| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | October 5, 2000 | ||
| Location | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.031 km (3.126 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Max Biaggi | ||
| Time | 1:51.058 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:52.667 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Second | Alex Barros | ||
| Third | Garry McCoy | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Marco Melandri | ||
| Time | 1:53.464 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Olivier Jacque | ||
| Time | 1:54.394 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Second | Tohru Ukawa | ||
| Third | Marco Melandri | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Roberto Locatelli | ||
| Time | 1:59.011 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Mirko Giansanti | ||
| Time | 1:59.368 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Simone Sanna | ||
| Second | Masao Azuma | ||
| Third | Youichi Ui | ||
The 2000 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on October 7, 2000 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 24 | 45:22.624 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 24 | +0.970 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 24 | +3.446 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Norick Abe | Yamaha | 24 | +3.568 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 24 | +3.709 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Suzuki | 24 | +7.778 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 24 | +8.260 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Yamaha | 24 | +8.518 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 24 | +17.506 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | TSR-Honda | 24 | +23.254 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 24 | +28.802 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 24 | +34.134 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 24 | +54.359 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 | Mark Willis | Modenas | 24 | +1:03.182 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 24 | +1:03.506 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Honda | 24 | +1:21.941 | 18 | |
| 17 | 33 | David Tomás | Honda | 23 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 18 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 2 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| DNQ | 18 | Sebastién Le Grelle | Honda |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 42:14.822 | 25 |
| 2 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +0.064 | 20 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | +0.190 | 16 |
| 4 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | +13.788 | 13 |
| 5 | Anthony West | Honda | +19.087 | 11 |
| 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | +19.236 | 10 |
| 7 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | +24.786 | 9 |
| 8 | Sebastian Porto | Yamaha | +31.874 | 8 |
| 9 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | +41.546 | 7 |
| 10 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | +45.904 | 6 |
| 11 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | +55.630 | 5 |
| 12 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | +55.670 | 4 |
| 13 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | +55.980 | 3 |
| 14 | Sebastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | +56.327 | 2 |
| 15 | Julien Allemand | Honda | +56.491 | 1 |
| 16 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | +56.713 | |
| 17 | Klaus Nohles | Aprilia | +1:08.088 | |
| 18 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | +1:12.784 | |
| 19 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | +1:23.491 | |
| 20 | Lucas Oliver Bulto | Yamaha | +1:39.172 | |
| 21 | Jeronimo Vidal | Aprilia | +1:41.493 | |
| Ret | Cristiano Irias-Vieira | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Cesar Barros | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Alex Debón | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | David Checa | TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Johann Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | Retirement |
| Previous race: 2000 Valencian Community Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2000 season |
Next race: 2000 Pacific Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1999 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix |
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Next race: 2001 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix |