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
Date4 July 1999
Official nameBritish Grand Prix[1][2]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:32.597
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Àlex Crivillé
Time 1:33.348 on lap 6
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Japan Tadayuki Okada
Third Japan Tetsuya Harada
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.277
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:34.448 on lap 11
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Japan Shinya Nakano
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Gianluigi Scalvini
Time 1:39.614
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 1:39.103 on lap 8
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 Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 47:06.290 2 25
2 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.536 1 20
3 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 30 +0.981 7 16
4 2 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +10.020 3 13
5 5 Brazil Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +21.316 10 11
6 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +21.491 4 10
7 14 Spain Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +21.959 6 9
8 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +22.230 5 8
9 19 United States John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 30 +1:01.073 9 7
10 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 30 +1:06.969 18 6
11 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 29 +1 lap 20 5
Ret 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 25 Accident 8
Ret 46 United Kingdom John McGuinness Team Vimto Honda Honda 23 Retirement 21
Ret 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 13
Ret 24 Australia Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 15 Accident 15
Ret 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 13 Retirement 19
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen vd Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 10 Retirement 16
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 7 Retirement 17
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 2 Retirement 11
Ret 69 United Kingdom Jamie Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 1 Accident 14
Ret 19 Germany Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 1 Accident 22
Ret 4 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 1 Retirement 12
DNS 15 Spain 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 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 27 42:54.311 3 25
2 1 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 27 +1.261 1 20
3 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 +8.162 6 16
4 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 +9.000 4 13
5 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 27 +14.131 9 11
6 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 27 +17.368 8 10
7 34 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 27 +23.720 5 9
8 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 27 +25.636 2 8
9 36 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 27 +46.825 11 7
10 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 27 +48.712 14 6
11 14 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda 27 +52.790 13 5
12 77 United Kingdom Jamie Robinson Yamaha 27 +53.854 17 4
13 66 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 27 +1:01.522 18 3
14 11 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha 27 +1:03.660 12 2
15 23 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 27 +1:14.867 16 1
16 15 Spain David García Yamaha 27 +1:30.127 22
17 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 27 +1:31.582 21
18 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 27 +1:57.072 20
19 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 27 +2:07.055 26
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 24 Retirement 7
Ret 17 Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda 20 Accident 23
Ret 58 Argentina Matías Ríos Aprilia 18 Retirement 28
Ret 12 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 11 Accident 15
Ret 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda 11 Accident 10
Ret 79 South Africa Shane Norval Honda 9 Retirement 19
Ret 78 United Kingdom Paul Jones Honda 9 Retirement 25
Ret 80 United Kingdom Adrian Coates Honda 9 Retirement 24
Ret 22 Spain Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 1 Retirement 27
Source:[6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 26 43:21.690 7 25
2 6 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 26 +1.783 8 20
3 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 26 +2.010 2 16
4 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 26 +2.380 5 13
5 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 26 +10.516 6 11
6 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 26 +10.615 1 10
7 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 26 +11.195 3 9
8 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 26 +20.969 10 8
9 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 26 +27.809 4 7
10 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 26 +32.981 13 6
11 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 26 +33.839 14 5
12 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 26 +34.250 24 4
13 1 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda 26 +43.194 12 3
14 18 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 26 +44.396 17 2
15 10 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 26 +46.529 15 1
16 44 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 26 +1:11.284 22
17 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 26 +1:11.774 23
18 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 26 +1:16.580 19
19 72 United Kingdom Leon Haslam Honda 25 +1 lap 25
20 75 United Kingdom Kenny Tibble Honda 25 +1 lap 28
Ret 5 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 17 Accident 11
Ret 74 United Kingdom Chris Burns Honda 17 Retirement 26
Ret 9 France Frédéric Petit Aprilia 11 Accident 18
Ret 73 United Kingdom Andi Notman Honda 11 Retirement 27
Ret 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 9 Accident 16
Ret 16 Italy Simone Sanna Honda 2 Accident 9
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 21
Ret 20 Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 1 Accident 20
DNS 17 Germany 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 20 August 2019.


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