1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  1999 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 April 1999
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:50.826 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:02.889 on lap 19 Podium First Kenny Roberts Jr. Second Mick Doohan Third Norick Abe
250cc
Pole position Rider Franco Battaini Time 2:06.752 Fastest lap Rider Tohru Ukawa Time 2:05.726 on lap 19 Podium First Shinya Nakano Second Tohru Ukawa Third Loris Capirossi
125cc
Pole position Rider Lucio Cecchinello Time 2:00.785 Fastest lap Rider Max Sabbatani Time 2:10.519 on lap 13 Podium First Masao Azuma Second Hideyuki Nakajo Third Emilio Alzamora

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
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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

Pos.	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

Pos.	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.