2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 October 2000 at the Twin Ring Motegi.

Japan  2000 Pacific Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date15 October 2000
Official namePacific Grand Prix of Motegi[1][2]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:49.954
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:50.591 on lap 22
Podium
First United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Italy Max Biaggi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:52.574
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:52.253 on lap 23
Podium
First Japan Daijiro Kato
Second Japan Shinya Nakano
Third Italy Marco Melandri
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:58.831
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:58.816 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Roberto Locatelli
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Italy Simone Sanna

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 46:23.327 2 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 25 +6.175 5 20
3 4 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +6.360 1 16
4 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +19.727 7 13
5 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +21.994 6 11
6 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +22.237 12 10
7 10 Brazil Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 25 +23.963 4 9
8 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 25 +26.051 3 8
9 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +26.388 10 7
10 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +32.508 9 6
11 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 +36.078 13 5
12 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 25 +37.760 11 4
13 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 25 +38.014 16 3
14 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 25 +55.657 14 2
15 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 25 +1:06.664 15 1
16 56 Japan Tekkyu Kayoh Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 25 +1:28.554 17
17 33 Spain David Tomás Sabre Sport Honda 24 +1 lap 19
18 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 24 +1 lap 20
Ret 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 17 Retirement 8
DNS 68 Australia Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 0 Did not start 18
DNQ 36 New Zealand Stephen Briggs BSL BSL Did not qualify
WD 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda Withdrew
Sources: [3][4][5]

250cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 23 43:26.394 1 25
2 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 23 +0.707 3 20
3 35 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 23 +19.677 2 16
4 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 23 +24.260 5 13
5 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 23 +28.673 4 11
6 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 23 +49.317 9 10
7 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 23 +50.661 7 9
8 89 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 23 +1:06.700 17 8
9 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia 23 +1:08.330 13 7
10 88 Japan Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 23 +1:14.158 12 6
11 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +1:20.838 15 5
12 30 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 23 +1:20.946 8 4
13 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 23 +1:22.398 18 3
14 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 23 +1:22.817 14 2
15 42 Spain David Checa TSR-Honda 23 +1:22.942 16 1
16 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +1:37.060 20
17 90 Japan Yoshinori Korogi Honda 23 +1:46.753 26
18 22 France Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 23 +1:46.792 29
19 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 23 +1:48.952 27
Ret 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 14 Accident 10
Ret 23 France Julien Allemand Yamaha 5 Retirement 23
Ret 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia 2 Accident 28
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 1 Accident 6
Ret 25 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 0 Accident 21
Ret 26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 0 Accident 24
Ret 31 Spain Lucas Oliver Yamaha 0 Accident 30
Ret 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 0 Accident 25
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 0 Accident 22
Ret 48 Japan Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 0 Accident 19
DSQ 49 Japan Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 23 (+1:08.510) 11
DNS 15 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia Did not start
DNS 11 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia Did not start
DNS 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia Did not start
Source: [6]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 41:55.152 1 25
2 1 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +13.790 5 20
3 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 +16.429 12 16
4 3 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 21 +21.734 4 13
5 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 21 +28.060 8 11
6 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 21 +28.277 10 10
7 5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +28.322 7 9
8 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +29.155 6 8
9 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +29.521 18 7
10 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 21 +33.499 11 6
11 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Derbi 21 +38.889 13 5
12 18 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 21 +39.828 21 4
13 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Honda 21 +39.983 15 3
14 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +40.151 20 2
15 56 Japan Yuzo Fujioka NER Honda 21 +55.189 14 1
16 96 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama Yamaha 21 +55.212 22
17 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 21 +1:09.288 16
18 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 21 +1:11.898 25
19 51 Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia 21 +1:11.980 24
20 98 Japan Masafumi Ono Honda 21 +1:12.325 19
21 35 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 21 +1:38.513 27
22 67 Switzerland Marco Tresoldi Italjet 21 +1:52.521 29
Ret 97 Japan Naoki Katoh Honda 17 Accident 17
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 13 Accident 3
Ret 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 11 Retirement 23
Ret 24 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Italjet 10 Retirement 28
Ret 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 1 Retirement 26
Ret 95 Japan Nobuyuki Yunoki Honda 0 Accident 9
DSQ 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 21 (+17.692) 2
DNS 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda Did not start
DNS 53 San Marino William de Angelis Aprilia Did not start
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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

References
  1. "2000 Pacific MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
  3. "2000 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. "motogp.com · PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". www.motogp.com.
  6. "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
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