2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 52nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Olivier Jacque (pictured at Donington Park) became the 250cc champion
Roberto Locatelli (pictured at Donington Park) became the 125cc champion
Kenneth Leroy Roberts Jr. is an American former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who won the 2000 FIM Road Racing World Championship, after finishing runner-up in 1999. Roberts Jr. is an 8-time Premier Class race winner. He joins his father Kenny Roberts as the only father-son duo to have won 500cc World Championships. Roberts was inducted into the F.I.M. MotoGP Hall of Fame in 2017.
Roberts Jr. on the Suzuki GSV-R
Kenny Roberts Jr. (pictured at Donington Park) riding the Suzuki RGV500 in 1999.
Suzuki GSV-R, 2002.