2000 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

South Africa  2000 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 19 March 2000
Official name Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix[1]
Location Phakisa Freeway, Welkom
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.242 km (2.636 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Sete Gibernau
Time 1:36.273
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:36.933 on lap 5
Podium
First Australia Garry McCoy
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:37.705
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:37.440 on lap 15
Podium
First Japan Shinya Nakano
Second Japan Daijiro Kato
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:43.464
Fastest lap
Rider France Arnaud Vincent
Time 1:42.782 on lap 22
Podium
First France Arnaud Vincent
Second Italy Mirko Giansanti
Third Spain Emilio Alzamora

The 2000 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 March 2000 at Phakisa Freeway.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 45:38.775 9 25
2 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +0.366 4 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +1.590 2 16
4 10 Brazil Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +9.745 13 13
5 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +10.253 7 11
6 2 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +15.853 3 10
7 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28 +24.228 15 9
8 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +26.719 12 8
9 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +36.231 16 7
10 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 28 +37.613 11 6
11 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 28 +1:04.044 20 5
12 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 28 +1:14.912 17 4
13 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda 28 +1:30.049 21 3
14 12 South Africa Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 28 +1:32.776 19 2
15 11 Spain José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 27 +1 lap 18 1
Ret 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 Accident 6
Ret 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 Retirement 1
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 12 Accident 5
Ret 4 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 12 Retirement 10
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 7 Retirement 8
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 2 Retirement 14
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 26 42:34.085 1 25
2 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 26 +0.875 3 20
3 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 26 +13.813 2 16
4 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 26 +30.687 5 13
5 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 26 +47.621 4 11
6 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +47.705 6 10
7 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 26 +58.221 7 9
8 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +1:02.190 11 8
9 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia 26 +1:07.732 17 7
10 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +1:09.269 18 6
11 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia 26 +1:23.219 14 5
12 30 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +1:25.538 10 4
13 13 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +1:29.763 8 3
14 26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26 +1:31.878 13 2
15 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 28 1
16 42 Spain David Checa TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 24
17 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 19
18 12 Germany Mike Baldinger Yamaha 25 +1 lap 26
Ret 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 21 Retirement 23
Ret 31 Spain Lucas Oliver Yamaha 20 Retirement 27
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 19 Retirement 12
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 20
Ret 11 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia 14 Retirement 22
Ret 54 Spain David García Aprilia 12 Accident 21
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 10 Retirement 9
Ret 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia 8 Retirement 15
Ret 15 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia 3 Accident 16
DNS 25 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 0 Did not start 25
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 41:35.310 6 25
2 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 +1.937 4 20
3 1 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 24 +2.057 11 16
4 4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +2.362 1 13
5 5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 24 +4.566 7 11
6 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Honda 24 +11.073 5 10
7 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 24 +11.187 3 9
8 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 24 +11.504 8 8
9 3 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 24 +37.723 12 7
10 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +39.819 9 6
11 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 24 +39.887 18 5
12 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 24 +39.964 10 4
13 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 24 +40.474 14 3
14 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 24 +41.118 13 2
15 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 24 +52.411 16 1
16 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 24 +52.639 15
17 35 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 24 +1:22.243 20
18 10 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 24 +1:27.527 24
19 53 San Marino William de Angelis Aprilia 24 +1:27.811 21
20 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 24 +1:28.093 17
21 51 Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia 24 +1:28.449 19
22 24 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Italjet 24 +1:28.648 22
23 18 Spain Toni Elías Honda 24 +1:47.350 23
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 4 Retirement 25
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 0 Accident 2
DNS 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Derbi Did not start
Source: [6]

References

  1. ↑ "2000 South African MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "2000 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 March 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "motogp.com · · 500cc Race Classification 2000". Motogp.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 March 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 March 2000. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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