The 2000 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 11 June 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 600th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 51:31.504 3 25 2 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +4.454 12 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 25 +9.541 9 16 4 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 25 +12.621 5 13 5 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +17.224 8 11 6 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 25 +25.906 2 10 7 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 25 +45.688 15 9 8 11 José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 25 +1:02.945 16 8 9 31 Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 25 +1:21.784 14 7 10 15 Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 25 +1:33.670 18 6 11 18 Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 24 +1 lap 20 5 12 99 Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 24 +1 lap 13 4 13 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +1 lap 11 3 14 12 Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 24 +1 lap 19 2 15 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +1 lap 6 1 16 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +2 laps 17 Ret 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 12 Retirement 1 Ret 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 10 Accident 7 Ret 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 5 Accident 10 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 4 Accident 4 DNS 25 José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 23 48:23.116 4 25 2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 23 +4.025 3 20 3 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 23 +8.177 1 16 4 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 23 +12.811 7 13 5 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +12.998 9 11 6 13 Marco Melandri Aprilia 23 +13.161 5 10 7 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 23 +46.137 2 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +49.412 17 8 9 14 Anthony West Honda 23 +49.458 24 7 10 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 23 +56.066 10 6 11 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 23 +58.740 19 5 12 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 23 +1:08.906 14 4 13 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 23 +1:09.056 22 3 14 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 23 +1:12.935 26 2 15 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 23 +1:16.235 12 1 16 22 Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 23 +1:16.403 29 17 31 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 23 +1:24.739 27 18 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 23 +1:24.826 25 19 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 23 +1:38.584 11 20 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 23 +1:38.693 15 21 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 23 +1:54.290 16 22 23 Julien Allemand Yamaha 22 +1 lap 28 Ret 33 David Tomás Honda 20 Retirement 31 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 15 Retirement 21 Ret 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 15 Retirement 8 Ret 54 David García Aprilia 14 Retirement 23 Ret 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 9 Retirement 18 Ret 38 Álvaro Molina TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 30 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 5 Accident 13 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 5 Retirement 20 Ret 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 0 Accident 6 DNS 27 Fabrizio De Marco Honda 0 Did not start 32 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 22 47:54.390 12 25 2 3 Masao Azuma Honda 22 +10.770 11 20 3 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 22 +11.012 13 16 4 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 22 +32.298 21 13 5 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 22 +1:14.098 22 11 6 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 22 +1:23.253 5 10 7 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 22 +1:27.049 20 9 8 18 Antonio Elías Honda 22 +1:37.000 19 8 9 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 22 +1:40.199 23 7 10 24 Leon Haslam Italjet 22 +1:46.951 24 6 11 26 Ivan Goi Honda 22 +1:50.843 17 5 12 34 Eric Bataille Honda 22 +2:09.311 27 4 13 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 21 +1 lap 14 3 14 45 Iván Martínez Aprilia 21 +1 lap 26 2 Ret 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 14 Accident 4 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 14 Accident 8 Ret 50 Joaquín Perera Honda 14 Accident 28 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 13 Accident 10 Ret 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 12 Accident 18 Ret 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 Accident 1 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Derbi 7 Retirement 15 Ret 10 Adrián Araujo Honda 3 Retirement 25 Ret 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 2 Accident 7 Ret 53 William de Angelis Aprilia 2 Accident 16 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 2 Accident 6 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 0 Accident 2 Ret 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 0 Accident 3 DNS 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 0 Did not start 9 WD 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda Withdrew WD 47 Ángel Rodríguez Aprilia Withdrew Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 125 2 Carlos Checa 100 3 Norifumi Abe 85 4 Loris Capirossi 73 5 Nobuatsu Aoki 72
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 150 2 Suzuki 128 3 Honda 124 4 Aprilia 48 5 TSR-Honda 38
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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