Английская Википедия:2000 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 2000 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 March 2000 at Phakisa Freeway.
500cc race report
This race was most notable for the shock win of WCM rider Garry McCoy. Initially, many thought that it would be 1999 500cc world champion Àlex Crivillé who would win the race, mainly thanks to the pole he had obtained on Saturday. This race also marked the first ever 500cc race of Valentino Rossi.
At the start of the race, Kenny Roberts Jr. on his Suzuki, overtook Crivillé at the start to lead the opening lap, followed by the Yamaha of Carlos Checa. Crivillé would drop down to 7th, whilst Tadayuki Okada moved up to third, closely followed by Loris Capirossi who would swap places with each other a few times on the opening lap. McCoy at that time was only in 8th place, and Rossi in 13th after a bad opening lap.
After a few laps, Checa would overtake Kenny Roberts Jr. for the lead, and not long after that Capirossi would follow suit. McCoy dropped to 9th place, with Valentino Rossi behind him.[1]
On the 5th lap, Capirossi overtook Checa to lead the race, and after 12 laps, both Max Biaggi and Valentino Rossi were out of the race; Biaggi because of technical problems, and Rossi because of a crash.[2]
With the laps closing down, McCoy overtook multiple people to reach third place. Sete Gibernau also overtook Kenny Roberts to go on and finish in what would be 4th place, but ran wide and eventually retired. Not much later, Crivillé would end up overtaking Roberts Jr. as well.
With 5 laps to go, McCoy overtook the Honda of Capirossi and went up into second place. A few corners later, he overtook the other Yamaha of Checa to lead the race. He held off a late charge from Checa and would come home to win the race with 0.366 seconds difference: the first 500cc race of his career.[3][4]
This was the first race to be won by an Australian since the 1998 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix who was won by Mick Doohan.
500 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Шаблон:Flagicon Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | 45:38.775 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +0.366 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Шаблон:Flagicon Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +1.590 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 28 | +9.745 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +10.253 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +15.853 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Шаблон:Flagicon Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 28 | +24.228 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Шаблон:Flagicon Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 28 | +26.719 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Шаблон:Flagicon Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 28 | +36.231 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Шаблон:Flagicon Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 28 | +37.613 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Шаблон:Flagicon José Luis Cardoso | Maxon Dee Cee Jeans | Honda | 28 | +1:04.044 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 28 | +1:14.912 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | Шаблон:Flagicon Yoshiteru Konishi | F.C.C. TSR | TSR-Honda | 28 | +1:30.049 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Шаблон:Flagicon Shane Norval | Sabre Sport | Honda | 28 | +1:32.776 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | Шаблон:Flagicon José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +1 lap | 18 | 1 |
| Ret | 8 | Шаблон:Flagicon Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 46 | Шаблон:Flagicon Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 12 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 99 | Шаблон:Flagicon Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 31 | Шаблон:Flagicon Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Sources: [5][6][7] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
125 cc classification
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[10]
- Riders' Championship standings
| Шаблон:Tooltip | Rider | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Garry McCoy | 25 |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Checa | 20 |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Loris Capirossi | 16 |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Barros | 13 |
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Àlex Crivillé | 11 |
- Constructors' Championship standings
| Шаблон:Tooltip | Constructor | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Honda | 16 |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon Suzuki | 10 |
| 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon TSR-Honda | 6 |
| 5 | Шаблон:Flagicon Modenas KR3 | 1 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
Шаблон:MotoGP race report Шаблон:MotoGP 2000–09
