Grand Prix: | Malaysian |
Flag: | Malaysia |
Official Name: | Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix[1] |
Location: | Sepang International Circuit |
Course Mi: | 3.447 |
Course Km: | 5.548 |
Race No: | 1 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 18 April |
Year: | 1999 |
Pole Rider 500: | John Kocinski |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Pole Time 500: | 2:06.848 |
Fast Rider 500: | Mick Doohan |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | Australia |
Fast Time 500: | 2:07.213 on lap 18 |
First Rider 500: | Kenny Roberts Jr. |
First Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Second Rider 500: | Carlos Checa |
Second Rider 500 Country: | Spain |
Third Rider 500: | Àlex Crivillé |
Third Rider 500 Country: | Spain |
Pole Rider 250: | Valentino Rossi |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 250: | 2:08.956 |
Fast Rider 250: | Loris Capirossi |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 250: | 2:09.381 on lap 11 |
First Rider 250: | Loris Capirossi |
First Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 250: | Tohru Ukawa |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Third Rider 250: | Shinya Nakano |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Pole Rider 125: | Arnaud Vincent |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | France |
Pole Time 125: | 2:17.052 |
Fast Rider 125: | Emilio Alzamora |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
Fast Time 125: | 2:16.868 on lap 19 |
First Rider 125: | Masao Azuma |
First Rider 125 Country: | Japan |
Second Rider 125: | Emilio Alzamora |
Second Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
Third Rider 125: | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
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.
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: [2] [3] |
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: [4] |
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: [5] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[6]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 25 | |
2 | Carlos Checa | 20 | |
3 | Àlex Crivillé | 16 | |
4 | Mick Doohan | 13 | |
5 | Tadayuki Okada | 11 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Suzuki | 25 | |
2 | Yamaha | 20 | |
3 | Honda | 16 | |
4 | Modenas KR3 | 4 | |
5 | Aprilia | 3 |