1999 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Australia  1999 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 3 October 1999
Official name Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location Phillip Island
Course Permanent racing facility
4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 1:32.319
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 1:32.743
Podium
First Japan Tadayuki Okada
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third France Régis Laconi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams
Time 1:33.919
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:33.556
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second France Olivier Jacque
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Noboru Ueda
Time 1:38.600
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:38.118
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Italy Lucio Cecchinello
Third Japan Youichi Ui

The 1999 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 October 1999 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 27 42:09.271 7 25
2 2 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 27 +0.085 5 20
3 55 France Régis Laconi Yamaha 27 +0.124 3 16
4 4 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 27 +9.497 10 13
5 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 27 +9.811 12 11
6 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 27 +10.691 6 10
7 24 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 27 +12.135 15 9
8 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 27 +25.028 11 8
9 19 United States John Kocinski Honda 27 +25.219 14 7
10 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 27 +41.652 1 6
11 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki TSR-Honda 27 +47.628 17 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Muz-Weber 27 +47.670 18 4
13 52 Spain José David de Gea Modenas 27 +1:22.997 21 3
14 37 Australia Steve Martin Honda 27 +1:23.305 23 2
15 68 Australia Mark Willis Modenas 27 +1:35.980 24 1
16 6 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha 26 +1 Lap 8
17 14 Spain Juan Borja Honda 26 +1 Lap 9
Ret 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 23 Retirement 2
Ret 5 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 23 Retirement 4
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Honda 6 Accident 20
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso TSR-Honda 5 Retirement 16
Ret 20 United States Mike Hale Modenas 3 Retirement 19
Ret 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Honda 2 Retirement 22
Ret 35 Australia Anthony Gobert Muz-Weber 0 Accident 13

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 39:28.278 25
2 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha +0.103 20
3 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +0.729 16
4 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha +0.796 13
5 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia +13.097 11
6 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda +13.133 10
7 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda +25.831 9
8 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia +25.994 8
9 Argentina Sebastian Porto Yamaha +35.124 7
10 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda +36.446 6
11 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha +49.725 5
12 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda +50.949 4
13 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda +59.357 3
14 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda +59.373 2
15 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda +1:06.163 1
16 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha +1:27.873
17 Spain David García Yamaha +1:29.494
18 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda +1 Lap
19 Sweden Johann Stigefelt Yamaha +1 Lap
20 Argentina Alfredo Rios Aprilia +1 Lap
21 Australia Roger Harrison Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Australia Kevin Curtain Honda Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Scott Smart Aprilia Retirement
Ret Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Shaun Geronimi Yamaha Retirement
Ret France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Jay Taylor Honda Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 38:07.081 25
2 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +0.035 20
3 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi +0.179 16
4 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia +1.043 13
5 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +1.259 11
6 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +1.898 10
7 Spain Jeronimo Vidal Aprilia +10.207 9
8 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia +11.845 8
9 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia +12.690 7
10 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +16.527 6
11 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +16.731 5
12 Italy Simone Sanna Honda +16.837 4
13 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda +36.339 3
14 Italy Ivan Goi Honda +36.408 2
15 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +49.941 1
16 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia +51.121
17 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi +51.786
18 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Honda +53.389
19 France Frederic Petit Aprilia +1:07.146
20 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda +1:16.137
21 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia +1:16.144
22 Denmark Robbin Harms Aprilia +1:28.270
23 Australia Broc Parkes Honda +1 Lap
24 Australia Dennis Charlett Honda +1 Lap
Ret Australia Andrew Willy Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Peter Galvin Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Max Sabbatani Honda Retirement
Ret France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Noboru Ueda Honda Retirement
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1999 Valencian Community Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1999 season
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1999 South African Grand Prix
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1998 Australian Grand Prix
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