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2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Motorcycle race
Malaysian Malaysia Sepang International Circuit Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prixhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2000-malaysian-motogp 2000 Malaysian MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 16 May 2018 3.444 5.543 2 16 2 April 2000 Sepang.svg Kenny Roberts Jr. USA 2:06.053 Kenny Roberts Jr. USA 2:06.839 on lap 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. USA Carlos Checa Spain Garry McCoy Australia Tohru Ukawa Japan 2:08.225 Shinya Nakano Japan 2:09.116 on lap 3 Shinya Nakano Japan Olivier Jacque France Daijiro Kato Japan Noboru Ueda Japan 2:15.886 Mirko Giansanti Italy 2:16.138 on lap 14 Roberto Locatelli Italy Youichi Ui Japan Mirko Giansanti Italy
The 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 April 2000 at the Sepang International Circuit.
500cc race report
The race was won by Kenny Roberts Jr., after he had already qualified for pole position on Saturday.http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2000/04/01april00gp/ Kenny Roberts on Pole for Malaysian Grand Prix « MotorcycleDaily.com – Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews Motorcycledaily.com 2 January 2019
At the start, Kenny Roberts Jr. lost ground to the Yamaha's of Carlos Checa and Norick Abe, with Loris Capirossi also making up ground to go up into third place, with Valentino Rossi right behind in 4th place. Kenny Roberts Jr. dropped down to 11th position.
After a few corners, both Àlex Crivillé and Capirossi fell and retired on the opening lap. Capirossi highsightedsimilar to highlighted July 2025 whilst accelerating out of the corner, taking out Crivillé in the process and almost taking out Roberts as well.
On lap 2, Roberts had moved up into 6th position, thanks to the crash from both Capirossi and Crivillé
On lap 3, Norick Abe crashed out of the race. He lowsided when coming out of corner 9 and slid into the grass.
On lap 4, Checa still led, with Rossi in second, McCoy in third, Roberts in 4th and Max Biaggi in 5th place. Rossi also crashed out of the race at turn 1, making this his second retirement of the season. He lost the front end, highsighted and slid into the grass with his Honda.
After a few laps, Roberts overtook McCoy and went up into second place, after Rossi retired. Checa still led the race, but Roberts' Suzuki was now closing in on the Yamaha of Checa with 14 laps to go.
On lap 7, Roberts overtook Checa to take a lead he would never surrender.
On lap 11, McCoy overtook Biaggi for third place after Biaggi ran wide on the first corner. He tried to gain it back, but ultimately conceded.https://www.yamaha-racing.com/motogp/articles/reports/race/117763/yamaha-leads-in-both-250-and-500-championships Yamaha leads in both 250 and 500 championships - Yamaha Racing 2019-01-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20190103004938/https://www.yamaha-racing.com/motogp/articles/reports/race/117763/yamaha-leads-in-both-250-and-500-championships 2019-01-03 dead
On lap 15, Roberts waved his hand, indicating that it was raining. The race was red-flagged, Roberts won and full points were given because two-thirds of the race distance was traversed by the riders.http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2000/04/02april00gp/ Roberts Victorious in Rain-Interrupted Malaysian 500 GP « MotorcycleDaily.com – Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews Motorcycledaily.com 2 January 2019
500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 31:58.102 1 25 2 7 ESP Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 15 +1.870 4 20 3 24 AUS Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 15 +7.190 6 16 4 4 ITA Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 15 +13.202 3 13 5 9 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 +22.214 11 11 6 8 JPN Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 15 +22.858 12 10 7 5 ESP Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 15 +25.081 14 9 8 10 BRA Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 15 +25.229 9 8 9 55 FRA Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 15 +25.522 13 7 10 99 GBR Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 15 +35.874 15 6 11 17 NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 15 +46.150 10 5 12 31 JPN Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 15 +46.615 16 4 13 25 ESP José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 15 +1:03.255 17 3 14 11 ESP José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 15 +1:05.616 18 2 15 22 FRA Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 15 +1:08.226 19 1 16 12 RSA Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 15 +1:42.190 21 17 6 JPN Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 14 +1 lap 5 Ret 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 4 Accident 7 Ret 15 JPN Yoshiteru Konishi F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda 3 Accident 20 Ret 1 ESP Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 0 Accident 8 Ret 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 0 Accident 2 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2000-malaysian-motogp 2000 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motrosportmagazine.com 20 July 2018http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/500cc/MAL/RAC/classification.pdf Malaysian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 2 April 2000 20 July 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2000/MAL/500cc/RAC MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000 Motogp.com 20 July 2018 20 July 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180720195151/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2000/MAL/500cc/RAC dead
250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 56 JPN Shinya Nakano Yamaha 20 43:20.928 5 25 2 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Yamaha 20 +4.042 4 20 3 74 JPN Daijiro Kato Honda 20 +6.270 2 16 4 6 DEU Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 20 +17.172 3 13 5 13 ITA Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 +41.679 9 11 6 14 AUS Anthony West Honda 20 +43.577 8 10 7 37 ITA Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 20 +46.589 6 9 8 9 ARG Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +50.730 16 8 9 30 ESP Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +57.955 19 7 10 66 DEU Alex Hofmann Aprilia 20 +58.477 12 6 11 8 JPN Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +58.659 11 5 12 24 GBR Jason Vincent Aprilia 20 +59.380 23 4 13 21 ITA Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +1:05.180 7 3 14 44 ITA Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 20 +1:15.621 24 2 15 16 SWE Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 20 +1:19.994 25 1 16 41 NLD Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 20 +1:31.080 17 17 25 FRA Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 20 +1:33.083 27 18 18 MYS Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 20 +1:45.662 18 19 12 DEU Mike Baldinger Yamaha 20 +1:46.346 26 Ret 31 ESP Lucas Oliver Yamaha 13 Retirement 28 Ret 54 ESP David García Aprilia 12 Accident 14 Ret 10 ESP Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 10 Retirement 22 Ret 77 GBR Jamie Robinson Aprilia 7 Retirement 15 Ret 15 GBR Adrian Coates Aprilia 4 Retirement 13 Ret 11 ITA Ivan Clementi Aprilia 0 Accident 21 Ret 26 DEU Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 0 Accident 10 Ret 4 JPN Tohru Ukawa Honda 0 Accident 1 Ret 42 ESP David Checa TSR-Honda 0 Accident 20 Source: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/250cc/MAL/RAC/classification.pdf Malaysian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 2 April 2000 20 July 2018
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 ITA Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 19 43:30.945 3 25 2 41 JPN Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +0.161 5 20 3 32 ITA Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +0.163 9 16 4 1 ESP Emilio Alzamora Honda 19 +1.299 4 13 5 5 JPN Noboru Ueda Honda 19 +6.246 1 11 6 23 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +6.315 12 10 7 8 ITA Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 19 +11.098 15 9 8 3 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 19 +11.329 7 8 9 17 DEU Steve Jenkner Honda 19 +11.540 14 7 10 26 ITA Ivan Goi Honda 19 +15.917 11 6 11 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +23.496 17 5 12 29 ESP Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 19 +26.226 16 4 13 11 ITA Max Sabbatani Honda 19 +30.126 6 3 14 16 ITA Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +34.564 10 2 15 35 DEU Reinhard Stolz Honda 19 +56.991 20 1 16 15 SMR Alex de Angelis Honda 19 +1:02.794 19 17 18 ESP Antonio Elías Honda 19 +1:03.411 18 18 9 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Honda 19 +1:04.648 8 19 24 GBR Leon Haslam Italjet 19 +1:25.423 24 20 48 THA Decha Kraisart Yamaha 19 +2:14.740 27 Ret 51 ITA Marco Petrini Aprilia 14 Retirement 23 Ret 39 CZE Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 14 Retirement 22 Ret 10 ESP Adrián Araujo Honda 12 Retirement 25 Ret 53 SMR William de Angelis Aprilia 11 Retirement 21 Ret 21 FRA Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 10 Retirement 2 Ret 12 FRA Randy de Puniet Aprilia 10 Accident 13 Ret 49 THA Suhathai Chaemsap Honda 1 Accident 26 Source: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/125cc/MAL/RAC/classification.pdf Malaysian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 2 April 2000 20 July 2018
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/500cc/MAL/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 2000 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-20
Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Position Rider Points 1 AUS Garry McCoy 41 2 SPA Carlos Checa 40 3 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. 35 4 BRA Alex Barros 21 5 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki 19
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Yamaha 45 2 JPN Suzuki 35 3 JPN Honda 26 4 JPN TSR-Honda 11 5 ITA Aprilia 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
Malaysian Grand Prix 2000 2000 South African Grand Prix 2000 Japanese Grand Prix 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix
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