2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Malaysia  2000 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 2 April 2000
Official name Malaysian Grand Prix
Location Sepang
Course Permanent racing facility
5.548 km (3.447 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 2:06.053
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 2:06.839
Podium
First United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Australia Garry McCoy
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tohru Ukawa
Time 2:08.225
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 2:09.116
Podium
First Japan Shinya Nakano
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Japan Daijiro Kato
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda
Time 2:15.886
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Mirko Giansanti
Time 2:16.138
Podium
First Italy Roberto Locatelli
Second Japan Youichi Ui
Third Italy Mirko Giansanti

The 2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 April 2000 at the Sepang International Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 15 31:58.102 1 25
2 7 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 15 +1.870 4 20
3 24 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 15 +7.190 6 16
4 4 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 15 +13.202 3 13
5 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 15 +22.214 11 11
6 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 15 +22.858 12 10
7 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 15 +25.081 14 9
8 10 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 15 +25.229 9 8
9 55 France Régis Laconi Yamaha 15 +25.522 13 7
10 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 15 +35.874 15 6
11 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh TSR-Honda 15 +46.150 10 5
12 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 15 +46.615 16 4
13 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Honda 15 +1:03.255 17 3
14 11 Spain José David de Gea Modenas 15 +1:05.616 18 2
15 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Honda 15 +1:08.226 19 1
16 12 South Africa Shane Norval Honda 15 +1:42.190 21
17 6 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha 14 +1 Lap 5
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda 4 Accident 7
Ret 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi TSR-Honda 3 Accident 20
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 0 Collision 2
Ret 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 0 Collision 8

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 43:20.928 25
2 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha +4.042 20
3 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda +6.270 16
4 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia +17.172 13
5 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia +41.679 11
6 Australia Anthony West Honda +43.577 10
7 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +46.589 9
8 Argentina Sebastian Porto Yamaha +50.730 8
9 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia +57.955 7
10 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia +58.477 6
11 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha +58.659 5
12 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda +59.380 4
13 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia +1:05.180 3
14 Italy Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda +1:15.621 2
15 Sweden Johann Stigefelt TSR-Honda +1:19.994 1
16 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda +1:31.080
17 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda +1:33.083
18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha +1:45.662
19 Germany Mike Baldinger Yamaha +1:46.346
Ret Spain Lucas Oliver Bulto Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain David García Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain David Checa TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Klaus Nohles Aprilia Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha Retirement
Ret Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement
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1999 Malaysian Grand Prix
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