1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1999 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 16, 1999
Official Name	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix
Location	Sepang
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.443 km (3.44 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski
Time	2:06.848
Fastest lap
Rider	Mick Doohan
Time	2:07.213
Podium
First	Kenny Roberts, Jr.
Second	Carlos Checa
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	2:08.956
Fastest lap
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	2:09.381
Podium
First	Loris Capirossi
Second	Tohru Ukawa
Third	Shinya Nakano
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Arnaud Vincent
Time	2:17.052
Fastest lap
Rider	Emilio Alzamora
Time	2:16.868
Podium
First	Masao Azuma
Second	Emilio Alzamora
Third	Gianluigi Scalvini

The 1999 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on April 18, 1999 at the Sepang International Circuit.

500cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki	21	44:56.033	3	25
2	4	Carlos Checa	Yamaha	21	+4.279	14	20
3	3	Àlex Crivillé	Honda	21	+4.780	5	16
4	1	Mick Doohan	Honda	21	+4.902	7	13
5	8	Tadayuki Okada	Honda	21	+7.269	12	11
6	5	Alex Barros	Honda	21	+13.202	11	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Yamaha	21	+23.724	8	9
8	14	Juan Borja	Honda	21	+23.811	9	8
9	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	21	+25.156	4	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Honda	21	+31.548	13	6
11	16	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki	21	+35.205	10	5
12	12	Jean-Michel Bayle	Modenas KR3	21	+42.405	12	4
13	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia	21	+46.749	18	3
14	11	Simon Crafar	Yamaha	21	+50.732	10	2
15	26	Haruchika Aoki	TSR-Honda	21	+51.667	16	1
16	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Honda	21	+1:14.752	21
17	18	Markus Ober	Honda	21	+1:51.775	25
18	20	Mike Hale	Modenas KR3	21	+1:54.512	24
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Honda	14	Accident	22
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	TSR-Honda	11	Retirement	20
Ret	2	Max Biaggi	Yamaha	10	Retirement	2
Ret	17	Jurgen vd Goorbergh	MuZ Weber	10	Retirement	23
Ret	7	Luca Cadalora	MuZ Weber	9	Retirement	17
Ret	19	John Kocinski	Honda	3	Collision	1
Ret	6	Norick Abe	Yamaha	3	Collision	6
DNQ	45	John Allen	Honda
DNQ	68	Mark Willis	BSL

250cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	20	43:29.305	4	25
2	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	20	+0.111	5	20
3	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	20	+0.787	2	16
4	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	20	+14.894	3	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	20	+24.569	1	11
6	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	20	+30.774	7	10
7	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	20	+34.877	9	9
8	49	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	20	+35.294	8	8
9	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	20	+52.956	15	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	20	+58.656	11	6
11	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	20	+1:05.383	13	5
12	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	20	+1:05.385	16	4
13	36	Masaki Tokudome	Honda	20	+1:21.549	17	3
14	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	20	+1:22.316	21	2
15	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	20	+1:22.741	23	1
16	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	20	+1:24.652	14
17	66	Alex Hofmann	Honda	20	+1:30.484	12
18	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	20	+1:42.994	22
19	15	David García	Yamaha	20	+1:56.191	19
20	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	20	+1:56.369	18
21	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	26
22	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	24
23	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	19	+1 lap	25
Ret	63	Shahrol Yuzy	Honda	19	Accident	20
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	15	Retirement	6
Ret	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	4	Accident	10
Ret	61	Meng Heng Kuang	Honda	4	Retirement	27
DNS	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda
DNQ	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia

125cc classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	43:55.438	4	25
2	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	19	+0.106	2	20
3	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	19	+10.509	6	16
4	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	19	+12.909	1	13
5	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	19	+20.695	15	11
6	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	19	+27.184	7	10
7	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+27.208	8	9
8	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	19	+27.351	18	8
9	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	19	+27.507	19	7
10	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	19	+27.514	16	6
11	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	19	+27.734	10	5
12	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	19	+37.922	13	4
13	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+38.264	20	3
14	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	19	+38.344	5	2
15	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	19	+41.962	12	1
16	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	19	+44.310	14
17	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	19	+47.056	11
18	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	19	+56.919	3
19	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	19	+59.108	23
20	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	19	+1:02.934	21
21	46	Direk Archewong	Honda	19	+1:49.298	24
22	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	19	+2:05.689	25
Ret	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	11	Accident	9
Ret	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	11	Accident	17
Ret	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	11	Retirement	22
Ret	45	Magilai Meganathan	Honda	8	Retirement	26
DNS	13	Marco Melandri	Honda