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2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official_Name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Suzuka Circuit
Course_mi	3.644
Course_km	5.864
Race_No	3
Season_No	16
Date	9 April
Year	2000
Image	Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg
Pole_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Pole_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Time_500	2:06.679
Fast_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Fast_Rider_500_Country	USA
Fast_Time_500	2:08.304 on lap 19
First_Rider_500	Norick Abe
First_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Second_Rider_500_Country	USA
Third_Rider_500	Tadayuki Okada
Third_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	2:07.987
Fast_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	2:08.581 on lap 19
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Tohru Ukawa
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	2:14.975
Fast_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	2:15.406 on lap 5
First_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Noboru Ueda
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Third_Rider_125_Country	Japan

The 2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 April 2000 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	21	45:16.657	8	25
2	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+0.279	1	20
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+1.912	7	16
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+2.002	12	13
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+2.530	9	11
1	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	21	+2.678	10	10
10	BRA Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	21	+4.213	14	9
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	21	+4.902	5	8
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+15.471	11	7
19	JPN Akira Ryo	Team Suzuki	Suzuki	21	+15.662	3	6
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	21	+29.785	13	5
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	21	+42.069	6	4
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	21	+48.774	16	3
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+58.022	15	2
11	ESP José David de Gea	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	21	+1:22.141	19	1
15	JPN Yoshiteru Konishi	F.C.C. TSR	TSR-Honda	21	+1:22.247	21
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	21	+1:22.523	20
12	RSA Shane Norval	Sabre Sport	Honda	20	+1 lap	22
5	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	20	Accident	4
4	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	10	Accident	2
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	8	Retirement	17
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda	4	Retirement	18

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	19	41:00.361	1	25
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	19	+0.129	4	20
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	19	+0.231	3	16
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	19	+15.009	2	13
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	19	+41.325	8	11
14	AUS Anthony West	Honda	19	+53.261	14	10
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	19	+53.627	11	9
49	JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	19	+53.746	9	8
48	JPN Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	19	+59.737	13	7
50	JPN Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	19	+1:00.249	5	6
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	19	+1:00.344	18	5
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	19	+1:04.338	12	4
26	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	19	+1:12.660	28	3
32	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	19	+1:12.899	10	2
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	19	+1:13.434	23	1
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Aprilia	19	+1:14.678	22
47	JPN Tekkyu Kayoh	TSR-Honda	19	+1:17.496	21
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	19	+1:24.131	19
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	19	+1:25.829	15
51	JPN Daisaku Sakai	Honda	19	+1:37.117	20
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	19	+1:45.687	27
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	19	+1:45.757	26
42	ESP David Checa	TSR-Honda	19	+2:08.832	29
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	9	Retirement	30
11	ITA Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	7	Accident	24
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	4	Accident	6
77	GBR Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	3	Retirement	25
15	GBR Adrian Coates	Aprilia	2	Accident	16
30	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	0	Accident	17
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	19	(+49.477)	7
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda		Did not start
54	ESP David García	Aprilia		Did not start
12	DEU Mike Baldinger	Yamaha		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	18	41:04.264	1	25
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	18	+7.848	2	20
3	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	18	+8.667	12	16
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	18	+18.623	5	13
1	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	18	+20.881	13	11
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	18	+21.329	9	10
55	JPN Hideyuki Nakajoh	Honda	18	+22.707	11	9
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	18	+22.731	10	8
56	JPN Yuzo Fujioka	Honda	18	+22.958	8	7
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	18	+23.261	7	6
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	18	+41.116	21	5
51	ITA Marco Petrini	Aprilia	18	+41.157	23	4
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Honda	18	+41.952	28	3
57	JPN Hiroyuki Kikuchi	Honda	18	+44.027	20	2
58	JPN Katsuji Uezu	Yamaha	18	+48.081	17	1
35	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	18	+57.807	29
18	ESP Antonio Elías	Honda	18	+58.792	18
53	SMR William de Angelis	Aprilia	18	+59.182	27
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	18	+59.503	22
10	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	18	+1:44.115	30
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	15	Accident	15
4	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	15	Accident	3
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	12	Retirement	19
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	8	Accident	4
59	JPN Shinichi Sugaya	Yamaha	8	Retirement	26
24	GBR Leon Haslam	Italjet	3	Accident	25
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	2	Accident	6
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	2	Retirement	14
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	1	Retirement	16
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	0	Accident	24
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Derbi		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	55
2	SPA Carlos Checa	51
3	AUS Garry McCoy	48
4	JPN Norifumi Abe	34
5	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	32

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	70
2	JPN Suzuki	55
3	JPN Honda	42
4	ITA Aprilia	14
5	JPN TSR-Honda	14

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1999 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2001 Japanese Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2000 Japanese MotoGP".
"2000 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Suzuka Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2000 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(9 April 2000). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000".
(9 April 2000). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(9 April 2000). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2000). "Standings".

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