2000 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 June 2000
Official name	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya [1]
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Alex Barros Time 1:45.914 Fastest lap Rider Alex Barros Time 2:02.098 on lap 7 Podium First Kenny Roberts Jr. Second Norick Abe Third Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position Rider Shinya Nakano Time 1:48.183 Fastest lap Rider Jason Vincent Time 2:03.100 on lap 23 Podium First Olivier Jacque Second Tohru Ukawa Third Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position Rider Roberto Locatelli Time 1:52.588 Fastest lap Rider Pablo Nieto Time 2:07.820 on lap 12 Podium First Simone Sanna Second Masao Azuma Third Gino Borsoi

The 2000 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 11 June 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya. This was the 600th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	51:31.504	3	25
2	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+4.454	12	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Nastro Azzurro Honda	Honda	25	+9.541	9	16
4	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Telefónica Movistar Suzuki	Suzuki	25	+12.621	5	13
5	4	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+17.224	8	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	25	+25.906	2	10
7	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Rizla Honda	TSR- Honda	25	+45.688	15	9
8	11	José David de Gea	Proton Team KR	Modenas KR3	25	+1:02.945	16	8
9	31	Tetsuya Harada	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	25	+1:21.784	14	7
10	15	Yoshiteru Konishi	FCC TSR	TSR- Honda	25	+1:33.670	18	6
11	18	Sébastien Le Grelle	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	24	+1 lap	20	5
12	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Blu Aprilia Team	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	13	4
13	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	11	3
14	12	Shane Norval	Sabre Sport	Honda	24	+1 lap	19	2
15	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	24	+1 lap	6	1
16	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	23	+2 laps	17
Ret	10	Alex Barros	Emerson Honda Pons	Honda	12	Retirement	1
Ret	1	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	10	Accident	7
Ret	5	Sete Gibernau	Repsol YPF Honda Team	Honda	5	Accident	10
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	4	Accident	4
DNS	25	José Luis Cardoso	Maxon Dee Cee Jeans	Honda		Did not start
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	23	48:23.116	4	25
2	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	23	+4.025	3	20
3	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	23	+8.177	1	16
4	74	Daijiro Kato	Honda	23	+12.811	7	13
5	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+12.998	9	11
6	13	Marco Melandri	Aprilia	23	+13.161	5	10
7	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	23	+46.137	2	9
8	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+49.412	17	8
9	14	Anthony West	Honda	23	+49.458	24	7
10	77	Jamie Robinson	Aprilia	23	+56.066	10	6
11	16	Johan Stigefelt	TSR- Honda	23	+58.740	19	5
12	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR- Honda	23	+1:08.906	14	4
13	42	David Checa	TSR- Honda	23	+1:09.056	22	3
14	20	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	23	+1:12.935	26	2
15	26	Klaus Nöhles	Aprilia	23	+1:16.235	12	1
16	22	Sébastien Gimbert	TSR- Honda	23	+1:16.403	29
17	31	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	23	+1:24.739	27
18	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	23	+1:24.826	25
19	24	Jason Vincent	Aprilia	23	+1:38.584	11
20	18	Shahrol Yuzy	Yamaha	23	+1:38.693	15
21	15	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	23	+1:54.290	16
22	23	Julien Allemand	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	28
Ret	33	David Tomás	Honda	20	Retirement	31
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	Aprilia	15	Retirement	21
Ret	30	Alex Debón	Aprilia	15	Retirement	8
Ret	54	David García	Aprilia	14	Retirement	23
Ret	11	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	9	Retirement	18
Ret	38	Álvaro Molina	TSR- Honda	9	Retirement	30
Ret	9	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	5	Accident	13
Ret	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	5	Retirement	20
Ret	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	0	Accident	6
DNS	27	Fabrizio De Marco	Honda	0	Did not start	32
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Simone Sanna	Aprilia	22	47:54.390	12	25
2	3	Masao Azuma	Honda	22	+10.770	11	20
3	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	22	+11.012	13	16
4	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	22	+32.298	21	13
5	35	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	22	+1:14.098	22	11
6	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	22	+1:23.253	5	10
7	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	22	+1:27.049	20	9
8	18	Antonio Elías	Honda	22	+1:37.000	19	8
9	29	Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	22	+1:40.199	23	7
10	24	Leon Haslam	Italjet	22	+1:46.951	24	6
11	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	22	+1:50.843	17	5
12	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	22	+2:09.311	27	4
13	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	14	3
14	45	Iván Martínez	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	26	2
Ret	9	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	14	Accident	4
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	14	Accident	8
Ret	50	Joaquín Perera	Honda	14	Accident	28
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Honda	13	Accident	10
Ret	51	Marco Petrini	Aprilia	12	Accident	18
Ret	4	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	7	Accident	1
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Derbi	7	Retirement	15
Ret	10	Adrián Araujo	Honda	3	Retirement	25
Ret	1	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	2	Accident	7
Ret	53	William de Angelis	Aprilia	2	Accident	16
Ret	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	2	Accident	6
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	0	Accident	2
Ret	5	Noboru Ueda	Honda	0	Accident	3
DNS	39	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	0	Did not start	9
WD	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda		Withdrew
WD	47	Ángel Rodríguez	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded. ^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 125 2 Carlos Checa 100 3 Norifumi Abe 85 4 Loris Capirossi 73 5 Nobuatsu Aoki 72

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 150 2 Suzuki 128 3 Honda 124 4 Aprilia 48 5 TSR-Honda 38

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

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