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 Points 1 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 47:15.363 5 25 2 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28 +0.321 7 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 28 +1.155 10 16 4 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +4.377 8 13 5 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +5.240 3 11 6 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +9.176 4 10 7 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +11.600 2 9 8 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +12.174 9 8 9 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +12.342 12 7 10 31 Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28 +29.818 15 6 11 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +38.477 14 5 12 99 Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28 +42.085 6 4 13 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 28 +44.936 13 3 14 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +45.857 11 2 15 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +50.834 16 1 16 11 José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 28 +1:18.818 17 17 18 Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 27 +1 Lap 19 Ret 15 Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 9 Accident 18 Ret 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 3 Accident 1 DNS 21 Ron Haslam Sabre Sport Honda Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 26 44:42.954 5 25 2 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 26 +0.279 3 20 3 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 26 +2.521 6 16 4 13 Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +20.531 4 13 5 14 Anthony West Honda 26 +25.474 8 11 6 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 26 +36.681 1 10 7 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +42.599 11 9 8 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 26 +46.083 2 8 9 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 26 +48.751 10 7 10 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +49.128 19 6 11 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +55.586 7 5 12 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 26 +1:03.973 14 4 13 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +1:07.028 12 3 14 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26 +1:09.460 15 2 15 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 26 +1:10.649 9 1 16 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26 +1:11.700 25 17 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1:23.677 21 18 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 26 +1:25.025 17 19 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 26 +1:41.997 26 20 31 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 25 +1 lap 23 21 22 Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 29 22 52 Julien da Costa Honda 25 +1 lap 30 23 58 Bruno Vecchioni Yamaha 25 +1 lap 33 24 53 Éric Dubray Yamaha 25 +1 lap 32 Ret 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 21 Retirement 18 Ret 25 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 19 Accident 16 Ret 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 12 Retirement 24 Ret 23 Julien Allemand Yamaha 11 Accident 13 Ret 54 David García Aprilia 10 Retirement 27 Ret 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 9 Accident 20 Ret 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 22 Ret 57 Hervé Mora Honda 4 Accident 31 Ret 55 Sylvain Guintoli Honda 1 Accident 28 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 24 43:43.690 1 25 2 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 24 +1.655 13 20 3 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 24 +1.857 7 16 4 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +2.079 2 13 5 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 +2.231 6 11 6 26 Ivan Goi Honda 24 +5.899 12 10 7 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 24 +10.132 5 9 8 54 Manuel Poggiali Derbi 24 +13.923 9 8 9 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +14.267 10 7 10 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 24 +20.522 16 6 11 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 24 +23.135 4 5 12 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 24 +33.577 19 4 13 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 24 +40.851 17 3 14 19 Alessandro Brannetti Honda 24 +41.862 15 2 15 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 24 +41.883 22 1 16 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 24 +42.843 26 17 18 Antonio Elías Honda 24 +1:01.198 18 18 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 24 +1:21.871 21 19 63 Jimmy Petit Honda 24 +1:25.409 24 20 62 Erwan Nigon Yamaha 23 +1 lap 29 21 61 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 23 +1 lap 27 22 64 Hugo Marchand Honda 23 +1 lap 28 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 20 Retirement 8 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 19 Retirement 23 Ret 3 Masao Azuma Honda 9 Accident 11 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 7 Retirement 25 Ret 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 4 Accident 3 Ret 53 William de Angelis Aprilia 2 Accident 20 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 1 Accident 14 DNQ 60 Lionel Lecomte Honda Did not qualify DNQ 24 Leon Haslam Italjet Did not qualify Source:
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 Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 90 2 Carlos Checa 80 3 Garry McCoy 61 4 Àlex Crivillé 59 5 Norifumi Abe 54
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 110 2 Suzuki 90 3 Honda 83 4 Aprilia 25 5 TSR-Honda 24
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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