1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 April 1999 at the Sepang International Circuit.

Malaysia  1999 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 April 1999
Official nameMarlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States John Kocinski
Time 2:06.848
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Mick Doohan
Time 2:07.213 on lap 18
Podium
First United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Second Spain Carlos Checa
Third Spain Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:08.956
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 2:09.381 on lap 11
Podium
First Italy Loris Capirossi
Second Japan Tohru Ukawa
Third Japan Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider France Arnaud Vincent
Time 2:17.052
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Emilio Alzamora
Time 2:16.868 on lap 19
Podium
First Japan Masao Azuma
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Italy Gianluigi Scalvini

500 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 44:56.033 3 25
2 4 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +4.279 14 20
3 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +4.780 5 16
4 1 Australia Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +4.902 7 13
5 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +7.269 12 11
6 5 Brazil Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 21 +13.202 11 10
7 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +23.724 8 9
8 14 Spain Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 21 +23.811 9 8
9 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +25.156 4 7
10 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +31.548 13 6
11 16 Japan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +35.205 10 5
12 12 France Jean-Michel Bayle Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 21 +42.405 15 4
13 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 21 +46.749 18 3
14 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 21 +50.732 19 2
15 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 21 +51.667 16 1
16 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 21 +1:14.752 21
17 18 Germany Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 21 +1:51.775 25
18 20 United States Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 21 +1:54.512 24
Ret 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 14 Accident 22
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 11 Retirement 20
Ret 2 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 10 Retirement 2
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 10 Retirement 23
Ret 7 Italy Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 9 Retirement 17
Ret 19 United States John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 3 Collision 1
Ret 6 Japan Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 3 Collision 6
DNQ 45 Australia John Allen Raceline Malaysia Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 68 Australia Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL Did not qualify
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 20 43:29.305 4 25
2 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 20 +0.111 5 20
3 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 20 +0.787 2 16
4 19 France Olivier Jacque Yamaha 20 +14.894 3 13
5 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 20 +24.569 1 11
6 34 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 20 +30.774 7 10
7 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 20 +34.877 9 9
8 49 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +35.294 8 8
9 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 20 +52.956 15 7
10 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 20 +58.656 11 6
11 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 20 +1:05.383 13 5
12 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda 20 +1:05.385 16 4
13 36 Japan Masaki Tokudome Honda 20 +1:21.549 17 3
14 14 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda 20 +1:22.318 21 2
15 12 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 20 +1:22.741 23 1
16 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 20 +1:24.652 14
17 66 Germany Alex Hofmann Honda 20 +1:30.484 12
18 23 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 20 +1:42.994 22
19 15 Spain David García Yamaha 20 +1:56.191 19
20 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 20 +1:56.369 18
21 58 Argentina Matías Ríos Aprilia 19 +1 lap 26
22 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 19 +1 lap 24
23 22 Spain Lucas Oliver Yamaha 19 +1 lap 25
Ret 63 Malaysia Shahrol Yuzy Honda 19 Accident 20
Ret 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 15 Retirement 6
Ret 11 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha 4 Accident 10
Ret 61 Malaysia Meng Heng Kuang Honda 4 Retirement 27
DNS 17 Netherlands Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda Did not start
WD 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia Withdrew
Source: [4]

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 19 43:55.438 4 25
2 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 19 +0.106 2 20
3 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 19 +10.509 6 16
4 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 19 +12.909 1 13
5 10 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 19 +20.695 15 11
6 16 Italy Simone Sanna Honda 19 +27.184 7 10
7 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +27.208 8 9
8 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 19 +27.351 18 8
9 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 19 +27.507 19 7
10 1 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda 19 +27.514 16 6
11 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 19 +27.734 10 5
12 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 19 +37.922 13 4
13 41 Japan Youichi Ui Derbi 19 +38.264 20 3
14 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 19 +38.344 5 2
15 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 19 +41.962 12 1
16 44 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 19 +44.310 14
17 5 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 19 +47.056 11
18 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 19 +56.919 3
19 18 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 19 +59.108 23
20 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 19 +1:02.934 21
21 46 Thailand Direk Archewong Honda 19 +1:49.298 24
22 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 19 +2:05.689 25
Ret 6 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 11 Accident 9
Ret 9 France Frédéric Petit Aprilia 11 Accident 17
Ret 20 Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 11 Retirement 22
Ret 45 Malaysia Magilai Meganathan Honda 8 Retirement 26
DNS 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda Did not start
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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

References
  1. "1999 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  2. "Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  3. "motogp.com · MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  4. "Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. "Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 April 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  6. "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1998". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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