2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 October 2000 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. Kenny Roberts Jr sealed the world title at this race by finishing in 6th place. Suzuki's last world championship until the 2020 season with Joan Mir.

Brazil  2000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date7 October 2000
Official nameCinzano Rio Grand Prix[1]
LocationAutódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.933 km (3.065 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:51.058
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:52.667 on lap 22
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Brazil Alex Barros
Third Australia Garry McCoy
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:53.464
Fastest lap
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:54.394 on lap 2
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Tohru Ukawa
Third Italy Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:59.011
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Mirko Giansanti
Time 1:59.368 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Simone Sanna
Second Japan Masao Azuma
Third Japan Youichi Ui

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 24 45:22.624 4 25
2 10 Brazil Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 24 +0.970 2 20
3 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +3.446 13 16
4 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +3.568 6 13
5 4 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +3.709 1 11
6 2 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +7.778 7 10
7 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +8.260 11 9
8 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +8.518 9 8
9 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +17.506 8 7
10 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 24 +23.254 10 6
11 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +28.802 12 5
12 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +34.134 15 4
13 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 24 +54.359 16 3
14 68 Australia Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 24 +1:03.182 17 2
15 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:03.506 3 1
16 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 24 +1:21.941 18
17 33 Spain David Tomás Sabre Sport Honda 23 +1 lap 19
18 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 23 +1 lap 20
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 2 Accident 5
Ret 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 2 Retirement 14
DNQ 18 Belgium Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Did not qualify
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 22 42:14.822 3 25
2 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 22 +0.064 6 20
3 35 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +0.190 1 16
4 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 22 +13.788 5 13
5 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 22 +19.087 13 11
6 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 22 +19.236 7 10
7 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +24.786 4 9
8 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 22 +31.874 12 8
9 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia 22 +41.546 10 7
10 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 22 +45.904 9 6
11 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 22 +55.630 15 5
12 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +55.670 16 4
13 11 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia 22 +55.980 18 3
14 22 France Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 22 +56.327 20 2
15 23 France Julien Allemand Yamaha 22 +56.491 24 1
16 25 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 22 +56.713 21
17 26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 22 +1:08.066 14
18 15 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia 22 +1:12.784 27
19 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 22 +1:23.491 23
20 31 Spain Lucas Oliver Yamaha 22 +1:39.172 25
21 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 22 +1:41.493 17
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 16 Accident 2
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 11 Accident 19
Ret 42 Spain David Checa TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 11
Ret 68 Brazil Cristiano Vieira Honda 5 Retirement 29
Ret 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia 4 Retirement 22
Ret 67 Brazil César Barros Honda 1 Accident 28
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 0 Retirement 26
Ret 30 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 0 Accident 8
DNS 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia Did not start
Source: [5]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 42:14.265 3 25
2 3 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 +0.034 9 20
3 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +5.680 2 16
4 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 21 +14.597 6 13
5 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 21 +14.890 14 11
6 5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +15.056 10 10
7 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +16.677 7 9
8 1 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +17.033 15 8
9 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 21 +17.566 11 7
10 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +18.043 13 6
11 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 21 +20.526 8 5
12 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 21 +20.695 20 4
13 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Honda 21 +26.309 16 3
14 18 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 21 +50.820 22 2
15 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 21 +1:04.998 21 1
16 51 Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia 21 +1:05.290 17
17 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 21 +1:05.753 18
18 35 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 21 +1:27.528 24
Ret 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 20 Retirement 4
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 16 Retirement 12
Ret 24 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Italjet 15 Retirement 23
Ret 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 11 Retirement 19
Ret 4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 Retirement 1
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Derbi 6 Retirement 5
DNS 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda Did not start
DNS 53 San Marino William de Angelis Aprilia Did not start
DNQ 90 Brazil Leandro Panadés Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 89 Brazil Renato Velludo Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 52 Brazil Gian Calabrezzi Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 87 Brazil Wesley Gutierrez Honda Did not qualify
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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

References
  1. "2000 Brazilian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. "2000 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. "motogp.com · RIO GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  5. "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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