2000 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 September 2000 at Estoril.

Portugal  2000 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 September 2000
Official nameGrande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal[1]
LocationAutódromo do Estoril
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Australia Garry McCoy
Time 1:40.736
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:42.200 on lap 28
Podium
First Australia Garry McCoy
Second United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third Italy Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:42.506
Fastest lap
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:42.985 on lap 3
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Italy Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:47.080
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:47.279 on lap 9
Podium
First Spain Emilio Alzamora
Second Italy Roberto Locatelli
Third France Arnaud Vincent

This was the first Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix since 1987. It was previously a one-off race held in Spain.

500 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 24   Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 48:07.663 1 25
2 2   Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +4.941 4 20
3 46   Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 28 +5.182 12 16
4 4   Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +5.724 5 13
5 55   Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +13.759 10 11
6 1   Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +15.422 9 10
7 8   Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +15.425 6 9
8 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 28 +15.776 3 8
9 6   Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28 +19.623 13 7
10 10   Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +19.843 7 6
11 99   Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28 +32.421 15 5
12 7   Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +33.195 8 4
13 65   Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +54.916 14 3
14 31   Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28 +1:13.562 17 2
15 68   Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 28 +1:18.311 16 1
16 25   José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 28 +1:19.532 18
17 15   Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 28 +1:47.140 19
18 18   Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 27 +1 lap 20
19 20   Phil Giles Sabre Sport Honda 27 +1 lap 21
Ret 5   Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 20 Accident 11
Ret 43   Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 10 Retirement 22
Ret 9   Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 0 Accident 2
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74   Daijiro Kato Honda 26 45:07.769 2 25
2 19   Olivier Jacque Yamaha 26 +10.954 1 20
3 35   Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +28.317 6 16
4 14   Anthony West Honda 26 +34.314 12 13
5 26   Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26 +35.983 8 11
6 10   Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26 +40.091 11 10
7 24   Jason Vincent Aprilia 26 +40.375 14 9
8 11   Ivan Clementi Aprilia 26 +51.493 19 8
9 22   Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 26 +54.322 18 7
10 18   Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +54.506 26 6
11 66   Alex Hofmann Aprilia 26 +58.840 25 5
12 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +59.337 13 4
13 25   Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 26 +1:00.132 16 3
14 37   Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 26 +1:05.509 24 2
15 77   Jamie Robinson Aprilia 26 +1:24.133 27 1
16 23   Julien Allemand Yamaha 26 +1:24.462 23
17 31   Lucas Oliver Yamaha 26 +1:35.079 20
18 85   Felisberto Teixeira Yamaha 25 +1 lap 29
19 38   Álvaro Molina TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 28
Ret 20   Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 Retirement 21
Ret 15   Adrian Coates Aprilia 12 Retirement 22
Ret 41   Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 17
Ret 4   Tohru Ukawa Honda 3 Accident 4
Ret 56   Shinya Nakano Yamaha 3 Accident 3
Ret 8   Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 3 Accident 15
Ret 6   Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 2 Accident 5
Ret 9   Sebastián Porto Yamaha 1 Accident 10
Ret 42   David Checa TSR-Honda 1 Accident 7
Ret 30   Alex Debón Aprilia 1 Accident 9
DNS 16   Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda Did not start
DNQ 86   Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha Did not qualify
DNQ 87   Pablo Antelo Honda Did not qualify
Source: [5]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Emilio Alzamora Honda 24 43:22.891 2 25
2 4   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +3.691 3 20
3 21   Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 +12.233 8 16
4 9   Lucio Cecchinello Honda 24 +12.804 17 13
5 16   Simone Sanna Aprilia 24 +16.958 14 11
6 26   Ivan Goi Honda 24 +19.629 15 10
7 12   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 24 +26.990 9 9
8 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +30.785 10 8
9 29   Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 24 +30.794 13 7
10 39   Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 24 +33.054 23 6
11 17   Steve Jenkner Honda 24 +33.466 20 5
12 22   Pablo Nieto Derbi 24 +49.454 19 4
13 11   Max Sabbatani Honda 24 +1:04.046 22 3
14 10   Adrián Araujo Honda 24 +1:13.056 27 2
15 53   William de Angelis Aprilia 24 +1:13.060 21 1
16 34   Eric Bataille Honda 24 +1:14.132 26
17 18   Antonio Elías Honda 23 +1 lap 16
18 84   José Leite Honda 23 +1 lap 28
Ret 3   Masao Azuma Honda 23 Accident 11
Ret 54   Manuel Poggiali Derbi 17 Retirement 4
Ret 24   Leon Haslam Italjet 17 Retirement 25
Ret 15   Alex de Angelis Honda 12 Accident 5
Ret 32   Mirko Giansanti Honda 10 Accident 6
Ret 51   Marco Petrini Aprilia 10 Retirement 24
Ret 41   Youichi Ui Derbi 9 Accident 1
Ret 8   Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 9 Accident 12
Ret 35   Reinhard Stolz Honda 9 Accident 18
Ret 5   Noboru Ueda Honda 8 Accident 7
DNQ 86   Paulo Henriques Aprilia Did not qualify
DNQ 83   Emmanuel Carvalho Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 85   Manuel Vieira Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[7]

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

References edit

  1. ^ "2000 Portuguese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2000 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "GP Marlboro de Portugal – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "GP Marlboro de Portugal – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. ^ "GP Marlboro de Portugal – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 3 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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