2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 52nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Kenny Roberts, Jr. fulfilled the promise of his 2nd place in 1999 by winning the championship for 2000 with 2 races to spare. The season also saw the premier class-debut of Valentino Rossi, who began the year with crashes in the first two rounds and also had a third at Valencia; nonetheless, he came in second as a rookie in the class with 2 wins and 8 podiums. Garry McCoy achieved 3 wins with his spectacular 2-wheel sliding style, and his use of 16.5-inch (420 mm) tires began a general transition to that size,^[1] though it had been used previously in 500 cc by Kevin Schwantz.^[2]

Defending champion Àlex Crivillé had a disappointing season, bothered by an undetermined illness and a new NSR engine with a power curve that was difficult to manage. Said Jeremy Burgess: "In the middle of the corner, in the transition of getting back onto the power, the engine was weak, because all the power had gone to the top. You couldn't transfer the weight with the throttle from the front to the rear without feeling this weakness. That led to a tendency to over-open the throttle… and things would happen." By the third round, Honda started going back to much of the 1999 parts, though Rossi and Burgess decided to use the 2000 chassis with the 1999 engine.^[3]

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 winner	250 winner	500 winner	Report
1	March 19	South African Grand Prix	Phakisa	Arnaud Vincent	Shinya Nakano	Garry McCoy	Report
2	April 2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
3	April 9	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Norick Abe	Report
4	April 30	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Emilio Alzamora	Ralf Waldmann	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
5	May 14	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Youichi Ui	Tohru Ukawa	Àlex Crivillé	Report
6	May 28	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Loris Capirossi	Report
7	June 11	Catalan Grand Prix	Catalunya	Simone Sanna	Olivier Jacque	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
8	June 24	Dutch TT	Assen	Youichi Ui	Tohru Ukawa	Alex Barros	Report
9	July 9	British Grand Prix	Donington Park	Youichi Ui	Ralf Waldmann	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	July 23	German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Youichi Ui	Olivier Jacque	Alex Barros	Report
11	August 20	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Max Biaggi	Report
12	September 3	Portuguese Grand Prix	Estoril	Emilio Alzamora	Daijiro Kato	Garry McCoy	Report
13	September 17	Valencian Grand Prix	Valencia	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Garry McCoy	Report
14	October 7	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Simone Sanna	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	October 15	Pacific Grand Prix	Motegi	Roberto Locatelli	Daijiro Kato	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
16	October 29	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Masao Azuma	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Report

500 cc World Championship final standings

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos Rider Bike RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts 1 Roberts Jr Suzuki 6 1 2 1 6 6 1 Ret 2 3 4 2 2 6 1 7 258 2 Rossi Honda Ret Ret 11 3 3 12 3 6 1 2 2 3 Ret 1 2 3 209 3 Biaggi Yamaha Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 4 9 4 1 4 3 5 3 1 170 4 Barros Honda 4 8 7 5 5 Ret Ret 1 14 1 Ret 10 5 2 7 4 163 5 McCoy Yamaha 1 3 9 Ret 4 Ret 16 15 17 10 3 1 1 3 Ret 5 161 6 Checa Yamaha 2 2 5 2 7 2 Ret 5 11 9 11 12 7 15 4 Ret 155 7 Capirossi Honda 3 Ret 12 6 8 1 6 3 4 6 5 13 Ret Ret 8 2 154 8 Abe Yamaha 7 17 1 Ret 2 5 2 10 6 11 Ret 9 Ret 4 5 6 147 9 Crivillé Honda 5 Ret 6 4 1 Ret Ret 2 7 Ret 7 6 Ret 11 6 Ret 122 10 Aoki Suzuki 8 5 4 7 11 4 4 13 16 13 8 Ret 4 12 9 10 116 11 Okada Honda Ret 6 3 10 14 8 15 11 10 5 10 7 9 9 10 9 107 12 Laconi Yamaha 9 9 14 8 9 7 13 8 12 7 13 5 6 8 11 11 106 13 vd Goorbergh TSR-Honda 10 11 13 9 13 11 7 9 5 Ret 12 8 10 10 15 12 85 14 McWilliams Aprilia Ret 10 8 Ret 12 3 12 Ret 3 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 14 8 76 15 Gibernau Honda Ret 7 Ret Ret 15 10 Ret 7 11 10 8 Ret 8 7 12 Ret 72 16 Harada Aprilia Ret 12 Ret 11 10 Ret 9 12 Ret Ret 14 14 Ret 13 13 14 38 17 de Gea Modenas 15 14 15 12 16 Ret 8 14 11 23 18 Cardoso Honda 11 13 Ret Ret 13 DNS Ret 12 16 16 12 16 DNQ DNQ 19 19 Konishi TSR-Honda 13 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 10 Ret DNQ 20 17 14 18 18 15 16 20 Le Grelle Honda 17 14 11 Ret 18 DNQ 18 18 Ret DNQ 7 21 Ryo Suzuki 10 6 22 Gimbert Honda 12 15 17 Ret 5 23 Norval Honda 14 16 18 Ret 14 4 24 McGuinness Honda 13 3 25 Tomás Honda 13 17 17 Ret 3 26 Kayo TSR-Honda DNS 3 Honda 16 13 27 Cadalora Modenas 14 15 3 28 Willis Modenas 15 14 DNS Ret 3 29 Gobert Modenas 15 1 30 Tessari Paton Ret 15 17 Ret Ret 1 31 Giles Honda Ret Ret DNQ 19 19 15 1 Ramsay Honda Ret 0 Haslam Honda DNS 0 Briggs BSL DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Rider Team RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

500 cc Constructor's Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	1	1	1	3	3	1	318
2	Honda	3	6	3	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	5	1	2	2	311
3	Suzuki	6	1	2	1	6	4	1	13	2	3	4	2	2	6	1	7	264
4	Aprilia	Ret	10	8	11	10	3	9	12	3	Ret	9	11	Ret	13	13	8	94
5	TSR-Honda	10	11	13	9	13	11	7	9	5	Ret	12	8	10	10	15	12	85
6	Modenas KR3	15	14	15	12	16	Ret	8	14	15	14	15	15	11	14	DNS	Ret	30
7	Paton						Ret				15	17	Ret	Ret				1
	BSL															DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts

250 cc World Championship final standings

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts	Wins
1	Olivier Jacque	Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3	279	3
2	Shinya Nakano	Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3	272	5
3	Daijiro Kato	AXO Honda Gresini	259	4
4	Tohru Ukawa	Shell Advance Honda	239	2
5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	159
6	Anthony West	Shell Advance Honda	146
7	Ralf Waldmann	Aprila Germany	143	2
8	Franco Battaini	Motoracing Battaini Aprilia	96
9	Sebastián Porto	EDO Racing Yamaha	83
10	Naoki Matsudo	Petronas Sprinter TVK Yamaha	79
11	Jason Vincent	Padgetts M/C Sales Aprilia	64
12=	Klaus Nöhles	Aprila Germany	45
12=	Luca Boscoscuro	Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia	45
14	Fonsi Nieto	Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin	35
15	Álex Debón	Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia	32
16=	Roberto Rolfo	Tino Villa Racing TSR-Honda	26
16=	Johann Stigefelt	DeeCee Jeans Racing TSR-Honda	26
18	Shahrol Yuzy	Petronas Sprinter TVK Yamaha	24
19	Jamie Robinson	QUB Team Optimum Aprilia	23
20	David Checa	Team Fomma TSR-Honda	23
21	Ivan Clementi	Campetella Racing Aprilia	17
22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tino Villa Racing TSR-Honda	16
23	Vincent Philippe	AXO Honda Gresini TSR-Honda	14
24	Julien Allemand	Kurz Aral Yamaha	13
25	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	12
26	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	9
27=	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	8
27=	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	8
29=	Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	7
29=	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin	7
31=	Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	5
31=	Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	5
33	Jarno Janssen	Rizla TSR-Honda	4
34	Gary Haslam	Honda	3
35=	Adrian Coates	QUB Team Optimum Aprilia	2
35=	Taro Sekiguchi	32-Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin	2
35=	David Tomás	PR2 Circuito de Almeria Honda	2
35=	Jerónimo Vidal	Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia	2

125 cc World Championship final standings

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts
1	Roberto Locatelli	Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia	230
2	Youichi Ui	Festina Derbi	217
3	Emilio Alzamora	Telefónica movistar Honda	203
4	Masao Azuma	Benetton Playlife Honda	174
5	Noboru Ueda	GiVi Honda LCR	152
6	Simone Sanna	Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia	132
7	Arnaud Vincent	Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia	131
8	Mirko Giansanti	Benetton Playlife Honda	129
9	Gino Borsoi	LAE UGT 3000 Aprilia	112
10	Ivan Goi	Fomma Honda	107
11	Lucio Cecchinello	GiVi Honda LCR	91
12	Steve Jenkner	ADAC Sachsen Honda	73
13	Pablo Nieto	Festina Derbi	67
14	Gianluigi Scalvini	Bossini Fontana Racing Aprilia	64
15	Angel Nieto Jr	Telefónica movistar Honda	56
16	Manuel Poggiali	Festina Derbi	52
17	Randy de Puniet	SCRAB Compétition Aprilia	50
18	Alex De Angelis	Chupa Chups Matteoni Rg. Honda	40
19	Jaroslav Hules	Italjet Moto	26
20	Toni Elías	Chupa Chups Matteoni Rg. Honda	23
21	Reinhard Stolz	RS ADAC Esch Racing Honda	21
22	Max Sabbatani	Racing Service Honda	16
23	Marco Petrini	Semprucci Biesse Aprilia Aprilia	11
24	Eric Bataille	Queroseno Racing Team Honda	10
25	Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda	9
26	Yuzo Fujioka	Honda	7
27	Leon Haslam	Italjet Moto	6
28	Jakub Smrz	Honda	5
29=	Adrián Araujo	Antinucci Racing Team Aprilia	2
29=	Alessandro Brannetti	Antinucci Racing Team Honda	2
29=	Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	2
29=	Ivan Martínez	Aprilia	2
29=	Jarno Müller	Honda	2
34=	William De Angelis	Semprucci Biesse Aprilia	1
34=	Katsuji Uezu	Yamaha	1

Participants

500 cc participants

No Rider Team Motorcycle Rounds 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Honda All 2 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki All 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Yamaha All 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Honda All 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha All 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Yamaha All 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Honda All 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki All 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda All 11 José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 1–8, 13 12 Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 1–4, 7 15 Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 1–9, 11–16 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda All 18 Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 5–14 19 Akira Ryo Team Suzuki Suzuki 3 20 Phil Giles Sabre Sport Honda 8–13 21 Ron Haslam Sabre Sport Honda 5 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 1–4 23 Callum Ramsay Sabre Sport Honda 6 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha All 25 José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda Honda 1–4, 6–7, 9–16 26 John McGuinness Demon Vimto Honda Honda 9 27 Luca Cadalora Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 10–11 30 Anthony Gobert Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 9 31 Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Aprilia All 33 David Tomás Queroseno Racing Team Honda 13 Sabre Sport Honda 14–16 36 Stephen Briggs BSL BSL 15–16 43 Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 6, 10–13 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda All 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha All 56 Tekkyu Kayo FCC TSR TSR-Honda 10 Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 15–16 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda All 68 Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 12, 14–16 99 Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Aprilia All

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2000/NAT/500cc/World+Standing. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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3. ^ Scott, M. "Dancing With Dinosaurs," page 46. Motocourse 2000-2001. Richmond, Hazleton Publishing Ltd., 2000.

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