| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 15 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | October 13, 2000 | ||
| Location | Motegi | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.8 km (3 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Max Biaggi | ||
| Time | 1:49.954 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Time | 1:50.591 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | ||
| Second | Valentino Rossi | ||
| Third | Max Biaggi | ||
| 250 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Time | 1:52.574 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Shinya Nakano | ||
| Time | 1:52.253 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Daijiro Kato | ||
| Second | Shinya Nakano | ||
| Third | Marco Melandri | ||
| 125 cc | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Roberto Locatelli | ||
| Time | 1:58.831 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Roberto Locatelli | ||
| Time | 1:58.816 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Roberto Locatelli | ||
| Second | Emilio Alzamora | ||
| Third | Simone Sanna | ||
The 2000 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on October 15, 2000 at the Twin Ring Motegi.
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Kenny Roberts, Jr. | Suzuki | 25 | 46:23.327 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 25 | +6.175 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 25 | +6.360 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 25 | +19.727 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Norick Abe | Yamaha | 25 | +21.994 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 25 | +22.237 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 25 | +23.963 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 25 | +26.051 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 25 | +26.388 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 25 | +32.508 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Yamaha | 25 | +36.078 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 25 | +37.760 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 25 | +38.014 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 25 | +55.675 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1:06.664 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 56 | Tekkyu Kayoh | Honda | 25 | +1:28.554 | 17 | |
| 17 | 33 | David Tomás | Honda | 24 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 18 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | TSR-Honda | 24 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| Ret | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 17 | Retirement | 8 | |
| DNS | 68 | Mark Willis | Modenas | 0 | Did not start | 18 | |
| DNQ | 36 | Stephen Briggs | BSL | ||||
| DNQ | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Honda |
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 43:26.394 | 25 |
| 2 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | +0.707 | 20 |
| 3 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | +19.677 | 16 |
| 4 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | +24.260 | 13 |
| 5 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | +28.673 | 11 |
| 6 | Anthony West | Honda | +49.317 | 10 |
| 7 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | +50.661 | 9 |
| 8 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | +1:06.700 | 8 |
| 9 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | +1:08.330 | 7 |
| 10 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | +1:14.158 | 6 |
| 11 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | +1:20.838 | 5 |
| 12 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | +1:20.946 | 4 |
| 13 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | +1:22.838 | 3 |
| 14 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | +1:22.817 | 2 |
| 15 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | +1:22.942 | 1 |
| 16 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | +1:37.060 | |
| 17 | Yoshinori Korogi | Honda | +1:46.753 | |
| 18 | Sebastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | +1:47.920 | |
| 19 | Johann Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | +1:48.952 | |
| Ret | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Shinichi Nakatomi | Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Klaus Nohles | Aprilia | Retirement | |
| Ret | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | Retirement | |
| Ret | Lucas Oliver Bulto | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Sebastian Porto | Yamaha | Retirement | |
| Ret | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | Retirement |
| Previous race: 2000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2000 season |
Next race: 2000 Australian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: None |
Pacific Grand Prix | Next race: 2001 Pacific Grand Prix |