1999 motorcycle world championship

1999 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Àlex Crivillé
Constructor:	Honda
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Valentino Rossi
Constructor:	Aprilia
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Emilio Alzamora
Constructor:	Honda
<1998 season	2000 season>

The 1999 motorcycle world championship season was the 51st in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

16 races were held in all classes.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 18	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Carlos Checa	Àlex Crivillé	John Kocinski	Mick Doohan
2	04/25	Japanese GP	Motegi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Mick Doohan	Norick Abe	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Mick Doohan
3	09.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Àlex Crivillé	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Àlex Crivillé	Àlex Crivillé
4th	05/23	French GP	Le Castellet	Àlex Crivillé	John Kocinski	Tetsuya Harada	Max Biaggi	Kenny Roberts Jr.
5	06.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Àlex Crivillé	Max Biaggi	Tadayuki Okada	Tetsuya Harada	Kenny Roberts Jr.
6th	June 20	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Àlex Crivillé	Tadayuki Okada	Sete Gibernau	Jürgen van den Goorbergh	Sete Gibernau
7th	26.06.	69. Dutch TT	Aces	Tadayuki Okada	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Sete Gibernau	Tadayuki Okada	Tadayuki Okada
8th	04.07.	British GP	Donington	Àlex Crivillé	Tadayuki Okada	Tetsuya Harada	Tadayuki Okada	Àlex Crivillé
9	07/18	63rd GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Àlex Crivillé	Norick Abe	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Alex Barros
10	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Tadayuki Okada	Àlex Crivillé	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Jürgen van den Goorbergh	Tadayuki Okada
11	05.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Àlex Crivillé	Alex Barros	Max Biaggi	Àlex Crivillé	Alex Barros
12	19.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Regis Laconi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Garry McCoy	Regis Laconi	Kenny Roberts Jr.
13	03.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Tadayuki Okada	Max Biaggi	Regis Laconi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Kenny Roberts Jr.
14th	10.10.	South African GP	Welkom	Max Biaggi	Sete Gibernau	Àlex Crivillé	Tadayuki Okada	Sete Gibernau
15th	October 24	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Norick Abe	Max Biaggi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Max Biaggi
16	October 31	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Max Biaggi	Norick Abe	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Kenny Roberts Jr.

Driver ranking

1 Àlex Crivillé Honda 267 2  Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 220 3 Tadayuki Okada Honda 211 4th Max Biaggi Yamaha 194 5 Sete Gibernau Honda 165 6th Norick Abe Yamaha 136 7th Carlos Checa Yamaha 125 8th John Kocinski Honda 115 9 Alex Barros Honda 110 10 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 104 11 Regis Laconi Yamaha 103 12 Juan Borja Honda 92 13 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 78 14th Garry McCoy Yamaha 65 15th Haruchika Aoki TSR -Honda 54 16  Jürgen van den Goorbergh MuZ -Weber 40 17th Mick Doohan Honda 33 18th Simon Crafar Yamaha / MuZ-Weber 19th

19th Sébastien Gimbert Honda 16 20th Luca Cadalora MuZ-Weber 14th 21st Shin'ichi Ito Honda 9 22nd Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 9 23  David De Gea TSR-Honda / Honda / Modenas 8th 24 Markus Ober Honda 7th 25th Anthony Gobert MuZ-Weber 6th 26th José Luis Cardoso Honda 6th 27 Michael Rutter Honda 5 28 Jean-Michel Bayle Modenas 4th 29 Noriyasu Numata MuZ-Weber 3 30th Mark Willis BSL / Honda / Modenas 3 Mike Hale Modenas 3 32 Jamie Whitham Modenas 2  Steve Martin Honda 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	338
2	Yamaha	280
3	Suzuki	231
4th	Aprilia	104
5	MuZ -Weber	58
6th	TSR - Honda	56
7th	Modenas	17th

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 18	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Loris Capirossi	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi
2	04/25	Japanese GP	Motegi	Shin'ya Nakano	Tōru Ukawa	Loris Capirossi	Franco Battaini	Tōru Ukawa
3	09.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa	Loris Capirossi	Shin'ya Nakano	Shin'ya Nakano
4th	05/23	French GP	Le Castellet	Tōru Ukawa	Shin'ya Nakano	Stefano Perugini	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
5	06.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Valentino Rossi	Ralf Waldmann	Tōru Ukawa	Marcellino Lucchi	Valentino Rossi
6th	June 20	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa	Franco Battaini	Tōru Ukawa	Valentino Rossi
7th	26.06.	69. Dutch TT	Aces	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Jeremy McWilliams	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi
8th	04.07.	British GP	Donington	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Shin'ya Nakano	Loris Capirossi	Loris Capirossi
9	07/18	63rd GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi	Ralf Waldmann	Valentino Rossi	Loris Capirossi
10	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Valentino Rossi	Ralf Waldmann	Tōru Ukawa	Ralf Waldmann	Valentino Rossi
11	05.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi	Olivier Jacque	Olivier Jacque	Stefano Perugini
12	19.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Tōru Ukawa	Franco Battaini	Loris Capirossi	Shin'ya Nakano	Franco Battaini
13	03.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Valentino Rossi	Olivier Jacque	Tōru Ukawa	Jeremy McWilliams	Valentino Rossi
14th	10.10.	South African GP	Welkom	Valentino Rossi	Shin'ya Nakano	Olivier Jacque	Loris Capirossi	Valentino Rossi
15th	October 24	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Valentino Rossi	Tōru Ukawa	Loris Capirossi	Olivier Jacque	Valentino Rossi
16	October 31	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Olivier Jacque	Tōru Ukawa	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Olivier Jacque

Driver ranking

1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 309 2 Tōru Ukawa Honda 261 3 Loris Capirossi Honda 209 4th Shin'ya Nakano Yamaha 207 5 Stefano Perugini Honda 151 6th Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 131 7th Olivier Jacque Yamaha 122 8th Franco Battaini Aprilia 121 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 98 10 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 83 11 Jay Vincent Honda / TSR -Honda 70 12 Anthony West Honda / TSR-Honda 66 13 Luca Boscoscuro Honda / TSR-Honda 66 14th Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 62 15th Tomomi Manako Yamaha 52 16 Alex Hofmann TSR Honda 51

17th Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 49 18th Masaki Tokudome Honda / TSR-Honda 37 19th Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 21st 20th Daijirō Katō Honda 11 21st Julien Allemand Honda / TSR-Honda 11 22nd Tatsuya Yamaguchi Honda 10 23 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 10 24 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 6th 25th Lucas Oliver Bultó Yamaha 6th 26th Scott Smart Aprilia 5 27 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 4th Jamie Robinson Yamaha 4th 29  David García Yamaha 4th 30th Jarno Janssen TSR Honda 2 31 Tekkyū Kayō TSR Honda 1

Constructors' championship

1	Aprilia	338
2	Honda	326
3	Yamaha	249
4th	TSR - Honda	104

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	April 18	Malaysian GP	Sepang	Masao Azuma	Emilio Alzamora	Gianluigi Scalvini	Arnaud Vincent	Emilio Alzamora
2	04/25	Japanese GP	Motegi	Masao Azuma	Hideyuki Nakajō	Emilio Alzamora	Lucio Cecchinello	Max Sabbatani
3	09.05.	GP of Spain	Jerez	Masao Azuma	Lucio Cecchinello	Emilio Alzamora	Masao Azuma	Masao Azuma
4th	05/23	French GP	Le Castellet	Roberto Locatelli	Arnaud Vincent	Emilio Alzamora	Lucio Cecchinello	Gianluigi Scalvini
5	06.06.	Italian GP	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Marco Melandri	Noboru Ueda	Roberto Locatelli	Kazuto Sakata
6th	June 20	Catalonia GP	Barcelona	Arnaud Vincent	Emilio Alzamora	Marco Melandri	Roberto Locatelli	Noboru Ueda
7th	26.06.	69. Dutch TT	Aces	Masao Azuma	Noboru Ueda	Roberto Locatelli	Lucio Cecchinello	Noboru Ueda
8th	04.07.	British GP	Donington	Masao Azuma	Noboru Ueda	Emilio Alzamora	Gianluigi Scalvini	Roberto Locatelli
9	07/18	63rd GP of Germany	Sachsenring	Marco Melandri	Emilio Alzamora	Lucio Cecchinello	Marco Melandri	Emilio Alzamora
10	08/22	Czech GP	Brno	Marco Melandri	Noboru Ueda	Lucio Cecchinello	Roberto Locatelli	Marco Melandri
11	05.09.	GP of Imola	Imola	Marco Melandri	Simone Sanna	Arnaud Vincent	Marco Melandri	Roberto Locatelli
12	19.09.	Valencia GP	Valencia	Gianluigi Scalvini	Emilio Alzamora	Noboru Ueda	Arnaud Vincent	Emilio Alzamora
13	03.10.	Australian GP	Phillip Island	Marco Melandri	Lucio Cecchinello	Yōichi Ui	Noboru Ueda	Marco Melandri
14th	10.10.	South African GP	Welkom	Gianluigi Scalvini	Arnaud Vincent	Marco Melandri	Gianluigi Scalvini	Gianluigi Scalvini
15th	October 24	Rio de Janeiro GP	Jacarepagua	Noboru Ueda	Marco Melandri	Emilio Alzamora	Marco Melandri	Marco Melandri
16	October 31	Argentina GP	Buenos Aires	Marco Melandri	Emilio Alzamora	Roberto Locatelli	Masao Azuma	Marco Melandri

Driver ranking

1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 227 2 Marco Melandri Honda 226 3 Masao Azuma Honda 190 4th Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 173 5 Noboru Ueda Honda 171 6th Gianluigi Scalvini Honda 163 7th Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 155 8th Simone Sanna Honda 123 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 108 10 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 106 11 Yōichi Ui Derbi 84 12 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 66 13 Ivan Goi Honda 61 14th Kazuto Sakata Honda 56 15th Steve Jenkner Aprilia 54 16 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 47 17th Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 46

18th Randy De Puniet Aprilia 26th 19th Max Sabbatani Honda 21st 20th Hideyuki Nakajō Honda 20th 21st Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 20th 22nd  Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 16 23 Pablo Nieto Derbi 15th 24 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 11 25th Frédéric Petit Aprilia 9 26th Reinhard Stolz Honda 9 27 Kazuhiro Kubo Yamaha 7th David Mico Aprilia 7th 29 Minoru Nakamura Honda 6th 30th Klaus Nöhles Honda 5 31 William De Angelis Honda 4th 32 Robbin Harms Aprilia 3 33 Toni Elías Honda 2

Constructors' championship

1	Honda	367
2	Aprilia	271
3	Derbi	84
4th	Yamaha	11

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1999  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1999 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)