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| October 22, 2001 | Monday | Shaba'an 4, 1422 |
Rossi wins after Biaggi crashes out
SEPANG (Malaysia), Oct 21: Newly-crowned world 500cc champion Valentino Rossi won the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday in a race that saw his Italian compatriot and rival Max Biaggi crashing out.
Biaggi’s hopes of securing second place in the world championship received a crushing blow when he took American Kenny Roberts out early in the race.
Rossi had an enormous battle on his Honda from the very start but triumphed in the end with a time of 44 minutes 46.652 seconds, clinching his 10th victory of the season.
Another Italian, Loris Capirossi, finished the 21-lap race in second place, also on a Honda, while Australian Garry McCoy came third, just four seconds behind the winner.
Leading results:
500cc (21-lap race): 1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Honda 44 minutes 46.652 seconds; 2. Loris Capirossi (Italy) Honda 44:50.203; 3. Garry McCoy (Australia) Yamaha 44:51.374; 4. Shinya Nakano (Japan) Yamaha 44:51.657; 5. Tohru Ukawa (Japan) Honda 44:55.459; 6. Alex Criville (Spain) Honda 44:58.844; 7. Alex Barros (Brazil) Honda 45:02.334; 8. Sete Gibernau (Spain) Suzuki 45:05.424; 9. Noriyuki Haga (Japan) Yamaha 45:13.664; 10. Carlos Checa (Spain) Yamaha 45:15.481;
250cc (20-lap race): 1. Daijiro Katoh (Japan) Honda 43 minutes 22.487 seconds; 2. Tetsuya Harada (Japan) Aprilia 43:37.380; 3. Fonsi Nieto (Spain) Aprilia 43:38.379; 4. Roberto Locatelli (Italy) Aprilia 43:42.235; 5. Jeremy McWilliams (Britain) Aprilia 43:58.354; 6. Franco Battaini (Italy) Aprilia 44:08.851; 7. Naoki Matsudo (Japan) Yamaha 44:08.895; 8. Alex Hoffman (Germany) Aprilia 44:09.218; 9. Sylvain Guintoli (France) Aprilia 44:19.000; 10. Roberto Rolfo (Italy) Aprilia 44:21.401;
125cc: 1. Youichi Ui (Japan) Derbi 43 minutes 21.969 seconds; 2. Manuel Poggiali (San Marino) Gilera 43:23.347; 3. Lucio Cecchinello (Italy) Aprilia 43:23.465; 4. Daniel Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 43:24.430; 5. Gino Borsoi (Italy) Aprilia 43:25.256; 6. Toni Elias (Spain) Honda 43:25.534; 7. Arnaud Vincent (France) Honda 43:25.737; 8. Masao Azuma (Japan) Honda 43:26.392; 9. Mirko Giansanti (Italy) Honda 43:51.295; 10. Max Sabbatani (Italy) Aprilia 43:51.561.—Reuters
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