Motorcycle World Championship 2000

Motorcycle World Championship 2000

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Constructor:	Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Olivier Jacque
Constructor:	Yamaha
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Roberto Locatelli
Constructor:	Honda
<1999 season	2001 season>

The motorcycle world championship season 2000 was the 52nd in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

16 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	19.03.	South African GP	Welkom	Garry McCoy	Carlos Checa	Loris Capirossi	Sete Gibernau	Valentino Rossi
2	04/02	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Carlos Checa	Garry McCoy	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Kenny Roberts Jr.
3	04/09	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Norick Abe	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Tadayuki Okada	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Kenny Roberts Jr.
4th	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Carlos Checa	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Kenny Roberts Jr.
5	14.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Àlex Crivillé	Norick Abe	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
6th	05/28	Italian GP	Mugello	Loris Capirossi	Carlos Checa	Jeremy McWilliams	Alex Barros	Loris Capirossi
7th	06/11	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Norick Abe	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Alex Barros
8th	June 24th	70. Dutch TT	Aces	Alex Barros	Àlex Crivillé	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi	Max Biaggi
9	09.07.	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Jeremy McWilliams	Alex Barros	Garry McCoy
10	07/23	64th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Alex Barros	Valentino Rossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Tadayuki Okada
11	08/20	Czech GP	Brno	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi
12	03.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Garry McCoy	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Valentino Rossi	Garry McCoy	Valentino Rossi
13	17.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Garry McCoy	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Max Biaggi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Àlex Crivillé
14th	07.10.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Valentino Rossi	Alex Barros	Garry McCoy	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
15th	15.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi	Valentino Rossi
16	29.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Max Biaggi	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Jeremy McWilliams	Max Biaggi

Driver ranking

1 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 258 2 Valentino Rossi Honda 209 3 Max Biaggi Yamaha 170 4th Alex Barros Honda 163 5 Garry McCoy Yamaha 161 6th Carlos Checa Yamaha 155 7th Loris Capirossi Honda 154 8th Norick Abe Yamaha 147 9 Àlex Crivillé Honda 122 10 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 116 11 Tadayuki Okada Honda 107 12 Regis Laconi Yamaha 106 13 Jürgen van den Goorbergh Honda 85 14th Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 76 15th Sete Gibernau Honda 72 16 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 38

17th David De Gea Modenas 23 18th José Luis Cardoso Honda 19th 19th Yoshiteru Konishi TSR -Honda 16 20th Sébastien le Grelle Honda 7th 21st Akira Ryō Suzuki 6th 22nd Sébastien Gimbert Honda 5 23 Shane Norval Honda 4th 24 John McGuinness Honda 3 David Tomás Honda 3 Tekkyū Kayō Honda 3 27 Luca Cadalora Modenas 3 Mark Willis Modenas 3 29 Anthony Gobert Modenas 1 Paolo Tessari Paton 1 Phil Giles Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	318
2	Honda	311
3	Suzuki	264
4th	Aprilia	94
5	TSR - Honda	85
6th	Modenas	30th
7th	Paton	1

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	19.03.	South African GP	Welkom	Shin'ya Nakano	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Daijirō Katō
2	04/02	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano
3	04/09	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Daijirō Katō	Shin'ya Nakano
4th	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Ralf Waldmann	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Ralf Waldmann	Ralf Waldmann
5	14.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa
6th	05/28	Italian GP	Mugello	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque	Daijirō Katō	Marcellino Lucchi	Shin'ya Nakano
7th	06/11	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Olivier Jacque	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Shin'ya Nakano	Jay Vincent
8th	June 24th	70. Dutch TT	Aces	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Shin'ya Nakano	Ralf Waldmann	Shin'ya Nakano
9	09.07.	British GP	Donington	Ralf Waldmann	Olivier Jacque	Naoki Matsudo	Olivier Jacque	Jamie Robinson
10	07/23	64th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Olivier Jacque	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque
11	08/20	Czech GP	Brno	Shin'ya Nakano	Tōru Ukawa	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque	Shin'ya Nakano
12	03.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Daijirō Katō	Olivier Jacque	Marco Melandri	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque
13	17.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque	Marco Melandri	Olivier Jacque	Shin'ya Nakano
14th	07.10.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Daijirō Katō	Tōru Ukawa	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri	Olivier Jacque
15th	15.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Daijirō Katō	Shin'ya Nakano	Marco Melandri	Daijirō Katō	Shin'ya Nakano
16	29.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Olivier Jacque	Shin'ya Nakano	Daijirō Katō	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque

Driver ranking

1 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 279 2 Shin'ya Nakano Yamaha 272 3 Daijirō Katō Honda 259 4th Tōru Ukawa Honda 239 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 159 6th Anthony West Honda 146 7th Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 143 8th Franco Battaini Aprilia 96 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 83 10 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 79 11 Jay Vincent Honda 64 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 45 13 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 45 14th Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 35 15th Alex Debón Aprilia 33 16 Roberto Rolfo TSR -Honda / Aprilia 26th 17th Johan Stigefelt TSR Honda 26th 18th Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 25th 19th Jamie Robinson Aprilia 23

20th David Checa TSR Honda 23 21st Ivan Clementi Aprilia 17th 22nd Sébastien Gimbert TSR Honda 16 23 Vincent Philippe TSR Honda 14th 24 Julien Allemand Yamaha 13 25th  Alex Hofmann Aprilia 12 26th Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 9 27 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 8th 28 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 8th 29 Shin'ichi Nakatomi Honda 7th 30th Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 7th 31 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 6th 32 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 6th 33 Jason Janssen TSR Honda 4th 34 Gary Haslam Honda 3 35 Tarō Sekiguchi Yamaha 2 Adrian Coates Aprilia 2 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 2 David Tomás Honda 2

Constructors' championship

1	Yamaha	342
2	Honda	324
3	Aprilia	232
4th	TSR - Honda	58

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	19.03.	South African GP	Welkom	Arnaud Vincent	Mirko Giansanti	Emilio Alzamora	Roberto Locatelli	Arnaud Vincent
2	04/02	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Roberto Locatelli	Yōichi Ui	Mirko Giansanti	Noboru Ueda	Mirko Giansanti
3	04/09	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda	Masao Azuma	Yōichi Ui	Roberto Locatelli
4th	04/30	GP of Spain	Jerez	Emilio Alzamora	Mirko Giansanti	Roberto Locatelli	Roberto Locatelli	Roberto Locatelli
5	14.05.	French GP	Le Mans	Yōichi Ui	Mirko Giansanti	Emilio Alzamora	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda
6th	05/28	Italian GP	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Mirko Giansanti	Masao Azuma	Roberto Locatelli	Roberto Locatelli
7th	06/11	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Simone Sanna	Masao Azuma	Gino Borsoi	Roberto Locatelli	Pablo Nieto
8th	June 24th	70. Dutch TT	Aces	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda	Manuel Poggiali	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda
9	09.07.	British GP	Donington	Yōichi Ui	Emilio Alzamora	Noboru Ueda	Yōichi Ui	Masao Azuma
10	07/23	64th GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Yōichi Ui	Roberto Locatelli	Simone Sanna	Yōichi Ui	Yōichi Ui
11	08/20	Czech GP	Brno	Roberto Locatelli	Yōichi Ui	Emilio Alzamora	Roberto Locatelli	Yōichi Ui
12	03.09.	GP of Portugal	Estoril	Emilio Alzamora	Roberto Locatelli	Arnaud Vincent	Yōichi Ui	Roberto Locatelli
13	17.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Roberto Locatelli	Masao Azuma	Yōichi Ui	Roberto Locatelli	Yōichi Ui
14th	07.10.	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Simone Sanna	Masao Azuma	Yōichi Ui	Roberto Locatelli	Mirko Giansanti
15th	15.10.	GP of the Pacific	Motegi	Roberto Locatelli	Emilio Alzamora	Simone Sanna	Roberto Locatelli	Roberto Locatelli
16	29.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Masao Azuma	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda	Roberto Locatelli	Masao Azuma

Driver ranking

1 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 230 2 Yōichi Ui Derbi 217 3 Emilio Alzamora Honda 203 4th Masao Azuma Honda 176 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 153 6th Simone Sanna Aprilia 132 7th Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 132 8th Mirko Giansanti Honda 129 9 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 113 10 Ivan Goi Honda 108 11 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 91 12 Steve Jenkner Honda 74 13 Pablo Nieto Derbi 68 14th Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 64 15th Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 57 16 Manuel Poggiali Derbi 53 17th Randy De Puniet Aprilia 50 18th Alex De Angelis Honda 41

19th Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 26th 20th Toni Elías Honda 24 21st Reinhard Stolz Honda 21st 22nd Max Sabbatani Honda 16 23 Marco Petrini Aprilia 11 24 Eric Bataille Honda 10 25th Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 9 26th Yuzo Fujioka Honda 8th 27 Leon Haslam Italjet 6th 28 Jakub Smrž Honda 5 29 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 2 Alessandro Brannetti Honda 2 Ivan Martínez Aprilia 2 Jarno Müller Honda 2 Adrián Araujo Honda 2 34 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 1 William De Angelis Aprilia 1

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	318
2	Aprilia	313
3	Derbi	250
4th	Italjet	31
5	Yamaha	1

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 2000  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 2000 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)