The 1999 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 May 1999 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez. The event is notable for being the last round that 5-time 500cc and reigning World Champion Mick Doohan participated in. Doohan did not start the race due to crashing in the wet qualifying session, resulting in career-ending leg injuries.

500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 47:38.667 1 25 2 2 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +0.157 4 20 3 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +6.102 7 16 4 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +6.609 14 13 5 6 Norifumi Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 27 +6.764 9 11 6 19 John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 27 +17.724 8 10 7 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +24.037 5 9 8 7 Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 27 +28.827 15 8 9 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 27 +31.290 10 7 10 4 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +31.308 12 6 11 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 27 +54.233 16 5 12 26 Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 27 +59.081 17 4 13 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +1:10.457 3 3 14 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 27 +1:13.792 19 2 15 18 Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 27 +1:22.765 20 1 16 20 Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 27 +1:26.782 23 17 21 Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 27 +1:30.635 22 18 68 Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL 26 +1 lap 24 Ret 5 Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 15 Retirement 6 Ret 69 Jamie Whitham Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 11 Accident 21 Ret 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 9 Accident 18 Ret 25 José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 3 Retirement 13 Ret 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 1 Accident 2 Ret 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 1 Retirement 11 DNS 1 Mick Doohan Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not start/Career-ending accident in qualifying Sources:

250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 26 46:04.289 3 25 2 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 26 +4.439 5 20 3 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 26 +14.096 2 16 4 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +24.221 4 13 5 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 26 +28.614 6 11 6 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 26 +35.373 8 10 7 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 26 +40.182 7 9 8 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 26 +45.096 9 8 9 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 26 +45.483 12 7 10 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 26 +45.762 11 6 11 24 Jason Vincent Honda 26 +46.147 10 5 12 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 26 +52.082 16 4 13 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 26 +1:00.476 14 3 14 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 26 +1:04.989 20 2 15 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 26 +1:09.322 15 1 16 15 David García Yamaha 26 +1:11.896 18 17 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 26 +1:11.911 21 18 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 26 +1:35.977 25 19 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 26 +1:36.796 19 20 63 Shahrol Yuzy Honda 26 +1:43.181 26 21 62 Álvaro Molina Honda 25 +1 lap 23 22 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22 23 22 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 25 +1 lap 30 24 59 Jesús Pérez Honda 25 +1 lap 27 25 28 Naohiro Negishi Honda 25 +1 lap 24 26 60 Alex Debón Honda 25 +1 lap 29 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 23 Accident 13 Ret 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 11 Accident 17 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 9 Retirement 1 Ret 64 Manuel Luque Yamaha 1 Retirement 28 DNS 19 Olivier Jacque Yamaha Did not start Source:

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Masao Azuma Honda 23 42:25.263 1 25 2 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 23 +0.099 4 20 3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 23 +0.129 3 16 4 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 23 +0.357 6 13 5 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 23 +1.470 2 11 6 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 23 +1.950 7 10 7 16 Simone Sanna Honda 23 +16.948 8 9 8 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 23 +21.074 9 8 9 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 23 +27.613 10 7 10 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 23 +28.855 5 6 11 26 Ivan Goi Honda 23 +28.959 19 5 12 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +29.264 21 4 13 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 23 +30.006 17 3 14 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 23 +33.254 16 2 15 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 23 +34.282 13 1 16 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 23 +1:03.413 20 17 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +1:13.010 15 18 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 23 +1:23.096 22 19 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 23 +1:34.536 25 20 53 Emilio Delgado Honda 23 +1:35.111 26 21 55 Antonio Elías Honda 22 +1 lap 29 Ret 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 21 Retirement 12 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 21 Accident 14 Ret 13 Marco Melandri Honda 21 Retirement 11 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 12 Retirement 18 Ret 56 Adrián Araujo Honda 6 Retirement 24 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 6 Retirement 27 Ret 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 5 Retirement 23 Ret 57 Luis Costa Honda 2 Accident 28 Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 54 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. 53 3 Carlos Checa 36 4 Mick Doohan 33 5 Sete Gibernau 33

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 61 2 Yamaha 56 3 Suzuki 53 4 MuZ Weber 11 5 TSR-Honda 7

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

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