2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2000 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 April 2000
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Suzuka
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.864 km (3.644 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time	2:06.679
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time	2:08.304
Podium
First	Norick Abe
Second	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Third	Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	2:07.987
Fastest lap
Rider	Shinya Nakano
Time	2:08.581
Podium
First	Daijiro Kato
Second	Tohru Ukawa
Third	Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	2:14.975
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	2:15.406
Podium
First	Youichi Ui
Second	Noboru Ueda
Third	Masao Azuma

The 2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 April 2000 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Norick Abe	Yamaha	21	45:16.657	8	25
2	2	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	21	+0.279	1	20
3	8	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	21	+1.912	7	16
4	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	21	+2.002	12	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	21	+2.530	9	11
6	1	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	21	+2.678	10	10
7	10	Alex Barros	Honda	21	+4.213	14	9
8	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	21	+4.902	5	8
9	24	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	21	+15.471	11	7
10	19	Akira Ryo	Suzuki	21	+15.662	3	6
11	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	21	+29.785	13	5
12	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	21	+42.069	6	4
13	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	TSR-Honda	21	+48.774	16	3
14	55	Régis Laconi	Yamaha	21	+58.022	15	2
15	11	José David de Gea	Modenas	21	+1:22.141	19	1
16	15	Yoshiteru Konishi	TSR-Honda	21	+1:22.247	21
17	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda	21	+1:22.523	20
18	12	Shane Norval	Honda	20	+1 Lap	22
Ret	5	Sete Gibernau	Honda	20	Accident	4
Ret	4	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	10	Accident	2
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	8	Retirement	17
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Honda	4	Retirement	18

250 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Daijiro Kato	Honda	41:00.361	25
2	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+0.129	20
3	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+0.231	16
4	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+15.009	13
5	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+41.325	11
6	Anthony West	Honda	+53.261	10
7	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+53.627	9
8	Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	+53.746	8
9	Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	+59.737	7
10	Nobuyuki Ohsaki	Yamaha	+1:00.249	6
11	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+1:00.344	5
12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	+1:04.338	4
13	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	+1:12.660	3
14	Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	+1:12.899	2
15	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	+1:13.434	1
16	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	+1:14.678
17	Tekkyu Kayoh	TSR-Honda	+1:17.496
18	Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	+1:24.131
19	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	+1:25.829
20	Daisaku Sakai	Honda	+1:37.117
21	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	+1:45.687
22	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	+1:45.757
23	David Checa	TSR-Honda	+2:08.832
Ret	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Alex Debón	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	Retirement
Ret	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	Retirement