Italy  1999 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 June 1999
Official nameGran Premio d'Italia IP[1][2]
LocationMugello Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Tetsuya Harada
Time 1:52.454
Fastest lap
Rider United States Kenny Roberts Jr.
Time 1:53.889 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Àlex Crivillé
Second Italy Max Biaggi
Third Japan Tadayuki Okada
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marcellino Lucchi
Time 1:54.376
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:55.254 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Germany Ralf Waldmann
Third Japan Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Roberto Locatelli
Time 2:00.254
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Kazuto Sakata
Time 2:00.648 on lap 12
Podium
First Italy Roberto Locatelli
Second Italy Marco Melandri
Third Japan Noboru Ueda

The 1999 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 6 June 1999 at the Mugello Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Spain Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 44:05.522 2 25
2 2 Italy Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 +0.283 13 20
3 8 Japan Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +6.052 7 16
4 31 Japan Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 23 +6.849 1 13
5 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 23 +12.674 3 11
6 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +12.714 12 10
7 4 Spain Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 +21.341 9 9
8 19 United States John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 23 +29.800 4 8
9 14 Spain Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 23 +29.801 8 7
10 7 Italy Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 23 +46.742 6 6
11 26 Japan Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 23 +1:07.293 17 5
12 11 New Zealand Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 23 +1:14.550 19 4
13 22 France Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 23 +1:20.353 18 3
14 69 United Kingdom Jamie Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 23 +1:27.761 16 2
15 18 Germany Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 23 +1:45.918 20 1
Ret 55 France Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 17 Accident 10
Ret 12 France Jean-Michel Bayle Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 7 Retirement 15
Ret 17 Netherlands Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 6 Retirement 11
Ret 21 United Kingdom Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 3 Retirement 22
Ret 5 Brazil Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 1 Accident 14
Ret 25 Spain José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 1 Retirement 21
Ret 43 Italy Paolo Tessari Team Paton Paton 0 Accident 23
Ret 6 Japan Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 0 Accident 5
DNQ 68 Australia Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL Did not qualify
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Loris Capirossi was black-flagged for causing Marcellino Lucchi's crash at the start of the race;[6] in addition, as he did not return to the pits within one lap after having been shown the flag, he was banned from the following event.[7]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Aprilia 21 40:52.837 6 25
2 6 Germany Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 21 +2.643 4 20
3 4 Japan Tohru Ukawa Honda 21 +2.684 9 16
4 9 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 21 +11.333 7 13
5 56 Japan Shinya Nakano Yamaha 21 +11.684 5 11
6 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 21 +12.447 3 10
7 24 United Kingdom Jason Vincent Honda 21 +21.184 11 9
8 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Honda 21 +21.721 12 8
9 12 Argentina Sebastián Porto Yamaha 21 +40.911 13 7
10 37 Italy Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 21 +45.815 16 6
11 36 Japan Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 21 +53.891 18 5
12 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 21 +54.066 17 4
13 11 Japan Tomomi Manako Yamaha 21 +54.096 22 3
14 23 France Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 21 +1:18.330 24 2
15 15 Spain David García Yamaha 21 +1:21.272 19 1
16 66 Germany Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 21 +1:27.000 14
17 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 21 +1:33.576 25
18 55 Italy Filippo Cotti Yamaha 21 +1:33.644 23
19 58 Argentina Matías Ríos Aprilia 20 +1 lap 28
Ret 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 10 Retirement 8
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West TSR-Honda 10 Retirement 21
Ret 41 Netherlands Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 9 Accident 20
Ret 27 Netherlands Rob Filart Honda 3 Accident 26
Ret 48 Italy Ivan Clementi Aprilia 3 Accident 15
Ret 31 Japan Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 0 Accident 10
Ret 34 Italy Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 0 Accident 1
Ret 47 Italy Ivan Mengozzi Yamaha 0 Accident 27
DSQ 1 Italy Loris Capirossi Honda 15 Black flag 2
Source: [8]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 20 40:52.672 1 25
2 13 Italy Marco Melandri Honda 20 +0.271 5 20
3 6 Japan Noboru Ueda Honda 20 +0.295 4 16
4 16 Italy Simone Sanna Honda 20 +0.343 6 13
5 21 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 20 +0.442 7 11
6 7 Spain Emilio Alzamora Honda 20 +0.588 11 10
7 4 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 20 +0.589 12 9
8 1 Japan Kazuto Sakata Honda 20 +1.193 13 8
9 5 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Honda 20 +1.260 3 7
10 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 20 +1.338 10 6
11 32 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 20 +1.429 15 5
12 10 Spain Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 20 +2.269 8 4
13 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 20 +8.436 14 3
14 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 20 +10.382 17 2
15 26 Italy Ivan Goi Honda 20 +10.541 18 1
16 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Honda 20 +10.695 16
17 29 Spain Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 20 +17.572 19
18 9 France Frédéric Petit Aprilia 20 +17.668 9
19 12 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +23.619 21
20 44 Italy Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20 +23.731 20
21 20 Germany Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 20 +34.245 24
22 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Derbi 20 +41.130 26
23 63 Italy Marco Petrini Aprilia 20 +42.373 22
24 64 Italy Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 20 +42.593 28
25 66 Switzerland Marco Tresoldi Honda 20 +42.597 25
Ret 18 Germany Reinhard Stolz Honda 19 Retirement 23
Ret 62 Italy Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia 19 Retirement 27
Ret 65 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia 9 Retirement 29
Ret 8 Italy Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 4 Retirement 2
Source: [9]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[10]

References

  1. ^ "1999 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "1999 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Gran Premio d'Italia IP – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · ITALIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Stop a Capirossi". raisport.rai.it (in Italian). Rai Sport. 7 June 1999. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  7. ^ "La dichiarazione del Team Gresini sulla squalifica di Capirossi". MotoCorse.com (in Italian). 10 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Gran Premio d'Italia IP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Gran Premio d'Italia IP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 6 June 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Results" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1998. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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