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United Kingdom  2000 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the
2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date9 July 2000
Official nameCinzano British Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Brazil Alex Barros
Time 1:32.316
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Garry McCoy
Time 1:39.895 on lap 27
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams
250cc
Pole position
Rider France Olivier Jacque
Time 1:34.181
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Jamie Robinson
Time 1:39.886 on lap 10
Podium
First Germany Ralf Waldmann
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Japan Naoki Matsudo
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Youichi Ui
Time 1:38.413
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma
Time 1:39.077 on lap 25
Podium
First Japan Youichi Ui
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

The 2000 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 July 2000 at Donington Park.

Ralf Waldmann's final win in the 250 cc classification is of particular note. On a drying track, he came from nearly a whole lap down to win at the final corner at the notoriously slippery Donington Park circuit.[3]

500cc race report

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This race was most notable for the three-way battle for victory between Valentino Rossi, Kenny Roberts Jr. and Jeremy McWilliams, as well as Rossi's first victory in the premier class, coming back from a poor start to win the race.

Kenny Roberts Jr. is leading the hunt for the 2000 crown with 125 points, followed by Carlos Checa with 111 and Norick Abe with 91 points.

On Saturday, Alex Barros had grabbed pole position - his third of the year and a strong showing after winning last time out in the Netherlands. Behind him was championship leader Kenny Roberts Jr. in second, Garry McCoy in third and rookie Valentino Rossi in fourth.[4][5] The second row of the grid consisted out of Max Biaggi, Carlos Checa, Norick Abe and last year's champion Àlex Crivillé in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places. Aprilia rider Jeremy McWilliams started way down in fifteenth place, failing to improve his time after he broke two bones in his foot after crashing during free practice on Friday.[6]

Before the start of the race, a one-minute's silence was held as a tribute to Joey Dunlop, who had died in a freak accident in Tallinn, Estonia while leading a 125cc race only seven days earlier.[6]

During the 250cc race, it had rained which left the circuit wet. As a result, every rider had opted to pick the Rain tyre for the race.[7]

All riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, Rossi has a bad start when his rear tyre slides, lacking grip because of the wet track on the opening lap. As he loses positions, Frenchman Régis Laconi takes the lead going into Redgate (Turn 1), followed by Barros and Gibernau - who made up eleven positions to catapult himself into third by the time the group arrived at the Old Hairpin (Turn 4).[7] Both Rossi and Biaggi had dropped down the order significantly, with Rossi being in thirteenth and Biaggi in fifteenth spot halfway around lap 1.[8] McWilliams meanwhile managed to make good use of the chaos and passed eight people to position himself in seventh. At the short straight before Coppice (Turn 8), McWilliams also passes Nobuatsu Aoki for sixth, then passes Roberts before exiting the corner to move himself up into fifth place.[8] Rossi behind has managed to pass Jurgen van den Goorbergh and is now battling José Luis Cardoso for eleventh at Starkey's Straight. At the front, Abe is trying to pass Gibernau around the outside of the entrance at The Esses (Turn 9), but goes a bit wide when he doesn't manage to break properly because of the wet circuit and slots back behind the Spaniard.

As lap two begins, the top six is as follows: Laconi, Barros, Gibernau, Abe, McWilliams and Roberts Jr. Rossi moved up into tenth after passing Tetsuya Harada's Aprilia and Biaggi slid further down the order, now being behind McCoy in a lowly seventeenth spot. Barros is slowly closing up on Laconi, with Rossi passing Okada at the short straight before Coppice for ninth. At Starkey's Straight, Rossi then goes side by side with Loris Capirossi and passes him at the entrance to The Esses for eighth position. At the front, Barros takes the lead by passing Laconi at the entrance of the Melbourne Hairpin (Turn 10).[7]

Lap three and Rossi is slowly closing the gap to the Telefónica Suzuki of Aoki, as does McWilliams to Abe. Barros meanwhile is opening up a significant gap to Laconi, who is now starting to struggle a little bit. Rossi caught and passed the Japanese at the entrance of Coppice, moving him up into seventh place.

On lap four, Laconi is closing the gap to Barros slightly. No overtakes happened at the front.

Lap five and the top four is bunching up, with McWilliams joining the group.[7] Later on in the lap, Roberts Jr. closes up on McWilliams, with the American overtaking him at the entrance of Goddards (Turn 11) for fifth spot.

Lap six begins and the top six now consists out of Barros, Laconi, Gibernau, Abe, Roberts Jr. and McWilliams, with Rossi closing up fast. Gibernau moves up the inside of Laconi going into The Esses, taking second place from him. As Laconi tries to go side by side with the Spaniard to retake the position going into the Melbourne Hairpin, Abe then bravely dives down the inside of both, making minor contact as the trio bunches up into the hairpin, with Abe taking two positions in one corner and promoting up into second. Roberts Jr. then takes two places by taking both Gibernau for fourth exiting the hairping and Laconi for third at the short straight before Goddards. McWilliams also tries to take Gibernau's fifth place around the outside of the hairpin, touching and making them both lose momentum as they exit the corner.

On lap seven, Rossi makes good use of the chaos in front of him to overtake both McWilliams and Gibernau going into Redgate. However, McWilliams also goes up the inside of Rossi - him also overtaking Gibernau for fifth - taking two positions in one corner. Rossi has a moment exiting the corner but not losing any places because of it. At the entrance of Coppice, McWilliams then takes fourth from Laconi by forcing him to go wide at the entrance of the corner. Coming down into the Melbourne Hairpin, Rossi makes his move and passes Laconi for fifth place by going up his inside, but he runs wide and has to slot back behind the Frenchman as they exit the corner. Right behind the duo, Aoki also overtook Gibernau's Repsol YPF Honda for seventh place at the same hairpin.

Lap eight and Abe lines up a pass at the start/finish straight, but thinks the better of it and stays behind for the time being. Gibernau meanwhile dives down the inside of Aoki and retakes seventh going into Redgate. Rossi then finally makes it stick and passes Laconi at the entrance of Coppice, moving him up to fifth position. Gibernau does the same, going side by side with Laconi at Starkey's Straight and picking off the Red Bull WCM Yahama rider at The Esses, moving up into sixth place.

As lap nine begins, the top three - consisting of Barros, Abe and Roberts Jr. - now have a significant gap back to McWilliams and behind him, Rossi. Aoki managed to pass both Laconi and Gibernau before the beginning of the lap, moving him up into sixth. Way back, Biaggi only managed to move up into fifteenth so far. At the front, McWilliams has closed the gap to the top three and is now in contention for the win. Abe tries to line up a move to take the lead from Barros but in doing so, has left the door open for Roberts Jr. to dive down his inside at Starkey's Straight, taking second from the Japanese instead as they enter The Esses complex.

On lap ten, Roberts Jr. goes up the inside of Barros, easily taking over the lead from him. McWilliams also overtakes Abe for the bottom step of the podium by going up his inside at the Old Hairpin.[7]

Lap eleven and Roberts Jr. is now opening up a significant gap to second place Barros, with McWilliams right behind him. The Northern Irishman then makes a move and takes second from Barros at the Old Hairpin. Rossi then tries to pass Abe at Coppice, but runs wide and loses one place to Aoki as well, demoting him to sixth. Aoki himself then passes Abe at Starkey's Straight, finalising the move going into The Esses and taking fourth place from him.

On lap twelve, a slightly drying groove now starts to become visible. Aoki surprised Barros by taking third when he went around the outside, then the inside at the fast Craner Curves (Turns 2 and 3). Abe also passes the now fading Barros and moves up into fourth place when he went up his inside at Coppice. At the Melbourne Hairpin, Rossi too made his move and took fifth from Barros.

As lap thirteen begins, Rossi immediately is eyeing Abe's fourth position, and makes a successful move on him at Redgate by diving down the inside. At the Craner Curves, Gibernau overtook Barros and moved up to sixth. Laconi has passed Barros as well, with the Brazilian now dropping all the way down to eighth.

Lap fourteen and Rossi is now putting the pressure on Aoki. Making good use of his superior top speed, he goes side by side with the Japanese at Starkey's Straight and takes third before entering The Esses.

On lap fifteen, Barros behind is now coming under pressure from teammate Capirossi. Laconi has passed Gibernau on the previous lap and at the front, Rossi caught and passed McWilliams for second at Starkey's Straight, almost making contact with him entering The Esses as he refuses to hand over the position so easily.[7]

Before the beginning of lap sixteen, Aoki crashes out of a strong fourth place. He had a slight moment, causing him to highside just as he wanted to exit out of the Goddards hairpin, throwing him onto the grass at low speed. He gets up quickly and removes his bike from the dangerous position, but loses a lot of time and continues in last place. At the front, the battle for victory has been reduced to three after the crash of Aoki caused a massive gap to number four Abe, consisting out of Roberts Jr., Rossi and McWilliams.

Lap seventeen and a dry line is now clearly visible as a dry groove has formed. The gap Roberts Jr. has to Rossi is +0.903 seconds, but 'The Doctor' is now catching him quickly as it gets cut and is now only +0.377 seconds when they arrive at The Esses.

On lap eighteen, Rossi is still catching up to the American. Laconi has also crashed at the exit of Goddards, the Frenchman already back onto his bike and ready to ride again as he has not stalled his motorcycle. The gap to Roberts Jr. meanwhile has extended slightly by Rossi - from +0.377 seconds before to +0.101 seconds now - with McWilliams tagging along as well. He surprises Rossi by going up his inside at the beginning of Coppice to move up into second position, also allowing Roberts Jr. some slight breathing room.[7]

Lap nineteen has begun and it is now a threeway battle for the lead. McWilliams is now all over the back of the American, lines up a pass at the Craner Curves and overtakes him at the Old Hairpin, taking over the lead under loud cheering from the British crowd. At Starkey's Straight, he effortlessly overtakes Roberts Jr. and slots in front of him at The Esses.

On lap twenty, Biaggi managed to claw his way back up to ninth after being down in fourteenth at the earlier stages of the race. Rossi is now slowly trying to close down the small gap McWilliams has created.

Lap twenty-one and Rossi and Roberts Jr. have troubles trying to catch McWilliams, as he is now increasing the gap. However, the gap at Starkey's Straight closes up again from +1.224 to +1.056 seconds.[7]

On lap twenty-two, the front is still very much stabilised. In fourth is now Capirossi, who overtook and rode away from Abe by now. However, Capirossi made a mistake going into The Esses, allowing Abe to retake fourth from him in the process.

Lap twenty-three and Rossi and Roberts Jr. are now slowly clawing their way back to McWilliams, who starts to slide a bit due to the tyre problems he starts to have.

On lap twenty-four, McCoy has come into the pits to change his tyres from wets to slicks due to the changing conditions. Coming out of the Coppice corners, Rossi has a moment but doesn't lose any positions from it.

Lap twenty-five and the field bunches up again. At Coppice, both Rossi and Roberts Jr. have moments as they exit the corner, showing that they too are starting to have some real tyre problems.

On lap twenty-six, Rossi is now really closing up on McWilliams, who is really suffering from tyre problems by now. Coming out of Coppice, the Northern Irishman has a moment, allowing Rossi to make a move and go side by side with him at Starkey's Straight. However, he does not pass him, choosing to stay behind him for now.

As lap twentyseven begins, Rossi is still right behind McWilliams, who himself is being chased by Roberts Jr. A big part of the circuit has now dried up, making the riders wobble frequently. Coming up to the Melbourne Hairpin, he finally decides to take the lead by diving down the inside of McWilliams' Aprilia, outbreaking him and finalising the move exiting the corner.[7]

Lap twenty-eight and Roberts Jr. tries to pass McWilliams going into Redgate but misses the speed and almost collides with the rear tyre of the Northern Irishman, forcing him to stay right behind him for now. At the Melbourne Hairpin, Roberts Jr. tries to go down the inside of McWilliams and take second place from him, but he just goes a bit too wide, allowing the Aprilia rider to make the cutback and retake the place exiting the hairpin.

Lap twenty-nine, the penultimate lap, has begun and Rossi has now opened up a slight gap back to McWilliams. He then closes up at the Craner Curves as Rossi slides around the corners, much to the delight of the fans. As they exit Coppice, both Rossi and McWilliams' tyres start to smoke as they put on the power.

Eventual race winner Valentino Rossi ahead of the Aprilia of Jeremy McWilliams, who went on to finish third in the 500cc race.

The final lap has now arrived - lap thirty - and Rossi is still leading, followed by McWilliams and Roberts Jr. Coming out of Redgate, all the riders are now sliding around as their tyres are practically gone. McWilliams however is still doing his best to close the slight gap to Rossi with Roberts Jr. hot on his tail. Coming out of The Esses, the Suzuki rider got better traction and goes for the move by going side by side with McWilliams before the Melbourne Hairpin, then outbreaking him and snatching second place from him with just one corner to go.[7] Having a big enough gap, Rossi crosses the line to win his first ever 500cc grand prix, followed by Roberts Jr. in second and McWilliams in third.[9] Further back, Capirossi comes home in fourth, Dutchman van den Goorbergh in fifth and Abe in sixth.

On the parade lap back to parc-fermé, Rossi does a burnout as a handful of fans come up to him and congratulate him on his win. He stands on his bike and celebrates in jubilant fashion as well. Roberts Jr. rides up to him and shakes hands with him whilst still onto the bike to congratulate him on his win.[7]

The important figures hand out the trophies, with the audience cheering loudly as McWilliams receives his third-place trophy. The Italian national anthem plays and after it is done, the podium girls put wreaths around the necks of the trio and give them all a kiss on the cheek. Then they hand them the champagne with Rossi then cheekily spraying it on one of the girls, then on the rest of the riders.[10]

When Roberts Jr. was questioned about his tyre choice, he said the following:

"It was a difficult choice until the rain started again, and I'm surprised the tyres held up when the track dried out. I had a lot on mind during the race, like concentrating on not falling down, and keeping an edge to my tyres just in case the rain restarted, and with this in mind, I let Valentino and Jeremy go mid-race. When Valentino got passed him, I tried to go as well, but had to wait until the last lap. I knew I could get the Aprilia there, because I could hear that the engine wasn't as strong as the V4s."[7]

When McWilliams was asked about his last-lap fight with Roberts Jr., he commented the following:

"I made two mistakes. I think now that perhaps I went too hard mid-race in trying to get away, which finished the tyres, and then I missed a gear on the last lap, and allowed Kenny through. He learnt from his last attempt too, and kept it tight at Melbourne so that I couldn't slide back on the inside. I'm happy to be on the podium though. We didn't think we were going to go anywhere from the fourth row of the grid, and when the rain came down, I was just laughing. We put wets on and couldn't care less - we were going out just to see what we could get as others fell down! This is a better end to a difficult week for Irish motorsports, and this podium is for Joey."[7][9]

When Rossi was asked how he felt after his win, he responded with the following:

"I am very happy. We were ready to win in dry conditions but, when the rain came, we were very afraid, and would have been happy with a podium. The race was not so much fun, with the rear wheel spinning all the time, but my rhythm was not too bad and I was able to get past Barros and Abe before getting up to the lead. The tyre is now completely finished, and it was not easy even on the straight. it was very hard to beat Jeremy, but I managed to get by two or three laps from the end, and I am very pleased to win."[7]

500 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Nastro Azzurro Honda Honda 30 52:37.246 4 25
2 2 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +0.395 2 20
3 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 30 +0.944 15 16
4 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Emerson Honda Pons Honda 30 +23.037 12 13
5 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Rizla Honda TSR-Honda 30 +25.574 16 11
6 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +27.052 7 10
7 1 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +29.617 8 9
8 5 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +30.166 14 8
9 4 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +30.873 5 7
10 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol YPF Honda Team Honda 30 +31.584 9 6
11 7 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +38.869 6 5
12 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +44.057 10 4
13 26 United Kingdom John McGuinness Demon Vimto Honda Honda 30 +1:03.534 18 3
14 10 Brazil Alex Barros Emerson Honda Pons Honda 30 +1:13.535 1 2
15 30 Australia Anthony Gobert Proton Team KR Modenas KR3 30 +1:15.652 20 1
16 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Telefónica Movistar Suzuki Suzuki 30 +1:31.057 11
17 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 29 +1 lap 3
18 18 Belgium Sébastien Le Grelle Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 29 +1 lap 21
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Blu Aprilia Team Aprilia 12 Retirement 13
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Maxon Dee Cee Jeans Honda 10 Retirement 17
Ret 20 United Kingdom Phil Giles Sabre Sport Honda 1 Retirement 19
WD 15 Japan Yoshiteru Konishi FCC TSR TSR-Honda Withdrew
Sources:[11][12][13]
Frenchman Olivier Jacque riding his Yamaha in the 250cc race. He narrowly missed out on the victory against the German Ralf Waldmann.

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 27 49:41.073 6 25
2 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 27 +0.344 1 20
3 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +1.609 15 16
4 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 +6.909 3 13
5 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Aprilia 27 +22.714 9 11
6 30 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +43.663 18 10
7 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 +47.345 2 9
8 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt TSR-Honda 27 +1:12.409 16 8
9 42 Spain David Checa TSR-Honda 27 +1:13.408 19 7
10 74 Japan Daijiro Kato Honda 27 +1:23.370 5 6
11 9 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 27 +1:37.181 11 5
12 31 Spain Lucas Oliver Yamaha 27 +1:54.363 27 4
13 71 United Kingdom Gary Haslam Honda 27 +1:54.697 29 3
14 25 France Vincent Philippe TSR-Honda 27 +2:00.208 23 2
15 23 France Julien Allemand Yamaha 26 +1 lap 26 1
16 26 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia 26 +1 lap 10
17 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1 lap 20
18 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26 +1 lap 14
19 73 United Kingdom Jason Davis Honda 26 +1 lap 28
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Honda 22 Accident 7
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 18 Accident 12
Ret 33 Spain David Tomás Honda 17 Retirement 30
Ret 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Aprilia 15 Accident 8
Ret 72 United Kingdom Lee Jackson Honda 15 Accident 31
Ret 70 United Kingdom Tom Tunstall Honda 15 Retirement 32
Ret 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro Aprilia 12 Accident 22
Ret 15 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Aprilia 12 Accident 24
Ret 18 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Yamaha 9 Accident 21
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 8 Retirement 13
Ret 11 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia 5 Retirement 25
Ret 13 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia 1 Accident 4
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert TSR-Honda 1 Retirement 17
Source:[14]

125 cc classification

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Youichi Ui and Emilio Alzamora, battling for the lead in the 125cc race. Ui won and Alzamora finished second.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 26 43:28.374 1 25
2 1 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +0.752 4 20
3 5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 26 +3.104 2 16
4 4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +4.181 6 13
5 3 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 26 +4.358 12 11
6 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Honda 26 +14.117 7 10
7 9 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 26 +14.609 3 9
8 39 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Italjet 26 +28.730 8 8
9 29 Spain Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 26 +35.300 11 7
10 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +38.275 14 6
11 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 26 +38.957 10 5
12 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Honda 26 +43.184 20 4
13 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 +49.993 18 3
14 18 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 26 +1:00.467 17 2
15 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 26 +1:06.862 19 1
16 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 26 +1:07.560 15
17 51 Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia 26 +1:10.485 22
18 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Honda 26 +1:13.586 21
19 24 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Italjet 26 +1:23.679 24
20 73 United Kingdom Stuart Easton Honda 26 +1:46.031 26
21 34 Andorra Eric Bataille Honda 26 +1:52.377 27
22 53 San Marino William de Angelis Aprilia 26 +1:59.279 23
23 71 United Kingdom Paul Robinson Honda 26 +2:15.991 28
Ret 16 Italy Simone Sanna Aprilia 17 Retirement 13
Ret 72 United Kingdom Kenny Tibble Honda 14 Retirement 25
Ret 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 8 Retirement 9
Ret 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 8 Retirement 5
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Derbi 8 Retirement 16
DNS 10 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda Did not start
WD 35 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda Withdrew
Source:[15]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.[16]

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

References

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