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{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report
| Grand Prix = South African
| flag = South Africa
| Official_Name= [[Gauloises]] Africa's Grand Prix<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2000-south-african-motogp|title=2000 South African MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|accessdate=16 May 2018}}</ref>
| Location = [[Phakisa Freeway]], [[Welkom]]
| Course_mi = 2.636
| Course_km = 4.242
| Race_No = 1
| Season_No = 16
| Date = 19 March
| Year = 2000
| Image = Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg
| Pole_Rider_500 = [[Sete Gibernau]]
| Pole_Rider_500_Country = Spain
| Pole_Time_500 = 1:36.273
| Fast_Rider_500 = [[Valentino Rossi]]
| Fast_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Fast_Time_500 = 1:36.933 on lap 5
| First_Rider_500 = [[Garry McCoy]]
| First_Rider_500_Country = Australia
| Second_Rider_500 = [[Carlos Checa]]
| Second_Rider_500_Country = Spain
| Third_Rider_500 = [[Loris Capirossi]]
| Third_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Pole_Rider_250 = [[Shinya Nakano]]
| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Japan
| Pole_Time_250 = 1:37.705
| Fast_Rider_250 = [[Daijiro Kato]]
| Fast_Rider_250_Country = Japan
| Fast_Time_250 = 1:37.440 on lap 15
| First_Rider_250 = [[Shinya Nakano]]
| First_Rider_250_Country = Japan
| Second_Rider_250 = [[Daijiro Kato]]
| Second_Rider_250_Country = Japan
| Third_Rider_250 = [[Tohru Ukawa]]
| Third_Rider_250_Country = Japan
| Pole_Rider_125 = [[Roberto Locatelli]]
| Pole_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Pole_Time_125 = 1:43.464
| Fast_Rider_125 = [[Arnaud Vincent]]
| Fast_Rider_125_Country = France
| Fast_Time_125 = 1:42.782 on lap 22
| First_Rider_125 = [[Arnaud Vincent]]
| First_Rider_125_Country = France
| Second_Rider_125 = [[Mirko Giansanti]]
| Second_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_125 = [[Emilio Alzamora]]
| Third_Rider_125_Country = Spain
}}

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 Gibernau 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2000/03/19march00GP/|title=Australian Garry McCoy Wins Opening Round of 500 GP in South Africa; Shinya Nakano Takes 250 GP « MotorcycleDaily.com – Motorcycle News, Editorials, Product Reviews and Bike Reviews|website=Motorcycledaily.com|accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/892489/1/rossi-i-thought-why-are-they-so-slow-and-crashed|title=Rossi: I thought 'why are they so slow?'… and crashed!|date=29 March 2018|website=Crash.net|accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/sport/mccoy-holds-on-to-scoop-sa-grand-prix-336194|title=McCoy holds on to scoop SA Grand Prix - Cape Argus|website=Independent Online|location=South Africa|accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yamaha-racing.com/motogp/articles/reports/race/117762/yamaha-s-bullish-season-opener |title = Yamaha s bullish season opener - Yamaha Racing  |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102094511/https://www.yamaha-racing.com/motogp/articles/reports/race/117762/yamaha-s-bullish-season-opener |archive-date=2 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos.
! No.
! Rider
! Team
! Manufacturer
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 24
| {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Garry McCoy]]'''
| '''Red Bull Yamaha WCM'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 28
| 45:38.775
| 9
| '''25'''
|-
! 2
| 7
| {{flagicon|SPA}} '''[[Carlos Checa]]'''
| '''Marlboro Yamaha Team'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 28
| +0.366
| 4
| '''20'''
|-
! 3
| 65
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Loris Capirossi]]'''
| '''Emerson Honda Pons'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +1.590
| 2
| '''16'''
|-
! 4
| 10
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Alex Barros]]'''
| '''Emerson Honda Pons'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +9.745
| 13
| '''13'''
|-
! 5
| 1
| {{flagicon|SPA}} '''[[Àlex Crivillé]]'''
| '''Repsol Honda Team'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +10.253
| 7
| '''11'''
|-
! 6
| 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Kenny Roberts Jr.]]'''
| '''Telefónica Movistar Suzuki'''
| '''[[Suzuki]]'''
| 28
| +15.853
| 3
| '''10'''
|-
! 7
| 6
| {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Norick Abe]]'''
| '''Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 28
| +24.228
| 15
| '''9'''
|-
! 8
| 9
| {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Nobuatsu Aoki]]'''
| '''Telefónica Movistar Suzuki'''
| '''[[Suzuki]]'''
| 28
| +26.719
| 12
| '''8'''
|-
! 9
| 55
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Régis Laconi]]'''
| '''Red Bull Yamaha WCM'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 28
| +36.231
| 16
| '''7'''
|-
! 10
| 17
| {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Jurgen van den Goorbergh]]'''
| '''Rizla Honda'''
| '''[[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +37.613
| 11
| '''6'''
|-
! 11
| 25
| {{flagicon|SPA}} '''[[José Luis Cardoso]]'''
| '''Maxon Dee Cee Jeans'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +1:04.044
| 20
| '''5'''
|-
! 12
| 22
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Sébastien Gimbert]]'''
| '''Tecmas Honda Elf'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +1:14.912
| 17
| '''4'''
|-
! 13
| 15
| {{flagicon|JPN}} '''Yoshiteru Konishi'''
| '''F.C.C. TSR'''
| '''[[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +1:30.049
| 21
| '''3'''
|-
! 14
| 12
| {{flagicon|RSA}} '''Shane Norval'''
| '''Sabre Sport'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 28
| +1:32.776
| 19
| '''2'''
|-
! 15
| 11
| {{flagicon|SPA}} '''[[José David de Gea]]'''
| '''Proton Team KR'''
| '''[[Modenas]] [[Team Roberts|KR3]]'''
| 27
| +1 lap
| 18
| '''1'''
|-
! Ret
| 8
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tadayuki Okada]]
| Repsol Honda Team
| [[Honda]]
| 21
| Accident
| 6
|
|-
! Ret
| 5
| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Sete Gibernau]]
| Repsol Honda Team
| [[Honda]]
| 20
| Retirement
| 1
|
|-
! Ret
| 46
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Valentino Rossi]]
| Nastro Azzurro Honda
| [[Honda]]
| 12
| Accident
| 5
|
|-
! Ret
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Max Biaggi]]
| Marlboro Yamaha Team
| [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
| 12
| Retirement
| 10
|
|-
! Ret
| 99
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jeremy McWilliams]]
| Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
| [[Aprilia]]
| 7
| Retirement
| 8
|
|-
! Ret
| 31
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuya Harada]]
| Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
| [[Aprilia]]
| 2
| Retirement
| 14
|
|-
!colspan=9| Sources: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2000-south-african-motogp|title=2000 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/500cc/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix&nbsp;– 500cc&nbsp;– Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=[[Dorna Sports]]|date=19 March 2000|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2000/RSA/500cc/RAC|title=500cc Race Classification 2000|website=Motogp.com|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
|}

==250 cc classification==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos.
! No.
! Rider
! Manufacturer
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 56
| {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Shinya Nakano]]'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 26
| 42:34.085
| 1
| '''25'''
|-
! 2
| 74
| {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Daijiro Kato]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 26
| +0.875
| 3
| '''20'''
|-
! 3
| 4
| {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Tohru Ukawa]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 26
| +13.813
| 2
| '''16'''
|-
! 4
| 19
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Olivier Jacque]]'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 26
| +30.687
| 5
| '''13'''
|-
! 5
| 14
| {{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Anthony West (motorcyclist)|Anthony West]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 26
| +47.621
| 4
| '''11'''
|-
! 6
| 21
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Franco Battaini]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +47.705
| 6
| '''10'''
|-
! 7
| 6
| {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Ralf Waldmann]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +58.221
| 7
| '''9'''
|-
! 8
| 9
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} '''[[Sebastián Porto]]'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 26
| +1:02.190
| 11
| '''8'''
|-
! 9
| 24
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Jason Vincent (motorcyclist)|Jason Vincent]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +1:07.732
| 17
| '''7'''
|-
! 10
| 8
| {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Naoki Matsudo]]'''
| '''[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]'''
| 26
| +1:09.269
| 18
| '''6'''
|-
! 11
| 77
| {{flagicon|UK}} '''[[Jamie Robinson (motorcyclist)|Jamie Robinson]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +1:23.219
| 14
| '''5'''
|-
! 12
| 30
| {{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Alex Debón]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +1:25.538
| 10
| '''4'''
|-
! 13
| 13
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Marco Melandri]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +1:29.763
| 8
| '''3'''
|-
! 14
| 26
| {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Klaus Nöhles]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 26
| +1:31.878
| 13
| '''2'''
|-
! 15
| 44
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Roberto Rolfo]]'''
| '''[[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]'''
| 25
| +1 lap
| 28
| '''1'''
|-
! 16
| 42
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[David Checa]]
| [[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]
| 25
| +1 lap
| 24
|
|-
! 17
| 41
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jarno Janssen (motorcyclist)|Jarno Janssen]]
| [[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]
| 25
| +1 lap
| 19
|
|-
! 18
| 12
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Mike Baldinger]]
| [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
| 25
| +1 lap
| 26
|
|-
! Ret
| 10
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fonsi Nieto]]
| [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
| 21
| Retirement
| 23
|
|-
! Ret
| 31
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Lucas Oliver]]
| [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
| 20
| Retirement
| 27
|
|-
! Ret
| 18
| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Shahrol Yuzy]]
| [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
| 19
| Retirement
| 12
|
|-
! Ret
| 16
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Johan Stigefelt]]
| [[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]
| 17
| Retirement
| 20
|
|-
! Ret
| 11
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Ivan Clementi]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 14
| Retirement
| 22
|
|-
! Ret
| 54
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[David García (motorcyclist)|David García]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 12
| Accident
| 21
|
|-
! Ret
| 37
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Luca Boscoscuro]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 10
| Retirement
| 9
|
|-
! Ret
| 66
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Alex Hofmann]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 8
| Retirement
| 15
|
|-
! Ret
| 15
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Adrian Coates]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 3
| Accident
| 16
|
|-
! DNS
| 25
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Vincent Philippe]]
| [[Technical Sports Racing|TSR]]-[[Honda]]
| 0
| Did not start
| 25
|
|-
!colspan=8| Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/250cc/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix&nbsp;– 250cc&nbsp;– Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=[[Dorna Sports]]|date=19 March 2000|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
|}

==125 cc classification==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos.
! No.
! Rider
! Manufacturer
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 21
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Arnaud Vincent]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 24
| 41:35.310
| 6
| '''25'''
|-
! 2
| 32
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Mirko Giansanti]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +1.937
| 4
| '''20'''
|-
! 3
| 1
| {{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Emilio Alzamora]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +2.057
| 11
| '''16'''
|-
! 4
| 4
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Roberto Locatelli]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 24
| +2.362
| 1
| '''13'''
|-
! 5
| 5
| {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Noboru Ueda]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +4.566
| 7
| '''11'''
|-
! 6
| 17
| {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Steve Jenkner]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +11.073
| 5
| '''10'''
|-
! 7
| 8
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Gianluigi Scalvini]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 24
| +11.187
| 3
| '''9'''
|-
! 8
| 26
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Ivan Goi]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +11.504
| 8
| '''8'''
|-
! 9
| 3
| {{flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Masao Azuma]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +37.723
| 12
| '''7'''
|-
! 10
| 23
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Gino Borsoi]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 24
| +39.819
| 9
| '''6'''
|-
! 11
| 9
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Lucio Cecchinello]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +39.887
| 18
| '''5'''
|-
! 12
| 16
| {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Simone Sanna]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 24
| +39.964
| 10
| '''4'''
|-
! 13
| 29
| {{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Ángel Nieto Jr.]]'''
| '''[[Honda]]'''
| 24
| +40.474
| 14
| '''3'''
|-
! 14
| 12
| {{flagicon|France}} '''[[Randy de Puniet]]'''
| '''[[Aprilia]]'''
| 24
| +41.118
| 13
| '''2'''
|-
! 15
| 22
| {{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Pablo Nieto]]'''
| '''[[Derbi]]'''
| 24
| +52.411
| 16
| '''1'''
|-
! 16
| 15
| {{flagicon|San Marino}} [[Alex de Angelis]]
| [[Honda]]
| 24
| +52.639
| 15
|
|-
! 17
| 35
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Reinhard Stolz]]
| [[Honda]]
| 24
| +1:22.243
| 20
|
|-
! 18
| 10
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Adrián Araujo]]
| [[Honda]]
| 24
| +1:27.527
| 24
|
|-
! 19
| 53
| {{flagicon|San Marino}} [[William de Angelis]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 24
| +1:27.811
| 21
|
|-
! 20
| 11
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Max Sabbatani]]
| [[Honda]]
| 24
| +1:28.093
| 17
|
|-
! 21
| 51
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Marco Petrini]]
| [[Aprilia]]
| 24
| +1:28.449
| 19
|
|-
! 22
| 24
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Leon Haslam]]
| [[Italjet]]
| 24
| +1:28.648
| 22
|
|-
! 23
| 18
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Toni Elías|Antonio Elías]]
| [[Honda]]
| 24
| +1:47.350
| 23
|
|-
! Ret
| 39
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Jaroslav Huleš]]
| [[Italjet]]
| 4
| Retirement
| 25
|
|-
! Ret
| 41
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Youichi Ui]]
| [[Derbi]]
| 0
| Accident
| 2
|
|-
! DNS
| 54
| {{flagicon|SMR}} [[Manuel Poggiali]]
| [[Derbi]]
|
| Did not start
|
|
|-
!colspan=8| Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/125cc/RSA/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix&nbsp;– 125cc&nbsp;– Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=[[Dorna Sports]]|date=19 March 2000|accessdate=20 July 2018}}</ref>
|}

==Championship standings after the race (500cc)==

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2000/500cc/RSA/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780|title=Standings |date=2000 |website=resources.motogp.com|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref>

{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Riders' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
! Rider
! Points
|-
|align=center| 1
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Garry McCoy]]
|align=right| 25
|-
|align=center| 2
| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Carlos Checa]]
|align=right| 20
|-
|align=center| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Loris Capirossi]]
|align=right| 16
|-
|align=center| 4
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alex Barros]]
|align=right| 13
|-
|align=center| 5
| {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Àlex Crivillé]]
|align=right| 11
|}
{{col-2}}
;Constructors' Championship standings
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
! Constructor
! Points
|-
|align=center| 1
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]
|align=right| 25
|-
|align=center| 2
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Honda]]
|align=right| 16
|-
|align=center| 3
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Suzuki]]
|align=right| 10
|-
|align=center| 4
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[TSR-Honda]]
|align=right| 6
|-
|align=center| 5
| {{flagicon|MYS}} [[Modenas]] [[Team Roberts|KR3]]
|align=right| 1
|}
{{col-end}}

* <small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{MotoGP_race_report
| Name_of_race = [[South African motorcycle Grand Prix|South African Grand Prix]]
| Year_of_race = 2000
| Previous_race_in_season = [[1999 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix|1999 Argentine Grand Prix]]
| Next_race_in_season = [[2000 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix|2000 Malaysian Grand Prix]]
| Previous_year's_race = [[1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix|1999 South African Grand Prix]]
| Next_year's_race = [[2001 South African motorcycle Grand Prix|2001 South African Grand Prix]]
}}
{{MotoGP 2000–09}}

[[Category:South African motorcycle Grand Prix]]
[[Category:2000 MotoGP race reports|South African]]
[[Category:2000 in South African motorsport|Motorcycle Grand Prix]]
[[Category:March 2000 sports events in Africa]]