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2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Grand Prix Polini de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course_mi	2.597
Course_km	4.305
Race_No	5
Season_No	16
Date	14 May
Year	2000
Image	Bugatti Circuit.svg
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.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	47:15.363	5	25
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+0.321	7	20
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	28	+1.155	10	16
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+4.377	8	13
10	BRA Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	28	+5.240	3	11
2	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+9.176	4	10
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+11.600	2	9
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	28	+12.174	9	8
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+12.342	12	7
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	28	+29.818	15	6
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	28	+38.477	14	5
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	28	+42.085	6	4
17	NED Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	28	+44.936	13	3
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+45.857	11	2
5	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	28	+50.834	16	1
11	ESP José David de Gea	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	28	+1:18.818	17
18	BEL Sébastien Le Grelle	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	27	+1 Lap	19
15	JPN Yoshiteru Konishi	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	18
4	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Accident	1
21	GBR Ron Haslam	Sabre Sport	Honda		Did not start

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	26	44:42.954	5	25
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	26	+0.279	3	20
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	26	+2.521	6	16
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	26	+20.531	4	13
14	AUS Anthony West	Honda	26	+25.474	8	11
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	26	+36.681	1	10
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+42.599	11	9
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	26	+46.083	2	8
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	26	+48.751	10	7
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+49.128	19	6
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+55.586	7	5
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	26	+1:03.973	14	4
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	26	+1:07.028	12	3
26	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	26	+1:09.460	15	2
30	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+1:10.649	9	1
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	26	+1:11.700	25
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	26	+1:23.677	21
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	26	+1:25.025	17
11	ITA Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	26	+1:41.997	26
31	ESP Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	25	+1 lap	29
52	FRA Julien da Costa	Honda	25	+1 lap	30
58	FRA Bruno Vecchioni	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	33
53	FRA Éric Dubray	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	32
77	GBR Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	21	Retirement	18
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	19	Accident	16
15	GBR Adrian Coates	Aprilia	12	Retirement	24
23	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha	11	Accident	13
54	ESP David García	Aprilia	10	Retirement	27
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Aprilia	9	Accident	20
42	ESP David Checa	TSR-Honda	9	Retirement	22
57	FRA Hervé Mora	Honda	4	Accident	31
55	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Honda	1	Accident	28

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	24	43:43.690	1	25
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	24	+1.655	13	20
1	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	24	+1.857	7	16
4	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	24	+2.079	2	13
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	+2.231	6	11
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	24	+5.899	12	10
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	24	+10.132	5	9
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	24	+13.923	9	8
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+14.267	10	7
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	24	+20.522	16	6
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	24	+23.135	4	5
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	24	+33.577	19	4
35	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	24	+40.851	17	3
19	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Honda	24	+41.862	15	2
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	24	+41.883	22	1
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	24	+42.843	26
18	ESP Antonio Elías	Honda	24	+1:01.198	18
51	ITA Marco Petrini	Aprilia	24	+1:21.871	21
63	FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda	24	+1:25.409	24
62	FRA Erwan Nigon	Yamaha	23	+1 lap	29
61	FRA Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	27
64	FRA Hugo Marchand	Honda	23	+1 lap	28
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	20	Retirement	8
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	19	Retirement	23
3	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	9	Accident	11
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	7	Retirement	25
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	4	Accident	3
53	SMR William de Angelis	Aprilia	2	Accident	20
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Honda	1	Accident	14
60	FRA Lionel Lecomte	Honda		Did not qualify
24	GBR Leon Haslam	Italjet		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	90
2	SPA Carlos Checa	80
3	AUS Garry McCoy	61
4	SPA Àlex Crivillé	59
5	JPN Norifumi Abe	54

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	110
2	JPN Suzuki	90
3	JPN Honda	83
4	ITA Aprilia	25
5	JPN TSR-Honda	24

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1999 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2001 French Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2000 French MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"MotoGP Riders".
(13 June 2017). "2000 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(14 May 2000). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000".
(14 May 2000). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(14 May 2000). "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2000). "Standings".

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