1999 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1999 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 July 1999
Official nameBritish Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:32.597
Fastest lap
Rider Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:33.348 on lap 6
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé
Second Tadayuki Okada
Third Tetsuya Harada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.277
Fastest lap
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.448 on lap 11
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Loris Capirossi
Third Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Gianluigi Scalvini
Time 1:39.614
Fastest lap
Rider Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:39.103 on lap 8
Podium
First Masao Azuma
Second Noboru Ueda
Third Emilio Alzamora

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 47:06.290 2 25
2 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.536 1 20
3 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 30 +0.981 7 16
4 2 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +10.020 3 13
5 5 Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +21.316 10 11
6 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +21.491 4 10
7 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +21.959 6 9
8 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +22.230 5 8
9 19 John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 30 +1:01.073 9 7
10 11 Simon Crafar Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 30 +1:06.969 18 6
11 21 Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 29 +1 lap 20 5
Ret 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 Accident 8
Ret 46 John McGuinness Team Vimto Honda Honda 23 Retirement 21
Ret 26 Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 13
Ret 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 15 Accident 15
Ret 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 13 Retirement 19
Ret 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 10 Retirement 16
Ret 25 José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 17
Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 2 Retirement 11
Ret 69 Jamie Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 1 Accident 14
Ret 19 Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 1 Accident 22
Ret 4 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 1 Retirement 12
DNS 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not start
Sources: [3][4][5]
Valentino Rossi, riding his Aprilia during the 250cc race, which went on to win.

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 27 42:54.311 3 25
2 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 27 +1.261 1 20
3 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 +8.162 6 16
4 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 +9.000 4 13
5 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 27 +14.131 9 11
6 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 27 +17.368 8 10
7 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 27 +23.720 5 9
8 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 27 +25.636 2 8
9 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 27 +46.825 11 7
10 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 27 +48.712 14 6
11 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 27 +52.790 13 5
12 77 Jamie Robinson Yamaha 27 +53.854 17 4
13 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 27 +1:01.522 18 3
14 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 27 +1:03.660 12 2
15 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 27 +1:14.867 16 1
16 15 David García Yamaha 27 +1:30.127 22
17 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 27 +1:31.582 21
18 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 27 +1:57.072 20
19 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 27 +2:07.055 26
Ret 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 24 Retirement 7
Ret 17 Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda 20 Accident 23
Ret 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 18 Retirement 28
Ret 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 11 Accident 15
Ret 24 Jason Vincent Honda 11 Accident 10
Ret 79 Shane Norval Honda 9 Retirement 19
Ret 78 Paul Jones Honda 9 Retirement 25
Ret 80 Adrian Coates Honda 9 Retirement 24
Ret 22 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 1 Retirement 27
Source: [6]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Masao Azuma Honda 26 43:21.690 7 25
2 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 26 +1.783 8 20
3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +2.010 2 16
4 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +2.380 5 13
5 13 Marco Melandri Honda 26 +10.516 6 11
6 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 26 +10.615 1 10
7 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 26 +11.195 3 9
8 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 26 +20.969 10 8
9 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 +27.809 4 7
10 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 26 +32.981 13 6
11 26 Ivan Goi Honda 26 +33.839 14 5
12 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 26 +34.250 24 4
13 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 26 +43.194 12 3
14 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 26 +44.396 17 2
15 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 26 +46.529 15 1
16 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 26 +1:11.284 22
17 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 26 +1:11.774 23
18 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 26 +1:16.580 19
19 72 Leon Haslam Honda 25 +1 lap 25
20 75 Kenny Tibble Honda 25 +1 lap 28
Ret 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 17 Accident 11
Ret 74 Chris Burns Honda 17 Retirement 26
Ret 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 11 Accident 18
Ret 73 Andi Notman Honda 11 Retirement 27
Ret 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 9 Accident 16
Ret 16 Simone Sanna Honda 2 Accident 9
Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 21
Ret 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 1 Accident 20
DNS 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia Did not start
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[8]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "1999 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. "1999 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. "British Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 4 July 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  6. "British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 4 July 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. "British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 4 July 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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