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| Race 1 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 18 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 10 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | 44:56.033 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +4.279 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +4.780 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 |  Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +4.902 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 |  Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +7.269 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 |  Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +13.202 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +23.724 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +23.811 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +25.156 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +31.548 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +35.205 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 21 | +42.405 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +46.749 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 |  Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +50.732 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 21 | +51.667 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 21 | +1:14.752 | 21 | |
| 17 | 18 |  Markus Ober | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 21 | +1:51.775 | 25 | |
| 18 | 20 | Mike Hale | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 21 | +1:54.512 | 24 | |
| Ret | 21 |  Michael Rutter | Millar Honda | Honda | 14 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 11 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 10 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 10 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 7 | Luca Cadalora | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 9 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 19 | John Kocinski | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 3 | Collision | 1 | |
| Ret | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 3 | Collision | 6 | |
| DNQ | 45 | John Allen | Raceline Malaysia | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 68 | Mark Willis | Buckley Systems BSL Racing | BSL | Did not qualify | |||
| Sources: [1] [2] [3] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 20 | 43:29.305 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 20 | +0.111 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 20 | +0.787 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 20 | +14.894 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 20 | +24.569 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 20 | +30.774 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 20 | +34.877 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 20 | +35.294 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 20 | +52.956 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 20 | +58.656 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:05.383 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 20 | +1:05.385 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome | Honda | 20 | +1:21.549 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:22.318 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 |  Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 20 | +1:22.741 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 20 | +1:24.652 | 14 | |
| 17 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Honda | 20 | +1:30.484 | 12 | |
| 18 | 23 | Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:42.994 | 22 | |
| 19 | 15 | David García | Yamaha | 20 | +1:56.191 | 19 | |
| 20 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:56.369 | 18 | |
| 21 | 58 | Matías Ríos | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 22 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 23 | 22 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 63 |  Shahrol Yuzy | Honda | 19 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 61 | Meng Heng Kuang | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 27 | |
| DNS | 17 | Maurice Bolwerk | TSR-Honda | Did not start | |||
| WD | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | Withdrew | |||
| Source: [4] | |||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 19 | 43:55.438 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 19 | +0.106 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 19 | +10.509 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 19 | +12.909 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 19 | +20.695 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Honda | 19 | +27.184 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 19 | +27.208 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 19 | +27.351 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 19 | +27.507 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 19 | +27.514 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 19 | +27.734 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 54 |  Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 19 | +37.922 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 19 | +38.264 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 19 | +38.344 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 19 | +41.962 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 19 | +44.310 | 14 | |
| 17 | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 19 | +47.056 | 11 | |
| 18 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 19 | +56.919 | 3 | |
| 19 | 18 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 19 | +59.108 | 23 | |
| 20 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 19 | +1:02.934 | 21 | |
| 21 | 46 |  Direk Archewong | Honda | 19 | +1:49.298 | 24 | |
| 22 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 19 | +2:05.689 | 25 | |
| Ret | 6 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 11 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bernhard Absmeier | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 45 | Magilai Meganathan | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 26 | |
| DNS | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | Did not start | |||
| Source: [5] | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded. [6]
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