The 2000 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 April 2000 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 21 45:16.657 8 25 2 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +0.279 1 20 3 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +1.912 7 16 4 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 21 +2.002 12 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +2.530 9 11 6 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 21 +2.678 10 10 7 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 21 +4.213 14 9 8 99 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 21 +4.902 5 8 9 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +15.471 11 7 10 19 Akira Ryo Team Suzuki Suzuki 21 +15.662 3 6 11 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 21 +29.785 13 5 12 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 21 +42.069 6 4 13 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 21 +48.774 16 3 14 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +58.022 15 2 15 11 José David de Gea Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 21 +1:22.141 19 1 16 15 Yoshiteru Konishi F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda 21 +1:22.247 21 17 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 21 +1:22.523 20 18 12 Shane Norval Sabre Sport Honda 20 +1 lap 22 Ret 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 20 Accident 4 Ret 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 10 Accident 2 Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 8 Retirement 17 Ret 25 José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 4 Retirement 18 Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 19 41:00.361 1 25 2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 19 +0.129 4 20 3 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 19 +0.231 3 16 4 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 19 +15.009 2 13 5 13 Marco Melandri Aprilia 19 +41.325 8 11 6 14 Anthony West Honda 19 +53.261 14 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 19 +53.627 11 9 8 49 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 19 +53.746 9 8 9 48 Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 19 +59.737 13 7 10 50 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 19 +1:00.249 5 6 11 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 19 +1:00.344 18 5 12 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 19 +1:04.338 12 4 13 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 19 +1:12.660 28 3 14 32 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 19 +1:12.899 10 2 15 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia 19 +1:13.434 23 1 16 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 19 +1:14.678 22 17 47 Tekkyu Kayoh TSR-Honda 19 +1:17.496 21 18 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 19 +1:24.131 19 19 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 19 +1:25.829 15 20 51 Daisaku Sakai Honda 19 +1:37.117 20 21 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 19 +1:45.687 27 22 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 19 +1:45.757 26 23 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 19 +2:08.832 29 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 30 Ret 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 7 Accident 24 Ret 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 4 Accident 6 Ret 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 3 Retirement 25 Ret 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 2 Accident 16 Ret 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 0 Accident 17 DSQ 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 19 (+49.477) 7 DNS 25 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda Did not start DNS 54 David García Aprilia Did not start DNS 12 Mike Baldinger Yamaha Did not start Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 18 41:04.264 1 25 2 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 18 +7.848 2 20 3 3 Masao Azuma Honda 18 +8.667 12 16 4 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 18 +18.623 5 13 5 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 18 +20.881 13 11 6 26 Ivan Goi Honda 18 +21.329 9 10 7 55 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 18 +22.707 11 9 8 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 18 +22.731 10 8 9 56 Yuzo Fujioka Honda 18 +22.958 8 7 10 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 18 +23.261 7 6 11 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 18 +41.116 21 5 12 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 18 +41.157 23 4 13 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 18 +41.952 28 3 14 57 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 18 +44.027 20 2 15 58 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 18 +48.081 17 1 16 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 18 +57.807 29 17 18 Antonio Elías Honda 18 +58.792 18 18 53 William de Angelis Aprilia 18 +59.182 27 19 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 18 +59.503 22 20 10 Adrián Araujo Honda 18 +1:44.115 30 Ret 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 15 Accident 15 Ret 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 15 Accident 3 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 12 Retirement 19 Ret 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 8 Accident 4 Ret 59 Shinichi Sugaya Yamaha 8 Retirement 26 Ret 24 Leon Haslam Italjet 3 Accident 25 Ret 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 2 Accident 6 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 Retirement 14 Ret 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 1 Retirement 16 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 0 Accident 24 DNQ 54 Manuel Poggiali Derbi Did not qualify Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 55 2 Carlos Checa 51 3 Garry McCoy 48 4 Norifumi Abe 34 5 Nobuatsu Aoki 32

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 70 2 Suzuki 55 3 Honda 42 4 Aprilia 14 5 TSR-Honda 14

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

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