# 2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 May 2000 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.
This would prove to be 1999 500cc champion Àlex Crivillé's final grand prix victory.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 47:15.363 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +0.321 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 28 | +1.155 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +4.377 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +5.240 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +9.176 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +11.600 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +12.174 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +12.342 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 28 | +29.818 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +38.477 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 28 | +42.085 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 28 | +44.936 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +45.857 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +50.834 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 28 | +1:18.818 | 17 | |
| 17 | 18 | Sébastien Le Grelle | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| Ret | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 9 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 1 | |
| DNS | 21 | Ron Haslam | Sabre Sport | Honda | | Did not start | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 26 | 44:42.954 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 26 | +0.279 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 26 | +2.521 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +20.531 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 26 | +25.474 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 26 | +36.681 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +42.599 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 26 | +46.083 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 26 | +48.751 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +49.128 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +55.586 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1:03.973 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 26 | +1:07.028 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 26 | +1:09.460 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +1:10.649 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 26 | +1:11.700 | 25 | |
| 17 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1:23.677 | 21 | |
| 18 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 26 | +1:25.025 | 17 | |
| 19 | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 26 | +1:41.997 | 26 | |
| 20 | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 21 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 22 | 52 | Julien da Costa | Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 23 | 58 | Bruno Vecchioni | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| 24 | 53 | Éric Dubray | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 19 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 11 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 54 | David García | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 9 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 57 | Hervé Mora | Honda | 4 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 55 | Sylvain Guintoli | Honda | 1 | Accident | 28 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 24 | 43:43.690 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +1.655 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 24 | +1.857 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +2.079 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +2.231 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 24 | +5.899 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 24 | +10.132 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 24 | +13.923 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +14.267 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +20.522 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 24 | +23.135 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | +33.577 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 24 | +40.851 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 | Alessandro Brannetti | Honda | 24 | +41.862 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | +41.883 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 24 | +42.843 | 26 | |
| 17 | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 24 | +1:01.198 | 18 | |
| 18 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:21.871 | 21 | |
| 19 | 63 | Jimmy Petit | Honda | 24 | +1:25.409 | 24 | |
| 20 | 62 | Erwan Nigon | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 21 | 61 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 22 | 64 | Hugo Marchand | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 19 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 9 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 1 | Accident | 14 | |
| DNQ | 60 | Lionel Lecomte | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | | 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 five has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 90 |
| 2 | Carlos Checa | 80 |
| 3 | Garry McCoy | 61 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | 59 |
| 5 | Norifumi Abe | 54 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 110 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 90 |
| 3 | Honda | 83 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 25 |
| 5 | TSR-Honda | 24 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.