Grand Prix: | French |
Flag: | France |
Official Name: | Grand Prix de France Moto[1] [2] [3] |
Location: | Circuit Paul Ricard |
Course Mi: | 2.361 |
Course Km: | 3.800 |
Race No: | 4 |
Season No: | 16 |
Date: | 23 May |
Year: | 1999 |
Pole Rider 500: | Max Biaggi |
Pole Rider 500 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 500: | 1:20.969 |
Fast Rider 500: | Kenny Roberts Jr. |
Fast Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Fast Time 500: | 1:21.487 on lap 3 |
First Rider 500: | Àlex Crivillé |
First Rider 500 Country: | Spain |
Second Rider 500: | John Kocinski |
Second Rider 500 Country: | USA |
Third Rider 500: | Tetsuya Harada |
Third Rider 500 Country: | Japan |
Pole Rider 250: | Valentino Rossi |
Pole Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 250: | 1:23.366 |
Fast Rider 250: | Valentino Rossi |
Fast Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 250: | 1:23.635 on lap 12 |
First Rider 250: | Tohru Ukawa |
First Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Second Rider 250: | Shinya Nakano |
Second Rider 250 Country: | Japan |
Third Rider 250: | Stefano Perugini |
Third Rider 250 Country: | Italy |
Pole Rider 125: | Lucio Cecchinello |
Pole Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Pole Time 125: | 1:28.864 |
Fast Rider 125: | Gianluigi Scalvini |
Fast Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Fast Time 125: | 1:28.891 on lap 12 |
First Rider 125: | Roberto Locatelli |
First Rider 125 Country: | Italy |
Second Rider 125: | Arnaud Vincent |
Second Rider 125 Country: | France |
Third Rider 125: | Emilio Alzamora |
Third Rider 125 Country: | Spain |
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.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
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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: [4] [5] [6] |
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: [7] |
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: [8] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[9]
Rider | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | Àlex Crivillé | 79 | |
2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 53 | |
3 | Carlos Checa | 47 | |
4 | Sete Gibernau | 46 | |
5 | Norifumi Abe | 37 |
Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | 86 | ||
2 | Yamaha | 67 | |
3 | Suzuki | 53 | |
4 | Aprilia | 19 | |
5 | MuZ Weber | 11 |