# Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2000

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Zuid-Afrika 2000 was de eerste race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2000. De race werd verreden op 19 maart 2000 op de Phakisa Freeway nabij Welkom, Zuid-Afrika.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 28 | 45:38.775 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 28 | +0.366 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 28 | +1.590 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 28 | +9.745 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 28 | +10.253 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 28 | +15.853 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 28 | +24.228 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 28 | +26.719 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Yamaha | 28 | +36.231 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | TSR-Honda | 28 | +37.613 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Honda | 28 | +1:04.044 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Honda | 28 | +1:14.912 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | TSR-Honda | 28 | +1:30.049 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Shane Norval | Honda | 28 | +1:32.776 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | José David de Gea | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +1 ronde | 18 | 1 |
| DNF | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 21 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 20 | Uitgevallen | 1 | |
| DNF | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 12 | Ongeluk | 5 | |
| DNF | 4 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 12 | Uitgevallen | 10 | |
| DNF | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 7 | Uitgevallen | 8 | |
| DNF | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 2 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 26 | 42:34.085 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 26 | +0.875 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 26 | +13.813 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 26 | +30.687 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 26 | +47.621 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +47.705 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 26 | +58.221 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 26 | +1:02.190 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 26 | +1:07.732 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 26 | +1:09.269 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 26 | +1:23.219 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +1:25.538 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +1:29.763 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 26 | +1:31.878 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 ronde | 28 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 ronde | 24 | |
| 17 | 31 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 ronde | 19 | |
| 18 | 12 | Mike Baldinger | Yamaha | 25 | +1 ronde | 26 | |
| DNF | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 21 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 31 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Yamaha | 20 | Uitgevallen | 27 | |
| DNF | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 19 | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 17 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |
| DNF | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 54 | David García | Aprilia | 12 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| DNF | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 10 | Uitgevallen | 9 | |
| DNF | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 8 | Uitgevallen | 15 | |
| DNF | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 3 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNS | 25 | Vincent Philippe | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 25 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | 41:35.310 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 24 | +1.937 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 24 | +2.057 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +2.362 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 24 | +4.566 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 24 | +11.073 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 24 | +11.187 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 24 | +11.504 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +37.723 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +39.819 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 24 | +39.887 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +39.964 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Honda | 24 | +40.474 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | +41.118 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 24 | +52.411 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | +52.639 | 15 | |
| 17 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 24 | +1:22.243 | 21 | |
| 18 | 10 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 24 | +1:27.527 | 25 | |
| 19 | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 24 | +1:27.811 | 22 | |
| 20 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 24 | +1:28.093 | 17 | |
| 21 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 24 | +1:28.449 | 20 | |
| 22 | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 24 | +1:28.648 | 23 | |
| 23 | 18 | Toni Elías | Honda | 24 | +1:47.350 | 24 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 4 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 0 | Ongeluk | 2 | |
| DNS | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 0 | Niet gestart | 19 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 11 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 11 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 25 |
| 2 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 11 |
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