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1999 Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix
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Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prixhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1999-brazilian-motogp 1999 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet 3.065 4.933 15 16 24 October 1999 Jacarepaguá.svg Kenny Roberts Jr. USA 1:52.227 Max Biaggi Italy 1:52.869 on lap 10 Norick Abe Japan Max Biaggi Italy Kenny Roberts Jr. USA Olivier Jacque France 1:54.072 Valentino Rossi Italy 1:54.230 on lap 20 Valentino Rossi Italy Tohru Ukawa Japan Loris Capirossi Italy Marco Melandri Italy 1:59.490 Marco Melandri Italy 1:59.801 on lap 20 Noboru Ueda Japan Marco Melandri Italy Emilio Alzamora 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 Points 1 6 JPN Norick Abe Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha 24 45:24.308 12 25 2 2 ITA Max Biaggi Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 24 +0.161 6 20 3 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 24 +0.257 1 16 4 5 BRA Alex Barros Team Telefônica Celular Honda 24 +4.442 3 13 5 15 ESP Sete Gibernau Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +4.631 2 11 6 3 ESP Àlex Crivillé Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +21.254 11 10 7 8 JPN Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +21.525 5 9 8 24 AUS Garry McCoy Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +22.394 10 8 9 9 JPN Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 24 +23.089 9 7 10 35 AUS Anthony Gobert Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 24 +30.275 8 6 11 55 FRA Régis Laconi Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha 24 +41.314 14 5 12 31 JPN Tetsuya Harada Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia 24 +41.648 18 4 13 19 USA John Kocinski Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda Honda 24 +42.757 15 3 14 52 ESP José David de Gea Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 24 +43.380 16 2 15 26 JPN Haruchika Aoki FCC TSR TSR-Honda 24 +45.652 19 1 16 68 AUS Mark Willis Buckley Systems BSL Racing Modenas KR3 24 +48.740 21 17 25 ESP José Luis Cardoso Team Maxon TSR TSR-Honda 24 +1:14.209 17 18 22 FRA Sébastien Gimbert Tecmas Honda Elf Honda 24 +1:27.360 23 Ret 14 ESP Juan Borja Team Telefônica Celular Honda 7 Retirement 13 Ret 17 NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber 4 Retirement 7 Ret 20 USA Mike Hale Proton KR Modenas Modenas KR3 4 Retirement 20 Ret 4 ESP Carlos Checa Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha 1 Accident 4 Ret 21 GBR Michael Rutter Millar Honda Honda 1 Retirement 24 Ret 37 AUS Steve Martin Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda 0 Retirement 22 Sources: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1999/500cc/BRA/RAC/classification.pdf Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 24 October 1999 23 May 2016http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1999/RIO/500cc/RAC motogp.com · RIO GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999 www.motogp.com 2018-07-22 2018-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20180722155902/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1999/RIO/500cc/RAC dead
250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Aprilia 22 42:17.893 2 25 2 4 JPN Tohru Ukawa Honda 22 +1.328 9 20 3 1 ITA Loris Capirossi Honda 22 +1.944 4 16 4 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Yamaha 22 +2.342 1 13 5 7 ITA Stefano Perugini Honda 22 +2.395 8 11 6 12 ARG Sebastián Porto Yamaha 22 +13.031 5 10 7 6 DEU Ralf Waldmann Aprilia 22 +15.483 10 9 8 11 JPN Tomomi Manako Yamaha 22 +16.222 12 8 9 44 ITA Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 22 +41.230 13 7 10 37 ITA Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 22 +43.002 11 6 11 24 GBR Jason Vincent Honda 22 +43.012 14 5 12 66 DEU Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 22 +54.010 18 4 13 23 FRA Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 22 +1:12.641 17 3 14 18 GBR Scott Smart Aprilia 22 +1:12.746 16 2 15 56 JPN Shinya Nakano Yamaha 22 +1:12.791 3 1 16 41 NLD Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 22 +1:32.120 19 17 10 ESP Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 22 +1:32.440 20 18 58 ARG Matías Ríos Aprilia 22 +1:42.432 23 19 16 SWE Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 22 +1:44.838 21 Ret 32 DEU Markus Barth Yamaha 20 Retirement 24 Ret 14 AUS Anthony West TSR-Honda 15 Retirement 15 Ret 9 GBR Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 13 Retirement 6 Ret 21 ITA Franco Battaini Aprilia 5 Retirement 7 Ret 15 ESP David García Yamaha 1 Retirement 22 DNS 17 NLD Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda Did not start WD 36 JPN Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda Withdrew Source: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1999/250cc/BRA/RAC/classification.pdf Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 24 October 1999 23 May 2016
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 JPN Noboru Ueda Honda 21 42:14.647 6 25 2 13 ITA Marco Melandri Honda 21 +0.131 1 20 3 7 ESP Emilio Alzamora Honda 21 +0.977 12 16 4 32 ITA Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 21 +1.055 5 13 5 23 ITA Gino Borsoi Aprilia 21 +1.297 8 11 6 4 JPN Masao Azuma Honda 21 +1.457 2 10 7 54 SMR Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 21 +1.689 3 9 8 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 21 +2.025 4 8 9 16 ITA Simone Sanna Honda 21 +2.280 11 7 10 41 JPN Youichi Ui Derbi 21 +20.740 7 6 11 26 ITA Ivan Goi Honda 21 +24.150 15 5 12 10 ESP Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 21 +24.424 13 4 13 21 FRA Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 21 +29.529 16 3 14 11 ITA Max Sabbatani Honda 21 +30.710 14 2 15 29 ESP Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 21 +30.755 19 1 16 17 DEU Steve Jenkner Aprilia 21 +49.281 20 17 1 JPN Kazuto Sakata Honda 21 +52.716 22 18 12 FRA Randy de Puniet Aprilia 21 +52.850 18 19 18 DEU Reinhard Stolz Honda 21 +52.955 21 20 9 FRA Frédéric Petit Aprilia 21 +53.422 17 21 5 ITA Lucio Cecchinello Honda 21 +1:06.648 10 22 24 DNK Robbin Harms Aprilia 21 +1:21.345 24 23 97 BRA César Barros Honda 21 +1:30.648 27 24 96 BRA Cristiano Vieira Honda 21 +1:31.895 25 25 99 USA Jason DiSalvo Honda 21 +1:50.098 26 26 95 BRA Renato Velludo Honda 20 +1 lap 28 Ret 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Derbi 10 Retirement 23 Ret 8 ITA Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 4 Accident 9 DNS 44 ITA Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia Did not start DNQ 98 BRA Alexander Di Grandi Honda Did not qualify Source: http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1999/125cc/BRA/RAC/classification.pdf Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 24 October 1999 23 May 2016
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/1999/500cc/BRA/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780 Standings 1999 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-20
Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Position 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. Position 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
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 1999 1999 South African Grand Prix 1999 Argentine Grand Prix 1997 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 2000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
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