2000 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 5

Grand Prix Polini de France
Le Mans 12 - 14 May 2000
Practice Combined Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'54.797  1'49.776        Derbi Derbi Racing
 2  4 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  2'01.073  1'49.787      Aprilia Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing
 3  5 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'57.780  1'49.960        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 4  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'56.817  1'50.083      Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
 5  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'57.425  1'50.169        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 6 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'56.725  1'50.188      Aprilia CC Valencia Airtel Aspar
 7  1 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'57.278  1'50.620        Honda Telefonica Movistar Team
 8 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  1'57.198  1'50.678        Honda Racing Service
 9 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  2'02.311  1'50.691        Derbi Derbi Racing
10 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'57.836  1'50.713      Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
11  3 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'56.368  1'50.796        Honda Benetton Playlife
12 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'55.513  1'50.967        Honda Team Fomma
13 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'56.119  1'51.002        Honda Benetton Playlife
14 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'56.866  1'51.565        Honda Pev Massivhaus ADAC Sachsen
15 19 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA  1'57.948  1'51.631        Honda Antinucci Racing Team
16 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  1'58.382  1'51.746      Aprilia Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing
17 35 Reinhard STOLZ           GER  1'58.019  1'51.800        Honda R.S. Adac - Esch Racing
18 18 Antonio ELIAS            SPA  1'59.128  1'52.158        Honda Chupa Chups Matteoni Racing
19 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'57.990  1'52.357      Aprilia Scrab Competition
20 53 William DE ANGELIS       RSM  1'56.952  1'52.465      Aprilia Semprucci Biesse Aprilia
21 51 Marco PETRINI            ITA  2'00.870  1'52.471      Aprilia Semprucci Biesse Aprilia
22 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM  2'00.060  1'52.493        Honda Chupa Chups Matteoni Racing
23 39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE  1'58.116  1'53.423      Italjet Italjet Moto
24 63 Jimmy PETIT              FRA  2'00.418  1'53.433        Honda R.M.S.
25 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  2'01.215  1'53.548        Derbi Derbi Racing
26 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  2'00.720  1'54.438        Honda Telefonica Movistar Team
27 61 Gregory LEFORT           FRA  2'00.006  1'55.314      Aprilia Provence Moto Sport
28 64 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA  2'01.920  1'55.378        Honda H.R.C.
29 62 Erwan NIGON              FRA  2'03.340  1'56.029       Yamaha Riom Racing Team
30 60 Lionel LECOMTE           FRA  2'02.768  1'58.329        Honda R.M.S.
31 24 Leon HASLAM              GBR  1'59.656  2'29.089      Italjet Italjet Moto

250cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN  1'43.196  1'41.635        Honda Axo Honda Gresini
 2  6 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'44.100  1'42.225      Aprilia Aprilia Germany
 3 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'43.125  1'42.371       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 4 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'44.381  1'42.493      Aprilia Blu Aprilia Team
 5  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'43.932  1'42.638        Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 6 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'43.759  1'42.914       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 7 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'43.875  1'43.060      Aprilia Eurobet team Battaini
 8 14 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'45.097  1'43.393        Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 9 30 Alex DEBON               SPA  1'49.060  1'43.621      Aprilia CC Valencia Airtel Aspar
10 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'46.510  1'43.805      Aprilia Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing
11  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  1'45.833  1'43.931       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Team TVK
12 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL  1'45.904  1'44.042       Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Team TVK
13 23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  1'44.695  1'44.075       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
14 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'46.016  1'44.133    TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
15 26 Klaus NÖHLES             GER  1'46.841  1'44.259      Aprilia Aprilia Germany
16 25 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA  1'45.496  1'44.297    TSR-Honda Axo Honda Gresini
17 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'45.934  1'44.357      Aprilia Racing Factory
18 77 Jamie ROBINSON           GBR  1'45.639  1'44.364      Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
19  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'44.850  1'44.484       Yamaha Edo Racing
20 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'46.927  1'44.838      Aprilia Padgetts M/C Sales
21 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  1'46.428  1'44.921    TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
22 42 David CHECA              SPA  1'45.789  1'45.159    TSR-Honda Team Fomma
23 31 Lucas OLIVER             SPA  1'46.564  1'45.354       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
24 15 Adrian COATES            GBR  1'48.812  1'45.356      Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
25 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'46.380  1'45.580       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
26 11 Ivan CLEMENTI            ITA  1'47.794  1'45.729      Aprilia Campetella Racing
27 54 David GARCIA             SPA  1'47.384  1'46.269      Aprilia PR2 - Circuito de Almeria
28 55 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  1'46.993  1'46.338        Honda Equipe de France
29 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'48.544  1'46.435    TSR-Honda Tino Villa Racing
30 52 Julien DA COSTA          FRA  1'49.387  1'46.963        Honda Equipe de France
31 57 Herve MORA               FRA  1'47.998  1'47.532        Honda Bentin Racing
32 53 Eric DUBRAY              FRA  1'50.907  1'48.125       Yamaha Sport Moto Developpement
33 58 Bruno VECCHIONI          FRA  1'48.516  1'48.244       Yamaha Y.V.R.F

500cc Combined Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  4 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'40.307  1'39.342       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 2  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'39.877  1'39.396       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3 10 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'40.872  1'39.610        Honda Emerson Honda Pons
 4  2 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'39.705  1'39.682       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 5  1 Alex CRIVILLÉ            SPA  1'40.897  1'40.034        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
 6 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'41.304  1'40.074      Aprilia Blu Aprilia Team
 7  6 Norick ABE               JPN  1'40.805  1'40.369       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 8 24 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'40.626  1'40.420       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'40.593  1'40.494        Honda Emerson Honda Pons
10 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'40.568  1'40.857        Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
11  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  1'41.195  1'40.612        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
12 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'40.822  1'40.739       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'42.530  1'41.167    TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
14  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'41.906  1'41.212       Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
15 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'42.818  1'41.288      Aprilia Blu Aprilia Team
16  5 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'42.739  1'41.315        Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
17 11 David DE GEA             SPA  1'43.478  1'43.060  Modenas KR3 Proton TEAM KR
18 15 Yoshiteru KONISHI        JPN  1'43.965  1'43.397    TSR-Honda Technical Sports Racing
19 21 Ron HASLAM               GBR  1'45.614  1'44.162        Honda Sabre Sport
20 18 Sebastien LE GRELLE      BEL  1'45.042  1'45.344        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 41 Youichi UI               JPN 43'43.690 141.766                Derbi Derbi Racing
 2 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 43'45.345 141.677    1.655       Honda Benetton Playlife
 3  1 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 43'45.547 141.666    1.857       Honda Telefonica Movistar Team
 4  4 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 43'45.769 141.654    2.079     Aprilia Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing
 5 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 43'45.921 141.646    2.231     Aprilia CC Valencia Airtel Aspar
 6 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 43'49.589 141.448    5.899       Honda Team Fomma
 7  9 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 43'53.822 141.221   10.132       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 8 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 43'57.613 141.018   13.923       Derbi Derbi Racing
 9 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 43'57.957 141.000   14.267     Aprilia LAE - UGT 3000
10 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 44'04.212 140.666   20.522     Aprilia Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing
11  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 44'06.825 140.527   23.135     Aprilia Bossini Fontana Racing
12 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 44'17.267 139.975   33.577     Aprilia Scrab Competition
13 35 Reinhard STOLZ           GER 44'24.541 139.593   40.851       Honda R.S. Adac - Esch Racing
14 19 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA 44'25.552 139.540   41.862       Honda Antinucci Racing Team
15 15 Alex DE ANGELIS          RSM 44'25.573 139.539   41.883       Honda Chupa Chups Matteoni Raci
16 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 44'26.533 139.488   42.843       Honda Telefonica Movistar Team
17 18 Antonio ELIAS            SPA 44'44.888 138.535 1'01.198       Honda Chupa Chups Matteoni Raci
18 51 Marco PETRINI            ITA 45'05.561 137.476 1'21.871     Aprilia Semprucci Biesse Aprilia
19 63 Jimmy PETIT              FRA 45'09.099 137.297 1'25.409       Honda R.M.S.
20 62 Erwan NIGON              FRA 43'46.807 135.698    1 Lap      Yamaha Riom Racing Team
21 61 Gregory LEFORT           FRA 43'49.564 135.556    1 Lap     Aprilia Provence Moto Sport
22 64 Hugo MARCHAND            FRA 44'13.899 134.313    1 Lap       Honda H.R.C.

Not Classified
   11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 36'56.248 139.857   4 Laps       Honda Racing Service
   39 Jaroslav HULES           CZE 35'47.328 137.129   5 Laps     Italjet Italjet Moto
    3 Masao AZUMA              JPN 16'35.878 140.059  15 Laps       Honda Benetton Playlife
   22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 14'19.096 126.279  17 Laps       Derbi Derbi Racing
    5 Noboru UEDA              JPN  7'22.786 140.004  20 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   53 William DE ANGELIS       RSM  3'53.816 132.565  22 Laps     Aprilia Semprucci Biesse Aprilia
   17 Steve JENKNER            GER  2'00.723 128.376  23 Laps       Honda Pev Massivhaus ADAC Sac

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 44'42.954 150.188                Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 2 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 44'43.233 150.172    0.279      Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 3 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 44'45.475 150.047    2.521      Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 4 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 45'03.485 149.047   20.531     Aprilia Blu Aprilia Team
 5 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 45'08.428 148.775   25.474       Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 6 74 Daijiro KATOH            JPN 45'19.635 148.162   36.681       Honda Axo Honda Gresini
 7  8 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 45'25.553 147.840   42.599      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Team TVK
 8  6 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 45'29.037 147.652   46.083     Aprilia Aprilia Germany
 9 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 45'31.705 147.507   48.751     Aprilia Diesel Vasco Rossi Racing
10  9 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 45'32.082 147.487   49.128      Yamaha Edo Racing
11 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 45'38.540 147.139   55.586     Aprilia Eurobet team Battaini
12 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 45'46.927 146.690 1'03.973   TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Tea
13 18 Shahrol YUZY             MAL 45'49.982 146.527 1'07.028      Yamaha Petronas Sprinta Team TVK
14 26 Klaus NÖHLES             GER 45'52.414 146.398 1'09.460     Aprilia Aprilia Germany
15 30 Alex DEBON               SPA 45'53.603 146.334 1'10.649     Aprilia CC Valencia Airtel Aspar
16 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 45'54.654 146.278 1'11.700      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
17 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 46'06.631 145.645 1'23.677   TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
18 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 46'07.979 145.574 1'25.025     Aprilia Racing Factory
19 11 Ivan CLEMENTI            ITA 46'24.951 144.687 1'41.997     Aprilia Campetella Racing
20 31 Lucas OLIVER             SPA 44'48.127 144.133    1 Lap      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
21 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 45'10.219 142.958    1 Lap   TSR-Honda Tino Villa Racing
22 52 Julien DA COSTA          FRA 45'10.682 142.934    1 Lap       Honda Equipe de France
23 58 Bruno VECCHIONI          FRA 45'44.367 141.180    1 Lap      Yamaha Y.V.R.F
24 53 Eric DUBRAY              FRA 45'44.514 141.172    1 Lap      Yamaha Sport Moto Developpement

Not Classified
   77 Jamie ROBINSON           GBR 37'15.043 145.615   5 Laps     Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
   25 Vincent PHILIPPE         FRA 33'20.602 147.186   7 Laps   TSR-Honda Axo Honda Gresini
   15 Adrian COATES            GBR 21'18.607 145.452  14 Laps     Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
   23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA 19'24.857 146.351  15 Laps      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
   54 David GARCIA             SPA 18'15.875 141.421  16 Laps     Aprilia PR2 - Circuito de Almeria
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 15'57.337 145.697  17 Laps     Aprilia Padgetts M/C Sales
   42 David CHECA              SPA 16'02.199 144.961  17 Laps   TSR-Honda Team Fomma
   57 Herve MORA               FRA  7'16.026 142.175  22 Laps       Honda Bentin Racing
   55 Sylvain GUINTOLI         FRA  1'58.015 131.322  25 Laps       Honda Equipe de France

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  1 Alex CRIVILLÉ            SPA 47'15.363 153.047                Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
 2  6 Norick ABE               JPN 47'15.684 153.029    0.321      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-d'Antin
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 47'16.518 152.984    1.155       Honda Nastro Azzurro Honda
 4 24 Garry McCOY              AUS 47'19.740 152.811    4.377      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 5 10 Alex BARROS              BRA 47'20.603 152.764    5.240       Honda Emerson Honda Pons
 6  2 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 47'24.539 152.553    9.176      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
 7  7 Carlos CHECA             SPA 47'26.963 152.423   11.600      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 8 65 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 47'27.537 152.392   12.174       Honda Emerson Honda Pons
 9 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 47'27.705 152.383   12.342      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
10 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 47'45.181 151.454   29.818     Aprilia Blu Aprilia Team
11  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 47'53.840 150.997   38.477      Suzuki Telefonica Movistar Suzuki
12 99 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR 47'57.448 150.808   42.085     Aprilia Blu Aprilia Team
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 48'00.299 150.659   44.936   TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
14  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 48'01.220 150.611   45.857       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
15  5 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 48'06.197 150.351   50.834       Honda Repsol YPF Honda Team
16 11 David DE GEA             SPA 48'34.181 148.907 1'18.818 Modenas KR3 Proton TEAM KR
17 18 Sebastien LEGRELLE       BEL 47'37.066 146.460    1 Lap       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf

Not Classified
   15 Yoshiteru KONISHI        JPN 15'51.314 146.620  19 Laps   TSR-Honda FCC TSR
    4 Max BIAGGI               ITA  5'06.422 151.731  25 Laps      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team

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