2000 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 August 2000 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic.

  2000 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 August 2000
Official name	Gauloises Grand Prix České Republiky^[1]^[2]
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 2:01.291 Fastest lap Rider Max Biaggi Time 2:02.854 on lap 3 Podium First Max Biaggi Second Valentino Rossi Third Garry McCoy
250 cc
Pole position Rider Olivier Jacque Time 2:03.673 Fastest lap Rider Shinya Nakano Time 2:04.113 on lap 14 Podium First Shinya Nakano Second Tohru Ukawa Third Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position Rider Roberto Locatelli Time 2:10.003 Fastest lap Rider Youichi Ui Time 2:09.416 on lap 7 Podium First Roberto Locatelli Second Youichi Ui Third Emilio Alzamora

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	45:31.918	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	22	+6.641	5	20
3	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+8.627	4	16
4	2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	22	+12.106	3	13
5	65	Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	22	+16.083	2	11
6	5	Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	22	+22.388	12	10
7	1	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	22	+22.640	6	9
8	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	22	+22.830	14	8
9	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	22	+23.002	9	7
10	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	22	+24.525	13	6
11	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+29.560	15	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	22	+29.844	10	4
13	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+30.393	16	3
14	31	Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	22	+35.863	8	2
15	27	Luca Cadalora	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	22	+1:05.405	17	1
16	25	José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda	22	+1:15.549	18
17	43	Paolo Tessari	Team Paton	Paton	21	+1 lap	19
18	18	Sébastien Le Grelle	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	21	+1 lap	20
19	20	Phil Giles	Sabre Sport	Honda	21	+1 lap	22
20	15	Yoshiteru Konishi	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	21	+1 lap	21
Ret	10	Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	4	Accident	11
Ret	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	1	Retirement	7
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	20	41:44.845	2	25
2	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	20	+3.994	4	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	20	+4.987	1	16
4	35	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	20	+6.028	5	13
5	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	20	+13.366	3	11
6	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	20	+21.259	8	10
7	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+26.489	6	9
8	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	20	+45.073	11	8
9	26	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	20	+47.135	10	7
10	14	Anthony West	Honda	20	+56.932	16	6
11	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+57.074	12	5
12	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	20	+57.321	13	4
13	42	David Checa	TSR-Honda	20	+1:11.286	17	3
14	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	20	+1:12.160	19	2
15	77	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	20	+1:15.068	7	1
16	25	Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	20	+1:15.496	18
17	11	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	20	+1:16.125	27
18	22	Sébastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	20	+1:16.282	24
19	66	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	20	+1:16.881	23
20	31	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	20	+1:27.084	25
21	23	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	20	+1:32.893	26
22	15	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	20	+1:35.776	28
23	82	Vladimír Častka	Yamaha	20	+1:42.645	21
24	84	Michael Witzeneder	Honda	19	+1 lap	29
25	81	Radomil Rous	Honda	19	+1 lap	31
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	16	Accident	9
Ret	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	9	Retirement	20
Ret	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	7	Retirement	15
Ret	30	Alex Debón	Aprilia	2	Accident	14
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	2	Accident	22
Ret	83	Uwe Bolterauer	Honda	2	Accident	30
DNS	16	Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	19	41:19.190	1	25
2	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+1.533	2	20
3	1	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	19	+1.716	4	16
4	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	19	+18.466	9	13
5	5	Noboru Ueda	Honda	19	+29.076	3	11
6	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	19	+33.896	20	10
7	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	19	+34.910	11	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+35.161	12	8
9	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	19	+43.932	18	7
10	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	19	+51.767	13	6
11	78	Jakub Smrž	Honda	19	+55.001	17	5
12	54	Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	19	+58.524	24	4
13	51	Marco Petrini	Aprilia	19	+1:02.714	19	3
14	18	Antonio Elías	Honda	19	+1:03.009	22	2
15	35	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	19	+1:08.530	21	1
16	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	19	+1:09.919	15
17	24	Leon Haslam	Italjet	19	+1:35.984	26
18	79	Igor Kaláb	Honda	19	+1:36.325	27
19	81	László Báncsiki	Honda	18	+1 lap	28
20	82	Gábor Talmácsi	Honda	18	+1 lap	30
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Honda	16	Accident	5
Ret	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	12	Retirement	7
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	8	Retirement	23
Ret	80	Michal Březina	Honda	7	Retirement	29
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	6	Accident	14
Ret	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	6	Accident	6
Ret	53	William de Angelis	Aprilia	4	Accident	25
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	4	Retirement	8
Ret	3	Masao Azuma	Honda	3	Retirement	10
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	0	Accident	16
DNS	10	Adrián Araujo	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1   Kenny Roberts Jr. 174 2   Valentino Rossi 132 3   Carlos Checa 128 4   Loris Capirossi 123 5   Norifumi Abe 106

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1   Honda 219 2   Yamaha 211 3   Suzuki 180 4   Aprilia 75 5   TSR-Honda 60

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

References

1. "2000 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
3. "2000 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. "Gauloises GP České republiky – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 August 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
5. "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". www.motogp.com.
6. "Gauloises GP České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 August 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
7. "Gauloises GP České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 August 2000. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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