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1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Fourth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Grand Prix de France Moto
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course_mi	2.361
Course_km	3.800
Race_No	4
Season_No	16
Date	23 May
Year	1999
Image	Paul Ricard 1986.png
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.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
3	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	42:35.648	5	25
19	USA John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	31	+11.398	3	20
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	31	+13.657	7	16
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	+14.370	14	13
4	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	31	+14.409	4	11
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	31	+16.639	10	10
14	ESP Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+21.224	15	9
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+21.245	13	8
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	+26.063	8	7
5	BRA Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+27.625	12	6
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+1:02.754	17	5
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	31	+1:12.210	18	4
26	JPN Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	31	+1:15.698	16	3
18	DEU Markus Ober	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	30	+1 lap	21	2
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	24	Accident	2
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	7	Retirement	9
12	FRA Jean-Michel Bayle	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	5	Retirement	11
7	ITA Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	4	Retirement	6
2	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	2	Accident	1
21	GBR Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	0	Accident	20
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	0	Accident	19
16	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki		Did not start
20	USA Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3		Did not start
68	AUS Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	BSL		Did not qualify

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	29	40:50.340	4	25
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	29	+10.940	5	20
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	29	+20.696	8	16
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	29	+21.219	6	13
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Honda	29	+21.421	12	11
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	29	+26.021	2	10
12	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	29	+29.172	13	9
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	29	+35.011	14	8
14	AUS Anthony West	TSR-Honda	29	+35.916	19	7
31	JPN Toshihiko Honma	Yamaha	29	+38.122	10	6
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	29	+43.060	9	5
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	29	+52.963	22	4
36	JPN Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	29	+52.970	21	3
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	29	+53.198	15	2
34	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	29	+56.805	11	1
68	FRA Vincent Philippe	Honda	29	+1:24.349	20
11	JPN Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	29	+1:29.118	23
58	ARG Matías Ríos	Aprilia	28	+1 lap	26
22	ESP Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	28	+1 lap	28
27	NLD Rob Filart	Honda	28	+1 lap	24
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	28	Retirement	1
15	ESP David García	Yamaha	24	Retirement	17
23	FRA Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	22	Accident	16
1	ITA Loris Capirossi	Honda	21	Accident	3
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	15	Retirement	7
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	18
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	1	Accident	25
93	FRA Hervé Mora	Aprilia	1	Accident	29
65	FRA Julien da Costa	Honda	1	Retirement	27
67	FRA Thomas Metro	Honda		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	27	40:23.904	3	25
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	27	+6.124	6	20
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	27	+6.401	5	16
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	27	+6.567	2	13
6	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	27	+7.015	11	11
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	27	+7.090	8	10
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	27	+9.163	4	9
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	27	+14.240	14	8
1	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Honda	27	+14.996	17	7
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Honda	27	+15.487	7	6
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	27	+15.490	20	5
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	27	+15.865	18	4
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	27	+19.043	12	3
10	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	27	+34.498	10	2
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	27	+36.391	19	1
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	27	+39.141	16
20	DEU Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	27	+1:00.715	24
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	27	+1:00.814	26
59	FRA Grégory Lefort	Aprilia	27	+1:19.170	25
58	FRA Éric Dubray	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
60	FRA Hervé Louiset	Honda	26	+1 lap	28
52	FRA Mike Lougassi	Honda	25	+2 laps	29
44	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	19	Accident	15
18	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	5	Accident	23
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	5	Accident	21
5	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	2	Accident	1
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	1	Accident	13
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	0	Accident	22
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	0	Accident	9
61	FRA Jimmy Petit	Honda		Did not start

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

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	SPA Àlex Crivillé	79
2	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	53
3	SPA Carlos Checa	47
4	SPA Sete Gibernau	46
5	JPN Norifumi Abe	37

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	86
2	JPN Yamaha	67
3	JPN Suzuki	53
4	ITA Aprilia	19
5	GER MuZ Weber	11

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1998 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2000 French Grand Prix

References

"Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1999".
"1999 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
"Paul Ricard | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "1999 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(23 May 1999). "Grand Prix de France – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · FRENCH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999".
(23 May 1999). "Grand Prix de France – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(23 May 1999). "Grand Prix de France – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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