2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Japan  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 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 Japan 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 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 April 2000 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Japan 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 Japan 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 Modenas 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[edit]

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[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

  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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