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1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official_Name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	2
Season_No	16
Date	25 April
Year	1999
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Pole_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Time_500	1:50.826
Fast_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Fast_Time_500	2:02.889 on lap 19
First_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
First_Rider_500_Country	USA
Second_Rider_500	Mick Doohan
Second_Rider_500_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_500	Norick Abe
Third_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_250	Franco Battaini
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	2:06.752
Fast_Rider_250	Tohru Ukawa
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Fast_Time_250	2:05.726 on lap 19
First_Rider_250	Shinya Nakano
First_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_250	Tohru Ukawa
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Lucio Cecchinello
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	2:00.785
Fast_Rider_125	Max Sabbatani
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	2:10.519 on lap 13
First_Rider_125	Masao Azuma
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Hideyuki Nakajo
Second_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_125	Emilio Alzamora
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

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
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	51:54.386	1	25
1	AUS Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+3.841	2	20
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	25	+21.758	10	16
3	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+23.610	9	13
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+23.984	14	11
4	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+37.480	3	10
36	JPN Shinichi Ito	Lucky Strike Honda	Honda	25	+50.582	13	9
5	BRA Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	25	+52.008	6	8
2	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+53.524	5	7
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+1:05.068	11	6
14	ESP Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	25	+1:08.314	15	5
16	JPN Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	25	+1:13.299	12	4
71	JPN Noriyasu Numata	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	25	+1:19.245	25	3
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	25	+1:26.998	17	2
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+1:30.225	8	1
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	25	+1:52.896	23
18	DEU Markus Ober	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	24	+1 lap	24
21	GBR Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	24	+1 lap	22
20	USA Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	24	+1 lap	26
19	USA John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	15	Accident	4
26	JPN Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	13	Retirement	18
12	FRA Jean-Michel Bayle	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	6	Retirement	20
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	2	Retirement	19
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	1	Accident	7
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	1	Retirement	16
11	NZL Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	0	Retirement	21

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	23	48:52.950	2	25
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	23	+2.697	3	20
1	ITA Loris Capirossi	Honda	23	+9.260	9	16
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	23	+11.895	1	13
51	JPN Daijiro Kato	Honda	23	+13.793	10	11
52	JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi	Honda	23	+14.264	8	10
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	23	+21.092	11	9
11	JPN Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	23	+24.485	12	8
34	ITA Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	23	+45.594	5	7
14	AUS Anthony West	TSR-Honda	23	+49.724	17	6
49	JPN Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	23	+1:07.293	7	5
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	23	+1:11.813	18	4
15	ESP David García	Yamaha	23	+1:15.851	27	3
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	23	+1:17.806	19	2
54	JPN Tekkyu Kayo	TSR-Honda	23	+1:18.400	23	1
36	JPN Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	23	+1:19.374	20
12	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	23	+1:28.624	21
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	23	+1:40.318	22
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	22	+1 lap	26
53	JPN Ken Eguchi	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	29
58	ARG Matías Ríos	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	28
71	JPN Takehiko Kurokawa	TSR-Honda	15	Accident	31
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Honda	13	Accident	13
23	FRA Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	13	Retirement	30
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	5	Accident	15
50	JPN Taro Sekiguchi	Yamaha	5	Retirement	25
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	3	Accident	6
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	2	Accident	16
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	2	Retirement	14
22	ESP Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	2	Accident	24
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	0	Retirement	4

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	46:17.752	6	25
48	JPN Hideyuki Nakajo	Honda	21	+21.903	13	20
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	21	+32.523	3	16
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	21	+35.700	26	13
50	JPN Katsuji Uezu	Yamaha	21	+36.781	25	11
5	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	21	+36.903	1	10
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	21	+38.296	12	9
1	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Honda	21	+40.169	11	8
47	JPN Kazuhiro Kubo	Yamaha	21	+40.956	24	7
51	JPN Minoru Nakamura	Honda	21	+48.719	15	6
29	ESP Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	21	+49.059	14	5
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	21	+54.125	4	4
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	+1:29.946	28	3
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	21	+1:32.451	21	2
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	21	+1:43.423	23	1
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	21	+1:58.985	5
18	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	21	+2:00.130	22
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	21	+2:06.371	8
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	20	+1 lap	29
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	20	+1 lap	9
44	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	20	+1 lap	18
20	DEU Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	12	Retirement	20
49	JPN Jun Inageda	Honda	10	Accident	16
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	10	Retirement	19
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	7	Accident	10
10	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	7	Retirement	27
6	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	5	Accident	17
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	4	Accident	2
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Honda	0	Accident	7

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	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	50
2	AUS Mick Doohan	33
3	SPA Carlos Checa	30
4	SPA Àlex Crivillé	29
5	BRA Alex Barros	18

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Suzuki	50
2	JPN Yamaha	36
3	JPN Honda	36
4	MYS Modenas KR3	4
5	ITA Aprilia	3

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "1999 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2017-07-05). "motogp.com · 500cc World Standing 1999".
(25 April 1999). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999".
(25 April 1999). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(25 April 1999). "Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1998). "Results".

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