2000 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2000 Spain Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the; 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 April 2000
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:42.941
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time	1:44.127 on lap 2
Podium
First	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:44.025
Fastest lap
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	1:44.991 on lap 3
Podium
First	Ralf Waldmann
Second	Daijiro Kato
Third	Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:48.260
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:49.372 on lap 11
Podium
First	Emilio Alzamora
Second	Mirko Giansanti
Third	Roberto Locatelli

Last updated April 25, 2023

The 2000 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 April 2000 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	26	45:52.311	4	25
2	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	26	+0.859	3	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	26	+3.525	2	16
4	1	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	26	+5.037	5	13
5	10	Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	26	+12.608	8	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	26	+17.436	6	10
7	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	26	+19.484	17	9
8	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	26	+27.589	10	8
9	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	26	+27.777	13	7
10	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	26	+35.920	7	6
11	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	26	+47.107	11	5
12	11	José David de Gea	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	26	+1:56.859	18	4
13	15	Yoshiteru Konishi	Technical Sports Racing	TSR-Honda	26	+2:09.097	20	3
Ret	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	17	Accident	12
Ret	12	Shane Norval	Sabre Sport	Honda	17	Accident	21
Ret	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	16	Retirement	14
Ret	5	Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	16	Accident	16
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	15	Accident	9
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	11	Retirement	19
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda	4	Retirement	15
Ret	4	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Retirement	1
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	26	45:56.451	1	25
2	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	26	+5.188	3	20
3	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	26	+6.052	4	16
4	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	26	+23.670	6	13
5	14	Anthony West	Honda	26	+29.685	15	11
6	13	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+36.549	7	10
7	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	26	+43.644	5	9
8	26	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	26	+47.266	11	8
9	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+50.638	12	7
10	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+50.706	9	6
11	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	26	+52.303	8	5
12	24	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	26	+56.202	20	4
13	16	Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	26	+58.336	14	3
14	30	Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+1:00.523	13	2
15	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	26	+1:03.969	2	1
16	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	26	+1:03.985	19
17	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	26	+1:07.612	23
18	42	David Checa	TSR-Honda	26	+1:09.664	25
19	44	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	26	+1:11.963	27
20	54	David García	Aprilia	26	+1:16.652	18
21	15	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	26	+1:25.101	26
22	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	26	+1:26.646	21
23	31	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	28
24	23	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	29
25	40	David Ortega	Honda	25	+1 lap	31
Ret	25	Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	22	Accident	30
Ret	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	15	Accident	10
Ret	11	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	15	Accident	24
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	14	Retirement	22
Ret	77	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	9	Retirement	17
Ret	39	Ismael Bonilla	Honda	7	Retirement	32
Ret	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	0	Accident	16
Source: ^[5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	42:19.740	3	25
2	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	23	+1.047	8	20
3	4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+5.076	1	16
4	3	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+9.661	11	13
5	5	Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+19.030	4	11
6	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	23	+19.397	5	10
7	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	23	+24.987	12	9
8	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	23	+30.981	20	8
9	54	Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	23	+36.238	15	7
10	17	Steve Jenkner	Honda	23	+40.379	18	6
11	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	23	+40.972	16	5
12	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+46.436	10	4
13	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+46.577	13	3
14	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	23	+1:00.404	21	2
15	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	23	+1:03.953	17	1
16	18	Antonio Elías	Honda	23	+1:06.189	19
17	24	Leon Haslam	Italjet	23	+1:16.185	23
18	53	William de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+1:23.049	26
19	35	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	23	+1:26.218	24
20	51	Marco Petrini	Aprilia	23	+1:27.877	22
21	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	23	+1:30.883	2
22	44	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+1:46.512	28
23	43	David Micó	Aprilia	23	+1:46.656	29
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	12	Retirement	7
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	10	Retirement	14
Ret	19	Alessandro Brannetti	Honda	7	Accident	25
Ret	45	Iván Martínez	Aprilia	5	Retirement	27
Ret	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	0	Accident	6
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	0	Accident	9
Source: ^[6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kenny Roberts Jr.	80
2	Carlos Checa	71
3	Garry McCoy	48
4	Alex Barros	41
5	Nobuatsu Aoki	41

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	90
2	Suzuki	80
3	Honda	58
4	TSR-Honda	21
5	Aprilia	19

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

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References

↑ "2000 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportsmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
↑ "2000 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
↑ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
↑ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". Motogp.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
↑ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
↑ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
↑ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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[1] "2000 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportsmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[2] "2000 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[3] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[4] "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". Motogp.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[5] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[6] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[7] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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