1999 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 Czech Republic Grand PrixRace details

Race 10 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date| 22 August 1999
Official name| Grand Prix České republiky[1][2]
Location| Brno
Course|

* Permanent racing facility
* 5.403 km (3.357 mi)

500 cc
| Pole position

Rider|  Jurgen van den Goorbergh
Time|  2:01.572
Fastest lap
Rider|  Tadayuki Okada
Time|  2:02.661 on lap 22
Podium
First|  Tadayuki Okada
Second|  Àlex Crivillé
Third|  Kenny Roberts Jr.
250 cc
| Pole position

Rider|  Ralf Waldmann
Time|  2:04.158
Fastest lap
Rider|  Valentino Rossi
Time|  2:04.469 on lap 16
Podium
First|  Valentino Rossi
Second|  Ralf Waldmann
Third|  Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
| Pole position

Rider|  Roberto Locatelli
Time|  2:09.384
Fastest lap
Rider|  Marco Melandri
Time|  2:09.617 on lap 7
Podium
First|  Marco Melandri
Second|  Noboru Ueda
Third|  Lucio Cecchinello

The 1999 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 August 1999 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. The race was marred by Jamie Whitham's fiery crash that causing lengthy delay on the race.

## 500 cc classification

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Pos.  | No.  | Rider  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Laps  | Time/Retired  | Grid  | Points

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1  | 8  |  Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22  | 45:18.066  | 6  | 25
2  | 3  |  Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22  | +0.240  | 2  | 20
3  | 10  |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 22  | +1.858  | 5  | 16
4  | 2  |  Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22  | +2.205  | 3  | 13
5  | 31  |  Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 22  | +3.827  | 4  | 11
6  | 9  |  Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 22  | +4.032  | 11  | 10
7  | 5  |  Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 22  | +9.815  | 8  | 9
8  | 24  |  Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 22  | +17.181  | 12  | 8
9  | 55  |  Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 22  | +17.408  | 13  | 7
10  | 15  |  Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22  | +17.593  | 15  | 6
11  | 17  |  Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 22  | +32.221  | 1  | 5
12  | 14  |  Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 22  | +34.519  | 14  | 4
13  | 26  |  Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 22  | +37.566  | 16  | 3
14  | 19  |  John Kocinski | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 22  | +48.323  | 10  | 2
15  | 20  |  Mike Hale | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 22  | +1:10.496  | 21  | 1
16  | 68  |  Mark Willis | Buckley Systems BSL Racing  | Modenas KR3 | 22  | +1:28.349  | 22  |
Ret  | 6  |  Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin  | Yamaha | 16  | Retirement  | 9  |
Ret  | 22  |  Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf  | Honda | 12  | Retirement  | 20  |
Ret  | 21  |  Michael Rutter | Millar Honda  | Honda | 12  | Retirement  | 23  |
Ret  | 4  |  Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team  | Yamaha | 9  | Retirement  | 7  |
Ret  | 52  |  José David de Gea | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team  | Honda | 1  | Retirement  | 24  |
DNS  | 25  |  José Luis Cardoso | Team Maxon TSR  | TSR-Honda | 0  | Did not start  | 19  |
DNS  | 69  |  James Whitham | Proton KR Modenas  | Modenas KR3 | 0  | Did not start  | 18  |
DNS  | 7  |  Luca Cadalora | Team Biland GP1  | MuZ Weber | 0  | Did not start  | 17  |
Sources: [3][4][5]

## 250 cc classification

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Pos.  | No.  | Rider  | Manufacturer  | Laps  | Time/Retired  | Grid  | Points

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1  | 46  |  Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 20  | 41:48.114  | 3  | 25
2  | 6  |  Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 20  | +0.700  | 1  | 20
3  | 4  |  Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 20  | +2.833  | 5  | 16
4  | 56  |  Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 20  | +6.206  | 6  | 13
5  | 19  |  Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 20  | +11.776  | 11  | 11
6  | 7  |  Stefano Perugini | Honda | 20  | +11.989  | 4  | 10
7  | 1  |  Loris Capirossi | Honda | 20  | +20.421  | 2  | 9
8  | 9  |  Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 20  | +21.842  | 7  | 8
9  | 24  |  Jason Vincent | Honda | 20  | +30.956  | 9  | 7
10  | 21  |  Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 20  | +34.465  | 8  | 6
11  | 44  |  Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 20  | +40.974  | 12  | 5
12  | 36  |  Masaki Tokudome | TSR-Honda | 20  | +54.621  | 16  | 4
13  | 37  |  Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 20  | +54.787  | 18  | 3
14  | 11  |  Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 20  | +59.356  | 14  | 2
15  | 14  |  Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 20  | +1:02.158  | 19  | 1
16  | 15  |  David García | Yamaha | 20  | +1:02.230  | 21  |
17  | 10  |  Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 20  | +1:21.428  | 25  |
18  | 41  |  Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 20  | +1:24.496  | 20  |
19  | 22  |  Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 20  | +1:37.607  | 23  |
20  | 58  |  Matías Ríos  | Aprilia | 20  | +1:50.008  | 27  |
21  | 86  |  Vladimír Častka | Honda | 20  | +1:50.168  | 26  |
Ret  | 12  |  Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 17  | Accident  | 10  |
Ret  | 18  |  Scott Smart | Aprilia | 15  | Retirement  | 22  |
Ret  | 23  |  Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 10  | Accident  | 13  |
Ret  | 87  |  Radomil Rous | Honda | 10  | Retirement  | 29  |
Ret  | 17  |  Maurice Bolwerk | TSR-Honda | 9  | Accident  | 17  |
Ret  | 66  |  Alex Hofmann | TSR-Honda | 5  | Accident  | 15  |
Ret  | 89  |  Lars Langer | Yamaha | 4  | Retirement  | 30  |
Ret  | 73  |  Arno Visscher | Aprilia | 2  | Retirement  | 28  |
Ret  | 16  |  Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 0  | Accident  | 24  |
DNQ  | 88  |  Lukáš Vavrečka | Honda |  | Did not qualify  |  |
Source: [6]

## 125 cc classification

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Pos.  | No.  | Rider  | Manufacturer  | Laps  | Time/Retired  | Grid  | Points

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1  | 13  |  Marco Melandri | Honda | 19  | 41:23.897  | 3  | 25
2  | 6  |  Noboru Ueda | Honda | 19  | +11.672  | 2  | 20
3  | 5  |  Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 19  | +11.717  | 4  | 16
4  | 8  |  Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 19  | +11.785  | 6  | 13
5  | 41  |  Youichi Ui | Derbi | 19  | +21.012  | 8  | 11
6  | 7  |  Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 19  | +24.598  | 5  | 10
7  | 17  |  Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 19  | +24.739  | 17  | 9
8  | 16  |  Simone Sanna | Honda | 19  | +24.801  | 7  | 8
9  | 23  |  Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 19  | +24.979  | 14  | 7
10  | 21  |  Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 19  | +40.513  | 9  | 6
11  | 26  |  Ivan Goi | Honda | 19  | +41.599  | 24  | 5
12  | 4  |  Masao Azuma | Honda | 19  | +41.706  | 11  | 4
13  | 78  |  Klaus Nöhles | Honda | 19  | +41.740  | 12  | 3
14  | 18  |  Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 19  | +41.771  | 21  | 2
15  | 32  |  Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 19  | +42.289  | 10  | 1
16  | 29  |  Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 19  | +42.356  | 22  |
17  | 10  |  Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 19  | +42.469  | 23  |
18  | 44  |  Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 19  | +1:01.337  | 20  |
19  | 20  |  Bernhard Absmeier | Aprilia | 19  | +1:01.420  | 18  |
20  | 11  |  Max Sabbatani | Honda | 19  | +1:23.838  | 15  |
21  | 82  |  Jakub Smrž | Honda | 19  | +1:24.629  | 25  |
22  | 22  |  Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 19  | +1:26.068  | 27  |
23  | 84  |  Igor Kaláb | Honda | 19  | +1:26.406  | 26  |
Ret  | 15  |  Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 18  | Accident  | 1  |
Ret  | 81  |  Jaroslav Huleš | Italjet | 15  | Retirement  | 19  |
Ret  | 1  |  Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 12  | Retirement  | 13  |
Ret  | 12  |  Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 4  | Retirement  | 16  |
DNQ  | 83  |  Michal Březina | Honda |  | Did not qualify  |  |
WD  | 54  |  Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia |  | Withdrew  |  |
Source: [7]

## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings
| Pos. | Rider  | Points

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1  |  Àlex Crivillé | 194
2  |  Kenny Roberts Jr. | 143
3  |  Tadayuki Okada | 138
4  |  Sete Gibernau | 101
5  |  Tetsuya Harada | 86

Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos. | Constructor  | Points

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1  |  Honda | 231
2  |  Yamaha | 149
3  |  Suzuki | 143
4  |  Aprilia | 86
5  |  MuZ Weber | 43

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

## References

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1. ^ "1999 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
3. ^ "1999 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. ^ "Grand Prix České republiky – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
5. ^ "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
6. ^ "Grand Prix České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
7. ^ "Grand Prix České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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