2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
# 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 the 2020 season with Joan Mir.

## 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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 224 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 173 |
| 3 | Garry McCoy | 150 |
| 4 | Carlos Checa | 142 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 141 |
| Pos. | 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.
