1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 September 1999 at the Circuit de Valencia. This race saw the last French Rider to win a race in the premier class until Fabio Quartararo at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix almost 21 years later.

  1999 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 September 1999
Official nameGran Premio Movistar de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Régis Laconi
Time 1:36.132
Fastest lap
Rider Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Time 1:42.473 on lap 30
Podium
First Régis Laconi
Second Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Third Garry McCoy
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Shinya Nakano
Time 1:37.258
Fastest lap
Rider Franco Battaini
Time 1:47.987 on lap 24
Podium
First Tohru Ukawa
Second Franco Battaini
Third Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Arnaud Vincent
Time 1:42.237
Fastest lap
Rider Emilio Alzamora
Time 1:51.830 on lap 12
Podium
First Gianluigi Scalvini
Second Emilio Alzamora
Third Noboru Ueda

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 53:23.825 1 25
2 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +3.548 9 20
3 24 Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 30 +4.609 8 16
4 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +6.155 4 13
5 4 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +22.031 5 11
6 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 30 +22.144 6 10
7 2 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +36.985 2 9
8 19 John Kocinski Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda Honda 30 +37.198 7 8
9 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +43.376 14 7
10 5 Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 30 +43.420 10 6
11 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 30 +1:09.478 15 5
12 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:12.741 11 4
13 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 30 +1:26.833 20 3
14 52 José David de Gea Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 30 +1:43.106 18 2
15 20 Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 29 +1 lap 17 1
16 21 Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 29 +1 lap 21
17 32 Marc Garcia Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 28 +2 laps 22
Ret 3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 Accident 3
Ret 25 José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 23 Retirement 19
Ret 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 22 Accident 12
Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 21 Retirement 13
Ret 68 Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing Modenas KR3 6 Accident 16
DNQ 27 Bernard Garcia Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber Did not qualify
WD 26 Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda Withdrew
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 27 49:50.449 5 25
2 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +5.125 9 20
3 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 27 +10.224 2 16
4 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 27 +14.848 1 13
5 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 27 +34.042 12 11
6 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 27 +37.495 10 10
7 24 Jason Vincent Honda 27 +44.911 13 9
8 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 27 +1:01.011 4 8
9 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 27 +1:10.352 15 7
10 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 27 +1:18.683 17 6
11 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 27 +1:20.847 8 5
12 22 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 27 +1:23.051 19 4
13 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 27 +1:24.329 11 3
14 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 27 +1:26.837 22 2
15 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 27 +1:45.669 30 1
16 15 David García Yamaha 27 +1:48.927 25
17 18 Scott Smart Aprilia 27 +1:49.731 20
18 60 Alex Debón Honda 26 +1 lap 29
19 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1 lap 21
Ret 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 24 Retirement 24
Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 22 Retirement 7
Ret 17 Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda 21 Retirement 18
Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 20 Retirement 3
Ret 57 Ismael Bonilla Honda 20 Retirement 27
Ret 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 17 Retirement 16
Ret 62 Álvaro Molina Honda 15 Retirement 31
Ret 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 14 Retirement 6
Ret 91 David Ortega TSR-Honda 9 Retirement 26
Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 6 Retirement 28
Ret 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 6 Retirement 14
Ret 69 Daniel Ribalta Yamaha 0 Retirement 23
Source: [4]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 25 47:36.994 8 25
2 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 25 +7.957 7 20
3 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 25 +28.360 12 16
4 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 25 +32.455 1 13
5 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 25 +39.038 11 11
6 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 25 +1:09.267 13 10
7 16 Simone Sanna Honda 25 +1:34.477 9 9
8 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 25 +1:35.606 10 8
9 85 David Micó Aprilia 25 +1:35.921 29 7
10 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 25 +1:39.107 25 6
11 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 25 +1:39.479 20 5
12 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 25 +1:50.845 22 4
13 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 24 +1 lap 26 3
14 55 Toni Elías Honda 24 +1 lap 27 2
15 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 24 +1 lap 19 1
16 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 24 +1 lap 28
17 53 Emilio Delgado Honda 24 +1 lap 30
Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 21 Retirement 18
Ret 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 Retirement 15
Ret 86 Iván Martínez Aprilia 13 Accident 23
Ret 4 Masao Azuma Honda 12 Accident 4
Ret 13 Marco Melandri Honda 12 Accident 2
Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 11 Accident 24
Ret 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 11 Accident 21
Ret 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 11 Retirement 14
Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 6 Accident 3
Ret 26 Ivan Goi Honda 6 Accident 16
Ret 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 6 Accident 5
Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 3 Accident 6
Ret 56 Adrián Araujo Honda 3 Retirement 17
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[6]

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

References
  1. "1999 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  2. "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. "motogp.com · VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  4. "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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