1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 July 1999 at the Sachsenring.

Germany  1999 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 July 1999
Official namePolini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2]
LocationSachsenring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.508 km (2.180 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 1:27.318
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Alex Barros
Time 1:28.072 on lap 6
Podium
First United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Second Spain Àlex Crivillé
Third Japan Norick Abe
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:27.913
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Loris Capirossi
Time 1:28.662 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Italy Loris Capirossi
Third Germany Ralf Waldmann
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Melandri
Time 1:30.280
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Emilio Alzamora
Time 1:30.159 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Marco Melandri
Second Spain Emilio Alzamora
Third Italy Lucio Cecchinello

500 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 31 45:59.732 1 25
2 3   Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 +0.338 10 20
3 6   Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 31 +5.669 8 16
4 4   Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 31 +5.737 4 13
5 19   John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 31 +20.316 5 11
6 26   Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 31 +27.848 9 10
7 31   Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 31 +31.016 7 9
8 5   Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +35.425 2 8
9 15   Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 +35.909 14 7
10 14   Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +37.124 18 6
11 24   Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +42.252 16 5
12 17   Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 31 +44.278 13 4
13 55   Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +45.020 12 3
14 22   Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 31 +46.454 19 2
15 52   José David de Gea Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 31 +1:05.990 20 1
16 68   Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing Modenas KR3 31 +1:06.346 21
17 18   Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 31 +1:28.717 22
Ret 8   Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 Accident 11
Ret 69   James Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 9 Accident 17
Ret 21   Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 4 Retirement 23
Ret 9   Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 3 Accident 15
Ret 7   Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 1 Accident 3
Ret 2   Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 1 Accident 6
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46   Valentino Rossi Aprilia 30 44:49.622 1 25
2 1   Loris Capirossi Honda 30 +0.148 3 20
3 6   Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 30 +9.030 6 16
4 56   Shinya Nakano Yamaha 30 +12.295 4 13
5 7   Stefano Perugini Honda 30 +18.391 10 11
6 14   Anthony West TSR-Honda 30 +18.553 16 10
7 12   Sebastián Porto Yamaha 30 +19.201 11 9
8 19   Olivier Jacque Yamaha 30 +19.637 9 8
9 66   Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 30 +22.149 12 7
10 37   Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 30 +35.995 14 6
11 23   Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 30 +44.097 15 5
12 44   Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 30 +45.011 19 4
13 34   Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 30 +45.254 8 3
14 11   Tomomi Manako Yamaha 30 +47.452 13 2
15 36   Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 30 +47.559 22 1
16 17   Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda 30 +1:25.355 21
17 81   Mike Baldinger TSR-Honda 30 +1:25.473 20
18 10   Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 29 +1 lap 26
19 85   Matthias Neukirchen Aprilia 29 +1 lap 29
20 41   Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 29 +1 lap 24
21 84   Dirk Heidolf Honda 29 +1 lap 28
22 22   Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 29 +1 lap 23
23 83   Christian Gemmel Honda 29 +1 lap 30
24 58   Matías Ríos Aprilia 29 +1 lap 27
Ret 9   Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 12 Retirement 5
Ret 21   Franco Battaini Aprilia 5 Accident 2
DSQ 16   Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 3 Black flag 18
Ret 82   Dirk Brockman Honda 3 Retirement 31
Ret 15   David García Yamaha 3 Retirement 25
Ret 4   Tohru Ukawa Honda 2 Accident 7
Ret 24   Jason Vincent Honda 1 Accident 17
Source: [6]

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13   Marco Melandri Honda 29 44:13.126 1 25
2 7   Emilio Alzamora Honda 29 +0.182 2 20
3 5   Lucio Cecchinello Honda 29 +0.720 7 16
4 15   Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 29 +1.449 3 13
5 6   Noboru Ueda Honda 29 +19.138 11 11
6 4   Masao Azuma Honda 29 +19.267 9 10
7 8   Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 29 +21.524 4 9
8 23   Gino Borsoi Aprilia 29 +23.276 12 8
9 16   Simone Sanna Honda 29 +23.652 14 7
10 21   Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 29 +23.897 16 6
11 54   Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 29 +24.086 15 5
12 26   Ivan Goi Honda 29 +29.091 8 4
13 32   Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 29 +30.875 17 3
14 78   Klaus Nöhles Honda 29 +31.576 6 2
15 12   Randy de Puniet Aprilia 29 +32.348 13 1
16 10   Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 29 +33.643 10
17 17   Steve Jenkner Aprilia 29 +43.119 19
18 18   Reinhard Stolz Honda 29 +47.707 22
19 1   Kazuto Sakata Honda 29 +1:01.204 18
20 29   Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 29 +1:01.456 25
21 80   Maik Stief Honda 29 +1:02.028 26
22 76   Philipp Hafeneger Honda 29 +1:02.220 29
23 79   Dirk Reissmann Aprilia 29 +1:09.100 28
Ret 77   Jarno Müller Honda 24 Accident 23
Ret 20   Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 21 Accident 20
Ret 41   Youichi Ui Derbi 20 Retirement 5
Ret 44   Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 6 Accident 27
Ret 11   Max Sabbatani Honda 6 Accident 21
Ret 22   Pablo Nieto Derbi 0 Accident 24
DNS 9   Frédéric Petit Aprilia Did not start
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

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

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

References edit

  1. ^ "1999 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1999 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · GERMAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Polini Motorrad GP Deutschland – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 July 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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