The 1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 May 1999 at Le Castellet.
500 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 42:35.648 5 25 2 19 John Kocinski Kanemoto Honda Honda 31 +11.398 3 20 3 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 31 +13.657 7 16 4 15 Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 +14.370 14 13 5 4 Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 31 +14.409 4 11 6 6 Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 31 +16.639 10 10 7 14 Juan Borja Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +21.224 15 9 8 55 Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +21.245 13 8 9 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 31 +26.063 8 7 10 5 Alex Barros Movistar Honda Pons Honda 31 +27.625 12 6 11 11 Simon Crafar Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 31 +1:02.754 17 5 12 22 Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 31 +1:12.210 18 4 13 26 Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 31 +1:15.698 16 3 14 18 Markus Ober Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 30 +1 lap 21 2 Ret 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 24 Accident 2 Ret 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 7 Retirement 9 Ret 12 Jean-Michel Bayle Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 5 Retirement 11 Ret 7 Luca Cadalora Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 4 Retirement 6 Ret 2 Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 2 Accident 1 Ret 21 Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 0 Accident 20 Ret 25 José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 0 Accident 19 DNS 16 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki Did not start DNS 20 Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 Did not start 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 4 Tohru Ukawa Honda 29 40:50.340 4 25 2 56 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 29 +10.940 5 20 3 7 Stefano Perugini Honda 29 +20.696 8 16 4 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 29 +21.219 6 13 5 24 Jason Vincent Honda 29 +21.421 12 11 6 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 29 +26.021 2 10 7 12 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 29 +29.172 13 9 8 66 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 29 +35.011 14 8 9 14 Anthony West TSR-Honda 29 +35.916 19 7 10 31 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 29 +38.122 10 6 11 9 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 29 +43.060 9 5 12 10 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 29 +52.963 22 4 13 36 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 29 +52.970 21 3 14 37 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 29 +53.198 15 2 15 34 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 29 +56.805 11 1 16 68 Vincent Philippe Honda 29 +1:24.349 20 17 11 Tomomi Manako Yamaha 29 +1:29.118 23 18 58 Matías Ríos Aprilia 28 +1 lap 26 19 22 Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 28 +1 lap 28 20 27 Rob Filart Honda 28 +1 lap 24 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 28 Retirement 1 Ret 15 David García Yamaha 24 Retirement 17 Ret 23 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 22 Accident 16 Ret 1 Loris Capirossi Honda 21 Accident 3 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 15 Retirement 7 Ret 41 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 9 Accident 18 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 1 Accident 25 Ret 93 Hervé Mora Aprilia 1 Accident 29 Ret 65 Julien da Costa Honda 1 Retirement 27 DNQ 67 Thomas Metro Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 27 40:23.904 3 25 2 21 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 27 +6.124 6 20 3 7 Emilio Alzamora Honda 27 +6.401 5 16 4 4 Masao Azuma Honda 27 +6.567 2 13 5 6 Noboru Ueda Honda 27 +7.015 11 11 6 13 Marco Melandri Honda 27 +7.090 8 10 7 8 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 27 +9.163 4 9 8 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 27 +14.240 14 8 9 1 Kazuto Sakata Honda 27 +14.996 17 7 10 16 Simone Sanna Honda 27 +15.487 7 6 11 12 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 +15.490 20 5 12 29 Ángel Nieto, Jr. Honda 27 +15.865 18 4 13 32 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 27 +19.043 12 3 14 10 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 27 +34.498 10 2 15 9 Frédéric Petit Aprilia 27 +36.391 19 1 16 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 27 +39.141 16 17 20 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia 27 +1:00.715 24 18 22 Pablo Nieto Derbi 27 +1:00.814 26 19 59 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 27 +1:19.170 25 20 58 Éric Dubray Honda 26 +1 lap 27 21 60 Hervé Louiset Honda 26 +1 lap 28 22 52 Mike Lougassi Honda 25 +2 laps 29 Ret 44 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 19 Accident 15 Ret 18 Reinhard Stolz Honda 5 Accident 23 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Honda 5 Accident 21 Ret 5 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 2 Accident 1 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 1 Accident 13 Ret 26 Ivan Goi Honda 0 Accident 22 Ret 41 Youichi Ui Derbi 0 Accident 9 DNS 61 Jimmy Petit Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 79 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. 53 3 Carlos Checa 47 4 Sete Gibernau 46 5 Norifumi Abe 37
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 86 2 Yamaha 67 3 Suzuki 53 4 Aprilia 19 5 MuZ Weber 11
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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