1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Germany  1999 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 18 July 1999
Official name Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland
Location Sachsenring
Course Permanent racing facility
3.508 km (2.180 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 1:27.318
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Alex Barros
Time 1:28.072
Podium
First United States Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Japan Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:27.913
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:28.662
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Germany Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:30.280
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Emilio Alzamora
Time 1:30.159
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Italy Lucio Cecchinello

The 1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 July 1999 at the Sachsenring.

500 cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 10 United States Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 31 45:59.732 1 25
2 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Honda 31 +0.338 10 20
3 6 Japan Norick Abe Yamaha 31 +5.669 8 16
4 4 Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha 31 +5.737 4 13
5 19 United States John Kocinski Honda 31 +20.316 5 11
6 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki TSR-Honda 31 +27.846 9 10
7 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 31 +31.016 7 9
8 5 Brazil Alex Barros Honda 31 +35.425 2 8
9 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 31 +35.909 14 7
10 14 Spain Juan Borja Honda 31 +37.124 18 6
11 24 Australia Garry McCoy Yamaha 31 +42.252 16 5
12 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Muz-Weber 31 +44.278 13 4
13 55 France Régis Laconi Yamaha 31 +45.020 12 3
14 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Honda 31 +46.454 19 2
15 52 Spain José David de Gea TSR-Honda 31 +1:05.990 20 1
16 68 Australia Mark Willis Modenas 31 +1:06.346 21
17 18 Germany Markus Ober Honda 31 +1:28.717 22
Ret 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Honda 14 Accident 11
Ret 69 United Kingdom James Whitham Modenas 9 Accident 17
Ret 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Honda 4 Retirement 23
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Honda 3 Accident 15
Ret 7 Italy Luca Cadalora Muz-Weber 1 Accident 3
Ret 2 Italy Max Biaggi Yamaha 1 Retirement 6

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 44:49.622 25
2 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda +0.148 20
3 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia +9.030 16
4 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha +12.295 13
5 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda +18.391 11
6 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda +18.553 10
7 Argentina Sebastian Porto Yamaha +19.201 9
8 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha +19.637 8
9 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 7
10 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda +35.995 6
11 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda +44.097 5
12 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia +45.011 4
13 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 3
14 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha +47.452 2
15 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda +47.559 1
16 Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda +1:25.355
17 Germany Mike Baldinger TSR-Honda +1:25.473
18 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha +1 Lap
19 Germany Matthias Neukirchen Aprilia +1 Lap
20 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda +1 Lap
21 Germany Dirk Heidolf Honda +1 Lap
22 Spain Lucas Oliver Bulto Yamaha +1 Lap
23 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda +1 Lap
24 Argentina Alfredo Rios Aprilia +1 Lap
Ret United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Dirk Brockman Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain David García Yamaha Retirement
Ret United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Retirement
Ret Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda Retirement

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 44:13.126 25
2 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda +0.182 20
3 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda +0.720 16
4 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +1.449 13
5 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda +19.138 11
6 Japan Masao Azuma Honda +19.267 10
7 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia +21.524 9
8 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia +23.276 8
9 Italy Simone Sanna Honda +23.652 7
10 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia +23.897 6
11 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia +24.086 5
12 Italy Ivan Goi Honda +29.091 4
13 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +30.875 3
14 Germany Klaus Nohles Honda +31.576 2
15 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia +32.348 1
16 Spain Jeronimo Vidal Aprilia +33.643
17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +43.119
18 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda +47.707
19 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda +1:01.204
20 Spain Angel Nieto Jr Honda +1:01.456
21 Germany Mark Stief Honda +1:02.028
22 Germany Philipp Hafeneger Honda +1:02.220
23 Germany Dirk Reissmann Aprilia +1:09.100
Ret Germany Jarno Muller Honda Retirement
Ret Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia Retirement
Ret Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi Retirement
Ret Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia Retirement
Ret Italy Max Sabbatani Honda Retirement
Ret Japan Youichi Ui Derbi Retirement
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1999 British Grand Prix
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1999 season
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