2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Suzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 2:06.679
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 2:08.304 on lap 19
Podium
First
Norick Abe
Second United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third Japan Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 2:07.987
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 2:08.581 on lap 19
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Tohru Ukawa
Third Japan Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 2:14.975
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 2:15.406 on lap 5
Podium
First Japan Youichi Ui
Second Japan Noboru Ueda
Third Japan Masao Azuma

The 2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the

Suzuka Circuit
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500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6
Norick Abe
Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 21 45:16.657 8 25
2 2 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +0.279 1 20
3 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +1.912 7 16
4 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +2.002 12 13
5 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +2.530 9 11
6 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +2.678 10 10
7 10 Brazil Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 21 +4.213 14 9
8 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 21 +4.902 5 8
9 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +15.471 11 7
10 19
Akira Ryo
Team Suzuki Suzuki 21 +15.662 3 6
11 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 21 +29.785 13 5
12 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 21 +42.069 6 4
13 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 21 +48.774 16 3
14 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +58.022 15 2
15 11 Spain José David de Gea Proton Team KR
KR3
21 +1:22.141 19 1
16 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda 21 +1:22.247 21
17 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 21 +1:22.523 20
18 12 South Africa Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 20 +1 lap 22
Ret 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 20 Accident 4
Ret 4 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 10 Accident 2
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 8 Retirement 17
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 4 Retirement 18
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 19 41:00.361 1 25
2 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 19 +0.129 4 20
3 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 19 +0.231 3 16
4 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 19 +15.009 2 13
5 13 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 19 +41.325 8 11
6 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 19 +53.261 14 10
7 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 19 +53.627 11 9
8 49 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 19 +53.746 9 8
9 48 Japan Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 19 +59.737 13 7
10 50 Japan Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 19 +1:00.249 5 6
11 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 19 +1:00.344 18 5
12 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 19 +1:04.338 12 4
13 26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 19 +1:12.660 28 3
14 32 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 19 +1:12.899 10 2
15 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 19 +1:13.434 23 1
16 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia 19 +1:14.678 22
17 47 Japan Tekkyu Kayoh TSR-Honda 19 +1:17.496 21
18 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 19 +1:24.131 19
19 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 19 +1:25.829 15
20 51 Japan Daisaku Sakai Honda 19 +1:37.117 20
21 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 19 +1:45.687 27
22 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 19 +1:45.757 26
23 42 Spain David Checa TSR-Honda 19 +2:08.832 29
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 30
Ret 11 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia 7 Accident 24
Ret 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 4 Accident 6
Ret 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia 3 Retirement 25
Ret 15 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia 2 Accident 16
Ret 30 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 0 Accident 17
DSQ 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 19 (+49.477) 7
DNS 25 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda Did not start
DNS 54 Spain David García Aprilia Did not start
DNS 12 Germany Mike Baldinger Yamaha Did not start
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 18 41:04.264 1 25
2 5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 18 +7.848 2 20
3 3 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 18 +8.667 12 16
4 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 18 +18.623 5 13
5 1 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 18 +20.881 13 11
6 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 18 +21.329 9 10
7 55 Japan Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 18 +22.707 11 9
8 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 18 +22.731 10 8
9 56 Japan Yuzo Fujioka Honda 18 +22.958 8 7
10 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 18 +23.261 7 6
11 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 +41.116 21 5
12 51 Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia 18 +41.157 23 4
13 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Honda 18 +41.952 28 3
14 57 Japan Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 18 +44.027 20 2
15 58 Japan Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 18 +48.081 17 1
16 35 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 18 +57.807 29
17 18 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 18 +58.792 18
18 53 San Marino William de Angelis Aprilia 18 +59.182 27
19 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 18 +59.503 22
20 10 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 18 +1:44.115 30
Ret 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 15 Accident 15
Ret 4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 15 Accident 3
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 12 Retirement 19
Ret 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 8 Accident 4
Ret 59 Japan Shinichi Sugaya Yamaha 8 Retirement 26
Ret 24 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Italjet 3 Accident 25
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 2 Accident 6
Ret 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 Retirement 14
Ret 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 1 Retirement 16
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 0 Accident 24
DNQ 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Derbi Did not qualify
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[9]

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

References

  1. ^ "2000 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2000 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "2000 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". Motogp.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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