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Race 15 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 15 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Twin Ring Motegi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 October 2000 at the Twin Ring Motegi.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 25 | 46:23.327 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 25 | +6.175 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +6.360 | 1 | 16 |
4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +19.727 | 7 | 13 |
5 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 25 | +21.994 | 6 | 11 |
6 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +22.237 | 12 | 10 |
7 | 10 | Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +23.963 | 4 | 9 |
8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +26.051 | 3 | 8 |
9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 25 | +26.388 | 10 | 7 |
10 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +32.508 | 9 | 6 |
11 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 25 | +36.078 | 13 | 5 |
12 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +37.760 | 11 | 4 |
13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 25 | +38.014 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 25 | +55.657 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1:06.664 | 15 | 1 |
16 | 56 | Tekkyu Kayoh | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 25 | +1:28.554 | 17 | |
17 | 33 | David Tomás | Sabre Sport | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 19 | |
18 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 20 | |
Ret | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 8 | |
DNS | 68 | Mark Willis | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 0 | Did not start | 18 | |
DNQ | 36 | Stephen Briggs | BSL | BSL | Did not qualify | |||
WD | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Maxon Dee Cee Jeans | Honda | Withdrew | |||
Sources: [3] [4] [5] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 23 | 43:26.394 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 23 | +0.707 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 35 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 23 | +19.677 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 23 | +24.260 | 5 | 13 |
5 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +28.673 | 4 | 11 |
6 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 23 | +49.317 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 23 | +50.661 | 7 | 9 |
8 | 89 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 23 | +1:06.700 | 17 | 8 |
9 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +1:08.330 | 13 | 7 |
10 | 88 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 23 | +1:14.158 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 23 | +1:20.838 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 23 | +1:20.946 | 8 | 4 |
13 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 23 | +1:22.398 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 23 | +1:22.817 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:22.942 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +1:37.060 | 20 | |
17 | 90 | Yoshinori Korogi | Honda | 23 | +1:46.753 | 26 | |
18 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:46.792 | 29 | |
19 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:48.952 | 27 | |
Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 14 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 5 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 28 | |
Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 0 | Accident | 25 | |
Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
Ret | 48 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
DSQ | 49 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 23 | (+1:08.510) | 11 | |
DNS | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
DNS | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
DNS | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
Source: [6] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 21 | 41:55.152 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 21 | +13.790 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 21 | +16.429 | 12 | 16 |
4 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | +21.734 | 4 | 13 |
5 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 21 | +28.060 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 21 | +28.277 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 21 | +28.322 | 7 | 9 |
8 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +29.155 | 6 | 8 |
9 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 21 | +29.521 | 18 | 7 |
10 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 21 | +33.499 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 21 | +38.889 | 13 | 5 |
12 | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 21 | +39.828 | 21 | 4 |
13 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 21 | +39.983 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +40.151 | 20 | 2 |
15 | 56 | Yuzo Fujioka | NER Honda | 21 | +55.189 | 14 | 1 |
16 | 96 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Yamaha | 21 | +55.212 | 22 | |
17 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 21 | +1:09.288 | 16 | |
18 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 21 | +1:11.898 | 25 | |
19 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 21 | +1:11.980 | 24 | |
20 | 98 | Masafumi Ono | Honda | 21 | +1:12.325 | 19 | |
21 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 21 | +1:38.513 | 27 | |
22 | 67 | Marco Tresoldi | Italjet | 21 | +1:52.521 | 29 | |
Ret | 97 | Naoki Katoh | Honda | 17 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 13 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 10 | Retirement | 28 | |
Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 95 | Nobuyuki Yunoki | Honda | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
DSQ | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 21 | (+17.692) | 2 | |
DNS | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | Did not start | |||
DNS | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
Source: [7] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded. [8]
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