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| Race 15 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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