1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
Motorcycle race
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The 1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 April 1999 at the Sepang International Circuit.
Date18 April 1999
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
- Permanent racing facility
- 5.542 km (3.444 mi)
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| Race 1 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 18 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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500 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 10 |  Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | 44:56.033 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Carlos Checa |
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | +4.279 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Àlex Crivillé |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +4.780 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 |  Mick Doohan |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +4.902 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 |  Tadayuki Okada |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +7.269 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 |  Alex Barros |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +13.202 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 |  Régis Laconi |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +23.724 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Juan Borja |
Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 21 | +23.811 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +25.156 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Sete Gibernau |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +31.548 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Yukio Kagayama |
Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 21 | +35.205 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle |
Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 21 | +42.405 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada |
Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 21 | +46.749 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 |  Simon Crafar |
Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 21 | +50.732 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Haruchika Aoki |
FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 21 | +51.667 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 21 | +1:14.752 | 21 | |
| 17 | 18 |  Markus Ober |
Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 21 | +1:51.775 | 25 | |
| 18 | 20 | Mike Hale |
Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 21 | +1:54.512 | 24 | |
| Ret | 21 |  Michael Rutter |
Millar Honda | Honda | 14 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 25 | José Luis Cardoso |
Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 11 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Max Biaggi |
Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 10 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh |
Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 10 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 7 | Luca Cadalora |
Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 9 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 19 | John Kocinski |
Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 3 | Collision | 1 | |
| Ret | 6 | Norick Abe |
Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 3 | Collision | 6 | |
| DNQ | 45 | John Allen |
Raceline Malaysia | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
| DNQ | 68 | Mark Willis |
Buckley Systems BSL Racing | BSL | Did not qualify | |||
| Sources: [1][2][3] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 1 | Loris Capirossi |
Honda | 20 | 43:29.305 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa |
Honda | 20 | +0.111 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 56 | Shinya Nakano |
Yamaha | 20 | +0.787 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Olivier Jacque |
Yamaha | 20 | +14.894 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Aprilia | 20 | +24.569 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi |
Aprilia | 20 | +30.774 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams |
Aprilia | 20 | +34.877 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Naoki Matsudo |
Yamaha | 20 | +35.294 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Stefano Perugini |
Honda | 20 | +52.956 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
Aprilia | 20 | +58.656 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro |
TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:05.383 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Jason Vincent |
Honda | 20 | +1:05.385 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome |
Honda | 20 | +1:21.549 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Anthony West |
TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:22.318 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 |  Sebastián Porto |
Yamaha | 20 | +1:22.741 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 |  Johan Stigefelt |
Yamaha | 20 | +1:24.652 | 14 | |
| 17 | 66 | Alex Hofmann |
Honda | 20 | +1:30.484 | 12 | |
| 18 | 23 | Julien Allemand |
TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:42.994 | 22 | |
| 19 | 15 | David García |
Yamaha | 20 | +1:56.191 | 19 | |
| 20 | 41 | Jarno Janssen |
TSR-Honda | 20 | +1:56.369 | 18 | |
| 21 | 58 | Matías Ríos |
Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 22 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto |
Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 23 | 22 | Lucas Oliver |
Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 63 |  Shahrol Yuzy |
Honda | 19 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Battaini |
Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tomomi Manako |
Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 61 | Meng Heng Kuang |
Honda | 4 | Retirement | 27 | |
| DNS | 17 | Maurice Bolwerk |
TSR-Honda | Did not start | |||
| WD | 6 | Ralf Waldmann |
Aprilia | Withdrew | |||
| Source: [4] | |||||||
125 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Masao Azuma |
Honda | 19 | 43:55.438 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora |
Honda | 19 | +0.106 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Aprilia | 19 | +10.509 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent |
Aprilia | 19 | +12.909 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal |
Aprilia | 19 | +20.695 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 16 | Simone Sanna |
Honda | 19 | +27.184 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Gino Borsoi |
Aprilia | 19 | +27.208 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 26 | Ivan Goi |
Honda | 19 | +27.351 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti |
Aprilia | 19 | +27.507 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata |
Honda | 19 | +27.514 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Max Sabbatani |
Honda | 19 | +27.734 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 54 |  Manuel Poggiali |
Aprilia | 19 | +37.922 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Youichi Ui |
Derbi | 19 | +38.264 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. |
Honda | 19 | +38.344 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Steve Jenkner |
Aprilia | 19 | +41.962 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti |
Aprilia | 19 | +44.310 | 14 | |
| 17 | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello |
Honda | 19 | +47.056 | 11 | |
| 18 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli |
Aprilia | 19 | +56.919 | 3 | |
| 19 | 18 | Reinhard Stolz |
Honda | 19 | +59.108 | 23 | |
| 20 | 12 | Randy de Puniet |
Aprilia | 19 | +1:02.934 | 21 | |
| 21 | 46 |  Direk Archewong |
Honda | 19 | +1:49.298 | 24 | |
| 22 | 22 | Pablo Nieto |
Derbi | 19 | +2:05.689 | 25 | |
| Ret | 6 | Noboru Ueda |
Honda | 11 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Frédéric Petit |
Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bernhard Absmeier |
Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 45 | Magilai Meganathan |
Honda | 8 | Retirement | 26 | |
| DNS | 13 | Marco Melandri |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| Source: [5] | |||||||
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[6]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.