1999 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 Spain Grand Prix

Race details

Race 3 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date

9 May 1999

Official name

Gran Premio Marlboro de España^[1]

Location

Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.423 km (2.748 mi)

500 cc

Pole position
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	1:43.674
Fastest lap
Rider	Àlex Crivillé
Time	1:44.657 on lap 5
Podium
First	Àlex Crivillé
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Sete Gibernau

250 cc

Pole position
Rider	Shinya Nakano
Time	1:44.738
Fastest lap
Rider	Shinya Nakano
Time	1:44.875 on lap 4
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Tohru Ukawa
Third	Loris Capirossi

125 cc

Pole position
Rider	Masao Azuma
Time	1:48.983
Fastest lap
Rider	Masao Azuma
Time	1:49.395 on lap 7
Podium
First	Masao Azuma
Second	Lucio Cecchinello
Third	Emilio Alzamora

The 1999 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 May 1999 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez. The event is notable for being the last round that 5-time 500cc and reigning World Champion Mick Doohan participated in. Doohan did not start the race due to crashing in the wet qualifying session, resulting in career-ending leg injuries.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	47:38.667	1	25
2	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+0.157	4	20
3	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+6.102	7	16
4	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+6.609	14	13
5	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+6.764	9	11
6	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	27	+17.724	8	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+24.037	5	9
8	7	Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	27	+28.827	15	8
9	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	27	+31.290	10	7
10	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+31.308	12	6
11	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	27	+54.233	16	5
12	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	27	+59.081	17	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1:10.457	3	3
14	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+1:13.792	19	2
15	18	Markus Ober	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:22.765	20	1
16	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	27	+1:26.782	23
17	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	27	+1:30.635	22
18	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	BSL	26	+1 lap	24
Ret	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	15	Retirement	6
Ret	69	Jamie Whitham	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	11	Accident	21
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	9	Accident	18
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	3	Retirement	13
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	1	Accident	2
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	1	Retirement	11
DNS	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Did not start/Career-ending accident in qualifying
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	26	46:04.289	3	25
2	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	26	+4.439	5	20
3	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	26	+14.096	2	16
4	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+24.221	4	13
5	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	26	+28.614	6	11
6	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	26	+35.373	8	10
7	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	26	+40.182	7	9
8	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	26	+45.096	9	8
9	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	26	+45.483	12	7
10	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	26	+45.762	11	6
11	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	26	+46.147	10	5
12	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+52.082	16	4
13	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	26	+1:00.476	14	3
14	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	26	+1:04.989	20	2
15	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	26	+1:09.322	15	1
16	15	David García	Yamaha	26	+1:11.896	18
17	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	26	+1:11.911	21
18	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	26	+1:35.977	25
19	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	26	+1:36.796	19
20	63	Shahrol Yuzy	Honda	26	+1:43.181	26
21	62	Álvaro Molina	Honda	25	+1 lap	23
22	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22
23	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	30
24	59	Jesús Pérez	Honda	25	+1 lap	27
25	28	Naohiro Negishi	Honda	25	+1 lap	24
26	60	Alex Debón	Honda	25	+1 lap	29
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	23	Accident	13
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	11	Accident	17
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	9	Retirement	1
Ret	64	Manuel Luque	Yamaha	1	Retirement	28
DNS	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha		Did not start
Source: ^[4]

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	42:25.263	1	25
2	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	23	+0.099	4	20
3	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+0.129	3	16
4	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	23	+0.357	6	13
5	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+1.470	2	11
6	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	23	+1.950	7	10
7	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	23	+16.948	8	9
8	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	23	+21.074	9	8
9	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	23	+27.613	10	7
10	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	23	+28.855	5	6
11	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	23	+28.959	19	5
12	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+29.264	21	4
13	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+30.006	17	3
14	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	23	+33.254	16	2
15	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	23	+34.282	13	1
16	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	23	+1:03.413^{[N 1]}	20
17	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+1:13.010	15
18	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	23	+1:23.096	22
19	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	23	+1:34.536	25
20	53	Emilio Delgado	Honda	23	+1:35.111	26
21	55	Toni Elías	Honda	22	+1 lap	29
Ret	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	21	Retirement	12
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	21	Accident	14
Ret	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	21	Retirement	11
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	12	Retirement	18
Ret	56	Adrián Araujo	Honda	6	Retirement	24
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	6	Retirement	27
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	5	Retirement	23
Ret	57	Luis Costa	Honda	2	Accident	28
Source: ^[5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)[edit]

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	54
2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	53
3	Carlos Checa	36
4	Mick Doohan	33
5	Sete Gibernau	33

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	61
2	Yamaha	56
3	Suzuki	53
4	MuZ Weber	11
5	TSR-Honda	7

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

Notes[edit]

^ Ángel Nieto, Jr. received a 30-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.^[5]

References[edit]

^ a b "1999 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "motogp.com · SPANISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ a b "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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[6] Ángel Nieto, Jr. received a 30-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.^[5]

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

[2] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

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

[4] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

[r125-5] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 9 May 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

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

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