2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2000 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 May 2000
Official name	Grand Prix Polini de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.305 km (2.597 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:39.342
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:40.089
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Norick Abe
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Daijiro Kato
Time	1:41.635
Fastest lap
Rider	Tohru Ukawa
Time	1:42.312
Podium
First	Tohru Ukawa
Second	Shinya Nakano
Third	Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Youichi Ui
Time	1:49.776
Fastest lap
Rider	Noboru Ueda
Time	1:48.011
Podium
First	Youichi Ui
Second	Mirko Giansanti
Third	Emilio Alzamora

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.

500 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	28	47:15.363	5	25
2	6	Norick Abe	Yamaha	28	+0.321	7	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Honda	28	+1.155	10	16
4	24	Garry McCoy	Yamaha	28	+4.377	8	13
5	10	Alex Barros	Honda	28	+5.240	3	11
6	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	28	+9.176	4	10
7	7	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	28	+11.600	2	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	Honda	28	+12.174	9	8
9	55	Régis Laconi	Yamaha	28	+12.342	12	7
10	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	28	+29.818	15	6
11	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	28	+38.477	14	5
12	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	28	+42.085	6	4
13	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	TSR-Honda	28	+44.936	13	3
14	8	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	28	+45.857	11	2
15	5	Sete Gibernau	Honda	28	+50.834	16	1
16	11	José David de Gea	Modenas	28	+1:18.818	17
17	18	Sébastien Le Grelle	Honda	27	+1 Lap	19
Ret	15	Yoshiteru Konishi	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	18
Ret	4	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	3	Accident	1

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	+44:42.954	25
2	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	+0.279	20
3	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	+2.521	16
4	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	+20.531	13
5	Anthony West	Honda	+25.474	11
6	Daijiro Kato	Honda	+36.681	10
7	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	+42.599	9
8	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	+46.083	8
9	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	+48.751	7
10	Sebastian Porto	Yamaha	+55.586	6
11	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	+55.586	5
12	Johann Stigefelt	TSR-Honda	+1:03.973	4
13	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	+1:07.028	3
14	Klaus Nohles	Aprilia	+1:09.460	2
15	Alex Debón	Aprilia	+1:10.649	1
16	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	+1:11.700
17	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	+1:23.677
18	Alex Hofmann	Aprilia	+1:25.025
19	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	+1:41.997
20	Lucas Oliver Bulto	Yamaha	+1 Lap
21	Sebastien Gimbert	TSR-Honda	+1 Lap
22	Julien da Costa	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Bruno Vecchioni	Yamaha	+1 Lap
24	Eric Dubray	Yamaha	+1 Lap
Ret	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	David García	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	David Checa	TSR-Honda	Retirement
Ret	Vincent Philippe	TSR-Honda	Retirement
Ret	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	Retirement
Ret	Sylvain Guintoli	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hervé Mora	Honda	Retirement