1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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| 1999 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |
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The 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 51st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
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[edit] Season summary
The dominant reign of Honda's Mick Doohan came to an end with serious injuries suffered in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. In his absence, his Honda team-mate Àlex Crivillé stepped forward and claimed Spain's first-ever 500cc world championship. Kenny Roberts, Jr. gave a strong performance to finish in second with four victories including an outright victory over Doohan in Japan.
A young Valentino Rossi continued to impress for Aprilia, winning nine races and claiming his second world championship, this time in the 250 class. Honda's Emilio Alzamora became the first person to win a world championship without winning a race when he captured the 125 crown from Marco Melandri and Masao Azuma who split five victories between them.
[edit] Grands Prix
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[edit] Final Standings
[edit] 500cc final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Àlex Crivillé |
3 | Spain | Repsol-Honda | 267 | 6 |
| 2 |  Kenny Roberts, Jr. |
10 | United States | Suzuki | 220 | 4 |
| 3 |  Tadayuki Okada |
8 | Japan | Repsol-Honda | 211 | 3 |
| 4 |  Max Biaggi |
2 | Italy | Marlboro-Yamaha | 194 | 1 |
| 5 | Sete Gibernau |
15 | Spain | Repsol-Honda | 165 | 0 |
| 6 | Norifumi Abe |
6 | Japan | Antena 3-Yamaha | 136 | 1 |
| 7 | Carlos Checa |
4 | Spain | Marlboro-Yamaha | 125 | 0 |
| 8 | John Kocinski |
19 | United States | Kanemoto-Honda | 115 | 0 |
| 9 |  Alex Barros |
5 | Brazil | MoviStar-Honda | 110 | 0 |
| 10 | Tetsuya Harada |
31 | Japan | Aprilia | 104 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi |
46 | Italy | Aprilia | 309 | 9 |
| 2 | Tohru Ukawa |
4 | Japan | Shell-Honda | 261 | 2 |
| 3 | Loris Capirossi |
1 | Italy | Elf Axo-Honda | 209 | 3 |
| 4 | Shinya Nakano |
56 | Japan | Chesterfield-Yamaha | 207 | 1 |
| 5 | Stefano Perugini |
7 | Italy | Fila-Honda | 151 | 0 |
| 6 |  Ralf Waldmann |
6 | Germany | Aprilia | 131 | 0 |
| 7 |  Olivier Jacque |
19 | France | Chesterfield-Yamaha | 122 | 1 |
| 8 | Franco Battaini |
21 | Italy | FGF-Aprilia | 121 | 0 |
| 9 |  Sebastian Porto |
12 | Argentina | Semprucci Biesse-Yamaha | 98 | 0 |
| 10 |  Jeremy McWilliams |
9 | United Kingdom | QUB-Aprilia | 83 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc final standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emilio Alzamora |
7 | Spain | Via Digital-Honda | 227 | 0 |
| 2 | Marco Melandri |
13 | Italy | Benetton Playlife-Honda | 226 | 5 |
| 3 | Masao Azuma |
4 | Japan | Benetton Playlife-Honda | 190 | 5 |
| 4 | Roberto Locatelli |
15 | Italy | Vasco Rossi-Aprilia | 173 | 2 |
| 5 | Noboru Ueda |
6 | Japan | Givi-Honda | 171 | 1 |
| 6 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
8 | Italy | Inoxmacel-Aprilia | 163 | 2 |
| 7 | Arnaud Vincent |
21 | France | Valencia III Milenio-Aprilia | 155 | 1 |
| 8 | Simone Sanna |
16 | Italy | Polini-Honda | 123 | 0 |
| 9 | Lucio Cecchinello |
5 | Italy | Givi-Honda | 108 | 0 |
| 10 | Gino Borsoi |
23 | Italy | Semprucci Biesse-Aprilia | 106 | 0 |
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