2000 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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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 Italy Max Biaggi
Time 1:39.342
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:40.089
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Japan Norick Abe
Third Italy Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Daijiro Kato
Time 1:41.635
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tohru Ukawa
Time 1:42.312
Podium
First Japan Tohru Ukawa
Second Japan Shinya Nakano
Third France Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:49.776
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda
Time 1:48.011
Podium
First Japan Youichi Ui
Second Italy Mirko Giansanti
Third Spain 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 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 28 47:15.363 5 25
2 6 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha 28 +0.321 7 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Honda 28 +1.155 10 16
4 24 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 28 +4.377 8 13
5 10 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 28 +5.240 3 11
6 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 28 +9.176 4 10
7 7 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 28 +11.600 2 9
8 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 28 +12.174 9 8
9 55 France Régis Laconi Yamaha 28 +12.342 12 7
10 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 28 +29.818 15 6
11 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 28 +38.477 14 5
12 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 28 +42.085 6 4
13 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh TSR-Honda 28 +44.936 13 3
14 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 28 +45.857 11 2
15 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 28 +50.834 16 1
16 11 Spain José David de Gea Modenas 28 +1:18.818 17
17 18 Belgium Sébastien Le Grelle Honda 27 +1 Lap 19
Ret 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi TSR-Honda 9 Accident 18
Ret 4 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 3 Accident 1

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +44:42.954 25
2 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha +0.279 20
3 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha +2.521 16
4 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia +20.531 13
5 Australia Anthony West Honda +25.474 11
6 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda +36.681 10
7 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha +42.599 9
8 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia +46.083 8
9 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia +48.751 7
10 Argentina Sebastian Porto Yamaha +55.586 6
11 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia +55.586 5
12 Sweden Johann Stigefelt TSR-Honda +1:03.973 4
13 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha +1:07.028 3
14 Germany Klaus Nohles Aprilia +1:09.460 2
15 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia +1:10.649 1
16 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha +1:11.700
17 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda +1:23.677
18 Germany Alex Hofmann Aprilia +1:25.025
19 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia +1:41.997
20 Spain Lucas Oliver Bulto Yamaha +1 Lap
21 France Sebastien Gimbert TSR-Honda +1 Lap
22 France Julien da Costa Honda +1 Lap
23 France Bruno Vecchioni Yamaha +1 Lap
24 France Eric Dubray Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret France Julien Allemand Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain David García Aprilia Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain David Checa TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia Retirement
Ret France Sylvain Guintoli Honda Retirement
Ret France Hervé Mora Honda Retirement
Previous race:
2000 Spanish Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
2000 season
Next race:
2000 Italian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1999 French Grand Prix
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