# 2000 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 September 2000 at the Circuit de Valencia.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | 48:27.799 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +5.005 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +5.978 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 30 | +8.675 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +14.247 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +16.111 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +19.967 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +21.094 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +21.346 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 30 | +37.506 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +37.682 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Maxon Dee Cee Jeans | Honda | 30 | +59.465 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | David Tomás | Queroseno Racing Team | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 20 | Phil Giles | Sabre Sport | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 22 | 1 |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 26 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 43 | Paolo Tessari | Team Paton | Paton | 15 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 12 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 10 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 18 | Sébastien Le Grelle | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 17 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 27 | 43:49.140 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 27 | +4.285 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 35 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 27 | +14.848 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 27 | +14.897 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 27 | +20.208 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +36.491 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 27 | +39.810 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 27 | +39.887 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 27 | +40.271 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 27 | +40.273 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 27 | +53.509 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 27 | +56.619 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 27 | +56.709 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 27 | +1:01.788 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +1:04.067 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:17.605 | 20 | |
| 17 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 27 | +1:18.349 | 10 | |
| 18 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 27 | +1:20.839 | 24 | |
| 19 | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 27 | +1:22.270 | 17 | |
| 20 | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 27 | +1:28.758 | 22 | |
| 21 | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 27 | +1:30.004 | 23 | |
| 22 | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 27 | +1:34.529 | 28 | |
| 23 | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 24 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 39 | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | 19 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 38 | Álvaro Molina | TSR-Honda | 14 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 9 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 2 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 16 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 25 | 42:27.505 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 25 | +0.433 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 25 | +7.925 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 25 | +7.941 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 25 | +15.086 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 25 | +20.463 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 25 | +20.625 | 19 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 25 | +21.015 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 25 | +21.456 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 25 | +21.688 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 25 | +21.848 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 25 | +25.453 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 25 | +27.102 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 25 | +32.153 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 25 | +36.034 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 25 | +44.666 | 20 | |
| 17 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 25 | +47.817 | 7 | |
| 18 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 25 | +47.862 | 13 | |
| 19 | 44 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 25 | +1:10.477 | 26 | |
| 20 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 25 | +1:12.524 | 24 | |
| 21 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 25 | +1:12.684 | 23 | |
| 22 | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 25 | +1:17.512 | 25 | |
| 23 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 25 | +1:26.832 | 28 | |
| 24 | 43 | David Micó | Aprilia | 25 | +1:27.526 | 21 | |
| 25 | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 25 | +1:30.158 | 29 | |
| 26 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| Ret | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 13 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 13 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 10 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 30 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 214 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 148 |
| 3 | Carlos Checa | 141 |
| 4 | Garry McCoy | 134 |
| 5 | Loris Capirossi | 126 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 261 |
| 2 | Honda | 246 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 220 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 80 |
| 5 | TSR-Honda | 74 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.