1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  1999 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date April 23, 1999
Official Name Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Location Twin Ring Motegi
Course Permanent racing facility
4.801 km (2,983 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 1:50.826
Fastest lap
Rider Mick Doohan
Time 2:02.889
Podium
First Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Second Mick Doohan
Third Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Franco Battaini
Time 2:06.752
Fastest lap
Rider Tohru Ukawa
Time 2:05.726
Podium
First Shinya Nakano
Second Tohru Ukawa
Third Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Lucio Cecchinello
Time 2:00.785
Fastest lap
Rider Max Sabbatani
Time 2:10.519
Podium
First Masao Azuma
Second Hideyuki Nakajo
Third Emilio Alzamora

The 1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on April 25, 1999 at the Twin Ring Motegi.

500cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 25 51:54.386 1 25
2 1 Mick Doohan Honda 25 +3.841 2 20
3 6 Norick Abe Yamaha 25 +21.758 10 16
4 3 Àlex Crivillé Honda 25 +23.610 9 13
5 15 Sete Gibernau Honda 25 +23.984 14 11
6 4 Carlos Checa Yamaha 25 +37.480 3 10
7 36 Shinichi Itoh Honda 25 +50.582 13 9
8 5 Alex Barros Honda 25 +52.008 6 8
9 2 Max Biaggi Yamaha 25 +53.524 5 7
10 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 25 +1:05.068 11 6
11 14 Juan Borja Honda 25 +1:08.314 15 5
12 16 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 25 +1:13.299 12 4
13 71 Noriyasu Numata MuZ Weber 25 +1:19.245 25 3
14 25 José Luis Cardoso TSR-Honda 25 +1:26.998 17 2
15 8 Tadayuki Okada Honda 25 +1:30.225 8 1
16 22 Sébastien Gimbert Honda 25 +1:52.896 23
17 18 Markus Ober Honda 24 +1 lap 24
18 21 Michael Rutter Honda 24 +1 lap 22
19 20 Mike Hale Modenas KR3 24 +1 Lap 26
Ret 19 John Kocinski Honda 15 Accident 4
Ret 26 Haruchika Aoki TSR-Honda 13 Retirement 18
Ret 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Modenas KR3 6 Retirement 20
Ret 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh MuZ Weber 2 Retirement 19
Ret 55 Régis Laconi Yamaha 2 Accident 7
Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 1 Retirement 16
Ret 11 Simon Crafar Yamaha 0 Retirement 21

250cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 23 48:52.950 2 25
2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 23 +2.697 3 20
3 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 23 +9.260 9 16
4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +11.895 1 13
5 51 Daijiro Kato Honda 23 +13.793 10 11
6 52 Tatsuya Yamaguchi Honda 23 +14.264 8 10
7 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 23 +21.092 11 9
8 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 23 +24.480 12 8
9 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 23 +45.594 5 7
10 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 23 +49.724 17 6
11 49 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +1:07.293 7 5
12 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 23 +1:11.813 18 4
13 15 David García Yamaha 23 +1:15.851 27 3
14 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 23 +1:17.806 19 2
15 54 Tekkyu Kayoh TSR-Honda 23 +1:18.400 23 1
16 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 23 +1:19.374 20
17 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 +1:28.624 21
18 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 23 +1:40.318 22
19 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 22 +1 lap 26
20 53 Ken Eguchi Yamaha 22 +1 lap 29
21 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 22 +1 lap 28
Ret 71 Takehiko Kurokawa TSR-Honda 15 Accident 31
Ret 24 Jason Vincent Honda 13 Accident 13
Ret 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 13 Retirement 30
Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 5 Accident 15
Ret 50 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 5 Retirement 25
Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 3 Accident 6
Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 2 Accident 16
Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 2 Retirement 14
Ret 22 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 2 Accident 24
Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 0 Retirement 4

125cc classification

Pos No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Masao Azuma Honda 21 46:17.732 6 25
2 48 Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 21 +21.903 13 20
3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +32.523 3 16
4 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +35.700 26 13
5 50 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 21 +36.781 25 11
6 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 21 +36.903 1 10
7 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 21 +38.296 12 9
8 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 21 +40.167 11 8
9 47 Kazuhiro Kubo Yamaha 21 +40.956 24 7
10 51 Minoru Nakamura Honda 21 +48.719 15 6
11 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 21 +49.059 14 5
12 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 21 +54.125 4 4
13 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +1:29.946 28 3
14 26 Ivan Goi Honda 21 +1:32.451 21 2
15 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 21 +1:43.423 23 1
16 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 21 +1:59.982 5
17 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 21 +2:00.130 22
18 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 21 +2:06.371 8
19 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 20 +1 lap 29
20 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 20 +1 lap 9
21 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20 +1 lap 18
Ret 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 12 Retirement 20
Ret 49 Jun Inageda Honda 10 Accident 16
Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 10 Retirement 19
Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 7 Accident 10
Ret 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 7 Retirement 27
Ret 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 5 Accident 17
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 4 Accident 2
Ret 16 Simone Sanna Honda 0 Accident 7
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