1999 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 August 1999 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czech Republic. The race was marred by Jamie Whitham's fiery crash that causing lengthy delay on the race.

  1999 Czech Republic Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 August 1999
Official name	Grand Prix České republiky[1][2]
Location	Brno
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Jurgen vd Goorbergh Time 2:01.572 Fastest lap Rider Tadayuki Okada Time 2:02.661 on lap 22 Podium First Tadayuki Okada Second Àlex Crivillé Third Kenny Roberts, Jr.
250 cc
Pole position Rider Ralf Waldmann Time 2:04.158 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 2:04.469 on lap 16 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Ralf Waldmann Third Tohru Ukawa
125 cc
Pole position Rider Roberto Locatelli Time 2:09.384 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 2:09.617 on lap 7 Podium First Marco Melandri Second Noboru Ueda Third Lucio Cecchinello

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	45:18.066	6	25
2	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+0.240	2	20
3	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	22	+1.858	5	16
4	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+2.205	3	13
5	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	22	+3.827	4	11
6	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	22	+4.032	11	10
7	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	22	+9.815	8	9
8	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+17.181	12	8
9	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	22	+17.408	13	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+17.593	15	6
11	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	22	+32.221	1	5
12	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	22	+34.519	14	4
13	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	22	+37.566	16	3
14	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	22	+48.323	10	2
15	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	22	+1:10.496	21	1
16	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	22	+1:28.349	22
Ret	6	Norifumi Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	16	Retirement	9
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	12	Retirement	20
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	12	Retirement	23
Ret	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	9	Retirement	7
Ret	52	José David de Gea	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	1	Retirement	24
DNS	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	0	Did not start	19
DNS	69	James Whitham	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	0	Did not start	18
DNS	7	Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	0	Did not start	17
Sources: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	20	41:48.114	3	25
2	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	20	+0.700	1	20
3	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	20	+2.833	5	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	20	+6.206	6	13
5	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	20	+11.776	11	11
6	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	20	+11.989	4	10
7	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	20	+20.421	2	9
8	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	20	+21.842	7	8
9	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	20	+30.956	9	7
10	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	20	+34.465	8	6
11	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	20	+40.974	12	5
12	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	20	+54.621	16	4
13	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	20	+54.787	18	3
14	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	20	+59.356	14	2
15	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	20	+1:02.158	19	1
16	15	David García	Yamaha	20	+1:02.230	21
17	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	20	+1:21.428	25
18	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	20	+1:24.496	20
19	22	Lucas Oliver	Yamaha	20	+1:37.607	23
20	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	20	+1:50.008	27
21	86	Vladimír Častka	Honda	20	+1:50.168	26
Ret	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	17	Accident	10
Ret	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	15	Retirement	22
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	10	Accident	13
Ret	87	Radomil Rous	Honda	10	Retirement	29
Ret	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	9	Accident	17
Ret	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	5	Accident	15
Ret	89	Lars Langer	Yamaha	4	Retirement	30
Ret	73	Arno Visscher	Aprilia	2	Retirement	28
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	0	Accident	24
DNQ	88	Lukáš Vavrečka	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	19	41:23.897	3	25
2	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	19	+11.672	2	20
3	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	19	+11.717	4	16
4	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	19	+11.785	6	13
5	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	19	+21.012	8	11
6	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	19	+24.598	5	10
7	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	19	+24.739	17	9
8	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	19	+24.801	7	8
9	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	19	+24.979	14	7
10	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	19	+40.513	9	6
11	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	19	+41.599	24	5
12	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	19	+41.706	11	4
13	78	Klaus Nöhles	Honda	19	+41.740	12	3
14	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	19	+41.771	21	2
15	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	19	+42.289	10	1
16	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	19	+42.356	22
17	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	19	+42.469	23
18	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	19	+1:01.337	20
19	20	Bernhard Absmeier	Aprilia	19	+1:01.420	18
20	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	19	+1:23.838	15
21	82	Jakub Smrž	Honda	19	+1:24.629	25
22	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	19	+1:26.068	27
23	84	Igor Kaláb	Honda	19	+1:26.406	26
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	18	Accident	1
Ret	81	Jaroslav Huleš	Italjet	15	Retirement	19
Ret	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	12	Retirement	13
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	4	Retirement	16
DNQ	83	Michal Březina	Honda		Did not qualify
WD	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 194 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. 143 3 Tadayuki Okada 138 4 Sete Gibernau 101 5 Tetsuya Harada 86

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 231 2 Yamaha 149 3 Suzuki 143 4 Aprilia 86 5 MuZ Weber 43

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

References

1. "1999 Czech MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
3. "1999 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
4. "Grand Prix České republiky – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
5. "motogp.com · CZECH REPUBLIC GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". www.motogp.com.
6. "Grand Prix České republiky – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
7. "Grand Prix České republiky – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 22 August 1999. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-20.