title: 2000 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 2000 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 2000 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 September 2000 at Estoril.
  
  This was the first Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix since 1987. It was previously a one-off race held in Spain.
  
  ## 500 cc classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | 48:07.663 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +4.941 | 4 | 20 |
  | 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 28 | +5.182 | 12 | 16 |
  | 4 | 4 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +5.724 | 5 | 13 |
  | 5 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +13.759 | 10 | 11 |
  | 6 | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +15.422 | 9 | 10 |
  | 7 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +15.425 | 6 | 9 |
  | 8 | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 28 | +15.776 | 3 | 8 |
  | 9 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +19.623 | 13 | 7 |
  | 10 | 10 | Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +19.843 | 7 | 6 |
  | 11 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 28 | +32.421 | 15 | 5 |
  | 12 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +33.195 | 8 | 4 |
  | 13 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +54.916 | 14 | 3 |
  | 14 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Blu Aprilia Team | Aprilia | 28 | +1:13.562 | 17 | 2 |
  | 15 | 68 | Mark Willis | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 28 | +1:18.311 | 16 | 1 |
  | 16 | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Maxon Dee Cee Jeans | Honda | 28 | +1:19.532 | 18 | |
  | 17 | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 28 | +1:47.140 | 19 | |
  | 18 | 18 | Sébastien Le Grelle | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | |
  | 19 | 20 | Phil Giles | Sabre Sport | Honda | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | |
  | Ret | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 20 | Accident | 11 | |
  | Ret | 43 | Paolo Tessari | Team Paton | Paton | 10 | Retirement | 22 | |
  | Ret | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 2 | |
  | Sources: |||||||||
  
  ## 250 cc classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 26 | 45:07.769 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 26 | +10.954 | 1 | 20 |
  | 3 | 35 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 26 | +28.317 | 6 | 16 |
  | 4 | 14 | Anthony West | Honda | 26 | +34.314 | 12 | 13 |
  | 5 | 26 | Klaus Nöhles | Aprilia | 26 | +35.983 | 8 | 11 |
  | 6 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 26 | +40.091 | 11 | 10 |
  | 7 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Aprilia | 26 | +40.375 | 14 | 9 |
  | 8 | 11 | Ivan Clementi | Aprilia | 26 | +51.493 | 19 | 8 |
  | 9 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | TSR-Honda | 26 | +54.322 | 18 | 7 |
  | 10 | 18 | Shahrol Yuzy | Yamaha | 26 | +54.506 | 26 | 6 |
  | 11 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Aprilia | 26 | +58.840 | 25 | 5 |
  | 12 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 26 | +59.337 | 13 | 4 |
  | 13 | 25 | Vincent Philippe | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1:00.132 | 16 | 3 |
  | 14 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | Aprilia | 26 | +1:05.509 | 24 | 2 |
  | 15 | 77 | Jamie Robinson | Aprilia | 26 | +1:24.133 | 27 | 1 |
  | 16 | 23 | Julien Allemand | Yamaha | 26 | +1:24.462 | 23 | |
  | 17 | 31 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 26 | +1:35.079 | 20 | |
  | 18 | 85 | Felisberto Teixeira | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 29 | |
  | 19 | 38 | Álvaro Molina | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1 lap | 28 | |
  | Ret | 20 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 21 | |
  | Ret | 15 | Adrian Coates | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 22 | |
  | Ret | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 9 | Retirement | 17 | |
  | Ret | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 3 | Accident | 4 | |
  | Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 3 | |
  | Ret | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
  | Ret | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 5 | |
  | Ret | 9 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 10 | |
  | Ret | 42 | David Checa | TSR-Honda | 1 | Accident | 7 | |
  | Ret | 30 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 9 | |
  | DNS | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | TSR-Honda | | Did not start | | |
  | DNQ | 86 | Vicente Esparragoso | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
  | DNQ | 87 | Pablo Antelo | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 24 | 43:22.891 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 4 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 24 | +3.691 | 3 | 20 |
  | 3 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 24 | +12.233 | 8 | 16 |
  | 4 | 9 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 24 | +12.804 | 17 | 13 |
  | 5 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Aprilia | 24 | +16.958 | 14 | 11 |
  | 6 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 24 | +19.629 | 15 | 10 |
  | 7 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 24 | +26.990 | 9 | 9 |
  | 8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +30.785 | 10 | 8 |
  | 9 | 29 | Ángel Nieto Jr. | Honda | 24 | +30.794 | 13 | 7 |
  | 10 | 39 | Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 24 | +33.054 | 23 | 6 |
  | 11 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Honda | 24 | +33.466 | 20 | 5 |
  | 12 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 24 | +49.454 | 19 | 4 |
  | 13 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 24 | +1:04.046 | 22 | 3 |
  | 14 | 10 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 24 | +1:13.056 | 27 | 2 |
  | 15 | 53 | William de Angelis | Aprilia | 24 | +1:13.060 | 21 | 1 |
  | 16 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 24 | +1:14.132 | 26 | |
  | 17 | 18 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 16 | |
  | 18 | 84 | José Leite | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 28 | |
  | Ret | 3 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | Accident | 11 | |
  | Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Derbi | 17 | Retirement | 4 | |
  | Ret | 24 | Leon Haslam | Italjet | 17 | Retirement | 25 | |
  | Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 12 | Accident | 5 | |
  | Ret | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda | 10 | Accident | 6 | |
  | Ret | 51 | Marco Petrini | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 24 | |
  | Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 9 | Accident | 1 | |
  | Ret | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 12 | |
  | Ret | 35 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 9 | Accident | 18 | |
  | Ret | 5 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 8 | Accident | 7 | |
  | DNQ | 86 | Paulo Henriques | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
  | DNQ | 83 | Emmanuel Carvalho | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
  | DNQ | 85 | Manuel Vieira | Yamaha | | Did not qualify | | |
  | Source: ||||||||
  
  ## Championship standings after the race (500cc)
  
  Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 194 |
  | 2 | Valentino Rossi | 148 |
  | 3 | Carlos Checa | 132 |
  | 4 | Loris Capirossi | 126 |
  | 5 | Norifumi Abe | 113 |
  | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
  | 1 | Yamaha | 236 |
  | 2 | Honda | 235 |
  | 3 | Suzuki | 200 |
  | 4 | Aprilia | 80 |
  | 5 | TSR-Honda | 68 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  