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| Race 8 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 24 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Rizla+ Dutch TT [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | TT Circuit Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 June 2000 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |  Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 20 | 42:46.142 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +2.077 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 |  Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 20 | +2.907 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 20 | +4.880 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 20 | +7.394 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 20 | +11.768 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +12.232 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 20 | +15.397 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 20 | +20.905 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 |  Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 20 | +22.156 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +28.750 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 20 | +34.521 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 20 | +47.713 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 20 | +1:22.071 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 |  Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 20 | +1:54.359 | 16 | 1 |
| Ret | 20 |  Phil Giles | Sabre Sport | Honda | 19 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 18 | Sebastién Le Grelle | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 11 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 7 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Sources: [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 18 | 42:58.958 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 18 | +5.954 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 18 | +7.986 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 18 | +10.981 | 22 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 18 | +41.983 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 18 | +46.491 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 |  Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 18 | +47.470 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 18 | +1:00.943 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 18 | +1:08.157 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 18 | +1:17.561 | 24 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 18 | +1:19.304 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 18 | +1:22.928 | 28 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 18 | +1:28.467 | 27 | 3 |
| 14 | 33 | David Tomás | Honda | 18 | +1:29.495 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 18 | +1:29.686 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 18 | +2:04.463 | 26 | |
| 17 | 63 | Arnold Litjens | Honda | 17 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 18 | 26 |  Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 7 | |
| 19 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| 20 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 9 | |
| 21 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 17 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 22 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 15 | |
| 23 | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 17 | +1 lap | 11 | |
| 24 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 16 | +2 laps | 1 | |
| 25 | 64 | Gert Pieper | Honda | 16 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| Ret | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 15 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 13 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 62 | Jan Blok | Honda | 12 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 61 | Rob Filart | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 18 |  Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 1 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Source: [6] | |||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 17 | 42:04.508 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 17 | +2.380 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 54 |  Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 17 | +2.781 | 23 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 17 | +18.203 | 24 | 13 |
| 5 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 17 | +24.482 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 17 | +25.449 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 17 | +26.179 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 17 | +34.507 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 17 | +40.846 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 17 | +41.000 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 17 | +57.628 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 17 | +1:08.205 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 17 | +1:24.340 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 17 | +1:28.651 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 17 | +1:32.682 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 17 | +1:46.208 | 26 | |
| 17 | 70 | Patrick Lakerveld | Honda | 17 | +1:46.383 | 27 | |
| 18 | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 17 | +1:51.279 | 20 | |
| 19 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 17 | +1:51.415 | 13 | |
| 20 | 68 | Wilhelm van Leeuwen | Honda | 17 | +2:19.281 | 21 | |
| 21 | 65 | Harold de Haan | Honda | 17 | +2:24.301 | 29 | |
| 22 | 69 | Ronnie Timmer | Honda | 17 | +2:26.871 | 25 | |
| Ret | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 34 |  Eric Bataille | Honda | 13 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 13 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 39 |  Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 10 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 10 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 0 | Accident | 30 | |
| Source: [7] | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded. [8]
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