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| Race 13 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 3 October 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Qantas Australian Grand Prix [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Phillip Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 October 1999 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | 42:09.271 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +0.085 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +0.124 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |  Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +9.497 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +9.811 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +10.691 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 |  Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 27 | +12.135 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +25.028 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 |  John Kocinski | Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda | Honda | 27 | +25.219 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 27 | +41.652 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 26 | Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 27 | +47.628 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 27 | +47.670 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | José David de Gea | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +1:22.997 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 37 | Steve Martin | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 27 | +1:23.305 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 68 | Mark Willis | Buckley Systems BSL Racing | Modenas KR3 | 27 | +1:35.980 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 8 | |
| 17 | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 9 | |
| Ret | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 23 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 5 |  Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 23 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 6 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 5 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 20 | Mike Hale | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 3 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 21 |  Michael Rutter | Millar Honda | Honda | 2 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 35 | Anthony Gobert | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| Sources: [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 25 | 39:28.278 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 25 | +0.103 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 25 | +0.729 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 25 | +0.796 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 |  Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 25 | +13.097 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 25 | +13.133 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 25 | +25.831 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 25 | +25.994 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 |  Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 25 | +35.124 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 25 | +36.446 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 25 | +49.725 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 25 | +50.949 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | TSR-Honda | 25 | +59.357 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 25 | +59.373 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1:06.163 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 25 | +1:27.873 | 19 | |
| 17 | 15 | David García | Yamaha | 25 | +1:29.494 | 21 | |
| 18 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 19 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| 20 | 58 | Matías Ríos | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 21 | 39 | Roger Harrison | Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 40 | Jay Taylor | Honda | 22 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 38 | Shaun Geronimi | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 17 | Maurice Bolwerk | TSR-Honda | 2 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 18 | Scott Smart | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 43 | Kevin Curtain | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 24 | |
| DNS | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
| DNQ | 42 |  Aaron Clark | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 22 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Yamaha | Did not qualify | |||
| Source: [6] | |||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 23 | 38:07.081 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 23 | +0.035 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 23 | +0.179 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 23 | +1.043 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 23 | +1.259 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 23 | +1.898 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 23 | +10.207 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 23 | +11.845 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 54 |  Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 23 | +12.890 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 23 | +16.527 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 23 | +16.731 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Honda | 23 | +16.837 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 23 | +36.339 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 23 | +36.408 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 23 | +49.941 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 23 | +51.121 | 20 | |
| 17 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 23 | +51.786 | 18 | |
| 18 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 23 | +53.389 | 14 | |
| 19 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Aprilia | 23 | +1:07.146 | 21 | |
| 20 | 18 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 23 | +1:16.137 | 27 | |
| 21 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 23 | +1:16.144 | 25 | |
| 22 | 24 |  Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 23 | +1:28.270 | 26 | |
| 23 | 88 | Broc Parkes | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 24 | 92 | Dennis Charlett | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 6 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 19 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 90 | Andrew Willy | Honda | 6 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 89 | Peter Galvin | Honda | 5 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 91 | Michael Teniswood | Honda | 0 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Source: [7] | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded. [8]
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