1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 18 July 1999 at the Sachsenring.

  1999 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 July 1999
Official name	Polini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2]
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.508 km (2.180 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:27.318 Fastest lap Rider Alex Barros Time 1:28.072 on lap 6 Podium First Kenny Roberts Jr. Second Àlex Crivillé Third Norick Abe
250cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:27.913 Fastest lap Rider Loris Capirossi Time 1:28.662 on lap 2 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Loris Capirossi Third Ralf Waldmann
125cc
Pole position Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:30.280 Fastest lap Rider Emilio Alzamora Time 1:30.159 on lap 4 Podium First Marco Melandri Second Emilio Alzamora Third Lucio Cecchinello

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	31	45:59.732	1	25
2	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	+0.338	10	20
3	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	31	+5.669	8	16
4	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	31	+5.737	4	13
5	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	31	+20.316	5	11
6	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	31	+27.848	9	10
7	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	31	+31.016	7	9
8	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+35.425	2	8
9	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	31	+35.909	14	7
10	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	31	+37.124	18	6
11	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+42.252	16	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	31	+44.278	13	4
13	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	31	+45.020	12	3
14	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	31	+46.454	19	2
15	52	José David de Gea	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	31	+1:05.990	20	1
16	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	31	+1:06.346	21
17	18	Markus Ober	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	31	+1:28.717	22
Ret	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	14	Accident	11
Ret	69	James Whitham	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	9	Accident	17
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	4	Retirement	23
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	3	Accident	15
Ret	7	Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	1	Accident	3
Ret	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	1	Accident	6
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	30	44:49.622	1	25
2	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	30	+0.148	3	20
3	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	30	+9.030	6	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	30	+12.295	4	13
5	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	30	+18.391	10	11
6	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	30	+18.553	16	10
7	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	30	+19.201	11	9
8	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	30	+19.637	9	8
9	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	30	+22.149	12	7
10	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	30	+35.995	14	6
11	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	30	+44.097	15	5
12	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	30	+45.011	19	4
13	34	Marcellino Lucchi	Aprilia	30	+45.254	8	3
14	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	30	+47.452	13	2
15	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	30	+47.559	22	1
16	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	30	+1:25.355	21
17	81	Mike Baldinger	TSR-Honda	30	+1:25.473	20
18	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	26
19	85	Matthias Neukirchen	Aprilia	29	+1 lap	29
20	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	29	+1 lap	24
21	84	Dirk Heidolf	Honda	29	+1 lap	28
22	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	23
23	83	Christian Gemmel	Honda	29	+1 lap	30
24	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	29	+1 lap	27
Ret	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	12	Retirement	5
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	5	Accident	2
DSQ	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	3	Black flag	18
Ret	82	Dirk Brockman	Honda	3	Retirement	31
Ret	15	David García	Yamaha	3	Retirement	25
Ret	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	2	Accident	7
Ret	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	1	Accident	17
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	29	44:13.126	1	25
2	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	29	+0.182	2	20
3	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	29	+0.720	7	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	29	+1.449	3	13
5	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	29	+19.138	11	11
6	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	29	+19.267	9	10
7	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	29	+21.524	4	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	29	+23.276	12	8
9	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	29	+23.652	14	7
10	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	29	+23.897	16	6
11	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	29	+24.086	15	5
12	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	29	+29.091	8	4
13	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	29	+30.875	17	3
14	78	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	29	+31.576	6	2
15	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	29	+32.348	13	1
16	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	29	+33.643	10
17	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	29	+43.119	19
18	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	29	+47.707	22
19	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	29	+1:01.204	18
20	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	29	+1:01.456	25
21	80	Maik Stief	Honda	29	+1:02.028	26
22	76	Philipp Hafeneger	Honda	29	+1:02.220	29
23	79	Dirk Reissmann	Aprilia	29	+1:09.100	28
Ret	77	Jarno Müller	Honda	24	Accident	23
Ret	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	21	Accident	20
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	20	Retirement	5
Ret	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	6	Accident	27
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	6	Accident	21
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	0	Accident	24
DNS	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia		Did not start
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 174 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. 127 3 Tadayuki Okada 113 4 Sete Gibernau 95 5 Carlos Checa 78

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 206 2 Yamaha 136 3 Suzuki 127 4 Aprilia 75 5 TSR-Honda 38

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