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2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro
flag	Brazil
Official Name	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course_mi	3.065
Course_km	4.933
Race_No	14
Season_No	16
Date	7 October
Year	2000
Image	Jacarepaguá.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Pole_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_500	1:51.058
Fast_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_500	1:52.667 on lap 22
First_Rider_500	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_500	Alex Barros
Second_Rider_500_Country	Brazil
Third_Rider_500	Garry McCoy
Third_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Pole_Rider_250	Marco Melandri
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:53.464
Fast_Rider_250	Olivier Jacque
Fast_Rider_250_Country	France
Fast_Time_250	1:54.394 on lap 2
First_Rider_250	Daijiro Kato
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Tohru Ukawa
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	1:59.011
Fast_Rider_125	Mirko Giansanti
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:59.368 on lap 3
First_Rider_125	Simone Sanna
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Youichi Ui
Third_Rider_125_Country	Japan

The 2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 October 2000 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. Kenny Roberts Jr sealed the world title at this race by finishing in 6th place. Suzuki's last world championship until the 2020 season with Joan Mir.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	24	45:22.624	4	25
10	BRA Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	24	+0.970	2	20
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+3.446	13	16
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	24	+3.568	6	13
4	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+3.709	1	11
2	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	24	+7.778	7	10
5	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	24	+8.260	11	9
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+8.518	9	8
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	24	+17.506	8	7
17	NED Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	24	+23.254	10	6
1	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	24	+28.802	12	5
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	24	+34.134	15	4
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	24	+54.359	16	3
68	AUS Mark Willis	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	24	+1:03.182	17	2
7	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+1:03.506	3	1
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda	24	+1:21.941	18
33	ESP David Tomás	Sabre Sport	Honda	23	+1 lap	19
15	JPN Yoshiteru Konishi	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	23	+1 lap	20
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	2	Accident	5
99	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	2	Retirement	14
18	BEL Sébastien Le Grelle	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda		Did not qualify

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
74	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	22	42:14.822	3	25
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	22	+0.064	6	20
35	ITA Marco Melandri	Aprilia	22	+0.190	1	16
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	22	+13.788	5	13
14	AUS Anthony West	Honda	22	+19.087	13	11
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	22	+19.236	7	10
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	22	+24.786	4	9
9	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	22	+31.874	12	8
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Aprilia	22	+41.546	10	7
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	22	+45.904	9	6
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	22	+55.630	15	5
8	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	22	+55.670	16	4
11	ITA Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	22	+55.980	18	3
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	22	+56.327	20	2
23	FRA Julien Allemand	Yamaha	22	+56.491	24	1
25	FRA Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	22	+56.713	21
26	DEU Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	22	+1:08.066	14
15	GBR Adrian Coates	Aprilia	22	+1:12.784	27
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	22	+1:23.491	23
31	ESP Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	22	+1:39.172	25
20	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	22	+1:41.493	17
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	16	Accident	2
18	MYS Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	11	Accident	19
42	ESP David Checa	TSR-Honda	7	Retirement	11
68	BRA Cristiano Vieira	Honda	5	Retirement	29
77	GBR Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	4	Retirement	22
67	BRA César Barros	Honda	1	Accident	28
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	0	Retirement	26
30	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	Aprilia		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Aprilia	21	42:14.265	3	25
3	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	+0.034	9	20
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	21	+5.680	2	16
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	21	+14.597	6	13
9	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	21	+14.890	14	11
5	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	21	+15.056	10	10
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+16.677	7	9
1	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	21	+17.033	15	8
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	21	+17.566	11	7
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	21	+18.043	13	6
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	Honda	21	+20.526	8	5
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	21	+20.695	20	4
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Honda	21	+26.309	16	3
18	ESP Antonio Elías	Honda	21	+50.820	22	2
34	AND Eric Bataille	Honda	21	+1:04.998	21	1
51	ITA Marco Petrini	Aprilia	21	+1:05.290	17
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	21	+1:05.753	18
35	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	21	+1:27.528	24
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Honda	20	Retirement	4
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	16	Retirement	12
24	GBR Leon Haslam	Italjet	15	Retirement	23
39	CZE Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	11	Retirement	19
4	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	7	Retirement	1
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	6	Retirement	5
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda		Did not start
53	SMR William de Angelis	Aprilia		Did not start
90	BRA Leandro Panadés	Honda		Did not qualify
89	BRA Renato Velludo	Honda		Did not qualify
52	BRA Gian Calabrezzi	Honda		Did not qualify
87	BRA Wesley Gutierrez	Honda		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	224
2	ITA Valentino Rossi	173
3	AUS Garry McCoy	150
4	SPA Carlos Checa	142
5	BRA Alex Barros	141

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	277
2	JPN Honda	271
3	JPN Suzuki	230
4	ITA Aprilia	83
5	JPN TSR-Honda	80

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1999 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2001 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2000 Brazilian MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2000 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(7 October 2000). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · RIO GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000".
(7 October 2000). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(7 October 2000). "Cinzano Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(2000). "Standings".

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