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.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 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:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 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:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 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:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 25 2 Carlos Checa 20 3 Àlex Crivillé 16 4 Mick Doohan 13 5 Tadayuki Okada 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Suzuki 25 2 Yamaha 20 3 Honda 16 4 Modenas KR3 4 5 Aprilia 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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