# Grand Prix-wegrace van de Pacific 2000

De Grand Prix-wegrace van de Pacific 2000 was de vijftiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2000. De race werd verreden op 15 oktober 2000 op de Twin Ring Motegi nabij Motegi, Japan.
Roberto Locatelli werd gekroond tot 125 cc-kampioen met een overwinning in de race, terwijl zijn laatste concurrent Youichi Ui na dertien ronden uitviel.

## Uitslag
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 25 | 46:23.327 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 25 | +6.175 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Yamaha | 25 | +6.360 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 25 | +19.727 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Yamaha | 25 | +21.994 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Honda | 25 | +22.237 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 25 | +23.963 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 25 | +26.051 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 25 | +26.388 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 25 | +32.508 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Yamaha | 25 | +36.078 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Honda | 25 | +37.760 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia | 25 | +38.014 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 25 | +55.675 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1:06.664 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 56 | Tekkyu Kayo | Honda | 25 | +1:28.554 | 17 | |
| 17 | 33 | David Tomás | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 19 | |
| 18 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | TSR-Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 20 | |
| DNF | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 17 | Uitgevallen | 8 | |
| DNS | 68 | Mark Willis | Modenas KR3 | 0 | Niet gestart | 18 | |
| DNQ | 36 | Stephen Briggs | BSL | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |
| DNQ | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Honda | 0 | Niet gekwalificeerd | | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 23 | 43:26.394 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 23 | +0.707 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 35 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 23 | +19.677 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 23 | +24.260 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +28.673 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 23 | +49.317 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 23 | +50.661 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 89 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 23 | +1:06.700 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +1:08.330 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 88 | Yasumasa Hatakeyama | Honda | 23 | +1:14.158 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 23 | +1:20.838 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 23 | +1:20.946 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 23 | +1:22.838 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 23 | +1:22.817 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:22.942 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +1:37.060 | 20 | |
| 17 | 90 | Yoshinori Korogi | Honda | 23 | +1:46.753 | 29 | |
| 18 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:47.920 | 32 | |
| 19 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:48.952 | 30 | |
| DNF | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 14 | Ongeluk | 10 | |
| DNF | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 5 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 2 | Ongeluk | 31 | |
| DNF | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 1 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| DNF | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| DNF | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 25 | |
| DNF | 31 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Yamaha | 0 | Ongeluk | 33 | |
| DNF | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 28 | |
| DNF | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 22 | |
| DNF | 48 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 19 | |
| DNS | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 24 | |
| DNS | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 26 | |
| DNS | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 27 | |
| DSQ | 49 | Osamu Miyazaki | Yamaha | | Gediskwalificeerd | 11 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 21 | 41:55.152 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 21 | +13.790 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 21 | +16.429 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | +21.734 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 21 | +28.060 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 21 | +28.277 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 21 | +28.322 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 21 | +29.155 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 21 | +29.521 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Ángel Nieto jr | Honda | 21 | +33.499 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 21 | +38.889 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 18 | Toni Elías | Honda | 21 | +39.828 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 21 | +39.983 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 21 | +40.151 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 56 | Yuzo Fujioka | Honda | 21 | +55.189 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 96 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Yamaha | 21 | +55.212 | 23 | |
| 17 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 21 | +1:09.288 | 16 | |
| 18 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 21 | +1:11.898 | 26 | |
| 19 | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 21 | +1:11.980 | 25 | |
| 20 | 98 | Masafumi Ono | Honda | 21 | +1:12.325 | 20 | |
| 21 | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 21 | +1:38.513 | 28 | |
| 22 | 67 | Marco Tresoldi | Italjet | 21 | +1:52.521 | 31 | |
| DNF | 97 | Naoki Katoh | Honda | 17 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNF | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 13 | Ongeluk | 3 | |
| DNF | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Honda | 11 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 24 | Leon Haslam | Aprilia | 10 | Uitgevallen | 30 | |
| DNF | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 1 | Uitgevallen | 27 | |
| DNF | 95 | Nobuyuki Yunoki | Honda | 0 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNS | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 18 | |
| DNS | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 29 | |
| DSQ | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | | Gediskwalificeerd | 2 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### 500 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Kenny Roberts jr. | Suzuki | 249 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Honda | 193 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Yamaha | 155 |
| 4 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Yamaha | 150 |
| 5 | 10 | Alex Barros | Honda | 150 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 254 |
| 2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 252 |
| 3 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 243 |
| 4 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 229 |
| 5 | 35 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 148 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 230 |
| 2 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 197 |
| 3 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 190 |
| 4 | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 151 |
| 5 | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 137 |
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