2001 Spanish Motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 2001 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

It took place on the weekend of May 4-6, 2001 at the Circuito de Jerez. 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.