The 2000 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 September 2000 at Estoril.
This was the first Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix since 1987. It was previously a one-off race held in Spain.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 48:07.663 1 25 2 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 28 +4.941 4 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 28 +5.182 12 16 4 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +5.724 5 13 5 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 28 +13.759 10 11 6 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +15.422 9 10 7 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 28 +15.425 6 9 8 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 28 +15.776 3 8 9 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 28 +19.623 13 7 10 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +19.843 7 6 11 99 Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28 +32.421 15 5 12 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +33.195 8 4 13 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 28 +54.916 14 3 14 31 Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 28 +1:13.562 17 2 15 68 Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 28 +1:18.311 16 1 16 25 José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 28 +1:19.532 18 17 15 Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 28 +1:47.140 19 18 18 Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 27 +1 lap 20 19 20 Phil Giles Sabre Sport Honda 27 +1 lap 21 Ret 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 20 Accident 11 Ret 43 Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 10 Retirement 22 Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 0 Accident 2 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 26 45:07.769 2 25 2 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 26 +10.954 1 20 3 35 Marco Melandri Aprilia 26 +28.317 6 16 4 14 Anthony West Honda 26 +34.314 12 13 5 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26 +35.983 8 11 6 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26 +40.091 11 10 7 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 26 +40.375 14 9 8 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 26 +51.493 19 8 9 22 Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 26 +54.322 18 7 10 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 26 +54.506 26 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 26 +58.840 25 5 12 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +59.337 13 4 13 25 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 26 +1:00.132 16 3 14 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 26 +1:05.509 24 2 15 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 26 +1:24.133 27 1 16 23 Julien Allemand Yamaha 26 +1:24.462 23 17 31 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 26 +1:35.079 20 18 85 Felisberto Teixeira Yamaha 25 +1 lap 29 19 38 Álvaro Molina TSR-Honda 25 +1 lap 28 Ret 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 Retirement 21 Ret 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 12 Retirement 22 Ret 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 17 Ret 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 3 Accident 4 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 3 Accident 3 Ret 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 3 Accident 15 Ret 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 2 Accident 5 Ret 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 1 Accident 10 Ret 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 1 Accident 7 Ret 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 1 Accident 9 DNS 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda Did not start DNQ 86 Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha Did not qualify DNQ 87 Pablo Antelo Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 24 43:22.891 2 25 2 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 24 +3.691 3 20 3 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 24 +12.233 8 16 4 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 24 +12.804 17 13 5 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 24 +16.958 14 11 6 26 Ivan Goi Honda 24 +19.629 15 10 7 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 24 +26.990 9 9 8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +30.785 10 8 9 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 24 +30.794 13 7 10 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 24 +33.054 23 6 11 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 24 +33.466 20 5 12 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 24 +49.454 19 4 13 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 24 +1:04.046 22 3 14 10 Adrián Araujo Honda 24 +1:13.056 27 2 15 53 William de Angelis Aprilia 24 +1:13.060 21 1 16 34 Eric Bataille Honda 24 +1:14.132 26 17 18 Antonio Elías Honda 23 +1 lap 16 18 84 José Leite Honda 23 +1 lap 28 Ret 3 Masao Azuma Honda 23 Accident 11 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Derbi 17 Retirement 4 Ret 24 Leon Haslam Italjet 17 Retirement 25 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 12 Accident 5 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 10 Accident 6 Ret 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 10 Retirement 24 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 9 Accident 1 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 9 Accident 12 Ret 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 9 Accident 18 Ret 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 8 Accident 7 DNQ 86 Paulo Henriques Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 83 Emmanuel Carvalho Honda Did not qualify DNQ 85 Manuel Vieira Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 194 2 Valentino Rossi 148 3 Carlos Checa 132 4 Loris Capirossi 126 5 Norifumi Abe 113
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 236 2 Honda 235 3 Suzuki 200 4 Aprilia 80 5 TSR-Honda 68
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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