2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 April 2000 at the Suzuka Circuit.

  2000 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date9 April 2000
Official nameMarlboro Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 2:06.679
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 2:08.304 on lap 19
Podium
First Norick Abe
Second Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Third Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Daijiro Kato
Time 2:07.987
Fastest lap
Rider Shinya Nakano
Time 2:08.581 on lap 19
Podium
First Daijiro Kato
Second Tohru Ukawa
Third Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Youichi Ui
Time 2:14.975
Fastest lap
Rider Roberto Locatelli
Time 2:15.406 on lap 5
Podium
First Youichi Ui
Second Noboru Ueda
Third Masao Azuma

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 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +0.279 1 20
3 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +1.912 7 16
4 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +2.002 12 13
5 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +2.530 9 11
6 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +2.678 10 10
7 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 21 +4.213 14 9
8 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 21 +4.902 5 8
9 24 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 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 21 +29.785 13 5
12 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 21 +42.069 6 4
13 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 21 +48.774 16 3
14 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +58.022 15 2
15 11 José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 21 +1:22.141 19 1
16 15 Yoshiteru Konishi F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda 21 +1:22.247 21
17 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 21 +1:22.523 20
18 12 Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 20 +1 lap 22
Ret 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 20 Accident 4
Ret 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 10 Accident 2
Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 8 Retirement 17
Ret 25 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 Daijiro Kato Honda 19 41:00.361 1 25
2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 19 +0.129 4 20
3 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 19 +0.231 3 16
4 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 19 +15.009 2 13
5 13 Marco Melandri Aprilia 19 +41.325 8 11
6 14 Anthony West Honda 19 +53.261 14 10
7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 19 +53.627 11 9
8 49 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 19 +53.746 9 8
9 48 Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 19 +59.737 13 7
10 50 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 19 +1:00.249 5 6
11 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 19 +1:00.344 18 5
12 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 19 +1:04.338 12 4
13 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 19 +1:12.660 28 3
14 32 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 19 +1:12.899 10 2
15 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 19 +1:13.434 23 1
16 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 19 +1:14.678 22
17 47 Tekkyu Kayoh TSR-Honda 19 +1:17.496 21
18 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 19 +1:24.131 19
19 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 19 +1:25.829 15
20 51 Daisaku Sakai Honda 19 +1:37.117 20
21 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 19 +1:45.687 27
22 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 19 +1:45.757 26
23 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 19 +2:08.832 29
Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 30
Ret 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 7 Accident 24
Ret 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 4 Accident 6
Ret 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 3 Retirement 25
Ret 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 2 Accident 16
Ret 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 0 Accident 17
DSQ 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 19 (+49.477) 7
DNS 25 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda Did not start
DNS 54 David García Aprilia Did not start
DNS 12 Mike Baldinger Yamaha Did not start
Source: [7]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 18 41:04.264 1 25
2 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 18 +7.848 2 20
3 3 Masao Azuma Honda 18 +8.667 12 16
4 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 18 +18.623 5 13
5 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 18 +20.881 13 11
6 26 Ivan Goi Honda 18 +21.329 9 10
7 55 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 18 +22.707 11 9
8 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 18 +22.731 10 8
9 56 Yuzo Fujioka Honda 18 +22.958 8 7
10 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 18 +23.261 7 6
11 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 +41.116 21 5
12 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 18 +41.157 23 4
13 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 18 +41.952 28 3
14 57 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 18 +44.027 20 2
15 58 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 18 +48.081 17 1
16 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 18 +57.807 29
17 18 Toni Elías Honda 18 +58.792 18
18 53 William de Angelis Aprilia 18 +59.182 27
19 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 18 +59.503 22
20 10 Adrián Araujo Honda 18 +1:44.115 30
Ret 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 15 Accident 15
Ret 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 15 Accident 3
Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 12 Retirement 19
Ret 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 8 Accident 4
Ret 59 Shinichi Sugaya Yamaha 8 Retirement 26
Ret 24 Leon Haslam Italjet 3 Accident 25
Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 2 Accident 6
Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 Retirement 14
Ret 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 1 Retirement 16
Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 0 Accident 24
DNQ 54 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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