From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro
flag	Brazil
Official Name	Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Course_mi	3.065
Course_km	4.933
Race_No	15
Season_No	16
Date	24 October
Year	1999
Image	Jacarepaguá.svg
Pole_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Pole_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Time_500	1:52.227
Fast_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Fast_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_500	1:52.869 on lap 10
First_Rider_500	Norick Abe
First_Rider_500_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_500	Max Biaggi
Second_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_500	Kenny Roberts Jr.
Third_Rider_500_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_250	Olivier Jacque
Pole_Rider_250_Country	France
Pole_Time_250	1:54.072
Fast_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:54.230 on lap 20
First_Rider_250	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Tohru Ukawa
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Loris Capirossi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:59.490
Fast_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:59.801 on lap 20
First_Rider_125	Noboru Ueda
First_Rider_125_Country	Japan
Second_Rider_125	Marco Melandri
Second_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_125	Emilio Alzamora
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 24 October 1999 at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet.

This was the last race without a current or former premier class champion on the grid until the 2020 Aragon Grand Prix.

Valentino Rossi won the 250cc race and the title at this event his 2nd title in his young career

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	24	45:24.308	12	25
2	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+0.161	6	20
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	24	+0.257	1	16
5	BRA Alex Barros	Team Telefônica Celular	Honda	24	+4.442	3	13
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+4.631	2	11
3	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+21.254	11	10
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+21.525	5	9
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+22.394	10	8
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	24	+23.089	9	7
35	AUS Anthony Gobert	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	24	+30.275	8	6
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	24	+41.314	14	5
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	24	+41.648	18	4
19	USA John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	24	+42.757	15	3
52	ESP José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	24	+43.380	16	2
26	JPN Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	24	+45.652	19	1
68	AUS Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	24	+48.740	21
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	24	+1:14.209	17
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	24	+1:27.360	23
14	ESP Juan Borja	Team Telefônica Celular	Honda	7	Retirement	13
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	4	Retirement	7
20	USA Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	4	Retirement	20
4	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	1	Accident	4
21	GBR Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	1	Retirement	24
37	AUS Steve Martin	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	0	Retirement	22

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	22	42:17.893	2	25
4	JPN Tohru Ukawa	Honda	22	+1.328	9	20
1	ITA Loris Capirossi	Honda	22	+1.944	4	16
19	FRA Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	22	+2.342	1	13
7	ITA Stefano Perugini	Honda	22	+2.395	8	11
12	ARG Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	22	+13.031	5	10
6	DEU Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	22	+15.483	10	9
11	JPN Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	22	+16.222	12	8
44	ITA Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	22	+41.230	13	7
37	ITA Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	22	+43.002	11	6
24	GBR Jason Vincent	Honda	22	+43.012	14	5
66	DEU Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	22	+54.010	18	4
23	FRA Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	22	+1:12.641	17	3
18	GBR Scott Smart	Aprilia	22	+1:12.746	16	2
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	22	+1:12.791	3	1
41	NLD Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	22	+1:32.120	19
10	ESP Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	22	+1:32.440	20
58	ARG Matías Ríos	Aprilia	22	+1:42.432	23
16	SWE Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	22	+1:44.838	21
32	DEU Markus Barth	Yamaha	20	Retirement	24
14	AUS Anthony West	TSR-Honda	15	Retirement	15
9	GBR Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	13	Retirement	6
21	ITA Franco Battaini	Aprilia	5	Retirement	7
15	ESP David García	Yamaha	1	Retirement	22
17	NLD Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda		Did not start
36	JPN Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda		Withdrew

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
6	JPN Noboru Ueda	Honda	21	42:14.647	6	25
13	ITA Marco Melandri	Honda	21	+0.131	1	20
7	ESP Emilio Alzamora	Honda	21	+0.977	12	16
32	ITA Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	21	+1.055	5	13
23	ITA Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	21	+1.297	8	11
4	JPN Masao Azuma	Honda	21	+1.457	2	10
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	21	+1.689	3	9
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	21	+2.025	4	8
16	ITA Simone Sanna	Honda	21	+2.280	11	7
41	JPN Youichi Ui	Derbi	21	+20.740	7	6
26	ITA Ivan Goi	Honda	21	+24.150	15	5
10	ESP Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	21	+24.424	13	4
21	FRA Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	21	+29.529	16	3
11	ITA Max Sabbatani	Honda	21	+30.710	14	2
29	ESP Ángel Nieto Jr.	Honda	21	+30.755	19	1
17	DEU Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	21	+49.281	20
1	JPN Kazuto Sakata	Honda	21	+52.716	22
12	FRA Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	21	+52.850	18
18	DEU Reinhard Stolz	Honda	21	+52.955	21
9	FRA Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	21	+53.422	17
5	ITA Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	21	+1:06.648	10
24	DNK Robbin Harms	Aprilia	21	+1:21.345	24
97	BRA César Barros	Honda	21	+1:30.648	27
96	BRA Cristiano Vieira	Honda	21	+1:31.895	25
99	USA Jason DiSalvo	Honda	21	+1:50.098	26
95	BRA Renato Velludo	Honda	20	+1 lap	28
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	Derbi	10	Retirement	23
8	ITA Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	4	Accident	9
44	ITA Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia		Did not start
98	BRA Alexander Di Grandi	Honda		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	SPA Àlex Crivillé	256
2	JPN Tadayuki Okada	211
3	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	195
4	ITA Max Biaggi	174
5	SPA Sete Gibernau	155

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Honda	327
2	JPN Yamaha	260
3	JPN Suzuki	206
4	ITA Aprilia	99
5	GER MuZ Weber	58

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1997 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "1999 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(24 October 1999). "Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · RIO GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999".
(24 October 1999). "Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(24 October 1999). "Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1999). "Standings".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

rio-de-janeiro-motorcycle-grand-prix 1999-motogp-race-reports 1999-in-brazilian-motorsport

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report