1999 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 April 1999
Official name	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix [1]
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider John Kocinski Time 2:06.848 Fastest lap Rider Mick Doohan Time 2:07.213 on lap 18 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 on lap 11 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 on lap 19 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 18 April 1999 at the Sepang International Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	21	44:56.033	3	25
2	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+4.279	14	20
3	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+4.780	5	16
4	1	Mick Doohan	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+4.902	7	13
5	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+7.269	12	11
6	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	21	+13.202	11	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+23.724	8	9
8	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	21	+23.811	9	8
9	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	21	+25.156	4	7
10	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+31.548	13	6
11	16	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	21	+35.205	10	5
12	12	Jean-Michel Bayle	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	21	+42.405	15	4
13	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	21	+46.749	18	3
14	11	Simon Crafar	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	21	+50.732	19	2
15	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR- Honda	21	+51.667	16	1
16	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	21	+1:14.752	21
17	18	Markus Ober	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	21	+1:51.775	25
18	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	21	+1:54.512	24
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	14	Accident	22
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR- Honda	11	Retirement	20
Ret	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	10	Retirement	2
Ret	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	10	Retirement	23
Ret	7	Luca Cadalora	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	9	Retirement	17
Ret	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Honda	Honda	3	Collision	1
Ret	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	3	Collision	6
DNQ	45	John Allen	Raceline Malaysia	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	BSL		Did not qualify
Sources: [1] [2] [3]

250 cc 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	+1:22.318	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	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		Did not start
WD	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia		Withdrew
Source: [4]

125 cc 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		Did not start
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded. ^[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Kenny Roberts Jr. 25 2 Carlos Checa 20 3 Àlex Crivillé 16 4 Mick Doohan 13 5 Tadayuki Okada 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Suzuki 25 2 Yamaha 20 3 Honda 16 4 Modenas KR3 4 5 Aprilia 3

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

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