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2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Pacific
flag	Japan
Official Name	Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	15
Season_No	16
Date	15 October
Year	2000
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	1:49.954
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_500	1:50.591 on lap 22
First_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
First_Rider_500_Country	USA
Second_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Third_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Time_250	1:52.574
Fast_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	1:52.253 on lap 23
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:58.831
Fast_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:58.816 on lap 7
First_Rider_125	Roberto Locatelli
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Emilio Alzamora
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Simone Sanna
Third_Rider_125_Country	Italy

The 2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 October 2000 at the Twin Ring Motegi.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
2	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	46:23.327	2	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	25	+6.175	5	20
4	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+6.360	1	16
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+19.727	7	13
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+21.994	6	11
1	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+22.237	12	10
10	BRA Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	25	+23.963	4	9
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	25	+26.051	3	8
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	+26.388	10	7
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+32.508	9	6
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+36.078	13	5
5	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	25	+37.760	11	4
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	25	+38.014	16	3
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	25	+55.657	14	2
17	NED Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	25	+1:06.664	15	1
56	JPN Tekkyu Kayoh	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	25	+1:28.554	17
33	ESP David Tomás	Sabre Sport	Honda	24	+1 lap	19
15	JPN Yoshiteru Konishi	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	24	+1 lap	20
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	17	Retirement	8
68	AUS Mark Willis	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	0	Did not start	18
36	NZL Stephen Briggs	BSL	BSL		Did not qualify
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda		Withdrew

250cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	23	43:26.394	1	25
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	23	+0.707	3	20
35	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	23	+19.677	2	16
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	23	+24.260	5	13
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	23	+28.673	4	11
14	AUS Anthony West	Honda	23	+49.317	9	10
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	23	+50.661	7	9
89	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	23	+1:06.700	17	8
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Aprilia	23	+1:08.330	13	7
88	JPN Yasumasa Hatakeyama	Honda	23	+1:14.158	12	6
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	23	+1:20.838	15	5
30	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+1:20.946	8	4
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	23	+1:22.398	18	3
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	23	+1:22.817	14	2
42	ESP David Checa	TSR-Honda	23	+1:22.942	16	1
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+1:37.060	20
90	JPN Yoshinori Korogi	Honda	23	+1:46.753	26
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	23	+1:46.792	29
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	23	+1:48.952	27
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	14	Accident	10
23	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha	5	Retirement	23
77	GBR Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	2	Accident	28
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	1	Accident	6
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	21
26	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	0	Accident	24
31	ESP Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	0	Accident	30
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	25
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	0	Accident	22
48	JPN Shinichi Nakatomi	Honda	0	Accident	19
49	JPN Osamu Miyazaki	Yamaha	23	(+1:08.510)	11
15	GBR Adrian Coates	Aprilia		Did not start
11	ITA Ivan Clementi	Aprilia		Did not start
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	21	41:55.152	1	25
1	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	21	+13.790	5	20
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	21	+16.429	12	16
3	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	+21.734	4	13
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	21	+28.060	8	11
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	21	+28.277	10	10
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	21	+28.322	7	9
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	21	+29.155	6	8
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	21	+29.521	18	7
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	21	+33.499	11	6
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	21	+38.889	13	5
18	ESP Antonio Elías	Honda	21	+39.828	21	4
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Honda	21	+39.983	15	3
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+40.151	20	2
56	JPN Yuzo Fujioka	NER Honda	21	+55.189	14	1
96	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	Yamaha	21	+55.212	22
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	21	+1:09.288	16
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	21	+1:11.898	25
51	ITA Marco Petrini	Aprilia	21	+1:11.980	24
98	JPN Masafumi Ono	Honda	21	+1:12.325	19
35	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	21	+1:38.513	27
67	CHE Marco Tresoldi	Italjet	21	+1:52.521	29
97	JPN Naoki Katoh	Honda	17	Accident	17
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	13	Accident	3
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	11	Retirement	23
24	GBR Leon Haslam	Italjet	10	Retirement	28
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	1	Retirement	26
95	JPN Nobuyuki Yunoki	Honda	0	Accident	9
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	21	(+17.692)	2
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda		Did not start
53	SMR William de Angelis	Aprilia		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	249
2	ITA Valentino Rossi	193
3	SPA Carlos Checa	155
4	AUS Garry McCoy	150
5	BRA Alex Barros	150

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	293
2	JPN Honda	291
3	JPN Suzuki	255
4	ITA Aprilia	86
5	JPN TSR-Honda	81

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = none | Next_year's_race = 2001 Pacific Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2000 Pacific MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2000 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(15 October 2000). "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000".
(15 October 2000). "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(15 October 2000). "Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2000). "Standings".

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