2000 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2000 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 11 June 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 600th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 25 | 51:31.504 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 25 | +4.454 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 25 | +9.541 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 25 | +12.621 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +17.224 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +25.906 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 25 | +45.688 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 25 | +1:02.945 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 25 | +1:21.784 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1:33.670 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 18 | Sébastien Le Grelle | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Shane Norval | Sabre Sport | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 23 | +2 laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 10 | Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 10 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 5 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 4 | |
| DNS | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Maxon Dee Cee Jeans | Honda | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 23 | 48:23.116 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +4.025 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 23 | +8.177 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 23 | +12.811 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 23 | +12.998 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 23 | +13.161 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 23 | +46.137 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +49.412 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 23 | +49.458 | 24 | 7 |
| 10 | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 23 | +56.066 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 23 | +58.740 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:08.906 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:09.056 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 23 | +1:12.935 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 23 | +1:16.235 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:16.403 | 29 | |
| 17 | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 23 | +1:24.739 | 27 | |
| 18 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 23 | +1:24.826 | 25 | |
| 19 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 23 | +1:38.584 | 11 | |
| 20 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 23 | +1:38.693 | 15 | |
| 21 | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 23 | +1:54.290 | 16 | |
| 22 | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 33 | David Tomás | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 54 | David García | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 38 | Álvaro Molina | TSR-Honda | 9 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| DNS | 27 | Fabrizio De Marco | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 32 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 22 | 47:54.390 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 22 | +10.770 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 22 | +11.012 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 22 | +32.298 | 21 | 13 |
| 5 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 22 | +1:14.098 | 22 | 11 |
| 6 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 22 | +1:23.253 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 22 | +1:27.049 | 20 | 9 |
| 8 | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 22 | +1:37.000 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 22 | +1:40.199 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 22 | +1:46.951 | 24 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 22 | +1:50.843 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 22 | +2:09.311 | 27 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 21 | +1 lap | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 45 | Iván Martínez | Aprilia | 21 | +1 lap | 26 | 2 |
| Ret | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 14 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 14 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 50 | Joaquín Perera | Honda | 14 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 13 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 7 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNS | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 0 | Did not start | 9 | |
| WD | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | | Withdrew | | |
| WD | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | | Withdrew | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 125 |
| 2 | Carlos Checa | 100 |
| 3 | Norifumi Abe | 85 |
| 4 | Loris Capirossi | 73 |
| 5 | Nobuatsu Aoki | 72 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 150 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 128 |
| 3 | Honda | 124 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 48 |
| 5 | TSR-Honda | 38 |

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