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2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Malaysian
flag	Malaysia
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Official_Name	Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Course_mi	3.444
Course_km	5.543
Race_No	2
Season_No	16
Date	2 April
Year	2000
Image	Sepang.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Pole_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Time_500	2:06.053
Fast_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Fast_Rider_500_Country	USA
Fast_Time_500	2:06.839 on lap 2
First_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
First_Rider_500_Country	USA
Second_Rider_500	Carlos Checa
Second_Rider_500_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_500	Garry McCoy
Third_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Pole_Rider_250	Tohru Ukawa
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	2:08.225
Fast_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	2:09.116 on lap 3
First_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Olivier Jacque
Second_Rider_250_Country	France
Third_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_125	Noboru Ueda
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_125	2:15.886
Fast_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	2:16.138 on lap 14
First_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 April 2000 at the Sepang International Circuit.

500cc race report

The race was won by Kenny Roberts Jr., after he had already qualified for pole position on Saturday.

At the start, Kenny Roberts Jr. lost ground to the Yamaha's of Carlos Checa and Norick Abe, with Loris Capirossi also making up ground to go up into third place, with Valentino Rossi right behind in 4th place. Kenny Roberts Jr. dropped down to 11th position.

After a few corners, both Àlex Crivillé and Capirossi fell and retired on the opening lap. Capirossi highsighted whilst accelerating out of the corner, taking out Crivillé in the process and almost taking out Roberts as well.

On lap 2, Roberts had moved up into 6th position, thanks to the crash from both Capirossi and Crivillé

On lap 3, Norick Abe crashed out of the race. He lowsided when coming out of corner 9 and slid into the grass.

On lap 4, Checa still led, with Rossi in second, McCoy in third, Roberts in 4th and Max Biaggi in 5th place. Rossi also crashed out of the race at turn 1, making this his second retirement of the season. He lost the front end, highsighted and slid into the grass with his Honda.

After a few laps, Roberts overtook McCoy and went up into second place, after Rossi retired. Checa still led the race, but Roberts' Suzuki was now closing in on the Yamaha of Checa with 14 laps to go.

On lap 7, Roberts overtook Checa to take a lead he would never surrender.

On lap 11, McCoy overtook Biaggi for third place after Biaggi ran wide on the first corner. He tried to gain it back, but ultimately conceded.

On lap 15, Roberts waved his hand, indicating that it was raining. The race was red-flagged, Roberts won and full points were given because two-thirds of the race distance was traversed by the riders.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
2	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	15	31:58.102	1	25
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	15	+1.870	4	20
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	15	+7.190	6	16
4	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	15	+13.202	3	13
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	15	+22.214	11	11
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	15	+22.858	12	10
5	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	15	+25.081	14	9
10	BRA Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	15	+25.229	9	8
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	15	+25.522	13	7
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	15	+35.874	15	6
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	15	+46.150	10	5
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	15	+46.615	16	4
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda	15	+1:03.255	17	3
11	ESP José David de Gea	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	15	+1:05.616	18	2
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	15	+1:08.226	19	1
12	RSA Shane Norval	Sabre Sport	Honda	15	+1:42.190	21
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	14	+1 lap	5
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	4	Accident	7
15	JPN Yoshiteru Konishi	F.C.C. TSR	TSR-Honda	3	Accident	20
1	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	0	Accident	8
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	0	Accident	2

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	20	43:20.928	5	25
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	20	+4.042	4	20
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	20	+6.270	2	16
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	20	+17.172	3	13
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	20	+41.679	9	11
14	AUS Anthony West	Honda	20	+43.577	8	10
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	20	+46.589	6	9
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	20	+50.730	16	8
30	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	+57.955	19	7
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	20	+58.477	12	6
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+58.659	11	5
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Aprilia	20	+59.380	23	4
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+1:05.180	7	3
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	TSR-Honda	20	+1:15.621	24	2
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	20	+1:19.994	25	1
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	20	+1:31.080	17
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	20	+1:33.083	27
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	20	+1:45.662	18
12	DEU Mike Baldinger	Yamaha	20	+1:46.346	26
31	ESP Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	13	Retirement	28
54	ESP David García	Aprilia	12	Accident	14
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	10	Retirement	22
77	GBR Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	7	Retirement	15
15	GBR Adrian Coates	Aprilia	4	Retirement	13
11	ITA Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	0	Accident	21
26	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	0	Accident	10
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	0	Accident	1
42	ESP David Checa	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	20

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	19	43:30.945	3	25
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+0.161	5	20
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	19	+0.163	9	16
1	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	19	+1.299	4	13
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	19	+6.246	1	11
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+6.315	12	10
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	19	+11.098	15	9
3	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+11.329	7	8
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Honda	19	+11.540	14	7
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	19	+15.917	11	6
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	19	+23.496	17	5
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	19	+26.226	16	4
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	19	+30.126	6	3
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	19	+34.564	10	2
35	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	19	+56.991	20	1
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	19	+1:02.794	19
18	ESP Antonio Elías	Honda	19	+1:03.411	18
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	19	+1:04.648	8
24	GBR Leon Haslam	Italjet	19	+1:25.423	24
48	THA Decha Kraisart	Yamaha	19	+2:14.740	27
51	ITA Marco Petrini	Aprilia	14	Retirement	23
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	14	Retirement	22
10	ESP Adrián Araujo	Honda	12	Retirement	25
53	SMR William de Angelis	Aprilia	11	Retirement	21
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	10	Retirement	2
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	10	Accident	13
49	THA Suhathai Chaemsap	Honda	1	Accident	26

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	AUS Garry McCoy	41
2	SPA Carlos Checa	40
3	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	35
4	BRA Alex Barros	21
5	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	19

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	45
2	JPN Suzuki	35
3	JPN Honda	26
4	JPN TSR-Honda	11
5	ITA Aprilia	6

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2000 Malaysian MotoGP".
"Kenny Roberts on Pole for Malaysian Grand Prix « MotorcycleDaily.com – Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews".
"Yamaha leads in both 250 and 500 championships - Yamaha Racing".
"Roberts Victorious in Rain-Interrupted Malaysian 500 GP « MotorcycleDaily.com – Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews".
(13 June 2017). "2000 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2 April 2000). "Malaysian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000".
(2 April 2000). "Malaysian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2 April 2000). "Malaysian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2000). "Standings".

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