1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 16 races in the; 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 September 1999
Official name	Gran Premio Movistar de la Comunitat Valenciana
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.005 km (2.489 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Régis Laconi
Time	1:36.132
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time	1:42.473 on lap 30
Podium
First	Régis Laconi
Second	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third	Garry McCoy
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Shinya Nakano
Time	1:37.258
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Battaini
Time	1:47.987 on lap 24
Podium
First	Tohru Ukawa
Second	Franco Battaini
Third	Loris Capirossi
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Arnaud Vincent
Time	1:42.237
Fastest lap
Rider	Emilio Alzamora
Time	1:51.830 on lap 12
Podium
First	Gianluigi Scalvini
Second	Emilio Alzamora
Third	Noboru Ueda

Last updated September 25, 2023

The 1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 September 1999 at the Circuit de Valencia. This race saw the last French Rider to win a race in the premier class until Fabio Quartararo at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix almost 21 years later.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	53:23.825	1	25
2	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+3.548	9	20
3	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	30	+4.609	8	16
4	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+6.155	4	13
5	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+22.031	5	11
6	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	30	+22.144	6	10
7	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+36.985	2	9
8	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	30	+37.198	7	8
9	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+43.376	14	7
10	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	30	+43.420	10	6
11	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	30	+1:09.478	15	5
12	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+1:12.741	11	4
13	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	30	+1:26.833	20	3
14	52	José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	30	+1:43.106	18	2
15	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	29	+1 lap	17	1
16	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	29	+1 lap	21
17	32	Marc Garcia	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	28	+2 laps	22
Ret	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	Accident	3
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	23	Retirement	19
Ret	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	22	Accident	12
Ret	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	21	Retirement	13
Ret	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	6	Accident	16
DNQ	27	Bernard Garcia	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber		Did not qualify
WD	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda		Withdrew
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	27	49:50.449	5	25
2	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+5.125	9	20
3	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	27	+10.224	2	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	27	+14.848	1	13
5	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	27	+34.042	12	11
6	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	27	+37.495	10	10
7	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	27	+44.911	13	9
8	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	27	+1:01.011	4	8
9	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	27	+1:10.352	15	7
10	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	27	+1:18.683	17	6
11	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	27	+1:20.847	8	5
12	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	27	+1:23.051	19	4
13	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	27	+1:24.329	11	3
14	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	27	+1:26.837	22	2
15	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	27	+1:45.669	30	1
16	15	David García	Yamaha	27	+1:48.927	25
17	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	27	+1:49.731	20
18	60	Alex Debón	Honda	26	+1 lap	29
19	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	26	+1 lap	21
Ret	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	24	Retirement	24
Ret	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	22	Retirement	7
Ret	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	21	Retirement	18
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	20	Retirement	3
Ret	57	Ismael Bonilla	Honda	20	Retirement	27
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	17	Retirement	16
Ret	62	Álvaro Molina	Honda	15	Retirement	31
Ret	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	14	Retirement	6
Ret	91	David Ortega	TSR-Honda	9	Retirement	26
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	6	Retirement	28
Ret	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	6	Retirement	14
Ret	69	Daniel Ribalta	Yamaha	0	Retirement	23
Source: ^[4]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	25	47:36.994	8	25
2	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	25	+7.957	7	20
3	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	25	+28.360	12	16
4	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	25	+32.455	1	13
5	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	25	+39.038	11	11
6	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	25	+1:09.267	13	10
7	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	25	+1:34.477	9	9
8	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	25	+1:35.606	10	8
9	85	David Micó	Aprilia	25	+1:35.921	29	7
10	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	25	+1:39.107	25	6
11	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	25	+1:39.479	20	5
12	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	25	+1:50.845	22	4
13	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	24	+1 lap	26	3
14	55	Antonio Elías	Honda	24	+1 lap	27	2
15	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	24	+1 lap	19	1
16	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	28
17	53	Emilio Delgado	Honda	24	+1 lap	30
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	21	Retirement	18
Ret	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	20	Retirement	15
Ret	86	Iván Martínez	Aprilia	13	Accident	23
Ret	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	12	Accident	4
Ret	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	12	Accident	2
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	11	Accident	24
Ret	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	11	Accident	21
Ret	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	11	Retirement	14
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	6	Accident	3
Ret	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	6	Accident	16
Ret	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	6	Accident	5
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	3	Accident	6
Ret	56	Adrián Araujo	Honda	3	Retirement	17
Source: ^[5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	219
2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	173
3	Tadayuki Okada	164
4	Sete Gibernau	114
5	Max Biaggi	109

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	269
2	Yamaha	190
3	Suzuki	173
4	Aprilia	94
5	MuZ Weber	52

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

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References

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↑ "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ "motogp.com · VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
↑ "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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

[2] "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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

[4] "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[5] "G. P. Movistar Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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

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