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| Race 9 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 18 July 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Polini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sachsenring | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 July 1999 at the Sachsenring.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 10 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 31 | 45:59.732 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 31 | +0.338 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 |  Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 31 | +5.669 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 31 | +5.737 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | John Kocinski | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 31 | +20.316 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 26 | Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 31 | +27.848 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 31 | +31.016 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 |  Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +35.425 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 31 | +35.909 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +37.124 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 |  Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +42.252 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 31 | +44.278 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +45.020 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 31 | +46.454 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | José David de Gea | Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 31 | +1:05.990 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 68 | Mark Willis | Buckley Systems BSL Racing | Modenas KR3 | 31 | +1:06.346 | 21 | |
| 17 | 18 |  Markus Ober | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 31 | +1:28.717 | 22 | |
| Ret | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 14 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 69 |  James Whitham | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 9 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 21 | Michael Rutter | Millar Honda | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 7 |  Luca Cadalora | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 1 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 2 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
| Sources: [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 30 | 44:49.622 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 30 | +0.148 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 30 | +9.030 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 30 | +12.295 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 30 | +18.391 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 30 | +18.553 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 |  Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 30 | +19.201 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 30 | +19.637 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | TSR-Honda | 30 | +22.149 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 30 | +35.995 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 30 | +44.097 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 30 | +45.011 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 30 | +45.254 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 30 | +47.452 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome | TSR-Honda | 30 | +47.559 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | Maurice Bolwerk | TSR-Honda | 30 | +1:25.355 | 21 | |
| 17 | 81 | Mike Baldinger | TSR-Honda | 30 | +1:25.473 | 20 | |
| 18 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 19 | 85 | Matthias Neukirchen | Aprilia | 29 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 20 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 21 | 84 | Dirk Heidolf | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 22 | 22 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 23 | 83 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 24 | 58 | Matías Ríos | Aprilia | 29 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 2 | |
| DSQ | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 3 | Black flag | 18 | |
| Ret | 82 | Dirk Brockman | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 15 | David García | Yamaha | 3 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 1 | Accident | 17 | |
| Source: [6] | |||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 29 | 44:13.126 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 29 | +0.182 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 29 | +0.720 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 29 | +1.449 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 29 | +19.138 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 29 | +19.267 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 29 | +21.524 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 29 | +23.276 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Honda | 29 | +23.652 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 29 | +23.897 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 54 |  Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 29 | +24.086 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 29 | +29.091 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 29 | +30.875 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 78 | Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 29 | +31.576 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 29 | +32.348 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 29 | +33.643 | 10 | |
| 17 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 29 | +43.119 | 19 | |
| 18 | 18 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 29 | +47.707 | 22 | |
| 19 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 29 | +1:01.204 | 18 | |
| 20 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 29 | +1:01.456 | 25 | |
| 21 | 80 | Maik Stief | Honda | 29 | +1:02.028 | 26 | |
| 22 | 76 | Philipp Hafeneger | Honda | 29 | +1:02.220 | 29 | |
| 23 | 79 | Dirk Reissmann | Aprilia | 29 | +1:09.100 | 28 | |
| Ret | 77 | Jarno Müller | Honda | 24 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bernhard Absmeier | Aprilia | 21 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 20 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 6 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
| DNS | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Aprilia | Did not start | |||
| Source: [7] | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded. [8]
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