2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2000 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous:	1999	Next:	2001

The 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 52nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Kenny Roberts, Jr. fulfilled the promise of his 2nd place in 1999 by winning the championship for 2000 with 2 races to spare. The season also saw the premier class-debut of Valentino Rossi, who began the year with crashes in the first two rounds and also had a third at Valencia; nonetheless, he came in second as a rookie in the class with 2 wins and 8 podiums. Garry McCoy achieved 3 wins with his spectacular 2-wheel sliding style, and his use of 16.5-inch (420 mm) tires began a general transition to that size,^[1] though it had been used previously in 500 cc by Kevin Schwantz.^[2]

Defending champion Àlex Crivillé had a disappointing season, bothered by an undetermined illness and a new NSR engine with a power curve that was difficult to manage. Said Jeremy Burgess: "In the middle of the corner, in the transition of getting back onto the power, the engine was weak, because all the power had gone to the top. You couldn't transfer the weight with the throttle from the front to the rear without feeling this weakness. That led to a tendency to over-open the throttle… and things would happen." By the third round, Honda started going back to much of the 1999 parts, though Rossi and Burgess decided to use the 2000 chassis with the 1999 engine.^[3]

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 winner	250 winner	500 winner	Report
1	19 March	Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix	Phakisa	Arnaud Vincent	Shinya Nakano	Garry McCoy	Report
2	2 April	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
3	9 April	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Norick Abe	Report
4	30 April	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Jerez	Emilio Alzamora	Ralf Waldmann	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
5	14 May	Grand Prix Polini de France	Le Mans	Youichi Ui	Tohru Ukawa	Àlex Crivillé	Report
6	28 May	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Loris Capirossi	Report
7	11 June	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Catalunya	Simone Sanna	Olivier Jacque	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
8	24 June	Rizla Dutch TT	Assen	Youichi Ui	Tohru Ukawa	Alex Barros	Report
9	9 July	Cinzano British Grand Prix	Donington Park	Youichi Ui	Ralf Waldmann	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	23 July	Cinzano Motorrad GP Deutschland	Sachsenring	Youichi Ui	Olivier Jacque	Alex Barros	Report
11	20 August	Gauloises GP České Republiky	Brno	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Max Biaggi	Report
12	3 September	GP Marlboro de Portugal	Estoril	Emilio Alzamora	Daijiro Kato	Garry McCoy	Report
13	17 September	GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana	Valencia	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Garry McCoy	Report
14	7 October	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Simone Sanna	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	15 October	Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi	Motegi	Roberto Locatelli	Daijiro Kato	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Report
16	29 October	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Masao Azuma	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Report

500 cc World Championship final standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos Rider Bike RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts 1 Kenny Roberts Jr Suzuki 6 1 2 1 6 6 1 Ret 2 3 4 2 2 6 1 7 258 2 Valentino Rossi Honda Ret Ret 11 3 3 12 3 6 1 2 2 3 Ret 1 2 3 209 3 Max Biaggi Yamaha Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 4 9 4 1 4 3 5 3 1 170 4 Alex Barros Honda 4 8 7 5 5 Ret Ret 1 14 1 Ret 10 5 2 7 4 163 5 Garry McCoy Yamaha 1 3 9 Ret 4 Ret 16 15 17 10 3 1 1 3 Ret 5 161 6 Carlos Checa Yamaha 2 2 5 2 7 2 Ret 5 11 9 11 12 7 15 4 Ret 155 7 Loris Capirossi Honda 3 Ret 12 6 8 1 6 3 4 6 5 13 Ret Ret 8 2 154 8 Norick Abe Yamaha 7 17 1 Ret 2 5 2 10 6 11 Ret 9 Ret 4 5 6 147 9 Àlex Crivillé Honda 5 Ret 6 4 1 Ret Ret 2 7 Ret 7 6 Ret 11 6 Ret 122 10 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 8 5 4 7 11 4 4 13 16 13 8 Ret 4 12 9 10 116 11 Tadayuki Okada Honda Ret 6 3 10 14 8 15 11 10 5 10 7 9 9 10 9 107 12 Régis Laconi Yamaha 9 9 14 8 9 7 13 8 12 7 13 5 6 8 11 11 106 13 Jurgen vd Goorbergh TSR-Honda 10 11 13 9 13 11 7 9 5 Ret 12 8 10 10 15 12 85 14 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Ret 10 8 Ret 12 3 12 Ret 3 Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 14 8 76 15 Sete Gibernau Honda Ret 7 Ret Ret 15 10 Ret 7 11 10 6 Ret 8 7 12 Ret 72 16 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Ret 12 Ret 11 10 Ret 9 12 Ret Ret 14 14 Ret 13 13 14 38 17 David de Gea Modenas 15 14 15 12 16 Ret 8 14 11 23 18 José Luis Cardoso Honda 11 13 Ret Ret 13 DNS Ret 12 16 16 12 16 DNQ DNQ 19 19 Yoshiteru Konishi TSR-Honda 13 Ret 16 13 Ret 15 10 Ret DNQ 20 17 14 18 18 15 16 20 Sébastien Le Grelle Honda 17 14 11 Ret 18 DNQ 18 18 Ret DNQ 7 21 Akira Ryo Suzuki 10 6 22 Sébastien Gimbert Honda 12 15 17 Ret 5 23 Shane Norval Honda 14 16 18 Ret 14 4 24 John McGuinness Honda 13 3 25 David Tomás Honda 13 17 17 Ret 3 26 Tekkyu Kayo TSR-Honda DNS 3 Honda 16 13 27 Luca Cadalora Modenas 14 15 3 28 Mark Willis Modenas 15 14 DNS Ret 3 29 Anthony Gobert Modenas 15 1 30 Paolo Tessari Paton Ret 15 17 Ret Ret 1 31 Phil Giles Honda Ret Ret DNQ 19 19 15 1 Callum Ramsay Honda Ret 0 Ron Haslam Honda DNS 0 Stephen Briggs BSL DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Rider Team RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

500 cc Constructor's Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	1	1	1	3	3	1	318
2	Honda	3	6	3	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	5	1	2	2	311
3	Suzuki	6	1	2	1	6	4	1	13	2	3	4	2	2	6	1	7	264
4	Aprilia	Ret	10	8	11	10	3	9	12	3	Ret	9	11	Ret	13	13	8	94
5	TSR-Honda	10	11	13	9	13	11	7	9	5	Ret	12	8	10	10	15	12	85
6	Modenas KR3	15	14	15	12	16	Ret	8	14	15	14	15	15	11	14	DNS	Ret	30
7	Paton						Ret				15	17	Ret	Ret				1
	BSL															DNQ	DNQ	0
Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts

250 cc World Championship final standings^[4]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos Rider Bike RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts 1 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 4 2 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 Ret 4 1 279 2 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 1 1 3 15 2 1 3 3 7 3 1 Ret 1 4 2 2 272 3 Daijiro Kato Honda 2 3 1 2 6 3 4 8 10 4 6 1 5 1 1 3 259 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 3 Ret 2 3 1 6 2 1 4 2 2 Ret 4 2 5 6 239 5 Marco Melandri Aprilia 13 5 5 6 4 4 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 3 3 3 3 5 159 6 Anthony West Honda 5 6 6 5 5 7 9 4 Ret 10 10 4 7 5 6 7 146 7 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 7 4 Ret 1 8 Ret 7 24 1 8 5 Ret 13 6 7 4 143 8 Franco Battaini Aprilia 6 13 7 10 11 5 5 20 Ret 7 7 12 6 7 Ret DNS 96 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 8 8 12 9 10 Ret Ret 7 11 9 8 Ret 8 8 Ret 11 83 10 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 10 11 DSQ Ret 7 8 8 5 3 14 11 Ret 15 12 16 12 79 11 Jason Vincent Aprilia 9 12 16 12 Ret Ret 19 19 5 21 Ret 7 9 9 9 8 64 12 Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 14 Ret 13 8 14 Ret 15 18 16 5 9 5 Ret 17 Ret DNS 45 13 Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia Ret 7 11 11 9 Ret Ret 22 Ret 15 15 14 12 10 13 15 45 14 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha Ret Ret 22 16 16 9 18 16 18 12 Ret 6 17 11 14 9 35 15 Álex Debón Aprilia 12 9 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 18 32 16 Roberto Rolfo TSR-Honda 15 14 Ret 19 26 Aprilia Ret 9 Ret 6 Ret 10 17 Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda Ret 15 18 13 12 Ret 11 21 8 11 DNS DNS Ret Ret 19 17 26 18 Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha Ret 18 19 Ret 13 11 20 Ret Ret 18 12 10 14 Ret 11 19 24 19 David Checa TSR-Honda 16 Ret 23 18 Ret 13 13 15 9 19 13 Ret 10 Ret 15 20 23 20 Jamie Robinson Aprilia 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 15 15 19 Ret Ret DNS 23 21 Ivan Clementi Aprilia Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 10 Ret 23 Ret 16 17 8 21 13 DNS 16 17 22 Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 21 Ret 16 12 Ret 13 18 9 Ret 14 18 Ret 16 23 Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda Ret 17 DNS Ret Ret WD 10 14 Ret 16 13 16 16 Ret 13 14 24 Julien Allemand Yamaha 24 Ret 12 22 11 15 17 21 16 20 15 Ret 14 13 25 Alex Hofmann Aprilia Ret 10 15 17 18 Ret 19 11 18 DNS 12 26 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 7 Ret Ret 9 27 Osamu Miyazaki Yamaha 8 Ret 8 28 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 8 8 29 Shinichi Nakatomi Honda 9 Ret 7 30 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha Ret Ret 23 20 Ret 17 13 12 22 20 17 22 20 Ret 21 7 31 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Honda 10 6 32 Nobuyuki Ohsaki Yamaha 10 6 33 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 17 16 21 Ret 17 Ret 12 Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret 24 19 Ret 22 4 34 Gary Haslam Honda 13 3 35 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 14 2 36 Adrian Coates Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 21 Ret 14 21 Ret Ret 24 22 Ret 23 18 DNS Ret 2 37 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 22 14 26 Ret Ret Ret 21 DNS Ret 2 38 David Tomás Honda Ret 14 Ret 2 David García Aprilia Ret Ret DNS 20 Ret Ret Ret 0 Mike Baldinger Yamaha 18 19 0 Fabrizio De Marco Honda DNQ 0 Dirk Reissmann Yamaha 23 0 Pos Rider Team RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

250 cc Constructor's Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	4	2	1	342
2	Honda	2	3	1	2	1	3	2	1	4	2	2	1	4	1	1	3	324
3	Aprilia	6	4	5	1	4	4	5	6	1	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	232
4	TSR-Honda	15	14	17	13	12	13	11	10	8	11	13	9	10	14	15	13	59
Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts

125 cc World Championship final standings^[5]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos Rider Bike RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts 1 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 4 1 Ret 3 4 1 Ret 6 4 2 1 2 1 Ret 1 Ret 230 2 Youichi Ui Derbi Ret 2 1 21 1 Ret Ret 1 1 1 2 Ret 3 3 Ret 2 217 3 Emilio Alzamora Honda 3 4 5 1 3 7 Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 1 5 8 2 4 203 4 Masao Azuma Honda 9 8 3 4 Ret 3 2 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 2 4 1 176 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 5 5 2 5 Ret 6 Ret 2 3 13 5 Ret 11 6 7 3 153 6 Simone Sanna Aprilia 12 14 Ret Ret 10 Ret 1 5 Ret 3 Ret 5 6 1 3 10 132 7 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 1 Ret 8 8 5 8 4 13 13 4 6 3 10 Ret 8 Ret 132 8 Mirko Giansanti Honda 2 3 Ret 2 2 2 WD 6 5 7 Ret 13 Ret DNS 129 9 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 10 6 4 12 9 5 3 11 Ret Ret 8 8 9 7 14 9 113 10 Ivan Goi Honda 8 10 6 7 6 13 11 8 Ret 6 10 6 Ret 12 5 8 108 11 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 11 18 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 4 7 Ret 4 4 8 5 DSQ Ret 91 12 Steve Jenkner Honda 6 9 13 10 Ret 4 Ret 7 18 10 Ret 11 16 13 13 7 74 13 Pablo Nieto Derbi 15 11 11 Ret Ret 11 6 19 15 7 16 12 4 10 9 14 68 14 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 7 7 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 11 8 Ret Ret 7 4 17 Ret 64 15 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 13 12 Ret 11 16 16 9 10 9 9 Ret 9 17 DNS 10 11 57 16 Manuel Poggiali Derbi DNS DNQ 9 8 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 Ret 11 5 53 17 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 14 Ret 10 13 12 9 13 Ret 10 Ret Ret 7 18 9 Ret 13 50 18 Alex De Angelis Honda 16 16 Ret 15 15 12 Ret 14 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 11 6 6 40 19 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 DNS Ret 8 Ret 9 10 21 Ret 26 Aprilia 15 20 Toni Elías Honda 23 17 17 16 17 15 8 Ret 14 Ret 14 17 15 14 12 12 24 21 Reinhard Stolz Honda 17 15 16 19 13 19 5 12 DNS 15 15 Ret 23 18 21 16 21 22 Max Sabbatani Honda 20 13 19 Ret Ret 20 7 15 16 Ret Ret 13 26 17 18 Ret 16 23 Marco Petrini Aprilia 21 Ret 12 20 18 21 Ret 16 17 12 13 Ret 20 16 19 11 24 Eric Bataille Honda 12 Ret 21 11 16 Ret 15 Ret 19 10 25 Hideyuki Nakajoh Honda 7 9 26 Yuzo Fujioka Honda 9 8 NER Honda 15 27 Leon Haslam Italjet 22 19 Ret 17 DNQ 22 10 18 19 Ret 17 Ret 22 Ret Ret 17 6 28 Jakub Smrž Honda 18 11 5 29 Hiroyuki Kikuchi Honda 14 2 30 Alessandro Brannetti Honda Ret 14 17 2 31 Iván Martínez Aprilia Ret 14 2 32 Jarno Müller Honda 14 2 33 Adrián Araujo Aprilia 18 Ret 20 23 Ret Ret DNS 14 Ret 2 34 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 15 1 35 William De Angelis Aprilia 19 Ret 18 18 Ret 18 Ret Ret 22 Ret Ret 15 25 DNS DNS Ret 1 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 22 19 0 Marco Tresoldi Honda Ret 0 Italjet 22 Ret Alex Baldolini Honda 24 0 Stefano Bianco Honda 20 0 Pos Rider Team RSA MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL RIO PAC AUS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

125 cc Constructor's Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts
1	Honda	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	5	3	1	2	2	2	1	318
2	Aprilia	1	1	4	3	4	1	1	5	4	2	1	2	1	1	1	9	313
3	Derbi	15	2	1	9	1	11	6	1	1	1	2	12	3	3	9	2	251
4	Italjet	22	19	Ret	14	Ret	14	10	18	8	Ret	9	10	21	Ret	22	17	31
5	Yamaha			15														1
6	NER Honda															15		1
Pos	Manufacturer	RSA	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	VAL	RIO	PAC	AUS	Pts

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 1 Àlex Crivillé All 5 Sete Gibernau All 8 Tadayuki Okada All Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XRB0) 2 Kenny Roberts, Jr. All 9 Nobuatsu Aoki All Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWK6) 4 Max Biaggi All 7 Carlos Checa All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Norifumi Abe All Emerson Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 10 Alex Barros All 65 Loris Capirossi All Proton Team KR Modenas KR Modenas KR3 11 José David de Gea 1–8, 13 27 Luca Cadalora 10–11 30 Anthony Gobert 9 68 Mark Willis 12, 14–16 Sabre Sport Honda Honda NSR500V 12 Shane Norval 1–4, 7 20 Phil Giles 8–13 21 Ron Haslam 5 23 Callum Ramsay 6 33 David Tomas 14–16 Technical Sports Racing F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda TSR-Honda AC50M 15 Yoshiteru Konishi 1–9, 11–16 56 Tekkyu Kayoh 10 Rizla Honda TSR-Honda TSR-Honda AC50M 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Honda NSR500V 18 Sebastien Le Grelle 5–14 22 Sébastien Gimbert 1–4 56 Tekkyu Kayoh 15–16 Team Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 19 Akira Ryo 3 Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 24 Garry McCoy All 55 Régis Laconi All Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda Honda NSR500V 25 José Luis Cardoso 1–4, 6–7, 9–16 Demon Vimto Honda Honda Honda NSR500V 26 John McGuinness 9 Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 31 Tetsuya Harada All 99 Jeremy McWilliams All Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500V 33 David Tomas 13 BSL BSL BSL 500 V3 36 Stephen Briggs 15–16 Team Paton Paton Paton PG500R 25 Paolo Tessari 6, 10–13 Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda Honda NSR500 46 Valentino Rossi All

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250 cc participants^[6]

No Rider Team Motorcycle Rounds 4 Tohru Ukawa Shell Advance Honda Team Honda All 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprila Germany Aprilia All 8 Naoki Matsudo Petronas Sprinta Team TVK Yamaha All 9 Sebastián Porto Edo Racing Yamaha All 10 Fonsi Nieto Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha All 11 Ivan Clementi Campetella Racing Aprilia 1-14, 16 12 Mike Baldinger Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha 1-2 13 Marco Melandri Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia All 14 Anthony West Shell Advance Honda Team Honda All 15 Adrian Coates QUB Team Optimum Aprilia 1-14, 16 16 Johann Stigefelt Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team TSR-Honda 1-10, 13-16 18 Shahrol Yuzy Petronas Sprinta Team TVK Yamaha All 19 Olivier Jacque Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha All 20 Jerónimo Vidal CC Valencia Airtel Aspar Aprilia 4, 7 PR2 - Circuito de Almería Aprilia 10-14, 16 21 Franco Battaini Motoracing Battaini Aprilia All 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tino Villa Racing TSR-Honda 5-16 23 Julien Allemand Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha 4-16 24 Jason Vincent Padgetts M/C Sales Aprilia All 25 Vincent Philippe AXO Honda Gresini TSR-Honda 1-2, 4-5, 8-16 26 Klaus Nöhles Aprila Germany Aprilia 1-15 27 Fabrizio de Marco AXO Honda Gresini TSR-Honda 7 30 Álex Debón CC Valencia Airtel Aspar Aprilia All 31 Lucas Oliver Bultó Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 1-2, 4-16 32 Taro Sekiguchi Antenna 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 3 33 David Tomás PR2 Circuito de Almeria Aprilia 7-9 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 4, 6-7 34 Gary Haslam D&B Bradgate Honda 9 37 Luca Boscoscuro Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia All 41 Jarno Janssen Rizla Honda TSR-Honda All 42 David Checa Team Fomma TSR-Honda All 44 Roberto Rolfo Tino Villa Racing TSR-Honda 1-4 Racing Factory Aprilia 7-10, 15-16 48 Shinichi Nakatomi Team Kotake Honda 3 49 Osamu Miyazaki Motorex Daytona Yamaha 3 50 Nobuyuki Ohsaki SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha 3 54 David García PR2 Circuito de Almeria Aprilia 1-2, 4-7 56 Shinya Nakano Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha All 66 Alex Hofmann Racing Factory Aprilia 1-6, 11-13 74 Daijiro Kato AXO Honda Gresini Honda All 77 Jamie Robinson QUB Team Optimum Aprilia 1-15 78 Dirk Reissmann Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha 10 88 Yasumasa Hatakeyama Team 2000 Penguin Honda 15 89 Hiroshi Aoyama Harc-Pro Honda Honda 15

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125 cc participants^[7]

No Rider Team Motorcycle Rounds 1 Emilio Alzamora Telefónica movistar Honda Honda All 3 Masao Azuma Benetton Playlife Honda Honda All 4 Roberto Locatelli Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia All 5 Noboru Ueda GiVi Honda LCR Honda All 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Bossini Fontana Racing Aprilia Aprilia All 9 Lucio Cecchinello GiVi Honda LCR Honda All 10 Adrián Araujo Antinucci Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia 1-3, 6-8, 12-13 11 Max Sabbatani Racing Service Honda Honda All 12 Randy de Puniet SCRAB Compétition Aprilia Aprilia All 15 Alex De Angelis Chupa Chups Matteoni Rg. Honda Honda All 16 Simone Sanna Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia All 17 Steve Jenkner ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda All 18 Toni Elías Chupa Chups Matteoni Rg. Honda Honda All 19 Alessandro Brannetti Antinucci Racing Team Honda Honda 4-6 21 Arnaud Vincent Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia Aprilia All 22 Pablo Nieto Festina Derbi Derbi All 23 Gino Borsoi LAE UGT 3000 Aprilia Aprilia All 24 Leon Haslam Italjet Moto Italjet 1-4, 6-16 26 Ivan Goi Fomma Honda Honda All 29 Angel Nieto Jr Telefónica movistar Honda Honda 1-13, 15-16 32 Mirko Giansanti Benetton Playlife Honda Honda 1-6, 9-14 33 Stefano Bianco Benetton Playlife Honda Honda 16 34 Eric Bataille Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda 7-9, 12-13 Antinucci Racing Team Aprilia 10, 14-16 35 Reinhard Stolz RS ADAC Esch Racing Honda Honda 1-8,10-16 39 Jaroslav Hules Italjet Moto Italjet 1-14 Semprucci - Biesse Aprilia Aprilia 16 41 Youichi Ui Festina Derbi Derbi All 44 Héctor Faubel Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia Aprilia 4, 13 45 Ivan Martínez Team Boydis-Beatriz Hoteles Aprilia 4, 7 51 Marco Petrini Semprucci Biesse Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia 1-15 53 William De Angelis Semprucci Biesse Aprilia Aprilia 1-13, 16 54 Manuel Poggiali Festina Derbi Derbi 1, 3-16 55 Hideyuki Nakajoh JHA Racing Honda 3 56 Yuzo Fujioka Team Plus One Honda 3, 15 57 Hiroyuki Kikuchi ACT Corp - Team Wheelie Honda 3 58 Katsuji Uezu JRacing Motul Yamaha 3 66 Alex Baldolini Chupa Chups Matteoni Rg. Honda Honda 6 67 Marco Tresoldi Italjet Moto Italjet 6, 15-16 74 Jarno Müller ADAC Junior Team Germany Honda 10 78 Jakub Smrz Budweiser Budvar Elit Team Hanusch Honda 10-11

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