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.

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 highsighted 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.

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.

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 31:58.102 1 25 2 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 15 +1.870 4 20 3 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 15 +7.190 6 16 4 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 15 +13.202 3 13 5 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 15 +22.214 11 11 6 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 15 +22.858 12 10 7 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 15 +25.081 14 9 8 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 15 +25.229 9 8 9 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 15 +25.522 13 7 10 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 15 +35.874 15 6 11 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 15 +46.150 10 5 12 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 15 +46.615 16 4 13 25 José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 15 +1:03.255 17 3 14 11 José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 15 +1:05.616 18 2 15 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 15 +1:08.226 19 1 16 12 Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 15 +1:42.190 21 17 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 14 +1 lap 5 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 4 Accident 7 Ret 15 Yoshiteru Konishi F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda 3 Accident 20 Ret 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 0 Accident 8 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 0 Accident 2 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 20 43:20.928 5 25 2 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 20 +4.042 4 20 3 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 20 +6.270 2 16 4 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 20 +17.172 3 13 5 13 Marco Melandri Aprilia 20 +41.679 9 11 6 14 Anthony West Honda 20 +43.577 8 10 7 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 20 +46.589 6 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +50.730 16 8 9 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +57.955 19 7 10 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 20 +58.477 12 6 11 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +58.659 11 5 12 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 20 +59.380 23 4 13 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +1:05.180 7 3 14 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 20 +1:15.621 24 2 15 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 20 +1:19.994 25 1 16 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 20 +1:31.080 17 17 25 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 20 +1:33.083 27 18 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 20 +1:45.662 18 19 12 Mike Baldinger Yamaha 20 +1:46.346 26 Ret 31 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 13 Retirement 28 Ret 54 David García Aprilia 12 Accident 14 Ret 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 10 Retirement 22 Ret 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 7 Retirement 15 Ret 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 4 Retirement 13 Ret 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 0 Accident 21 Ret 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 0 Accident 10 Ret 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 0 Accident 1 Ret 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 0 Accident 20 Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 19 43:30.945 3 25 2 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +0.161 5 20 3 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 19 +0.163 9 16 4 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 19 +1.299 4 13 5 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 19 +6.246 1 11 6 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +6.315 12 10 7 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 19 +11.098 15 9 8 3 Masao Azuma Honda 19 +11.329 7 8 9 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 19 +11.540 14 7 10 26 Ivan Goi Honda 19 +15.917 11 6 11 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +23.496 17 5 12 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 19 +26.226 16 4 13 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 19 +30.126 6 3 14 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 19 +34.564 10 2 15 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 19 +56.991 20 1 16 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 19 +1:02.794 19 17 18 Antonio Elías Honda 19 +1:03.411 18 18 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 19 +1:04.648 8 19 24 Leon Haslam Italjet 19 +1:25.423 24 20 48 Decha Kraisart Yamaha 19 +2:14.740 27 Ret 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 14 Retirement 23 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 14 Retirement 22 Ret 10 Adrián Araujo Honda 12 Retirement 25 Ret 53 William de Angelis Aprilia 11 Retirement 21 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 10 Retirement 2 Ret 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 10 Accident 13 Ret 49 Suhathai Chaemsap Honda 1 Accident 26 Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Garry McCoy 41 2 Carlos Checa 40 3 Kenny Roberts Jr. 35 4 Alex Barros 21 5 Nobuatsu Aoki 19

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 45 2 Suzuki 35 3 Honda 26 4 TSR-Honda 11 5 Aprilia 6

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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