2000 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

2000 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 16 races in the; 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 October 2000
Official name	Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.448 km (2.764 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jeremy McWilliams
Time	1:32.552
Fastest lap
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:33.320 on lap 16
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Loris Capirossi
Third	Valentino Rossi
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Shinya Nakano
Time	1:33.713
Fastest lap
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:33.784 on lap 9
Podium
First	Olivier Jacque
Second	Shinya Nakano
Third	Daijiro Kato
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:38.296
Fastest lap
Rider	Masao Azuma
Time	1:38.877 on lap 22
Podium
First	Masao Azuma
Second	Youichi Ui
Third	Noboru Ueda

The 2000 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 29 October 2000 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

Date29 October 2000

Official nameQantas Australian Grand Prix^[1]^[2]

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Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	42:29.792	12	25
2	65	Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	27	+0.182	5	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	27	+0.288	8	16
4	10	Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	27	+0.426	2	13
5	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+1.885	6	11
6	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+3.818	11	10
7	2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+3.846	4	9
8	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	27	+3.878	1	8
9	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	27	+4.308	10	7
10	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	27	+12.582	13	6
11	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+15.939	3	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	27	+40.420	17	4
13	56	Tekkyu Kayoh	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	27	+1:06.159	15	3
14	31	Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	27	+1:15.267	19	2
15	15	Yoshiteru Konishi	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	26	+1 lap	18	1
Ret	5	Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	20	Retirement	14
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	10	Accident	7
Ret	68	Mark Willis	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	7	Retirement	16
Ret	33	David Tomás	Sabre Sport	Honda	6	Retirement	20
Ret	1	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	3	Accident	9
DNQ	25	José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	36	Stephen Briggs	BSL	BSL		Did not qualify
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	25	39:19.795	2	25
2	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	25	+0.014	1	20
3	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	25	+14.525	3	16
4	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	25	+14.556	5	13
5	35	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	25	+30.945	4	11
6	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+49.942	6	10
7	14	Anthony West	Honda	25	+59.116	15	9
8	24	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	25	+59.170	9	8
9	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	25	+59.563	8	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	25	+59.588	17	6
11	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	25	+59.677	10	5
12	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	25	+59.692	23	4
13	25	Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	25	+1:08.252	19	3
14	23	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	25	+1:11.768	12	2
15	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	25	+1:20.888	20	1
16	11	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	25	+1:20.965	27
17	16	Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	25	+1:21.234	18
18	30	Alex Debón	Aprilia	25	+1:24.803	7
19	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	25	+1:33.561	13
20	42	David Checa	TSR-Honda	25	+1:33.618	11
21	31	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	25	+1:36.630	24
22	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	24	+1 lap	22
Ret	91	Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha	19	Retirement	26
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	8	Retirement	25
Ret	93	Terry Carter	Yamaha	5	Retirement	28
Ret	15	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	3	Accident	14
Ret	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	3	Retirement	21
DNS	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	0	Did not start	16
DNS	77	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia		Did not start
DNS	26	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia		Did not start
DNQ	92	Jason Boyle	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	94	Steven Torresi	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source:^[6]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	38:15.366	5	25
2	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	23	+0.622	2	20
3	5	Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+4.088	7	16
4	1	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+4.170	9	13
5	54	Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	23	+5.697	12	11
6	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	23	+15.596	13	10
7	17	Steve Jenkner	Honda	23	+15.597	14	9
8	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	23	+23.402	15	8
9	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+32.204	11	7
10	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	23	+33.961	6	6
11	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	23	+42.276	16	5
12	18	Antonio Elías	Honda	23	+42.378	18	4
13	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+42.700	20	3
14	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	23	+43.206	10	2
15	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Aprilia	23	+1:07.361	21	1
16	35	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	23	+1:19.126	22
17	24	Leon Haslam	Italjet	23	+1:24.320	27
18	92	Josh Brookes	Honda	23	+1:35.650	19
19	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	23	+1:38.754	24
20	33	Stefano Bianco	Honda	22	+1 lap	29
Ret	91	Jay Taylor	Honda	20	Retirement	28
Ret	53	William de Angelis	Aprilia	18	Retirement	26
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	17	Retirement	8
Ret	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	15	Accident	4
Ret	94	Michael Teniswood	Honda	15	Retirement	23
Ret	67	Marco Tresoldi	Italjet	14	Retirement	25
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	10	Retirement	17
Ret	4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	6	Accident	1
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	2	Retirement	3
Source:^[7]

500 cc classification