1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1999 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 May 1999
Official name	Grand Prix de France Moto[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.800 km (2.361 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Max Biaggi Time 1:20.969 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:21.487 on lap 3 Podium First Àlex Crivillé Second John Kocinski Third Tetsuya Harada
250cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:23.366 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:23.635 on lap 12 Podium First Tohru Ukawa Second Shinya Nakano Third Stefano Perugini
125cc
Pole position Rider Lucio Cecchinello Time 1:28.864 Fastest lap Rider Gianluigi Scalvini Time 1:28.891 on lap 12 Podium First Roberto Locatelli Second Arnaud Vincent Third Emilio Alzamora

500 cc classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 79 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. 53 3 Carlos Checa 47 4 Sete Gibernau 46 5 Norifumi Abe 37

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 86 2 Yamaha 67 3 Suzuki 53 4 Aprilia 19 5 MuZ Weber 11

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

Notes

1. Franco Battaini received a 5-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.^[7]