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

Round Race Location 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report
1 Flag of Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang Flag of Japan Masao Azuma Flag of Italy Loris Capirossi Flag of the United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Report
2 Flag of Japan Japanese Grand Prix Motegi Flag of Japan Masao Azuma Flag of Japan Shinya Nakano Flag of the United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Report
3 Flag of Spain Spanish Grand Prix Jerez Flag of Japan Masao Azuma Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé Report
4 Flag of France French Grand Prix Paul Ricard Flag of Italy Roberto Locatelli Flag of Japan Tohru Ukawa Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé Report
5 Flag of Italy Italian Grand Prix Mugello Flag of Italy Roberto Locatelli Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé Report
6 Flag of Catalonia Catalan Grand Prix Catalunya Flag of France Arnaud Vincent Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé Report
7 Flag of the Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Flag of Japan Masao Azuma Flag of Italy Loris Capirossi Flag of Japan Tadayuki Okada Report
8 Flag of the United Kingdom British Grand Prix Donington Flag of Japan Masao Azuma Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé Report
9 Flag of Germany German Grand Prix Sachsenring Flag of Italy Marco Melandri Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of the United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Report
10 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Grand Prix Brno Flag of Italy Marco Melandri Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Japan Tadayuki Okada Report
11 Emilia-Romagna Imola Grand Prix Imola Flag of Italy Marco Melandri Flag of Italy Loris Capirossi Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé Report
12 Flag of Valencian Community Valencia Grand Prix Valencia Flag of Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Flag of Japan Tohru Ukawa Flag of France Regis Laconi Report
13 Flag of Australia Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Flag of Italy Marco Melandri Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Japan Tadayuki Okada Report
14 Flag of South Africa South African Grand Prix Welkom Flag of Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Italy Max Biaggi Report
15 Flag of Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro Flag of Japan Noboru Ueda Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi Flag of Japan Norifumi Abe Report
16 Flag of Argentina Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aires Flag of Italy Marco Melandri Flag of France Olivier Jacque Flag of the United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Report

[edit] Final Standings

[edit] 500cc final standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Flag of Spain Àlex Crivillé 3 Spain Repsol-Honda 267 6
2 Flag of the United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. 10 United States Suzuki 220 4
3 Flag of Japan Tadayuki Okada 8 Japan Repsol-Honda 211 3
4 Flag of Italy Max Biaggi 2 Italy Marlboro-Yamaha 194 1
5 Flag of Spain Sete Gibernau 15 Spain Repsol-Honda 165 0
6 Flag of Japan Norifumi Abe 6 Japan Antena 3-Yamaha 136 1
7 Flag of Spain Carlos Checa 4 Spain Marlboro-Yamaha 125 0
8 Flag of the United States John Kocinski 19 United States Kanemoto-Honda 115 0
9 Flag of Brazil Alex Barros 5 Brazil MoviStar-Honda 110 0
10 Flag of Japan Tetsuya Harada 31 Japan Aprilia 104 0

[edit] 250cc final standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Flag of Italy Valentino Rossi 46 Italy Aprilia 309 9
2 Flag of Japan Tohru Ukawa 4 Japan Shell-Honda 261 2
3 Flag of Italy Loris Capirossi 1 Italy Elf Axo-Honda 209 3
4 Flag of Japan Shinya Nakano 56 Japan Chesterfield-Yamaha 207 1
5 Flag of Italy Stefano Perugini 7 Italy Fila-Honda 151 0
6 Flag of Germany Ralf Waldmann 6 Germany Aprilia 131 0
7 Flag of France Olivier Jacque 19 France Chesterfield-Yamaha 122 1
8 Flag of Italy Franco Battaini 21 Italy FGF-Aprilia 121 0
9 Flag of Argentina Sebastian Porto 12 Argentina Semprucci Biesse-Yamaha 98 0
10 Flag of the United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams 9 United Kingdom QUB-Aprilia 83 0

[edit] 125cc final standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Flag of Spain Emilio Alzamora 7 Spain Via Digital-Honda 227 0
2 Flag of Italy Marco Melandri 13 Italy Benetton Playlife-Honda 226 5
3 Flag of Japan Masao Azuma 4 Japan Benetton Playlife-Honda 190 5
4 Flag of Italy Roberto Locatelli 15 Italy Vasco Rossi-Aprilia 173 2
5 Flag of Japan Noboru Ueda 6 Japan Givi-Honda 171 1
6 Flag of Italy Gianluigi Scalvini 8 Italy Inoxmacel-Aprilia 163 2
7 Flag of France Arnaud Vincent 21 France Valencia III Milenio-Aprilia 155 1
8 Flag of Italy Simone Sanna 16 Italy Polini-Honda 123 0
9 Flag of Italy Lucio Cecchinello 5 Italy Givi-Honda 108 0
10 Flag of Italy Gino Borsoi 23 Italy Semprucci Biesse-Aprilia 106 0