# 1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 19 September 1999 at the Circuit de Valencia. This race saw the last French Rider to win a race in the premier class until Fabio Quartararo at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix almost 21 years later.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | 53:23.825 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +3.548 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 30 | +4.609 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +6.155 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +22.031 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 30 | +22.144 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +36.985 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 | John Kocinski | Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda | Honda | 30 | +37.198 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +43.376 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 30 | +43.420 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:09.478 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:12.741 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 30 | +1:26.833 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | José David de Gea | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 30 | +1:43.106 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 20 | Mike Hale | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 29 | +1 lap | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Michael Rutter | Millar Honda | Honda | 29 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 17 | 32 | Marc Garcia | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 28 | +2 laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 23 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 22 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 21 | Retirement | 13 | |
| Ret | 68 | Mark Willis | Buckley Systems BSL Racing | Modenas KR3 | 6 | Accident | 16 | |
| DNQ | 27 | Bernard Garcia | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | | Did not qualify | | |
| WD | 26 | Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 27 | 49:50.449 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +5.125 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 27 | +10.224 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 27 | +14.848 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 27 | +34.042 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 27 | +37.495 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 27 | +44.911 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 27 | +1:01.011 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:10.352 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:18.683 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:20.847 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Lucas Oliver Bultó | Yamaha | 27 | +1:23.051 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 27 | +1:24.329 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome | TSR-Honda | 27 | +1:26.837 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 27 | +1:45.669 | 30 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | David García | Yamaha | 27 | +1:48.927 | 25 | |
| 17 | 18 | Scott Smart | Aprilia | 27 | +1:49.731 | 20 | |
| 18 | 60 | Alex Debón | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 19 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 58 | Matías Ríos | Aprilia | 24 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 22 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 17 | Maurice Bolwerk | TSR-Honda | 21 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 20 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 57 | Ismael Bonilla | Honda | 20 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 17 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 62 | Álvaro Molina | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 6 | Ralf Waldmann | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 91 | David Ortega | TSR-Honda | 9 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 11 | Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 69 | Daniel Ribalta | Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 23 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 25 | 47:36.994 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 25 | +7.957 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 25 | +28.360 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 25 | +32.455 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 25 | +39.038 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 25 | +1:09.267 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 16 | Simone Sanna | Honda | 25 | +1:34.477 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 25 | +1:35.606 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 85 | David Micó | Aprilia | 25 | +1:35.921 | 29 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 25 | +1:39.107 | 25 | 6 |
| 11 | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 25 | +1:39.479 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 25 | +1:50.845 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 26 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Antonio Elías | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 27 | 2 |
| 15 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 20 | Bernhard Absmeier | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 17 | 53 | Emilio Delgado | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 86 | Iván Martínez | Aprilia | 13 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 12 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 13 | Marco Melandri | Honda | 12 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 11 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 6 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 6 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 6 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 3 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 56 | Adrián Araujo | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 17 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Àlex Crivillé | 219 |
| 2 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 173 |
| 3 | Tadayuki Okada | 164 |
| 4 | Sete Gibernau | 114 |
| 5 | Max Biaggi | 109 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 269 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 190 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 173 |
| 4 | Aprilia | 94 |
| 5 | MuZ Weber | 52 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.