# 1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23 May 1999 at Le Castellet.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 31 | 42:35.648 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | John Kocinski | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 31 | +11.398 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 31 | +13.657 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 31 | +14.370 | 14 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 31 | +14.409 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 31 | +16.639 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +21.224 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +21.245 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 31 | +26.063 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 31 | +27.625 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 31 | +1:02.754 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 31 | +1:12.210 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 26 | Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 31 | +1:15.698 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 18 | Markus Ober | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 30 | +1 lap | 21 | 2 |
| Ret | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 24 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 7 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 5 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 7 | Luca Cadalora | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 4 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 2 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 21 | Michael Rutter | Millar Honda | Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| DNS | 16 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 20 | Mike Hale | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | | Did not start | | |
| DNQ | 68 | Mark Willis | Buckley Systems BSL Racing | BSL | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 29 | 40:50.340 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 29 | +10.940 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 29 | +20.696 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 29 | +21.219 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 29 | +21.421 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 29 | +26.021 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 29 | +29.172 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | TSR-Honda | 29 | +35.011 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 29 | +35.916 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Toshihiko Honma | Yamaha | 29 | +38.122 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 29 | +43.060 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 29 | +52.963 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome | TSR-Honda | 29 | +52.970 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 29 | +53.198 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 29 | +56.805 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 68 | Vincent Philippe | Honda | 29 | +1:24.349 | 20 | |
| 17 | 11 | Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 29 | +1:29.118 | 23 | |
| 18 | 58 | Matías Ríos | Aprilia | 28 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 19 | 22 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 20 | 27 | Rob Filart | Honda | 28 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 28 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 15 | David García | Yamaha | 24 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 22 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 21 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 9 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 93 | Hervé Mora | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 65 | Julien da Costa | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 27 | |
| DNQ | 67 | Thomas Metro | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 27 | 40:23.904 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 27 | +6.124 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 27 | +6.401 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 27 | +6.567 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 27 | +7.015 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 27 | +7.090 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 27 | +9.163 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 27 | +14.240 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 27 | +14.996 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Honda | 27 | +15.487 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | +15.490 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 27 | +15.865 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 27 | +19.043 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 27 | +34.498 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Aprilia | 27 | +36.391 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 27 | +39.141 | 16 | |
| 17 | 20 | Bernhard Absmeier | Aprilia | 27 | +1:00.715 | 24 | |
| 18 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 27 | +1:00.814 | 26 | |
| 19 | 59 | Grégory Lefort | Aprilia | 27 | +1:19.170 | 25 | |
| 20 | 58 | Éric Dubray | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 21 | 60 | Hervé Louiset | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 22 | 52 | Mike Lougassi | Honda | 25 | +2 laps | 29 | |
| Ret | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 18 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 5 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 5 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 2 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
| DNS | 61 | Jimmy Petit | Honda | | Did not start | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Àlex Crivillé | 79 |
| 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 53 |
| 3 | Carlos Checa | 47 |
| 4 | Sete Gibernau | 46 |
| 5 | Norifumi Abe | 37 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 86 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 67 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 53 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 19 |
| 5 | MuZ Weber | 11 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.