1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the; 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 May 1999
Official name	Grand Prix de France Moto
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility; 3.800 km (2.361 mi);
500cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:20.969
Fastest lap
Rider	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time	1:21.487 on lap 3
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	John Kocinski
Third	Tetsuya Harada
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:23.366
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:23.635 on lap 12
Podium
First	Tohru Ukawa
Second	Shinya Nakano
Third	Stefano Perugini
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	1:28.864
Fastest lap
Rider	Gianluigi Scalvini
Time	1:28.891 on lap 12
Podium
First	Roberto Locatelli
Second	Arnaud Vincent
Third	Emilio Alzamora

The 1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 May 1999 at Le Castellet.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	42:35.648	5	25
2	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	31	11.398	3	20
3	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	31	13.657	7	16
4	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	14.370	14	13
5	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	31	14.409	4	11
6	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	31	16.639	10	10
7	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	21.224	15	9
8	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	21.245	13	8
9	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	26.063	8	7
10	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	27.625	12	6
11	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	1:02.754	17	5
12	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	31	1:12.210	18	4
13	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	31	1:15.698	16	3
14	18	Markus Ober	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	1 lap	21	2
Ret	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	24	Accident	2
Ret	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	7	Retirement	9
Ret	12	Jean-Michel Bayle	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	5	Retirement	11
Ret	7	Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	4	Retirement	6
Ret	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	2	Accident	1
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	0	Accident	20
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	19
DNS	16	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki		Did not start
DNS	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3		Did not start
DNQ	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	BSL		Did not qualify
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	29	40:50.340	4	25
2	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	29	10.940	5	20
3	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	29	20.696	8	16
4	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	29	21.219	6	13
5	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	29	21.421	12	11
6	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	29	26.021^{[N 1]}	2	10
7	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	29	29.172	13	9
8	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	29	35.011	14	8
9	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	29	35.916	19	7
10	31	Toshihiko Honma	Yamaha	29	38.122	10	6
11	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	29	43.060	9	5
12	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	29	52.963	22	4
13	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	29	52.970	21	3
14	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	29	53.198	15	2
15	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	29	56.805	11	1
16	68	Vincent Philippe	Honda	29	1:24.349	20
17	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	29	1:29.118	23
18	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	28	1 lap	26
19	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	28	1 lap	28
20	27	Rob Filart	Honda	28	1 lap	24
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	28	Retirement	1
Ret	15	David García	Yamaha	24	Retirement	17
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	22	Accident	16
Ret	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	21	Accident	3
Ret	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	15	Retirement	7
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	18
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	1	Accident	25
Ret	93	Hervé Mora	Aprilia	1	Accident	29
Ret	65	Julien da Costa	Honda	1	Retirement	27
DNQ	67	Thomas Metro	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	27	40:23.904	3	25
2	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	27	6.124	6	20
3	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	27	6.401	5	16
4	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	27	6.567	2	13
5	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	27	7.015	11	11
6	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	27	7.090	8	10
7	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	27	9.163	4	9
8	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	27	14.240	14	8
9	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	27	14.996	17	7
10	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	27	15.487	7	6
11	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	27	15.490	20	5
12	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	27	15.865	18	4
13	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	27	19.043	12	3
14	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	27	34.498	10	2
15	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	27	36.391	19	1
16	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	27	39.141	16
17	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	27	1:00.715	24
18	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	27	1:00.814	26
19	59	Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	27	1:19.170	25
20	58	Éric Dubray	Honda	26	1 lap	27
21	60	Hervé Louiset	Honda	26	1 lap	28
22	52	Mike Lougassi	Honda	25	2 laps	29
Ret	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	19	Accident	15
Ret	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	5	Accident	23
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	5	Accident	21
Ret	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	2	Accident	1
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	1	Accident	13
Ret	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	0	Accident	22
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	0	Accident	9
DNS	61	Jimmy Petit	Honda		Did not start
Source: ^[8]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	79
2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	53
3	Carlos Checa	47
4	Sete Gibernau	46
5	Norifumi Abe	37

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	86
2	Yamaha	67
3	Suzuki	53
4	Aprilia	19
5	MuZ Weber	11

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

Notes

^ Franco Battaini received a 5-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.^[7]

References

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1999". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
^ "1999 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
^ "1999 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
^ ^a ^b "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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[8] Franco Battaini received a 5-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.^[7]

[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1999". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.

[2] "1999 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[3] "Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.

[motorsportmagazine.com-4] "1999 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[5] "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[6] "motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.

[r250-7] "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[9] "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[10] "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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