Grand Prix: | French |
Flag: | France |
Official Name: | Grand Prix Polini de France[1] [2] |
Location: | Bugatti Circuit |
Course Mi: | 2.597 |
Course Km: | 4.305 |
Race No: | 5 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 14 May |
Year: | 2000 |
Pole Rider 500: | Max Biaggi |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 500: | 1:39.342 |
Fast Rider 500: | Valentino Rossi |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 500: | 1:40.089 on lap 5 |
First Rider 500: | Àlex Crivillé |
First Rider 500 Country: | Spain |
Second Rider 500: | Norick Abe |
Second Rider 500 Country: | Japan |
Third Rider 500: | Valentino Rossi |
Third Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Pole Rider 250: | Daijiro Kato |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Pole Time 250: | 1:41.635 |
Fast Rider 250: | Tohru Ukawa |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Fast Time 250: | 1:42.312 on lap 11 |
First Rider 250: | Tohru Ukawa |
First Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Second Rider 250: | Shinya Nakano |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Third Rider 250: | Olivier Jacque |
Third Rider 250 Country: | France |
Pole Rider 125: | Youichi Ui |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Pole Time 125: | 1:49.776 |
Fast Rider 125: | Noboru Ueda |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Fast Time 125: | 1:48.011 on lap 3 |
First Rider 125: | Youichi Ui |
First Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Second Rider 125: | Mirko Giansanti |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Third Rider 125: | Emilio Alzamora |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
The 2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 May 2000 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.
This would prove to be 1999 500cc champion Àlex Crivillé's final grand prix victory.[3]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 47:15.363 | 5 | 25 | |
2 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +0.321 | 7 | 20 | |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 28 | +1.155 | 10 | 16 | |
4 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +4.377 | 8 | 13 | |
5 | 10 | Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +5.240 | 3 | 11 | |
6 | 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +9.176 | 4 | 10 | |
7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +11.600 | 2 | 9 | |
8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +12.174 | 9 | 8 | |
9 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +12.342 | 12 | 7 | |
10 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 28 | +29.818 | 15 | 6 | |
11 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +38.477 | 14 | 5 | |
12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 28 | +42.085 | 6 | 4 | |
13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 28 | +44.936 | 13 | 3 | |
14 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +45.857 | 11 | 2 | |
15 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +50.834 | 16 | 1 | |
16 | 11 | José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 28 | +1:18.818 | 17 | ||
17 | 18 | Sébastien Le Grelle | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1 Lap | 19 | ||
Ret | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 9 | Accident | 18 | ||
Ret | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 1 | ||
DNS | 21 | Ron Haslam | Sabre Sport | Honda | Did not start | ||||
Sources: [4] [5] [6] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 26 | 44:42.954 | 5 | 25 | |
2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 26 | +0.279 | 3 | 20 | |
3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 26 | +2.521 | 6 | 16 | |
4 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +20.531 | 4 | 13 | |
5 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 26 | +25.474 | 8 | 11 | |
6 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 26 | +36.681 | 1 | 10 | |
7 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +42.599 | 11 | 9 | |
8 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 26 | +46.083 | 2 | 8 | |
9 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 26 | +48.751 | 10 | 7 | |
10 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +49.128 | 19 | 6 | |
11 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +55.586 | 7 | 5 | |
12 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1:03.973 | 14 | 4 | |
13 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 26 | +1:07.028 | 12 | 3 | |
14 | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 26 | +1:09.460 | 15 | 2 | |
15 | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +1:10.649 | 9 | 1 | |
16 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 26 | +1:11.700 | 25 | ||
17 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1:23.677 | 21 | ||
18 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 26 | +1:25.025 | 17 | ||
19 | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:41.997 | 26 | ||
20 | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | ||
21 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 29 | ||
22 | 52 | Julien da Costa | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 30 | ||
23 | 58 | Bruno Vecchioni | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 33 | ||
24 | 53 | Éric Dubray | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 32 | ||
Ret | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 18 | ||
Ret | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 19 | Accident | 16 | ||
Ret | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 24 | ||
Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 11 | Accident | 13 | ||
Ret | 54 | David García | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 27 | ||
Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 20 | ||
Ret | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 9 | Retirement | 22 | ||
Ret | 57 | Hervé Mora | Honda | 4 | Accident | 31 | ||
Ret | 55 | Sylvain Guintoli | Honda | 1 | Accident | 28 | ||
Source: [7] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 24 | 43:43.690 | 1 | 25 | |
2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +1.655 | 13 | 20 | |
3 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 24 | +1.857 | 7 | 16 | |
4 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +2.079 | 2 | 13 | |
5 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +2.231 | 6 | 11 | |
6 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 24 | +5.899 | 12 | 10 | |
7 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 24 | +10.132 | 5 | 9 | |
8 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 24 | +13.923 | 9 | 8 | |
9 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +14.267 | 10 | 7 | |
10 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +20.522 | 16 | 6 | |
11 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 24 | +23.135 | 4 | 5 | |
12 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | +33.577 | 19 | 4 | |
13 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 24 | +40.851 | 17 | 3 | |
14 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Honda | 24 | +41.862 | 15 | 2 | |
15 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | +41.883 | 22 | 1 | |
16 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 24 | +42.843 | 26 | ||
17 | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 24 | +1:01.198 | 18 | ||
18 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:21.871 | 21 | ||
19 | 63 | Jimmy Petit | Honda | 24 | +1:25.409 | 24 | ||
20 | 62 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | 29 | ||
21 | 61 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 27 | ||
22 | 64 | Hugo Marchand | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 28 | ||
Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 8 | ||
Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 19 | Retirement | 23 | ||
Ret | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 9 | Accident | 11 | ||
Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 7 | Retirement | 25 | ||
Ret | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 4 | Accident | 3 | ||
Ret | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 20 | ||
Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 1 | Accident | 14 | ||
DNQ | 60 | Lionel Lecomte | Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | Did not qualify | ||||
Source: [8] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[9]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 90 | |
2 | Carlos Checa | 80 | |
3 | Garry McCoy | 61 | |
4 | Àlex Crivillé | 59 | |
5 | Norifumi Abe | 54 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yamaha | 110 | |
2 | Suzuki | 90 | |
3 | 83 | ||
4 | Aprilia | 25 | |
5 | TSR-Honda | 24 |