2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 7 October 2000 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. Kenny Roberts Jr sealed the world title at this race by finishing in 6th place. Suzuki's last world championship until 2020 when Joan Mir won the title with Suzuki

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 24 45:22.624 4 25 2 10 Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 24 +0.970 2 20 3 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +3.446 13 16 4 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 +3.568 6 13 5 4 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +3.709 1 11 6 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +7.778 7 10 7 5 Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +8.260 11 9 8 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +8.518 9 8 9 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +17.506 8 7 10 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 24 +23.254 10 6 11 1 Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 24 +28.802 12 5 12 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 24 +34.134 15 4 13 31 Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 24 +54.359 16 3 14 68 Mark Willis Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 24 +1:03.182 17 2 15 7 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +1:03.506 3 1 16 25 José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 24 +1:21.941 18 17 33 David Tomás Sabre Sport Honda 23 +1 lap 19 18 15 Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda 23 +1 lap 20 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 2 Accident 5 Ret 99 Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 2 Retirement 14 DNQ 18 Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Did not qualify Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 74 Daijiro Kato Honda 22 42:14.822 3 25 2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 22 +0.064 6 20 3 35 Marco Melandri Aprilia 22 +0.190 1 16 4 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 22 +13.788 5 13 5 14 Anthony West Honda 22 +19.087 13 11 6 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 22 +19.236 7 10 7 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 22 +24.786 4 9 8 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 22 +31.874 12 8 9 24 Jason Vincent Aprilia 22 +41.546 10 7 10 37 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 22 +45.904 9 6 11 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 22 +55.630 15 5 12 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 22 +55.670 16 4 13 11 Ivan Clementi Aprilia 22 +55.980 18 3 14 22 Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 22 +56.327 20 2 15 23 Julien Allemand Yamaha 22 +56.491 24 1 16 25 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 22 +56.713 21 17 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 22 +1:08.066 14 18 15 Adrian Coates Aprilia 22 +1:12.784 27 19 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 22 +1:23.491 23 20 31 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 22 +1:39.172 25 21 20 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 22 +1:41.493 17 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 16 Accident 2 Ret 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 11 Accident 19 Ret 42 David Checa TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 11 Ret 68 Cristiano Vieira Honda 5 Retirement 29 Ret 77 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 4 Retirement 22 Ret 67 César Barros Honda 1 Accident 28 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 0 Retirement 26 Ret 30 Alex Debón Aprilia 0 Accident 8 DNS 66 Alex Hofmann Aprilia Did not start Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 Simone Sanna Aprilia 21 42:14.265 3 25 2 3 Masao Azuma Honda 21 +0.034 9 20 3 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +5.680 2 16 4 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 21 +14.597 6 13 5 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 21 +14.890 14 11 6 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 21 +15.056 10 10 7 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +16.677 7 9 8 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +17.033 15 8 9 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 21 +17.566 11 7 10 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 21 +18.043 13 6 11 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 21 +20.526 8 5 12 26 Ivan Goi Honda 21 +20.695 20 4 13 17 Steve Jenkner Honda 21 +26.309 16 3 14 18 Antonio Elías Honda 21 +50.820 22 2 15 34 Eric Bataille Honda 21 +1:04.998 21 1 16 51 Marco Petrini Aprilia 21 +1:05.290 17 17 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 21 +1:05.753 18 18 35 Reinhard Stolz Honda 21 +1:27.528 24 Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Honda 20 Retirement 4 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 16 Retirement 12 Ret 24 Leon Haslam Italjet 15 Retirement 23 Ret 39 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 11 Retirement 19 Ret 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 7 Retirement 1 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Derbi 6 Retirement 5 DNS 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda Did not start DNS 53 William de Angelis Aprilia Did not start DNQ 90 Leandro Panadés Honda Did not qualify DNQ 89 Renato Velludo Honda Did not qualify DNQ 52 Gian Calabrezzi Honda Did not qualify DNQ 87 Wesley Gutierrez Honda Did not qualify Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 224 2 Valentino Rossi 173 3 Garry McCoy 150 4 Carlos Checa 142 5 Alex Barros 141

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 277 2 Honda 271 3 Suzuki 230 4 Aprilia 83 5 TSR-Honda 80

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

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