# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2000

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2000 was de derde race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2000. De race werd verreden op 9 april 2000 op het Suzuka International Racing Course nabij Suzuka, Japan.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 6 | Norick Abe | Yamaha | 21 | 45:16.657 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 21 | +0.279 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 21 | +1.912 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 21 | +2.002 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 21 | +2.530 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 21 | +2.678 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 21 | +4.213 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 21 | +4.902 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 21 | +15.471 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Akira Ryo | Suzuki | 21 | +15.662 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 21 | +29.785 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 21 | +42.069 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | TSR-Honda | 21 | +48.774 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Yamaha | 21 | +58.022 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | José David de Gea | Modenas | 21 | +1:22.141 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | TSR-Honda | 21 | +1:22.247 | 21 | |
| 17 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Honda | 21 | +1:22.523 | 20 | |
| 18 | 12 | Shane Norval | Honda | 20 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| DNF | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 20 | Ongeluk | 4 | |
| DNF | 4 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 10 | Ongeluk | 2 | |
| DNF | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 8 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Honda | 4 | Uitgevallen | 18 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 19 | 41:00.361 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 19 | +0.129 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 19 | +0.231 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 19 | +15.009 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 19 | +41.325 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 19 | +53.261 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 19 | +53.627 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | 19 | +53.746 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 48 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Honda | 19 | +59.737 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 | Nobuyuki Ohsaki | Yamaha | 19 | +1:00.249 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 19 | +1:00.344 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 19 | +1:04.338 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 19 | +1:12.660 | 29 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 19 | +1:12.899 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 19 | +1:13.434 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 19 | +1:14.678 | 22 | |
| 17 | 47 | Tekkyu Kayo | TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:17.496 | 21 | |
| 18 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:24.131 | 19 | |
| 19 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 19 | +1:25.829 | 15 | |
| 20 | 51 | Daisaku Sakai | Honda | 19 | +1:37.117 | 20 | |
| 21 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 19 | +1:45.687 | 28 | |
| 22 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 19 | +1:45.757 | 27 | |
| 23 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 19 | +2:08.832 | 30 | |
| DNF | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | TSR-Honda | 9 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 7 | Ongeluk | 25 | |
| DNF | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 4 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 3 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 2 | Ongeluk | 16 | |
| DNF | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNS | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 24 | |
| DNS | 54 | David García | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 32 | |
| DNS | 12 | Mike Baldinger | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gestart | 33 | |
| DSQ | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | | Gediskwalificeerd | 7 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 18 | 41:04.264 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 18 | +7.848 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 18 | +8.667 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 18 | +18.623 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 18 | +20.881 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 18 | +21.329 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Hideyuki Nakajoh | Honda | 18 | +22.707 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 18 | +22.731 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Yuzo Fujioka | Honda | 18 | +22.958 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 18 | +23.261 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 18 | +41.116 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 18 | +41.157 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 18 | +41.952 | 28 | 3 |
| 14 | 57 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | Honda | 18 | +44.027 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 58 | Katsuji Uezu | Yamaha | 18 | +48.081 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 18 | +57.807 | 29 | |
| 17 | 18 | Toni Elías | Honda | 18 | +58.792 | 18 | |
| 18 | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 18 | +59.182 | 27 | |
| 19 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 18 | +59.503 | 22 | |
| 20 | 10 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 18 | +1:44.515 | 30 | |
| DNF | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 15 | Ongeluk | 15 | |
| DNF | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 15 | Ongeluk | 3 | |
| DNF | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 12 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 8 | Ongeluk | 4 | |
| DNF | 59 | Sninichi Sugaya | Yamaha | 8 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 3 | Ongeluk | 25 | |
| DNF | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 2 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 2 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr. | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNF | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 24 | |
| DNQ | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 55 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 51 |
| 3 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 48 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 34 |
| 5 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 32 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 66 |
| 2 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 61 |
| 3 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 46 |
| 4 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 36 |
| 5 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 31 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 45 |
| 2 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 42 |
| 3 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 40 |
| 4 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 38 |
| 5 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 36 |
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