1999 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 City of Imola Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 16 races in the; 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 September 1999
Official name	Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola
Location	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.930 km (3.063 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	1:48.750
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Barros
Time	1:49.339
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Alex Barros
Third	Max Biaggi
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Olivier Jacque
Time	1:51.929
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefano Perugini
Time	1:52.138
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Melandri
Time	1:58.141
Fastest lap
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	1:59.606
Podium
First	Marco Melandri
Second	Simone Sanna
Third	Arnaud Vincent

Last updated September 25, 2023

The 1999 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 September 1999 at Imola.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	46:05.244	1	25
2	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	25	+0.265	3	20
3	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+6.383	7	16
4	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+8.987	5	13
5	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+10.449	8	11
6	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+12.366	2	10
7	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+14.948	10	9
8	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	25	+17.719	9	8
9	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	25	+28.910	12	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+29.015	11	6
11	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+34.810	6	5
12	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	25	+53.188	14	4
13	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	25	+1:01.810	13	3
14	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	25	+1:07.100	16	2
15	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	25	+1:11.127	17	1
16	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	25	+1:20.873	18
17	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	25	+1:21.602	20
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	12	Retirement	19
Ret	52	José David de Gea	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	9	Retirement	22
Ret	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	5	Accident	15
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	4	Retirement	21
Ret	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Retirement	4
Ret	27	Bernard Garcia	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	1	Accident	23
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	23	43:23.269	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	23	+8.248	3	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	23	+9.971	1	16
4	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	23	+11.758	4	13
5	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	23	+17.488	8	11
6	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+21.322	6	10
7	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	23	+23.134	5	9
8	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	23	+24.194	7	8
9	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	23	+36.966	12	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	23	+37.617	11	6
11	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	23	+39.093	13	5
12	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	23	+56.984	9	4
13	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	23	+1:05.262	10	3
14	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	23	+1:06.453	16	2
15	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	23	+1:11.239	19	1
16	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	23	+1:11.844	17
17	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	23	+1:21.088	20
18	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	23	+1:49.572	26
19	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	23	+1:50.453	25
20	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	22
21	90	Stefano Pennese	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	27
Ret	35	Mario De Matteo	Aprilia	21	Retirement	30
Ret	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	19	Retirement	29
Ret	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	13	Retirement	21
Ret	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	10	Accident	18
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	8	Accident	14
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	7	Accident	15
Ret	48	Ivan Clementi	Aprilia	7	Retirement	28
Ret	15	David García	Yamaha	6	Accident	24
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	1	Retirement	23
Source: ^[4]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	21	42:26.648	1	25
2	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	21	+1.244	3	20
3	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	21	+1.535	4	16
4	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	21	+2.211	6	13
5	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	21	+2.276	15	11
6	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	21	+12.586	12	10
7	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	+12.701	10	9
8	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	21	+13.112	11	8
9	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	21	+14.186	5	7
10	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	21	+15.188	13	6
11	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	21	+26.791	7	5
12	37	William de Angelis	Honda	21	+33.998	14	4
13	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	21	+48.189	18	3
14	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	21	+48.758	22	2
15	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	21	+48.819	17	1
16	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	21	+49.190	16
17	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	21	+52.817	26
18	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	21	+52.832	20
19	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	21	+1:15.177	9
20	39	Cristian Magnani	Aprilia	20	+1 lap	28
Ret	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	18	Retirement	2
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	13	Retirement	23
Ret	36	Alex de Angelis	Honda	12	Accident	25
Ret	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	10	Accident	8
Ret	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	8	Retirement	27
Ret	81	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	7	Retirement	24
Ret	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	6	Accident	29
Ret	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	2	Accident	19
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	0	Accident	21
DNS	38	Diego Giugovaz	Aprilia		Did not start
Source: ^[5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	219
2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	153
3	Tadayuki Okada	151
4	Sete Gibernau	107
5	Max Biaggi	100

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	256
2	Yamaha	165
3	Suzuki	153
4	Aprilia	89
5	MuZ Weber	52

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

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References

1 2 "1999 Imola MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
↑ "Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "motogp.com · IMOLA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
↑ "Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
↑ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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[motorsportmagazine.com-1] 1 2 "1999 Imola MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[2] "Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[3] "motogp.com · IMOLA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.

[4] "Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[5] "Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[6] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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