2000 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2000 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 July 2000 at the Sachsenring.

  2000 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 July 2000
Official name	Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2]
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.386 km (2.104 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:23.168 Fastest lap Rider Tadayuki Okada Time 1:23.918 on lap 16 Podium First Alex Barros Second Valentino Rossi Third Kenny Roberts Jr.
250cc
Pole position Rider Olivier Jacque Time 1:23.396 Fastest lap Rider Olivier Jacque Time 1:23.575 on lap 13 Podium First Olivier Jacque Second Tohru Ukawa Third Shinya Nakano
125cc
Pole position Rider Youichi Ui Time 1:25.460 Fastest lap Rider Youichi Ui Time 1:26.150 on lap 7 Podium First Youichi Ui Second Roberto Locatelli Third Simone Sanna

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	31	43:54.632	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	31	+0.078	6	20
3	2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	31	+0.864	1	16
4	4	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	31	+1.263	3	13
5	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	31	+1.674	10	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	31	+3.014	4	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+13.606	14	9
8	5	Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	31	+13.917	12	8
9	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	31	+14.019	17	7
10	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+20.085	11	6
11	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	31	+26.590	15	5
12	25	José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda	31	+29.564	18	4
13	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	31	+49.188	7	3
14	27	Luca Cadalora	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	31	+53.542	16	2
15	43	Paolo Tessari	Team Paton	Paton	30	+1 lap	19	1
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	27	Accident	9
Ret	1	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	12	Accident	13
Ret	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR-Honda	12	Accident	5
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	8	Accident	8
DNS	56	Tekkyu Kayo	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda		Did not start
DNQ	20	Phil Giles	Sabre Sport	Honda		Did not qualify
WD	18	Sébastien Le Grelle	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda		Withdrew
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	30	42:15.207	1	25
2	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	30	+11.689	2	20
3	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	30	+21.810	5	16
4	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	30	+30.105	7	13
5	26	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	30	+31.781	4	11
6	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	30	+32.291	11	10
7	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	30	+33.336	10	9
8	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	30	+49.750	6	8
9	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	30	+50.214	12	7
10	14	Anthony West	Honda	30	+54.596	9	6
11	16	Johan Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	30	+55.353	14	5
12	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	30	+59.592	16	4
13	22	Sébastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	30	+1:07.700	17	3
14	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	30	+1:15.446	21	2
15	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	30	+1:16.320	25	1
16	11	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	30	+1:27.342	26
17	23	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	22
18	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	30
19	42	David Checa	TSR-Honda	29	+1 lap	29
20	76	Dirk Heidolf	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	32
21	24	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	29	+1 lap	18
22	31	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	24
23	78	Dirk Reissmann	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	27
24	15	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	29	+1 lap	23
25	75	Matthias Neukirchen	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	31
26	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	29	+1 lap	19
27	79	Andreas Göbel	Honda	28	+2 laps	33
Ret	77	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	21	Retirement	8
Ret	35	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	12	Retirement	3
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	6	Accident	20
Ret	30	Alex Debón	Aprilia	6	Retirement	13
Ret	80	Christian Gemmel	Honda	2	Accident	28
Ret	25	Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	15
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	29	42:02.197	1	25
2	4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	29	+7.530	2	20
3	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	29	+17.306	3	16
4	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	29	+18.655	20	13
5	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda	29	+18.794	13	11
6	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	29	+27.896	11	10
7	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	29	+33.535	19	9
8	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	29	+33.767	18	8
9	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	29	+34.131	10	7
10	17	Steve Jenkner	Honda	29	+40.321	25	6
11	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	29	+40.664	27	5
12	51	Marco Petrini	Aprilia	29	+44.699	22	4
13	5	Noboru Ueda	Honda	29	+57.278	4	3
14	74	Jarno Müller	Honda	29	+1:09.172	24	2
15	35	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	29	+1:14.460	26	1
16	75	Achim Kariger	Honda	29	+1:19.552	29
17	77	Andreas Hahn	Honda	28	+1 lap	30
18	78	Jakub Smrž	Honda	28	+1 lap	23
Ret	76	Jascha Büch	Yamaha	21	Retirement	31
Ret	24	Leon Haslam	Italjet	19	Retirement	28
Ret	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	10	Retirement	9
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	7	Retirement	12
Ret	53	William de Angelis	Aprilia	6	Accident	21
Ret	1	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	3	Retirement	6
Ret	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	2	Retirement	16
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	1	Retirement	14
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	0	Accident	17
Ret	18	Antonio Elías	Honda	0	Accident	15
Ret	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
Ret	3	Masao Azuma	Honda	0	Accident	5
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	0	Accident	7
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 161 2 Carlos Checa 123 3 Valentino Rossi 112 4 Loris Capirossi 112 5 Norifumi Abe 106

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 199 2 Yamaha 186 3 Suzuki 167 4 Aprilia 68 5 TSR-Honda 56

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.