The 1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1999 at the Twin Ring Motegi.
This race would be the final 500cc podium for 5-time world champion Mick Doohan.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 25 51:54.386 1 25 2 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +3.841 2 20 3 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 25 +21.758 10 16 4 3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +23.610 9 13 5 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +23.984 14 11 6 4 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +37.480 3 10 7 36 Shinichi Ito Lucky Strike Honda Honda 25 +50.582 13 9 8 5 Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 25 +52.008 6 8 9 2 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +53.524 5 7 10 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 25 +1:05.068 11 6 11 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 25 +1:08.314 15 5 12 16 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 25 +1:13.299 12 4 13 71 Noriyasu Numata Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 25 +1:19.245 25 3 14 25 José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 25 +1:26.998 17 2 15 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +1:30.225 8 1 16 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 25 +1:52.896 23 17 18 Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 24 +1 lap 24 18 21 Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 24 +1 lap 22 19 20 Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 24 +1 lap 26 Ret 19 John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 15 Accident 4 Ret 26 Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 13 Retirement 18 Ret 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 6 Retirement 20 Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 2 Retirement 19 Ret 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 1 Accident 7 Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 1 Retirement 16 Ret 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 0 Retirement 21 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 23 48:52.950 2 25 2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 23 +2.697 3 20 3 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 23 +9.260 9 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 23 +11.895 1 13 5 51 Daijiro Kato Honda 23 +13.793 10 11 6 52 Tatsuya Yamaguchi Honda 23 +14.264 8 10 7 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 23 +21.092 11 9 8 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 23 +24.485 12 8 9 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 23 +45.594 5 7 10 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 23 +49.724 17 6 11 49 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 23 +1:07.293 7 5 12 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 23 +1:11.813 18 4 13 15 David García Yamaha 23 +1:15.851 27 3 14 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 23 +1:17.806 19 2 15 54 Tekkyu Kayo TSR-Honda 23 +1:18.400 23 1 16 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 23 +1:19.374 20 17 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 23 +1:28.624 21 18 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 23 +1:40.318 22 19 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 22 +1 lap 26 20 53 Ken Eguchi Yamaha 22 +1 lap 29 21 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 22 +1 lap 28 Ret 71 Takehiko Kurokawa TSR-Honda 15 Accident 31 Ret 24 Jason Vincent Honda 13 Accident 13 Ret 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 13 Retirement 30 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 5 Accident 15 Ret 50 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha 5 Retirement 25 Ret 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 3 Accident 6 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 2 Accident 16 Ret 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 2 Retirement 14 Ret 22 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 2 Accident 24 Ret 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 0 Retirement 4 Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Masao Azuma Honda 21 46:17.752 6 25 2 48 Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 21 +21.903 13 20 3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +32.523 3 16 4 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +35.700 26 13 5 50 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 21 +36.781 25 11 6 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 21 +36.903 1 10 7 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 21 +38.296 12 9 8 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 21 +40.169 11 8 9 47 Kazuhiro Kubo Yamaha 21 +40.956 24 7 10 51 Minoru Nakamura Honda 21 +48.719 15 6 11 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 21 +49.059 14 5 12 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 21 +54.125 4 4 13 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +1:29.946 28 3 14 26 Ivan Goi Honda 21 +1:32.451 21 2 15 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 21 +1:43.423 23 1 16 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 21 +1:58.985 5 17 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 21 +2:00.130 22 18 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 21 +2:06.371 8 19 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 20 +1 lap 29 20 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 20 +1 lap 9 21 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20 +1 lap 18 Ret 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 12 Retirement 20 Ret 49 Jun Inageda Honda 10 Accident 16 Ret 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 10 Retirement 19 Ret 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 7 Accident 10 Ret 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 7 Retirement 27 Ret 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 5 Accident 17 Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 4 Accident 2 Ret 16 Simone Sanna Honda 0 Accident 7 Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 50 2 Mick Doohan 33 3 Carlos Checa 30 4 Àlex Crivillé 29 5 Alex Barros 18
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Suzuki 50 2 Yamaha 36 3 Honda 36 4 Modenas KR3 4 5 Aprilia 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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