1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 May 1999 at Le Castellet.

  1999 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 May 1999
Official nameGrand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit Paul Ricard
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Max Biaggi
Time 1:20.969
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 1:21.487 on lap 3
Podium
First Àlex Crivillé
Second John Kocinski
Third Tetsuya Harada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:23.366
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:23.635 on lap 12
Podium
First Tohru Ukawa
Second Shinya Nakano
Third Stefano Perugini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Lucio Cecchinello
Time 1:28.864
Fastest lap
Rider Gianluigi Scalvini
Time 1:28.891 on lap 12
Podium
First Roberto Locatelli
Second Arnaud Vincent
Third Emilio Alzamora

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 42:35.648 5 25
2 19 John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 31 +11.398 3 20
3 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 31 +13.657 7 16
4 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 +14.370 14 13
5 4 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 31 +14.409 4 11
6 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 31 +16.639 10 10
7 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +21.224 15 9
8 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +21.245 13 8
9 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 +26.063 8 7
10 5 Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +27.625 12 6
11 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +1:02.754 17 5
12 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 31 +1:12.210 18 4
13 26 Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 31 +1:15.698 16 3
14 18 Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +1 lap 21 2
Ret 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 24 Accident 2
Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 7 Retirement 9
Ret 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 5 Retirement 11
Ret 7 Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 4 Retirement 6
Ret 2 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 2 Accident 1
Ret 21 Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 0 Accident 20
Ret 25 José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 0 Accident 19
DNS 16 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki Did not start
DNS 20 Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 Did not start
DNQ 68 Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL Did not qualify
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 29 40:50.340 4 25
2 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 29 +10.940 5 20
3 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 29 +20.696 8 16
4 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 29 +21.219 6 13
5 24 Jason Vincent Honda 29 +21.421 12 11
6 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +26.021[N 1] 2 10
7 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 29 +29.172 13 9
8 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 29 +35.011 14 8
9 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 29 +35.916 19 7
10 31 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 29 +38.122 10 6
11 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 29 +43.060 9 5
12 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 29 +52.963 22 4
13 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 29 +52.970 21 3
14 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 29 +53.198 15 2
15 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 29 +56.805 11 1
16 68 Vincent Philippe Honda 29 +1:24.349 20
17 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 29 +1:29.118 23
18 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 28 +1 lap 26
19 22 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 28 +1 lap 28
20 27 Rob Filart Honda 28 +1 lap 24
Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 28 Retirement 1
Ret 15 David García Yamaha 24 Retirement 17
Ret 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 22 Accident 16
Ret 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 21 Accident 3
Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 15 Retirement 7
Ret 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 9 Accident 18
Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 1 Accident 25
Ret 93 Hervé Mora Aprilia 1 Accident 29
Ret 65 Julien da Costa Honda 1 Retirement 27
DNQ 67 Thomas Metro Honda Did not qualify
Source: [7]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 40:23.904 3 25
2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 27 +6.124 6 20
3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +6.401 5 16
4 4 Masao Azuma Honda 27 +6.567 2 13
5 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 27 +7.015 11 11
6 13 Marco Melandri Honda 27 +7.090 8 10
7 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 27 +9.163 4 9
8 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +14.240 14 8
9 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 27 +14.996 17 7
10 16 Simone Sanna Honda 27 +15.487 7 6
11 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +15.490 20 5
12 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 27 +15.865 18 4
13 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 27 +19.043 12 3
14 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 27 +34.498 10 2
15 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 27 +36.391 19 1
16 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 27 +39.141 16
17 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 27 +1:00.715 24
18 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 27 +1:00.814 26
19 59 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 27 +1:19.170 25
20 58 Éric Dubray Honda 26 +1 lap 27
21 60 Hervé Louiset Honda 26 +1 lap 28
22 52 Mike Lougassi Honda 25 +2 laps 29
Ret 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 19 Accident 15
Ret 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 5 Accident 23
Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 5 Accident 21
Ret 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 2 Accident 1
Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 13
Ret 26 Ivan Goi Honda 0 Accident 22
Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 0 Accident 9
DNS 61 Jimmy Petit Honda Did not start
Source: [8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[9]

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

Notes
  1. Franco Battaini received a 5-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.[7]

References
  1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1999". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. "1999 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "1999 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  6. "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  7. "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  8. "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  9. "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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