1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 June 1999 at the Mugello Circuit.

Italy  1999 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 June 1999
Official nameGran Premio d'Italia IP[1][2]
LocationMugello Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:52.454
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 1:53.889 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Japan Tadayuki Okada
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marcellino Lucchi
Time 1:54.376
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:55.254 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Germany Ralf Waldmann
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 2:00.254
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 2:00.648 on lap 12
Podium
First Italy Roberto Locatelli
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

500 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3   Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 44:05.522 2 25
2 2   Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 0.283 13 20
3 8   Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 6.052 7 16
4 31   Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 23 6.849 1 13
5 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 23 12.674 3 11
6 15   Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 12.714 12 10
7 4   Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 21.341 9 9
8 19   John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 23 29.800 4 8
9 14   Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 23 29.801 8 7
10 7   Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 23 46.742 6 6
11 26   Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 23 1:07.293 17 5
12 11   Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 1:14.550 19 4
13 22   Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 23 1:20.353 18 3
14 69   Jamie Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 23 1:27.761 16 2
15 18   Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 23 1:45.918 20 1
Ret 55   Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 17 Accident 10
Ret 12   Jean-Michel Bayle Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 7 Retirement 15
Ret 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 6 Retirement 11
Ret 21   Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 3 Retirement 22
Ret 5   Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 1 Accident 14
Ret 25   José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 1 Retirement 21
Ret 43   Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 0 Accident 23
Ret 6   Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 0 Accident 5
DNQ 68   Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL Did not qualify
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

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Loris Capirossi was black-flagged for causing Marcellino Lucchi's crash at the start of the race;[6] in addition, as he did not return to the pits within one lap after having been shown the flag, he was banned from the following event.[7]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Aprilia 21 40:52.837 6 25
2 6   Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 21 2.643 4 20
3 4   Tohru Ukawa Honda 21 2.684 9 16
4 9   Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 21 11.333 7 13
5 56   Shinya Nakano Yamaha 21 11.684 5 11
6 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 21 12.447 3 10
7 24   Jason Vincent Honda 21 21.184 11 9
8 7   Stefano Perugini Honda 21 21.721 12 8
9 12   Sebastián Porto Yamaha 21 40.911 13 7
10 37   Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 21 45.815 16 6
11 36   Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 21 53.891 18 5
12 16   Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 21 54.066 17 4
13 11   Tomomi Manako Yamaha 21 54.096 22 3
14 23   Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 21 1:18.330 24 2
15 15   David García Yamaha 21 1:21.272 19 1
16 66   Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 21 1:27.000 14
17 10   Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 21 1:33.576 25
18 55   Filippo Cotti Yamaha 21 1:33.644 23
19 58   Matías Ríos Aprilia 20 1 lap 28
Ret 44   Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 10 Retirement 8
Ret 14   Anthony West TSR-Honda 10 Retirement 21
Ret 41   Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 9 Accident 20
Ret 27   Rob Filart Honda 3 Accident 26
Ret 48   Ivan Clementi Aprilia 3 Accident 15
Ret 31   Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 0 Accident 10
Ret 34   Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 0 Accident 1
Ret 47   Ivan Mengozzi Yamaha 0 Accident 27
DSQ 1   Loris Capirossi Honda 15 Black flag 2
Source: [8]

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 40:52.672 1 25
2 13   Marco Melandri Honda 20 0.271 5 20
3 6   Noboru Ueda Honda 20 0.295 4 16
4 16   Simone Sanna Honda 20 0.343 6 13
5 21   Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 20 0.442 7 11
6 7   Emilio Alzamora Honda 20 0.588 11 10
7 4   Masao Azuma Honda 20 0.589 12 9
8 1   Kazuto Sakata Honda 20 1.193 13 8
9 5   Lucio Cecchinello Honda 20 1.260 3 7
10 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 1.338 10 6
11 32   Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 20 1.429 15 5
12 10   Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 2.269 8 4
13 54   Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 20 8.436 14 3
14 17   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20 10.382 17 2
15 26   Ivan Goi Honda 20 10.541 18 1
16 11   Max Sabbatani Honda 20 10.695 16
17 29   Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 20 17.572 19
18 9   Frédéric Petit Aprilia 20 17.668 9
19 12   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 23.619 21
20 44   Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20 23.731 20
21 20   Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 20 34.245 24
22 22   Pablo Nieto Derbi 20 41.130 26
23 63   Marco Petrini Aprilia 20 42.373 22
24 64   Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 20 42.593 28
25 66   Marco Tresoldi Honda 20 42.597 25
Ret 18   Reinhard Stolz Honda 19 Retirement 23
Ret 62   Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 19 Retirement 27
Ret 65   Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 9 Retirement 29
Ret 8   Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 4 Retirement 2
Source: [9]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[10]

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

References

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  1. ^ "1999 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1999 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Gran Premio d'Italia IP – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Stop a Capirossi". raisport.rai.it (in Italian). Rai Sport. 7 June 1999. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  7. ^ "La dichiarazione del Team Gresini sulla squalifica di Capirossi". MotoCorse.com (in Italian). 10 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Gran Premio d'Italia IP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Gran Premio d'Italia IP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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