2000 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Australia  2000 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date29 October 2000
Official nameQantas Australian Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationPhillip Island
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams
Time 1:32.552
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:33.320 on lap 16
Podium
First Italy Max Biaggi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Italy Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:33.713
Fastest lap
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:33.784 on lap 9
Podium
First France Olivier Jacque
Second Japan Shinya Nakano
Third Japan Daijiro Kato
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:38.296
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma
Time 1:38.877 on lap 22
Podium
First Japan Masao Azuma
Second Japan Youichi Ui
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

The 2000 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 October 2000 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 42:29.792 12 25
2 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 27 +0.182 5 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 27 +0.288 8 16
4 10 Brazil Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 27 +0.426 2 13
5 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +1.885 6 11
6 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 27 +3.818 11 10
7 2 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +3.846 4 9
8 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 27 +3.878 1 8
9 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 27 +4.308 10 7
10 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 27 +12.582 13 6
11 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +15.939 3 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 27 +40.420 17 4
13 56 Japan Tekkyu Kayoh Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 27 +1:06.159 15 3
14 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 27 +1:15.267 19 2
15 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 26 +1 lap 18 1
Ret 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 20 Retirement 14
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 10 Accident 7
Ret 68 Australia Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 7 Retirement 16
Ret 33 Spain David Tomás Sabre Sport Honda 6 Retirement 20
Ret 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 3 Accident 9
DNQ 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 36 New Zealand Stephen Briggs BSL BSL Did not qualify
Sources:[3][4][5]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 25 39:19.795 2 25
2 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 25 +0.014 1 20
3 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 25 +14.525 3 16
4 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 25 +14.556 5 13
5 35 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 25 +30.945 4 11
6 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 25 +49.942 6 10
7 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 25 +59.116 15 9
8 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia 25 +59.170 9 8
9 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 25 +59.563 8 7
10 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 25 +59.588 17 6
11 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 25 +59.677 10 5
12 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 25 +59.692 23 4
13 25 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 25 +1:08.252 19 3
14 23 France Julien Allemand Yamaha 25 +1:11.768 12 2
15 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 25 +1:20.888 20 1
16 11 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia 25 +1:20.965 27
17 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 25 +1:21.234 18
18 30 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 25 +1:24.803 7
19 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 25 +1:33.561 13
20 42 Spain David Checa TSR-Honda 25 +1:33.618 11
21 31 Spain Lucas Oliver Yamaha 25 +1:36.630 24
22 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 24 +1 lap 22
Ret 91 Australia Shaun Geronimi Yamaha 19 Retirement 26
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 8 Retirement 25
Ret 93 Australia Terry Carter Yamaha 5 Retirement 28
Ret 15 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia 3 Accident 14
Ret 20 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 3 Retirement 21
DNS 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 0 Did not start 16
DNS 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia Did not start
DNS 26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia Did not start
DNQ 92 Australia Jason Boyle Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 94 Australia Steven Torresi Yamaha Did not qualify
Source:[6]

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 23 38:15.366 5 25
2 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 23 +0.622 2 20
3 5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +4.088 7 16
4 1 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +4.170 9 13
5 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Derbi 23 +5.697 12 11
6 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 23 +15.596 13 10
7 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Honda 23 +15.597 14 9
8 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 23 +23.402 15 8
9 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +32.204 11 7
10 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 23 +33.961 6 6
11 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 23 +42.276 16 5
12 18 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 23 +42.378 18 4
13 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 23 +42.700 20 3
14 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 23 +43.206 10 2
15 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Aprilia 23 +1:07.361 21 1
16 35 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 23 +1:19.126 22
17 24 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Italjet 23 +1:24.320 27
18 92 Australia Josh Brookes Honda 23 +1:35.650 19
19 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 23 +1:38.754 24
20 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Honda 22 +1 lap 29
Ret 91 Australia Jay Taylor Honda 20 Retirement 28
Ret 53 San Marino William de Angelis Aprilia 18 Retirement 26
Ret 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 17 Retirement 8
Ret 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 15 Accident 4
Ret 94 Australia Michael Teniswood Honda 15 Retirement 23
Ret 67 Switzerland Marco Tresoldi Italjet 14 Retirement 25
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 10 Retirement 17
Ret 4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 6 Accident 1
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 2 Retirement 3
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)[edit]

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[8][9]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2000 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2000 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". Motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Qantas Australian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 October 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 2000". Motogp.com.


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