1999 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the; 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 August 1999
Official name	Grand Prix České republiky
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.403 km (3.357 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jurgen vd Goorbergh
Time	2:01.572
Fastest lap
Rider	Tadayuki Okada
Time	2:02.661 on lap 22
Podium
First	Tadayuki Okada
Second	Àlex Crivillé
Third	Kenny Roberts Jr.
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ralf Waldmann
Time	2:04.158
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	2:04.469 on lap 16
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Ralf Waldmann
Third	Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Roberto Locatelli
Time	2:09.384
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Melandri
Time	2:09.617 on lap 7
Podium
First	Marco Melandri
Second	Noboru Ueda
Third	Lucio Cecchinello

The 1999 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 August 1999 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. The race was marred by Jamie Whitham's fiery crash that causing lengthy delay on the race.

500 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	45:18.066	6	25
2	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+0.240	2	20
3	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	22	+1.858	5	16
4	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+2.205	3	13
5	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	22	+3.827	4	11
6	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	22	+4.032	11	10
7	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	22	+9.815	8	9
8	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+17.181	12	8
9	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+17.408	13	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+17.593	15	6
11	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	22	+32.221	1	5
12	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	22	+34.519	14	4
13	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	22	+37.566	16	3
14	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	22	+48.323	10	2
15	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	22	+1:10.496	21	1
16	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	22	+1:28.349	22
Ret	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	16	Retirement	9
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	12	Retirement	20
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	12	Retirement	23
Ret	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	9	Retirement	7
Ret	52	José David de Gea	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	1	Retirement	24
DNS	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	0	Did not start	19
DNS	69	James Whitham	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	0	Did not start	18
DNS	7	Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	0	Did not start	17
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	20	41:48.114	3	25
2	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	20	+0.700	1	20
3	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	20	+2.833	5	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	20	+6.206	6	13
5	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	20	+11.776	11	11
6	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	20	+11.989	4	10
7	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	20	+20.421	2	9
8	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	20	+21.842	7	8
9	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	20	+30.956	9	7
10	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+34.465	8	6
11	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	20	+40.974	12	5
12	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	20	+54.621	16	4
13	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	20	+54.787	18	3
14	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	20	+59.356	14	2
15	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	20	+1:02.158	19	1
16	15	David García	Yamaha	20	+1:02.230	21
17	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	20	+1:21.428	25
18	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	20	+1:24.496	20
19	22	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	20	+1:37.607	23
20	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	20	+1:50.008	27
21	86	Vladimír Častka	Honda	20	+1:50.168	26
Ret	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	17	Accident	10
Ret	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	15	Retirement	22
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	10	Accident	13
Ret	87	Radomil Rous	Honda	10	Retirement	29
Ret	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	17
Ret	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	5	Accident	15
Ret	89	Lars Langer	Yamaha	4	Retirement	30
Ret	73	Arno Visscher	Aprilia	2	Retirement	28
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	0	Accident	24
DNQ	88	Lukáš Vavrečka	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	19	41:23.897	3	25
2	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	19	+11.672	2	20
3	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	19	+11.717	4	16
4	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	19	+11.785	6	13
5	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+21.012	8	11
6	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	19	+24.598	5	10
7	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	19	+24.739	17	9
8	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	19	+24.801	7	8
9	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+24.979	14	7
10	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	19	+40.513	9	6
11	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	19	+41.599	24	5
12	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+41.706	11	4
13	78	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	19	+41.740	12	3
14	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	19	+41.771	21	2
15	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	19	+42.289	10	1
16	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	19	+42.356	22
17	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	19	+42.469	23
18	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	19	+1:01.337	20
19	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	19	+1:01.420	18
20	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	19	+1:23.838	15
21	82	Jakub Smrž	Honda	19	+1:24.629	25
22	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	19	+1:26.068	27
23	84	Igor Kaláb	Honda	19	+1:26.406	26
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	18	Accident	1
Ret	81	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	15	Retirement	19
Ret	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	12	Retirement	13
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	4	Retirement	16
DNQ	83	Michal Březina	Honda		Did not qualify
WD	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source: ^[7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	194
2	Kenny Roberts Jr.	143
3	Tadayuki Okada	138
4	Sete Gibernau	101
5	Tetsuya Harada	86

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	231
2	Yamaha	149
3	Suzuki	143
4	Aprilia	86
5	MuZ Weber	43

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

References edit

^ "1999 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ "1999 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Grand Prix České republiky – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
^ "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
^ "Grand Prix České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
^ "Grand Prix České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

Previous race: 1999 German Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1999 season	Next race: 1999 City of Imola Grand Prix
Previous race: 1998 Czech Republic Grand Prix	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Next race: 2000 Czech Republic Grand Prix

[1] "1999 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[3] "1999 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[4] "Grand Prix České republiky – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[5] "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.

[6] "Grand Prix České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[7] "Grand Prix České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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

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