2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Olivier Jacque (pictured in 2002) became the 250cc champion

Roberto Locatelli (pictured at Donington Park) became the 125cc champion

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

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] It was the last time a Suzuki rider clinched the title until Joan Mir secured his maiden title in 2020 edition.

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]

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2000:^[4]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	19 March	Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix	Phakisa Freeway
2	2 April	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
3	9 April	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
4	30 April	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	14 May	Grand Prix Polini de France	Bugatti Circuit
6	28 May	Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia	Mugello Circuit
7	11 June	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
8	24 June ††	Rizla Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
9	9 July	Cinzano British Grand Prix	Donington Park
10	23 July	Cinzano Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	20 August	Gauloises Grand Prix České Republiky	Brno Circuit
12	3 September	Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
13	17 September	Grand Prix Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit de Valencia
14	7 October ††	Cinzano Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
15	15 October	Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi	Twin Ring Motegi
16	29 October	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island

†† = Saturday race

• The South African Grand Prix was moved from 10 October to 19 March.
• The French Grand Prix moved from the Circuit Paul Ricard to the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans' Bugatti Circuit.
• The Australian Grand Prix was moved back from 3 to 29 October.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix returned on the calendar since 1987 (when it was held on the Spanish Circuito Permanente de Jerez instead) after it was homologated for motorcycle racing.
• The Pacific Grand Prix was also added to the calendar; consequently the Japanese Grand Prix returned to Suzuka, as the Pacific Grand Prix was hosted as Motegi, an arrangement that lasted until 2003.
• The City of Imola Grand Prix and Argentine Grand Prix were taken off the calendar.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	19 March	South African motorcycle Grand Prix	Phakisa	Arnaud Vincent	Shinya Nakano	Garry McCoy	Report
2	2 April	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
3	9 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Suzuka	Youichi Ui	Daijiro Kato	Norick Abe	Report
4	30 April	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Emilio Alzamora	Ralf Waldmann	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
5	14 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Youichi Ui	Tohru Ukawa	Àlex Crivillé	Report
6	28 May	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Loris Capirossi	Report
7	11 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Simone Sanna	Olivier Jacque	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
8	24 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Youichi Ui	Tohru Ukawa	Alex Barros	Report
9	9 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Youichi Ui	Ralf Waldmann	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	23 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Youichi Ui	Olivier Jacque	Alex Barros	Report
11	20 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Max Biaggi	Report
12	3 September	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Emilio Alzamora	Daijiro Kato	Garry McCoy	Report
13	17 September	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Roberto Locatelli	Shinya Nakano	Garry McCoy	Report
14	7 October ††	Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Simone Sanna	Daijiro Kato	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	15 October	Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Roberto Locatelli	Daijiro Kato	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
16	29 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Masao Azuma	Olivier Jacque	Max Biaggi	Report

†† = Saturday race

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyres No. Rider Rounds Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia RSW-2 500 M 31 Tetsuya Harada All 99 Jeremy McWilliams All BSL BSL BSL 500 V3 36 Stephen Briggs 15–16 Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda NSR500 1 Àlex Crivillé All 5 Sete Gibernau All 8 Tadayuki Okada All Emerson Honda Pons 10 Alex Barros All 65 Loris Capirossi All Nastro Azzurro Honda 46 Valentino Rossi All Tecmas Honda Elf NSR500V 22 Sébastien Gimbert 1–4 18 Sebastien Le Grelle 5–14 56 Tekkyu Kayoh 15–16 Sabre Sport 12 Shane Norval 1–4, 7 21 Ron Haslam 5 23 Callum Ramsay 6 20 Phil Giles 8–13 33 David Tomas 14–16 Maxon Dee Cee Jeans 25 José Luis Cardoso 1–4, 6–7, 9–16 Demon Vimto Honda 26 John McGuinness 9 Queroseno Racing Team 33 David Tomás 13 / Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 D 11 José David de Gea 1–8, 13 30 Anthony Gobert 9 27 Luca Cadalora 10–11 M 68 Mark Willis 12, 14–16 Team Paton Paton PG500RC M 43 Paolo Tessari 6, 10–13 Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XRB0) 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. All 9 Nobuatsu Aoki All Team Suzuki 19 Akira Ryō 3 Technical Sports Racing F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda AC50M 15 Yoshiteru Konishi 1–9, 11–16 56 Tekkyu Kayoh 10 Rizla Honda 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR500 (OWK6) 4 Max Biaggi All 7 Carlos Checa All Red Bull Yamaha WCM 24 Garry McCoy All 55 Régis Laconi All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin 6 Norifumi Abe All Source:[5]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Shell Advance Honda Team Honda Honda NSR250 4 Tohru Ukawa All 14 Anthony West All /Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 6 Ralf Waldmann All 26 Klaus Nöhles All Petronas Sprinta Team TVK Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 8 Naoki Matsudo All 18 Shahrol Yuzy All Edo Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 9 Sebastián Porto All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 10 Fonsi Nieto All 31 Lucas Oliver Bultó 1–2, 4–16 32 Taro Sekiguchi 3 Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 11 Ivan Clementi All Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 12 Mike Baldinger 1–3 23 Julien Allemand 4–16 78 Dirk Reissmann 10 Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 13/35 Marco Melandri All 34 Marcellino Lucchi 4, 6–7 QUB Team Optimum Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 15 Adrian Coates All 77 Jamie Robinson All Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 16 Johan Stigefelt All Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 19 Olivier Jacque All 56 Shinya Nakano All CC Valencia Airtel Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 20 Jerónimo Vidal 4, 7 30 Alex Debón All Motoracing Battaini Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 21 Franco Battaini All Tino Villa Racing TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 22 Sébastien Gimbert 5–16 44 Roberto Rolfo 1–4 Padgetts M/C Sales Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 24 Jason Vincent All AXO Honda Gresini TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 25 Vincent Philippe 1–6, 8–16 27 Fabrizio de Marco 7 74 Daijiro Kato All PR2 - Circuito de Almería Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 20 Jerónimo Vidal 10–16 54 David García 1–7 Honda Honda NSR250 33 David Tomás 9 Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 33 David Tomás 7–8 D&B Bradgate Honda Honda NSR250 34 Gary Haslam 9 Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 37 Luca Boscoscuro All Echo Racing Team TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 38 Álvaro Molina 7, 12–13 BRT-Ismael Bonilla Honda Honda NSR250 39 Ismael Bonilla 4, 13 Team Costa Azahar Honda Honda NSR250 40 David Ortega 4 Rizla Honda TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 41 Jarno Janssen All Team Fomma TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 42 David Checa All Racing Factory Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 Roberto Rolfo 7–10, 15–16 66 Alex Hofmann 1–6, 11–14 FCC Castrol TSR TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 47 Tekkyu Kayoh 3 Team Kotake Honda Honda NSR250 48 Shinichi Nakatomi 3, 15 Motorex Daytona Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 49 Osamu Miyazaki 3, 15 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 50 Nobuyuki Ohsaki 3 Endurance Honda Honda NSR250 51 Daisaku Sakai 3 Equipe de France Honda Honda NSR250 52 Julien da Costa 5 55 Sylvain Guintoli 5 Sport Moto Developpement Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 53 Éric Dubray 5 Bentin Racing Honda Honda NSR250 57 Hervé Mora 5 Y.V.R.F. Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 58 Bruno Vecchioni 5 Filart Racing Honda Honda NSR250 61 Rob Filart 8 MRTT Hugen Racing Honda Honda NSR250 62 Jan Blok 8 63 Arnold Litjens 8 Megacon Honda Honda NSR250 64 Gert Pieper 8 Vaz Racing Honda Honda NSR250 67 César Barros 14 / BRT - Honda Brazil Honda Honda NSR250 68 Cristiano Vieira 14 Earnshaws Motorcycles Honda Honda NSR250 70 Tom Tunstall 9 Padgets Batley / Team Jacks Honda Honda NSR250 72 Lee Jackson 9 TW2 e-comerce Systems Honda Honda NSR250 73 Jason Davis 9 Docshop Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 75 Matthias Neukirchen 10 Team Freudenberg Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 76 Dirk Heidolf 10 Palatina Racing Honda Honda NSR250 79 Andreas Göbel 10 Kiefer GmbH Racing Honda Honda NSR250 80 Christian Gemmel 10 Klub Racing Team Znojmo Honda Honda NSR250 81 Radomil Rous 11 Slovnaft Sport Moto Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 82 Vladimír Častka 11 Remus Racing Austria Honda Honda NSR250 83 Uwe Bolterauer 11 84 Michael Witzeneder 11 Cose Da Mota/Moto Jornal Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 85 Felisberto Teixeira 12 VP Motos Ciclo Do Areeiro Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 86 Vicente Esparragoso 12 Pablo Antelo RMT Honda Honda NSR250 87 Pablo Antelo 12 Team 2000 Penguin Honda Honda NSR250 88 Yasumasa Hatakeyama 15 Harc-Pro Honda Honda Honda NSR250 89 Hiroshi Aoyama 15 Sofukai Suzuka Racing/Meiw Honda Honda NSR250 90 Yoshinori Korogi 15 RGV Spares Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 91 Shaun Geronimi 16 DMR Honda Honda NSR250 92 Jason Boyle 16 Clive Carter Motorcycles Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 93 Terry Carter 16 Harding Print Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 94 Steven Torresi 16 Source:[6]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda Honda RS125R 1 Emilio Alzamora All 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. All Benetton Playlife Honda Honda Honda RS125R 3 Masao Azuma All 32 Mirko Giansanti 1–7, 9–15 33 Stefano Bianco 16 Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 4 Roberto Locatelli All 16 Simone Sanna All GiVi Honda LCR Honda Honda RS125R 5 Noboru Ueda All 9 Lucio Cecchinello All Bossini Fontana Racing Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 8 Gianluigi Scalvini All Antinucci Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 10 Adrián Araujo 1–3, 6 Honda Honda RS125R 10 Adrián Araujo 7–9, 11–13 34 Éric Bataille 10, 14–16 19 Alessandro Brannetti 4–5 19 Alessandro Brannetti 6 Racing Service Honda Honda Honda RS125R 11 Max Sabbatani All SCRAB Compétition Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 12 Randy de Puniet All Chupa Chups Matteoni Rg. Honda Honda Honda RS125R 15 Alex de Angelis All 18 Toni Elías All 66 Alex Baldolini 6 ADAC Sachsen Honda Honda Honda RS125R 17 Steve Jenkner All Circuito Valencia Aspar Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 21 Arnaud Vincent All 44 Héctor Faubel 4, 13 Festina Derbi Derbi Derbi 125 GP 22 Pablo Nieto All 41 Youichi Ui All 54 Manuel Poggiali 1, 3–16 LAE UGT 3000 Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 23 Gino Borsoi All Italjet Moto Italjet Italjet F125 24 Leon Haslam All 39 Jaroslav Huleš 1–14 67 Marco Tresoldi 15–16 Fomma Honda Honda Honda RS125R 26 Ivan Goi All Queroseno Racing Team Honda Honda Honda RS125R 34 Éric Bataille 7–9, 12–13 RS ADAC Esch Racing Honda Honda Honda RS125R 35 Reinhard Stolz All Promoto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 43 David Micó 4, 13 Team Boydis-Beatriz Hoteles Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 45 Iván Martínez 4, 7 Analco-3C Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 47 Ángel Rodríguez 7, 13 Siam Yamaha Thailand Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 48 Decha Kraisart 2 Honda Castrol Thailand Honda Honda RS125R 49 Suhathai Chaemsap 2 T.M.R. Competicion Honda Honda RS125R 50 Joaquín Perera 7 Semprucci Biesse Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 39 Jaroslav Huleš 16 51 Marco Petrini 1–15 53 William de Angelis All Calabrezzi Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 52 Gian Calabrezzi 14 JHA Racing Honda Honda RS125R 55 Hideyuki Nakajō 3 95 Noboyuki Yonoki 15 97 Naoki Katoh 15 Team Plus One Honda Honda RS125R 56 Yuzo Fujioka 3 NER Honda Honda RS125R 15 ACT Corp - Team Wheelie Honda Honda RS125R 57 Hiroyuki Kikuchi 3 JRacing Motul Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 58 Katsuji Uezu 3 Tec - 2BP Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 59 Shinichi Sugaya 3 R.M.S. Honda Honda RS125R 60 Lionel Lecomte 5 63 Jimmy Petit 5 Provence Moto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 61 Grégory Lefort 5 Riom Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 62 Erwan Nigon 5 H.R.C. Honda Honda RS125R 64 Hugo Marchand 5 EP Bos Electro Elbing Honda Honda RS125R 65 Harold de Haan 8 BMT Swiss Team Honda Honda RS125R 67 Marco Tresoldi 6 Luvro-Van Leeuwen Motortechniek Honda Honda RS125R 68 Wilhelm Van Leeuwen 8 Doodeman Dakdekkers Honda Honda RS125R 69 Ronnie Timmer 8 Roteg Racing Honda Honda RS125R 70 Patrick Lakerveld 8 Connolly Transport Racing Honda Honda RS125R 71 Paul Robinson 9 Rheos Honda UK Honda Honda RS125R 72 Kenny Tibble 9 Demon Vimto Honda Honda Honda RS125R 73 Stuart Easton 9 ADAC Junior Team Germany Honda Honda RS125R 74 Jarno Müller 10 Ivetra Seel Racing Honda Honda RS125R 75 Achim Kariger 10 Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 76 Jascha Büch 10 TSR Hegemann Germany Honda Honda RS125R 77 Andreas Hahn 10 Budweiser Budvar Elit Team Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R 78 Jakub Smrž 10–11 AMK Revena Team 2000 Honda Honda RS125R 79 Igor Kaláb 11 Orion Team Litomysl Honda Honda RS125R 80 Michal Březina 11 Kent Clips Team Honda Honda RS125R 81 László Báncsiki 11 Pannonia Racing Honda Honda RS125R 82 Gábor Talmácsi 11 Team Modeka Honda Honda RS125R 83 Emmanuel Carvalho 12 Honda Galp Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 84 José Leite 12 Pgp Mavi Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 85 Manuel Vieira 12 VP Motos Ciclo Do Areeiro Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 86 Paulo Henriques 12 Alemao Rodas Team Honda Honda RS125R 87 Wesley Gutierrez 14 Gota Dourada Team Honda Honda RS125R 89 Renato Velludo 14 Panadés Disnauto Team Honda Honda RS125R 90 Leandro Panadés 14 Team Taylor Racing Honda Honda RS125R 91 Jay Taylor 16 MCA Supermarkets/Brookes Racing Honda Honda RS125R 92 Josh Brookes 16 Fairbairn Cranes/Tenniswood Racing Honda Honda RS125R 94 Michael Teniswood 16 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 96 Tomoyoshi Koyama 15 Team Harc-Pro Honda Honda RS125R 98 Masafumi Ono 15 Source:[7]

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

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 Norifumi 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 van den 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 8 8 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 José David de Gea Modenas KR3 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 Ryō 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 KR3 14 15 3 28 Mark Willis Modenas KR3 15 14 DNS Ret 3 29 Anthony Gobert Modenas KR3 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 Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

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

^[8]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

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 DSQ 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 Yoshinori Korogi Honda 17 0 Arnold Litjens Honda 17 0 Tekkyu Kayoh TSR-Honda 17 0 Felisberto Teixeira Yamaha 18 0 Mike Baldinger Yamaha 18 19 DNS 0 Jason Davis Honda 19 0 Álvaro Molina TSR-Honda Ret 19 Ret 0 Dirk Heidolf Yamaha 20 0 Daisaku Sakai Honda 20 0 David García Aprilia Ret Ret DNS 20 Ret Ret Ret 0 Julien da Costa Honda 22 0 Vladimír Častka Yamaha 23 0 Dirk Reissmann Yamaha 23 0 Bruno Vecchioni Yamaha 23 0 Michael Witzeneder Honda 24 0 Éric Dubray Yamaha 24 0 Radomil Rous Honda 25 0 Matthias Neukirchnen Yamaha 25 0 Gert Pieper Honda 25 0 David Ortega Honda 25 0 Andreas Göbel Honda 27 0 Shaun Geronimi Yamaha Ret 0 Terry Carter Yamaha Ret 0 César Barros Honda Ret 0 Cristiano Vieira Honda Ret 0 Ismael Bonilla Honda Ret Ret 0 Uwe Bolterauer Honda Ret 0 Christian Gemmel Honda Ret 0 Lee Jackson Honda Ret 0 Tom Tunstall Honda Ret 0 Jan Blok Honda Ret 0 Rob Filart Honda Ret 0 Hervé Mora Honda Ret 0 Sylvain Guintoli Honda Ret 0 Jason Boyle Honda DNQ Steven Torresi Yamaha DNQ Pablo Antelo Honda DNQ Vicente Esparragoso Yamaha DNQ Fabrizio De Marco Honda DNQ 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 Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap