1999 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1999 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 October 1999
Official name	Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:32.319 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:32.743 on lap 7 Podium First Tadayuki Okada Second Max Biaggi Third Régis Laconi
250cc
Pole position Rider Jeremy McWilliams Time 1:33.919 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:33.556 on lap 25 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Olivier Jacque Third Tohru Ukawa
125cc
Pole position Rider Noboru Ueda Time 1:38.600 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:38.118 on lap 21 Podium First Marco Melandri Second Lucio Cecchinello Third Youichi Ui

The 1999 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 October 1999 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	42:09.271	7	25
2	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+0.085	5	20
3	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+0.124	3	16
4	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+9.497	10	13
5	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+9.811	12	11
6	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+10.691	6	10
7	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+12.135	15	9
8	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+25.028	11	8
9	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	27	+25.219	14	7
10	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+41.652	1	6
11	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	27	+47.628	17	5
12	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	27	+47.670	18	4
13	52	José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	27	+1:22.997	21	3
14	37	Steve Martin	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	27	+1:23.305	23	2
15	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	27	+1:35.980	24	1
16	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	8
17	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	26	+1 lap	9
Ret	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	23	Retirement	2
Ret	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	23	Retirement	4
Ret	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	6	Accident	20
Ret	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	5	Retirement	16
Ret	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	3	Retirement	19
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	2	Retirement	22
Ret	35	Anthony Gobert	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	0	Accident	13
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	25	39:28.278	7	25
2	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	25	+0.103	2	20
3	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+0.729	5	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	25	+0.796	4	13
5	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	25	+13.097	8	11
6	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	25	+13.133	3	10
7	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	25	+25.831	10	9
8	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	25	+25.994	11	8
9	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	25	+35.124	9	7
10	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	25	+36.446	13	6
11	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	25	+49.725	12	5
12	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	25	+50.949	6	4
13	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	25	+59.357	16	3
14	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	25	+59.373	15	2
15	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	25	+1:06.163	20	1
16	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	25	+1:27.873	19
17	15	David García	Yamaha	25	+1:29.494	21
18	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	24	+1 lap	22
19	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	25
20	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	28
21	39	Roger Harrison	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	27
Ret	40	Jay Taylor	Honda	22	Accident	26
Ret	38	Shaun Geronimi	Yamaha	2	Accident	18
Ret	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	2	Accident	17
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	2	Retirement	14
Ret	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	2	Retirement	23
Ret	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia	1	Accident	1
Ret	43	Kevin Curtain	Honda	1	Retirement	24
DNS	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia		Did not start
DNQ	42	Aaron Clark	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	22	Lucas Oliver Bultó	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source:

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	23	38:07.081	3	25
2	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	23	+0.035	2	20
3	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	23	+0.179	4	16
4	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	23	+1.043	8	13
5	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+1.259	16	11
6	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+1.898	6	10
7	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	23	+10.207	10	9
8	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+11.845	7	8
9	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	23	+12.890	9	7
10	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+16.527	15	6
11	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+16.731	12	5
12	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	23	+16.837	13	4
13	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	23	+36.339	17	3
14	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	23	+36.408	19	2
15	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+49.941	11	1
16	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	23	+51.121	20
17	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	23	+51.786	18
18	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	23	+53.389	14
19	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	23	+1:07.146	21
20	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	23	+1:16.137	27
21	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+1:16.144	25
22	24	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	23	+1:28.270	26
23	88	Broc Parkes	Honda	22	+1 lap	29
24	92	Dennis Charlett	Honda	22	+1 lap	30
Ret	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	19	Accident	1
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	8	Retirement	5
Ret	90	Andrew Willy	Honda	6	Retirement	28
Ret	89	Peter Galvin	Honda	5	Retirement	23
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	3	Retirement	22
Ret	91	Michael Teniswood	Honda	0	Retirement	24
Source:

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	230
2	Tadayuki Okada	189
3	Kenny Roberts Jr.	179
4	Max Biaggi	129
5	Sete Gibernau	124

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	294
2	Yamaha	210
3	Suzuki	181
4	Aprilia	94
5	MuZ Weber	56

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