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 James Whitham's fiery crash that caused a lengthy delay to the race.
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:
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:
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:
Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings 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 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.
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