2000 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 September 2000 at the Circuit de Valencia.

Spain  2000 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17 September 2000
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana[1][2]
LocationValencia
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 1:35.133
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:36.085 on lap 4
Podium
First Australia Garry McCoy
Second United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third Italy Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:36.680
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:36.398 on lap 16
Podium
First Japan Shinya Nakano
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Italy Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:40.918
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:40.631 on lap 8
Podium
First Italy Roberto Locatelli
Second Japan Masao Azuma
Third Japan Youichi Ui

500 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24   Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 48:27.799 4 25
2 2   Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +5.005 1 20
3 4   Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +5.978 2 16
4 9   Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +8.675 12 13
5 10   Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 30 +14.247 7 11
6 55   Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +16.111 10 10
7 7   Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +19.967 6 9
8 5   Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +21.094 9 8
9 8   Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +21.346 14 7
10 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 30 +37.506 8 6
11 11   José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 30 +37.682 15 5
12 25   José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 30 +59.465 18 4
13 33   David Tomás Queroseno Racing Team Honda 29 +1 lap 19 3
14 15   Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 29 +1 lap 20 2
15 20   Phil Giles Sabre Sport Honda 29 +1 lap 22 1
Ret 46   Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 26 Accident 5
Ret 43   Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 15 Retirement 23
Ret 1   Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 12 Retirement 11
Ret 65   Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 10 Accident 3
Ret 99   Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 6 Accident 13
Ret 6   Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 3 Accident 16
Ret 18   Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 3 Retirement 21
Ret 31   Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 1 Retirement 17
Source: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 56   Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 43:49.140 2 25
2 19   Olivier Jacque Yamaha 27 +4.285 1 20
3 35   Marco Melandri Aprilia 27 +14.848 3 16
4 4   Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 +14.897 4 13
5 74   Daijiro Kato Honda 27 +20.208 13 11
6 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +36.491 5 10
7 14   Anthony West Honda 27 +39.810 14 9
8 9   Sebastián Porto Yamaha 27 +39.887 12 8
9 24   Jason Vincent Aprilia 27 +40.271 19 7
10 42   David Checa TSR-Honda 27 +40.273 8 6
11 30   Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +53.509 7 5
12 37   Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 27 +56.619 9 4
13 6   Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 27 +56.709 6 3
14 18   Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 27 +1:01.788 11 2
15 8   Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +1:04.067 18 1
16 25   Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 27 +1:17.605 20
17 10   Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 27 +1:18.349 10
18 66   Alex Hofmann Aprilia 27 +1:20.839 24
19 77   Jamie Robinson Aprilia 27 +1:22.270 17
20 23   Julien Allemand Yamaha 27 +1:28.758 22
21 11   Ivan Clementi Aprilia 27 +1:30.004 23
22 31   Lucas Oliver Yamaha 27 +1:34.529 28
23 15   Adrian Coates Aprilia 26 +1 lap 21
24 41   Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1 lap 25
Ret 26   Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 20 Retirement 15
Ret 39   Ismael Bonilla Honda 19 Retirement 29
Ret 38   Álvaro Molina TSR-Honda 14 Retirement 30
Ret 16   Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 26
Ret 22   Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 2 Retirement 27
Ret 20   Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 0 Retirement 16
Source: [6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 42:27.505 1 25
2 3   Masao Azuma Honda 25 +0.433 6 20
3 41   Youichi Ui Derbi 25 +7.925 2 16
4 22   Pablo Nieto Derbi 25 +7.941 4 13
5 1   Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +15.086 3 11
6 16   Simone Sanna Aprilia 25 +20.463 17 10
7 8   Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 25 +20.625 19 9
8 9   Lucio Cecchinello Honda 25 +21.015 8 8
9 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +21.456 11 7
10 21   Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 25 +21.688 10 6
11 5   Noboru Ueda Honda 25 +21.848 9 5
12 15   Alex de Angelis Honda 25 +25.453 5 4
13 32   Mirko Giansanti Honda 25 +27.102 12 3
14 54   Manuel Poggiali Derbi 25 +32.153 18 2
15 18   Antonio Elías Honda 25 +36.034 15 1
16 17   Steve Jenkner Honda 25 +44.666 20
17 29   Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 25 +47.817 7
18 12   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +47.862 13
19 44   Héctor Faubel Aprilia 25 +1:10.477 26
20 51   Marco Petrini Aprilia 25 +1:12.524 24
21 39   Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 25 +1:12.684 23
22 24   Leon Haslam Italjet 25 +1:17.512 25
23 35   Reinhard Stolz Honda 25 +1:26.832 28
24 43   David Micó Aprilia 25 +1:27.526 21
25 53   William de Angelis Aprilia 25 +1:30.158 29
26 11   Max Sabbatani Honda 24 +1 lap 16
Ret 47   Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia 21 Retirement 27
Ret 34   Eric Bataille Honda 13 Accident 22
Ret 26   Ivan Goi Honda 13 Accident 14
Ret 10   Adrián Araujo Honda 0 Retirement 30
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.[8]

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

References edit

  1. ^ "2000 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Valencia Ricardo Tormo - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2000 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 September 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-21.


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