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2000 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

FieldValue
Grand PrixSouth African
flagSouth Africa
Official_NameGauloises Africa's Grand Prix
LocationPhakisa Freeway, Welkom
Course_mi2.636
Course_km4.242
Race_No1
Season_No16
Date19 March
Year2000
ImagePhakisa Freeway - Road course.svg
Pole_Rider_500Sete Gibernau
Pole_Rider_500_CountrySpain
Pole_Time_5001:36.273
Fast_Rider_500Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_500_CountryItaly
Fast_Time_5001:36.933 on lap 5
First_Rider_500Garry McCoy
First_Rider_500_CountryAustralia
Second_Rider_500Carlos Checa
Second_Rider_500_CountrySpain
Third_Rider_500Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_500_CountryItaly
Pole_Rider_250Shinya Nakano
Pole_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Pole_Time_2501:37.705
Fast_Rider_250Daijiro Kato
Fast_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Fast_Time_2501:37.440 on lap 15
First_Rider_250Shinya Nakano
First_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Second_Rider_250Daijiro Kato
Second_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Third_Rider_250Tohru Ukawa
Third_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Pole_Rider_125Roberto Locatelli
Pole_Rider_125_CountryItaly
Pole_Time_1251:43.464
Fast_Rider_125Arnaud Vincent
Fast_Rider_125_CountryFrance
Fast_Time_1251:42.782 on lap 22
First_Rider_125Arnaud Vincent
First_Rider_125_CountryFrance
Second_Rider_125Mirko Giansanti
Second_Rider_125_CountryItaly
Third_Rider_125Emilio Alzamora
Third_Rider_125_CountrySpain

The 2000 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 March 2000 at Phakisa Freeway.

500cc race report

This race was most notable for the shock win of WCM rider Garry McCoy. Initially, many thought that it would be 1999 500cc world champion Àlex Crivillé who would win the race, mainly thanks to the pole he had obtained on Saturday. This race also marked the first ever 500cc race of Valentino Rossi.

At the start of the race, Kenny Roberts Jr. on his Suzuki, overtook Gibernau at the start to lead the opening lap, followed by the Yamaha of Carlos Checa. Crivillé would drop down to 7th, whilst Tadayuki Okada moved up to third, closely followed by Loris Capirossi who would swap places with each other a few times on the opening lap. McCoy at that time was only in 8th place, and Rossi in 13th after a bad opening lap.

After a few laps, Checa would overtake Kenny Roberts Jr. for the lead, and not long after that Capirossi would follow suit. McCoy dropped to 9th place, with Valentino Rossi behind him.

On the 5th lap, Capirossi overtook Checa to lead the race, and after 12 laps, both Max Biaggi and Valentino Rossi were out of the race; Biaggi because of technical problems, and Rossi because of a crash.

With the laps closing down, McCoy overtook multiple people to reach third place. Sete Gibernau also overtook Kenny Roberts to go on and finish in what would be 4th place, but ran wide and eventually retired. Not much later, Crivillé would end up overtaking Roberts Jr. as well.

With 5 laps to go, McCoy overtook the Honda of Capirossi and went up into second place. A few corners later, he overtook the other Yamaha of Checa to lead the race. He held off a late charge from Checa and would come home to win the race with 0.366 seconds difference: the first 500cc race of his career.

This was the first race to be won by an Australian since the 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix who was won by Mick Doohan.

500 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789101112131415RetRetRetRetRetRetSources:
24AUS Garry McCoyRed Bull Yamaha WCMYamaha2845:38.775925
7SPA Carlos ChecaMarlboro Yamaha TeamYamaha28+0.366420
65ITA Loris CapirossiEmerson Honda PonsHonda28+1.590216
10BRA Alex BarrosEmerson Honda PonsHonda28+9.7451313
1SPA Àlex CrivilléRepsol Honda TeamHonda28+10.253711
2USA Kenny Roberts Jr.Telefónica Movistar SuzukiSuzuki28+15.853310
6JPN Norick AbeAntena 3 Yamaha d'AntinYamaha28+24.228159
9JPN Nobuatsu AokiTelefónica Movistar SuzukiSuzuki28+26.719128
55FRA Régis LaconiRed Bull Yamaha WCMYamaha28+36.231167
17NED Jurgen van den GoorberghRizla HondaTSR-Honda28+37.613116
25SPA José Luis CardosoMaxon Dee Cee JeansHonda28+1:04.044205
22FRA Sébastien GimbertTecmas Honda ElfHonda28+1:14.912174
15JPN Yoshiteru KonishiF.C.C. TSRTSR-Honda28+1:30.049213
12RSA Shane NorvalSabre SportHonda28+1:32.776192
11SPA José David de GeaProton Team KRModenas KR327+1 lap181
8JPN Tadayuki OkadaRepsol Honda TeamHonda21Accident6
5SPA Sete GibernauRepsol Honda TeamHonda20Retirement1
46ITA Valentino RossiNastro Azzurro HondaHonda12Accident5
4ITA Max BiaggiMarlboro Yamaha TeamYamaha12Retirement10
99GBR Jeremy McWilliamsAprilia Grand Prix RacingAprilia7Retirement8
31JPN Tetsuya HaradaAprilia Grand Prix RacingAprilia2Retirement14

250 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints123456789101112131415161718RetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNSSource:
56Japan Shinya NakanoYamaha2642:34.085125
74Japan Daijiro KatoHonda26+0.875320
4Japan Tohru UkawaHonda26+13.813216
19France Olivier JacqueYamaha26+30.687513
14Australia Anthony WestHonda26+47.621411
21Italy Franco BattainiAprilia26+47.705610
6Germany Ralf WaldmannAprilia26+58.22179
9Argentina Sebastián PortoYamaha26+1:02.190118
24UK Jason VincentAprilia26+1:07.732177
8Japan Naoki MatsudoYamaha26+1:09.269186
77UK Jamie RobinsonAprilia26+1:23.219145
30Spain Alex DebónAprilia26+1:25.538104
13Italy Marco MelandriAprilia26+1:29.76383
26Germany Klaus NöhlesAprilia26+1:31.878132
44Italy Roberto RolfoTSR-Honda25+1 lap281
42Spain David ChecaTSR-Honda25+1 lap24
41Netherlands Jarno JanssenTSR-Honda25+1 lap19
12Germany Mike BaldingerYamaha25+1 lap26
10Spain Fonsi NietoYamaha21Retirement23
31Spain Lucas OliverYamaha20Retirement27
18Malaysia Shahrol YuzyYamaha19Retirement12
16Sweden Johan StigefeltTSR-Honda17Retirement20
11Italy Ivan ClementiAprilia14Retirement22
54Spain David GarcíaAprilia12Accident21
37Italy Luca BoscoscuroAprilia10Retirement9
66Germany Alex HofmannAprilia8Retirement15
15UK Adrian CoatesAprilia3Accident16
25FRA Vincent PhilippeTSR-Honda0Did not start25

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints1234567891011121314151617181920212223RetRetDNSSource:
21France Arnaud VincentAprilia2441:35.310625
32Italy Mirko GiansantiHonda24+1.937420
1Spain Emilio AlzamoraHonda24+2.0571116
4Italy Roberto LocatelliAprilia24+2.362113
5Japan Noboru UedaHonda24+4.566711
17Germany Steve JenknerHonda24+11.073510
8Italy Gianluigi ScalviniAprilia24+11.18739
26Italy Ivan GoiHonda24+11.50488
3Japan Masao AzumaHonda24+37.723127
23Italy Gino BorsoiAprilia24+39.81996
9Italy Lucio CecchinelloHonda24+39.887185
16Italy Simone SannaAprilia24+39.964104
29Spain Ángel Nieto Jr.Honda24+40.474143
12France Randy de PunietAprilia24+41.118132
22Spain Pablo NietoDerbi24+52.411161
15San Marino Alex de AngelisHonda24+52.63915
35Germany Reinhard StolzHonda24+1:22.24320
10Spain Adrián AraujoHonda24+1:27.52724
53San Marino William de AngelisAprilia24+1:27.81121
11Italy Max SabbataniHonda24+1:28.09317
51Italy Marco PetriniAprilia24+1:28.44919
24UK Leon HaslamItaljet24+1:28.64822
18Spain Antonio ElíasHonda24+1:47.35023
39Czech Republic Jaroslav HulešItaljet4Retirement25
41Japan Youichi UiDerbi0Accident2
54SMR Manuel PoggialiDerbiDid not start

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.RiderPoints
1AUS Garry McCoy25
2SPA Carlos Checa20
3ITA Loris Capirossi16
4BRA Alex Barros13
5SPA Àlex Crivillé11

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.ConstructorPoints
1JPN Yamaha25
2JPN Honda16
3JPN Suzuki10
4JPN TSR-Honda6
5MYS Modenas KR31
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1999 South African Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2001 South African Grand Prix

References

  1. (13 June 2017). "2000 South African MotoGP".
  2. "Australian Garry McCoy Wins Opening Round of 500 GP in South Africa; Shinya Nakano Takes 250 GP « MotorcycleDaily.com – Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews".
  3. (29 March 2018). "Rossi: I thought 'why are they so slow?'… and crashed!".
  4. "McCoy holds on to scoop SA Grand Prix - Cape Argus".
  5. "Yamaha s bullish season opener - Yamaha Racing".
  6. (13 June 2017). "2000 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
  7. (19 March 2000). "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
  8. "500cc Race Classification 2000".
  9. (19 March 2000). "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
  10. (19 March 2000). "Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
  11. (2000). "Standings".
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