1999 British motorcycle Grand Prix

United Kingdom  1999 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 4 July 1999
Location Donington
Course Permanent racing facility
4.023 km (2.5 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:32.597
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:33.348
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Japan Tadayuki Okada
Third Japan Tetsuya Harada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.277
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.448
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Japan Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Gianluigi Scalvini
Time 1:39.614
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:39.103
Podium
First Japan Masao Azuma
Second Japan Noboru Ueda
Third Spain Emilio Alzamora

The 1999 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 July 1999 at Donington Park.

500 cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 30 47:06.290 2 25
2 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 30 +0.536 1 20
3 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 30 +0.981 7 16
4 2 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 30 +10.020 3 13
5 5 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 30 +21.316 10 11
6 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha 30 +21.491 4 10
7 14 Spain Juan Borja Honda 30 +21.959 6 9
8 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 30 +22.230 5 8
9 19 United States John Kocinski Honda 30 +1:01.073 9 7
10 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Muz-Weber 30 +1:06.969 18 6
11 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Honda 29 +1 Lap 20 5
Ret 55 France Régis Laconi Yamaha 25 Accident 8
Ret 46 United Kingdom John McGuinness Honda 23 Retirement 21
Ret 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 13
Ret 24 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 15 Accident 15
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Honda 13 Retirement 19
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Muz-Weber 10 Retirement 16
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 17
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 2 Retirement 11
Ret 69 United Kingdom Jamie Whitham Modenas 1 Accident 14
Ret 19 Germany Markus Ober Honda 1 Accident 22
Ret 4 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 1 Retirement 12

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:54.311 25
2 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda +1.261 20
3 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha +8.162 16
4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda +9.000 13
5 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda +14.131 11
6 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia +17.368 10
7 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia +23.820 9
8 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia +25.636 8
9 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda +46.825 7
10 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda +48.712 6
11 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda +52.790 5
12 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Yamaha +53.854 4
13 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda +1:01.522 3
14 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha +1:03.660 2
15 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda +1:14.867 1
16 Spain David García Yamaha +1:30.127
17 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha +1:31.582
18 Sweden Johann Stigefelt Yamaha +1:57.072
19 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda +2:07.055
Ret United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda Retirement
Ret Argentina Alfredo Rios Aprilia Retirement
Ret Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Paul Jones Honda Retirement
Ret Argentina Sebastian Porto Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Adrian Coates Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia Retirement
Ret South Africa Shane Norval Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Lucas Oliver Bulto Yamaha Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 43:21.690 25
2 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +1.783 20
3 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +2.010 16
4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +2.380 13
5 Italy Marco Melandri Honda +10.516 11
6 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia +10.615 10
7 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi +11.195 9
8 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia +20.969 8
9 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia +27.809 7
10 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +32.981 6
11 Italy Ivan Goi Honda +33.839 5
12 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi +34.250 4
13 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda +43.194 3
14 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda +44.396 2
15 Spain Jeronimo Vidal Aprilia +46.529 1
16 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia +1:11.284
17 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Honda +1:11.774
18 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda +1:16.580
19 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda +1 Lap
20 United Kingdom Kenny Tibble Honda +1 Lap
Ret United Kingdom Andrew Notman Honda Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Chris Burns Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda Retirement
Ret France Randy de Puniet Aprilia Retirement
Ret France Frederic Petit Aprilia Retirement
Ret San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Simone Sanna Honda Retirement
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