖHLES             GER 45'25.046 147.868   55.500     Aprilia MS Aprilia Racing
13 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 45'26.020 147.815   56.474     Aprilia MS Eros Ramazzotti Racing
14 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA 45'27.199 147.751   57.653     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
15 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 45'34.281 147.368 1'04.735      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
16 42 David CHECA              SPA 45'49.313 146.563 1'19.767       Honda Team Fomma
17 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 46'00.705 145.958 1'31.159     Aprilia Campetella Racing
18 22 David DE GEA             SPA 46'01.042 145.940 1'31.496      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
19 16 David TOMAS              SPA 46'07.354 145.607 1'37.808       Honda By Queroseno Racing Team
20 11 Riccardo CHIARELLO       ITA 44'41.926 144.467    1 Lap     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix
21 54 Herve MORA               FRA 44'44.645 144.320    1 Lap       Honda Bentin Motorsport
22 45 Stuart EDWARDS           GBR 44'50.677 143.997    1 Lap       Honda FCC-TSR
23 52 Guillaume DIETRICH       FRA 45'17.338 142.584    1 Lap       Honda Equipe de France
24 56 David FOULOI             FRA 45'18.893 142.502    1 Lap      Yamaha Fouloi Racing Team
25 23 Cesar BARROS             BRA 45'36.085 141.607    1 Lap      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz
26 53 Tom OUVRARD              FRA 45'02.760 137.619   2 Laps      Yamaha Ouvrard Racing Team

Not Classified
   20 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 19'49.032 143.375  15 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Metrored
    8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 14'49.414 121.974  19 Laps      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Yamaha TVK
   55 Diego GIUGOVAZ           ITA  5'49.667 132.966  23 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
   81 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  3'35.062 144.125  24 Laps     Aprilia Equipe de France - Scrab GP
   57 Lorenzo LANZI            ITA  3'40.944 140.288  24 Laps     Aprilia Campetella Racing
   64 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  1'53.816 136.167  25 Laps       Honda Equipe de France

500cc Race Classification (28 Laps = 120.54 km)
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  3 Max BIAGGI               ITA 46'59.346 153.916               Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 2  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 47'02.612 153.738    3.266      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 47'04.176 153.653    4.830       Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 4  6 Norick ABE               JPN 47'13.907 153.125   14.561      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 5 28 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 47'14.323 153.103   14.977       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
 6  1 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 47'22.526 152.661   23.180      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 7 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 47'28.943 152.317   29.597       Honda West Honda Pons
 8  4 Alex BARROS              BRA 47'30.551 152.231   31.205       Honda West Honda Pons
 9 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 47'31.845 152.162   32.499      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
10 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 47'32.365 152.134   33.019   Proton KR Proton TEAM KR
11 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 47'35.822 151.950   36.476      Yamaha Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3
12  8 Chris WALKER             GBR 48'15.144 149.886 1'15.798       Honda Shell Advance Honda
13 10 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 48'18.792 149.698 1'19.446      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
14 21 Barry VENEMAN            NED 47'27.055 146.975    1 Lap       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
15 32 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 48'15.132 144.534    1 Lap       Honda Arie Molenaar Racing

Not Classified
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 27'35.876 149.750  12 Laps       Pulse Pulse GP
   68 Mark WILLIS              AUS 26'31.550 146.065  13 Laps       Pulse Pulse GP
   11 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 16'53.712 152.883  18 Laps       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
   41 Noriyuki HAGA            JPN 16'56.321 152.491  18 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
   16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 13'10.860  39.192  26 Laps    Sabre V4 Sabre Sport

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