1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 4 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 23 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| 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] | |||||||