1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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Spain  1999 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 September 1999
Official nameGran Premio Movistar de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider France Régis Laconi
Time 1:36.132
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 1:42.473 on lap 30
Podium
First France Régis Laconi
Second United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third Australia Garry McCoy
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Shinya Nakano
Time 1:37.258
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Franco Battaini
Time 1:47.987 on lap 24
Podium
First Japan Tohru Ukawa
Second Italy Franco Battaini
Third Italy Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider France Arnaud Vincent
Time 1:42.237
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Emilio Alzamora
Time 1:51.830 on lap 12
Podium
First Italy Gianluigi Scalvini
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

The 1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 September 1999 at the Circuit de Valencia. This race saw the last French Rider to win a race in the premier class until Fabio Quartararo at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix almost 21 years later.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 53:23.825 1 25
2 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +3.548 9 20
3 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +4.609 8 16
4 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +6.155 4 13
5 4 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +22.031 5 11
6 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +22.144 6 10
7 2 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +36.985 2 9
8 19 United States John Kocinski Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda Honda 30 +37.198 7 8
9 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +43.376 14 7
10 5 Brazil Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +43.420 10 6
11 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 30 +1:09.478 15 5
12 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:12.741 11 4
13 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 30 +1:26.833 20 3
14 52 Spain José David de Gea Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 30 +1:43.106 18 2
15 20 United States Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 29 +1 lap 17 1
16 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 29 +1 lap 21
17 32 France Marc Garcia Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 28 +2 laps 22
Ret 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 Accident 3
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 23 Retirement 19
Ret 14 Spain Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 22 Accident 12
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 21 Retirement 13
Ret 68 Australia Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing Modenas KR3 6 Accident 16
DNQ 27 France Bernard Garcia Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber Did not qualify
WD 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda Withdrew
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 49:50.449 5 25
2 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +5.125 9 20
3 1 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 27 +10.224 2 16
4 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 +14.848 1 13
5 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 27 +34.042 12 11
6 12 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 27 +37.495 10 10
7 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda 27 +44.911 13 9
8 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 27 +1:01.011 4 8
9 14 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda 27 +1:10.352 15 7
10 66 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 27 +1:18.683 17 6
11 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 27 +1:20.847 8 5
12 22 Spain Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 27 +1:23.051 19 4
13 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 27 +1:24.329 11 3
14 36 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 27 +1:26.837 22 2
15 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 27 +1:45.669 30 1
16 15 Spain David García Yamaha 27 +1:48.927 25
17 18 United Kingdom Scott Smart Aprilia 27 +1:49.731 20
18 60 Spain Alex Debón Honda 26 +1 lap 29
19 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1 lap 21
Ret 58 Argentina Matías Ríos Aprilia 24 Retirement 24
Ret 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 22 Retirement 7
Ret 17 Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda 21 Retirement 18
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 20 Retirement 3
Ret 57 Spain Ismael Bonilla Honda 20 Retirement 27
Ret 23 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 16
Ret 62 Spain Álvaro Molina Honda 15 Retirement 31
Ret 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 14 Retirement 6
Ret 91 Spain David Ortega TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 26
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 6 Retirement 28
Ret 11 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha 6 Retirement 14
Ret 69 Spain Daniel Ribalta Yamaha 0 Retirement 23
Source: [4]

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 25 47:36.994 8 25
2 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +7.957 7 20
3 6 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 25 +28.360 12 16
4 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 25 +32.455 1 13
5 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +39.038 11 11
6 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +1:09.267 13 10
7 16 Italy Simone Sanna Honda 25 +1:34.477 9 9
8 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +1:35.606 10 8
9 85 Spain David Micó Aprilia 25 +1:35.921 29 7
10 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +1:39.107 25 6
11 44 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 25 +1:39.479 20 5
12 1 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda 25 +1:50.845 22 4
13 18 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 24 +1 lap 26 3
14 55 Spain Antonio Elías Honda 24 +1 lap 27 2
15 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 24 +1 lap 19 1
16 20 Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 24 +1 lap 28
17 53 Spain Emilio Delgado Honda 24 +1 lap 30
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 21 Retirement 18
Ret 10 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 Retirement 15
Ret 86 Spain Iván Martínez Aprilia 13 Accident 23
Ret 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 12 Accident 4
Ret 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 12 Accident 2
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 11 Accident 24
Ret 9 France Frédéric Petit Aprilia 11 Accident 21
Ret 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 11 Retirement 14
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 6 Accident 3
Ret 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 6 Accident 16
Ret 5 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 6 Accident 5
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 3 Accident 6
Ret 56 Spain Adrián Araujo Honda 3 Retirement 17
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "1999 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "motogp.com · VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  4. ^ "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ^ "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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