The normal excitement of this 2001 500cc MotorGP World Championship featured 4 Yamaha groups entering a standard of 8 services and products. The Yamaha YZR 500 '01 had encountered numerous improvements through past year. These alterations was in fact designed to enhance driver feel, self-esteem, and rideability, and enabled crisper throttle reaction in sluggish corners, which encouraged the rider to accelerate a great deal harder and earlier, among the YZR500's stronger characteristics. The greatest modification on look the 2001 model wound up being this amazing carbon-fiber bodywork, and this can be created to provide more stability at greater costs. The cyclists both bikes entered by the Factory Yamaha team was in reality Massimiliano "Max" Biaggi, nicknamed "The Roman Emperor," and teammate Carlos Checa "El Toro." M. Biaggi secured their first success on French Grand Prix with C. Checa showing up 2nd. Biaggi afterwards proceeded to simply take Round 7, the Dutch TT and Round 9, the German Grand Prix.