2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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Flag of France.svg   2000 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Bugatti Circuit.svg
Date14 May 2000
Official nameGrand Prix Polini de France [1] [2]
Location Bugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.305 km (2.675 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Flag of Italy.svg Max Biaggi
Time 1:39.342
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi
Time 1:40.089 on lap 5
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Crivillé
Second Flag of Japan.svg Norick Abe
Third Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Flag of Japan.svg Daijiro Kato
Time 1:41.635
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Japan.svg Tohru Ukawa
Time 1:42.312 on lap 11
Podium
First Flag of Japan.svg Tohru Ukawa
Second Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Nakano
Third Flag of France.svg Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Flag of Japan.svg Youichi Ui
Time 1:49.776
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Japan.svg Noboru Ueda
Time 1:48.011 on lap 3
Podium
First Flag of Japan.svg Youichi Ui
Second Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Giansanti
Third Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Alzamora

The 2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 May 2000 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

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This would prove to be 1999 500cc champion Àlex Crivillé's final grand prix victory. [3]

500 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 2847:15.363525
26 Flag of Japan.svg Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28+0.321720
346 Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 28+1.1551016
424 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28+4.377813
510 Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28+5.240311
62 Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28+9.176410
77 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28+11.60029
865 Flag of Italy.svg Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28+12.17498
955 Flag of France.svg Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28+12.342127
1031 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28+29.818156
119 Flag of Japan.svg Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28+38.477145
1299 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28+42.08564
1317 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 28+44.936133
148 Flag of Japan.svg Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28+45.857112
155 Flag of Spain.svg Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28+50.834161
1611 Flag of Spain.svg José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 28+1:18.81817
1718 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sébastien Le GrelleTecmas Honda Elf Honda 27+1 Lap19
Ret15 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiteru KonishiFCC TSR TSR-Honda 9Accident18
Ret4 Flag of Italy.svg Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 3Accident1
DNS21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Haslam Sabre Sport Honda Did not start
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

250 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of Japan.svg Tohru Ukawa Honda 2644:42.954525
256 Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Nakano Yamaha 26+0.279320
319 Flag of France.svg Olivier Jacque Yamaha 26+2.521616
413 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Melandri Aprilia 26+20.531413
514 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony West Honda 26+25.474811
674 Flag of Japan.svg Daijiro Kato Honda 26+36.681110
78 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26+42.599119
86 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 26+46.08328
937 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 26+48.751107
109 Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26+49.128196
1121 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Battaini Aprilia 26+55.58675
1216 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 26+1:03.973144
1318 Flag of Malaysia.svg Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26+1:07.028123
1426 Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26+1:09.460152
1530 Flag of Spain.svg Alex Debón Aprilia 26+1:10.64991
1610 Flag of Spain.svg Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26+1:11.70025
1741 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26+1:23.67721
1866 Flag of Germany.svg Alex Hofmann Aprilia 26+1:25.02517
1911 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Clementi Aprilia 26+1:41.99726
2031 Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Oliver Yamaha 25+1 lap23
2122 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 25+1 lap29
2252 Flag of France.svg Julien da Costa Honda 25+1 lap30
2358 Flag of France.svg Bruno Vecchioni Yamaha 25+1 lap33
2453 Flag of France.svg Éric Dubray Yamaha 25+1 lap32
Ret77 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Robinson Aprilia 21Retirement18
Ret25 Flag of France.svg Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 19Accident16
Ret15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adrian Coates Aprilia 12Retirement24
Ret23 Flag of France.svg Julien Allemand Yamaha 11Accident13
Ret54 Flag of Spain.svg David García Aprilia 10Retirement27
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Vincent Aprilia 9Accident20
Ret42 Flag of Spain.svg David Checa TSR-Honda 9Retirement22
Ret57 Flag of France.svg Hervé Mora Honda 4Accident31
Ret55 Flag of France.svg Sylvain Guintoli Honda 1Accident28
Source: [7]

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
141 Flag of Japan.svg Youichi Ui Derbi 2443:43.690125
232 Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Giansanti Honda 24+1.6551320
31 Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Alzamora Honda 24+1.857716
44 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24+2.079213
521 Flag of France.svg Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24+2.231611
626 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Goi Honda 24+5.8991210
79 Flag of Italy.svg Lucio Cecchinello Honda 24+10.13259
854 Flag of San Marino.svg Manuel Poggiali Derbi 24+13.92398
923 Flag of Italy.svg Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24+14.267107
1016 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Sanna Aprilia 24+20.522166
118 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 24+23.13545
1212 Flag of France.svg Randy de Puniet Aprilia 24+33.577194
1335 Flag of Germany.svg Reinhard Stolz Honda 24+40.851173
1419 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Brannetti Honda 24+41.862152
1515 Flag of San Marino.svg Alex de Angelis Honda 24+41.883221
1629 Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 24+42.84326
1718 Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Elías Honda 24+1:01.19818
1851 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Petrini Aprilia 24+1:21.87121
1963 Flag of France.svg Jimmy Petit Honda 24+1:25.40924
2062 Flag of France.svg Erwan Nigon Yamaha 23+1 lap29
2161 Flag of France.svg Grégory Lefort Aprilia 23+1 lap27
2264 Flag of France.svg Hugo Marchand Honda 23+1 lap28
Ret11 Flag of Italy.svg Max Sabbatani Honda 20Retirement8
Ret39 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 19Retirement23
Ret3 Flag of Japan.svg Masao Azuma Honda 9Accident11
Ret22 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Nieto Derbi 7Retirement25
Ret5 Flag of Japan.svg Noboru Ueda Honda 4Accident3
Ret53 Flag of San Marino.svg William de Angelis Aprilia 2Accident20
Ret17 Flag of Germany.svg Steve Jenkner Honda 1Accident14
DNQ60 Flag of France.svg Lionel Lecomte Honda Did not qualify
DNQ24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leon Haslam Italjet Did not qualify
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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References

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  7. "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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