2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2000 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 May 2000
Official name	Grand Prix Polini de France[1][2]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.305 km (2.675 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:39.342 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:40.089 on lap 5 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second Norick Abe Third Valentino Rossi
250cc
Pole position Rider Daijiro Kato Time 1:41.635 Fastest lap Rider Tohru Ukawa Time 1:42.312 on lap 11 Podium First Tohru Ukawa Second Shinya Nakano Third Olivier Jacque
125cc
Pole position Rider Youichi Ui Time 1:49.776 Fastest lap Rider Noboru Ueda Time 1:48.011 on lap 3 Podium First Youichi Ui Second Mirko Giansanti Third Emilio Alzamora

This would prove to be 1999 500cc champion Àlex Crivillé's final grand prix victory.^[3]

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: [4][5][6]

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: [7]

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: [8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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.

References

1. "2000 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
3. "MotoGP Riders". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
4. "2000 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
5. "Grand Prix Polini de France – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
6. "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 2000". Motogp.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
7. "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
8. "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 May 2000. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2000. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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