1999 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Spain  1999 Spain Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date9 May 1999
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de España[1]
LocationCircuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:43.674
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:44.657 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Spain Sete Gibernau
250cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:44.738
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:44.875 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Japan Tohru Ukawa
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Masao Azuma
Time 1:48.983
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Masao Azuma
Time 1:49.395 on lap 7
Podium
First Japan Masao Azuma
Second Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Third Spain Emilio Alzamora

The 1999 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 May 1999 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez. The event is notable for being the last round that 5-time 500cc and reigning World Champion Mick Doohan participated in. Doohan did not start the race due to crashing in the wet qualifying session, resulting in career-ending leg injuries.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 47:38.667 1 25
2 2 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +0.157 4 20
3 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +6.102 7 16
4 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +6.609 14 13
5 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 27 +6.764 9 11
6 19 United States John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 27 +17.724 8 10
7 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +24.037 5 9
8 7 Italy Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 27 +28.827 15 8
9 14 Spain Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +31.290 10 7
10 4 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +31.308 12 6
11 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 27 +54.233 16 5
12 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 27 +59.081 17 4
13 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +1:10.457 3 3
14 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +1:13.792 19 2
15 18 Germany Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1:22.765 20 1
16 20 United States Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 27 +1:26.782 23
17 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 27 +1:30.635 22
18 68 Australia Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL 26 +1 lap 24
Ret 5 Brazil Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 15 Retirement 6
Ret 69 United Kingdom Jamie Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 11 Accident 21
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 9 Accident 18
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 3 Retirement 13
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 1 Accident 2
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 1 Retirement 11
DNS 1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not start/Career-ending accident in qualifying
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 26 46:04.289 3 25
2 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 26 +4.439 5 20
3 1 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 26 +14.096 2 16
4 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +24.221 4 13
5 34 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 26 +28.614 6 11
6 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 26 +35.373 8 10
7 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 26 +40.182 7 9
8 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 26 +45.096 9 8
9 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 26 +45.483 12 7
10 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 26 +45.762 11 6
11 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda 26 +46.147 10 5
12 12 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +52.082 16 4
13 36 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 26 +1:00.476 14 3
14 11 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha 26 +1:04.989 20 2
15 66 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 26 +1:09.322 15 1
16 15 Spain David García Yamaha 26 +1:11.896 18
17 14 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda 26 +1:11.911 21
18 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26 +1:35.977 25
19 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1:36.796 19
20 63 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Honda 26 +1:43.181 26
21 62 Spain Álvaro Molina Honda 25 +1 lap 23
22 58 Argentina Matías Ríos Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22
23 22 Spain Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 25 +1 lap 30
24 59 Spain Jesús Pérez Honda 25 +1 lap 27
25 28 Japan Naohiro Negishi Honda 25 +1 lap 24
26 60 Spain Alex Debón Honda 25 +1 lap 29
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 23 Accident 13
Ret 23 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 11 Accident 17
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 9 Retirement 1
Ret 64 Spain Manuel Luque Yamaha 1 Retirement 28
DNS 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha Did not start
Source: [4]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 23 42:25.263 1 25
2 5 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 23 +0.099 4 20
3 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +0.129 3 16
4 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 23 +0.357 6 13
5 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +1.470 2 11
6 10 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 23 +1.950 7 10
7 16 Italy Simone Sanna Honda 23 +16.948 8 9
8 6 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +21.074 9 8
9 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 23 +27.613 10 7
10 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +28.855 5 6
11 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 23 +28.959 19 5
12 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +29.264 21 4
13 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 23 +30.006 17 3
14 44 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 23 +33.254 16 2
15 1 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda 23 +34.282 13 1
16 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 23 +1:03.413[N 1] 20
17 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +1:13.010 15
18 18 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 23 +1:23.096 22
19 20 Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 23 +1:34.536 25
20 53 Spain Emilio Delgado Honda 23 +1:35.111 26
21 55 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 22 +1 lap 29
Ret 9 France Frédéric Petit Aprilia 21 Retirement 12
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 21 Accident 14
Ret 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 21 Retirement 11
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 12 Retirement 18
Ret 56 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 6 Retirement 24
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 6 Retirement 27
Ret 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 5 Retirement 23
Ret 57 Spain Luis Costa Honda 2 Accident 28
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[6]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

  1. ^ Ángel Nieto, Jr. received a 30-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "1999 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. ^ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-22.
  4. ^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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