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| Race 2 of 16 races in the 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 2 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2 April 2000 at theSepang International Circuit.
The race was won byKenny Roberts Jr., after he had already qualified for pole position on Saturday.[2]
At the start, Kenny Roberts Jr. lost ground to the Yamaha's ofCarlos Checa andNorick Abe, withLoris Capirossi also making up ground to go up into third place, withValentino Rossi right behind in 4th place. Kenny Roberts Jr. dropped down to 11th position.
After a few corners, bothÀlex Crivillé and Capirossi fell and retired on the opening lap. Capirossi highsighted[check spelling] whilst accelerating out of the corner, taking out Crivillé in the process and almost taking out Roberts as well.
On lap 2, Roberts had moved up into 6th position, thanks to the crash from both Capirossi and Crivillé
On lap 3, Norick Abe crashed out of the race. He lowsided when coming out of corner 9 and slid into the grass.
On lap 4, Checa still led, with Rossi in second, McCoy in third, Roberts in 4th andMax Biaggi in 5th place. Rossi also crashed out of the race at turn 1, making this his second retirement of the season. He lost the front end, highsighted and slid into the grass with his Honda.
After a few laps, Roberts overtook McCoy and went up into second place, after Rossi retired. Checa still led the race, but Roberts' Suzuki was now closing in on the Yamaha of Checa with 14 laps to go.
On lap 7, Roberts overtook Checa to take a lead he would never surrender.
On lap 11, McCoy overtook Biaggi for third place after Biaggi ran wide on the first corner. He tried to gain it back, but ultimately conceded.[3]
On lap 15, Roberts waved his hand, indicating that it was raining. The race was red-flagged, Roberts won and full points were given because two-thirds of the race distance was traversed by the riders.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 2 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 15 | 31:58.102 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 |  Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 15 | +1.870 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 |  Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 15 | +7.190 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 15 | +13.202 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 |  Nobuatsu Aoki | Telefónica Movistar Suzuki | Suzuki | 15 | +22.214 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 15 | +22.858 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 15 | +25.081 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 10 |  Alex Barros | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 15 | +25.229 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 15 | +25.522 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 |  Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 15 | +35.874 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Rizla Honda | TSR-Honda | 15 | +46.150 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 15 | +46.615 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Maxon Dee Cee Jeans | Honda | 15 | +1:03.255 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | José David de Gea | Proton Team KR | ModenasKR3 | 15 | +1:05.616 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 15 | +1:08.226 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 |  Shane Norval | Sabre Sport | Honda | 15 | +1:42.190 | 21 | |
| 17 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 14 | +1 lap | 5 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Nastro Azzurro Honda | Honda | 4 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 15 | Yoshiteru Konishi | F.C.C. TSR | TSR-Honda | 3 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 1 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol YPF Honda Team | Honda | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Emerson Honda Pons | Honda | 0 | Accident | 2 | |
| Sources:[5][6][7] | ||||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.[10]
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| Previous race: 2000 South African Grand Prix | FIMGrand Prix World Championship 2000 season | Next race: 2000 Japanese Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix | Malaysian Grand Prix | Next race: 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix |
