2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 52nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
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 tires began a general transition to that size, though it had been used previously in 500 cc by Kevin Schwantz.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.
2000 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2000:| 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
Calendar changes
- 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.
- The Australian Grand Prix was moved back from 3 to 29 October.
- The Portuguese Grand Prix returned on the calendar since 1987 after it was homologated for motorcycle racing. The Pacific Grand Prix was also added to the calendar.
- The City of Imola Grand Prix and Argentine Grand Prix were taken off the calendar.
2000 Grand Prix season results
Participants
500cc participants
250cc participants
125cc participants
Standings
500cc riders' standings
;Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc manufacturers' standings250cc riders' standings;Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
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