# 1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 25 April 1999 at the Twin Ring Motegi.
This race would be the final 500cc podium for 5-time world champion Mick Doohan.

## 500 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | 51:54.386 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Mick Doohan | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +3.841 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Norick Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin | Yamaha | 25 | +21.758 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Àlex Crivillé | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +23.610 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +23.984 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +37.480 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Shinichi Ito | Lucky Strike Honda | Honda | 25 | +50.582 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Alex Barros | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +52.008 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +53.524 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +1:05.068 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 | Juan Borja | Movistar Honda Pons | Honda | 25 | +1:08.314 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 25 | +1:13.299 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Noriyasu Numata | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 25 | +1:19.245 | 25 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | José Luis Cardoso | Team Maxon TSR | TSR-Honda | 25 | +1:26.998 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +1:30.225 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Sébastien Gimbert | Tecmas Honda Elf | Honda | 25 | +1:52.896 | 23 | |
| 17 | 18 | Markus Ober | Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 18 | 21 | Michael Rutter | Millar Honda | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 19 | 20 | Mike Hale | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 24 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 19 | John Kocinski | Kanemoto Honda | Honda | 15 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 26 | Haruchika Aoki | FCC TSR | TSR-Honda | 13 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 12 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Proton KR Modenas | Modenas KR3 | 6 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jurgen van den Goorbergh | Team Biland GP1 | MuZ Weber | 2 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 55 | Régis Laconi | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Aprilia Grand Prix Racing | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Simon Crafar | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | Yamaha | 0 | Retirement | 21 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Yamaha | 23 | 48:52.950 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Tohru Ukawa | Honda | 23 | +2.697 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Loris Capirossi | Honda | 23 | +9.260 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 23 | +11.895 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 51 | Daijiro Kato | Honda | 23 | +13.793 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Tatsuya Yamaguchi | Honda | 23 | +14.264 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Aprilia | 23 | +21.092 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Tomomi Manako | Yamaha | 23 | +24.485 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Marcellino Lucchi | Aprilia | 23 | +45.594 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Anthony West | TSR-Honda | 23 | +49.724 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 49 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 23 | +1:07.293 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Aprilia | 23 | +1:11.813 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | David García | Yamaha | 23 | +1:15.851 | 27 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Yamaha | 23 | +1:17.806 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 54 | Tekkyu Kayo | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:18.400 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 36 | Masaki Tokudome | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:19.374 | 20 | |
| 17 | 12 | Sebastián Porto | Yamaha | 23 | +1:28.624 | 21 | |
| 18 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | TSR-Honda | 23 | +1:40.318 | 22 | |
| 19 | 41 | Jarno Janssen | TSR-Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 20 | 53 | Ken Eguchi | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 21 | 58 | Matías Ríos | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 71 | Takehiko Kurokawa | TSR-Honda | 15 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jason Vincent | Honda | 13 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 23 | Julien Allemand | TSR-Honda | 13 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 50 | Taro Sekiguchi | Yamaha | 5 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Honda | 2 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 37 | Luca Boscoscuro | TSR-Honda | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Lucas Oliver | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jeremy McWilliams | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 4 | |
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## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 21 | 46:17.752 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 48 | Hideyuki Nakajo | Honda | 21 | +21.903 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Emilio Alzamora | Honda | 21 | +32.523 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 | Youichi Ui | Derbi | 21 | +35.700 | 26 | 13 |
| 5 | 50 | Katsuji Uezu | Yamaha | 21 | +36.781 | 25 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Lucio Cecchinello | Honda | 21 | +36.903 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Honda | 21 | +38.296 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Kazuto Sakata | Honda | 21 | +40.169 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 47 | Kazuhiro Kubo | Yamaha | 21 | +40.956 | 24 | 7 |
| 10 | 51 | Minoru Nakamura | Honda | 21 | +48.719 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 29 | Ángel Nieto, Jr. | Honda | 21 | +49.059 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Gianluigi Scalvini | Aprilia | 21 | +54.125 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 21 | +1:29.946 | 28 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Ivan Goi | Honda | 21 | +1:32.451 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 21 | +1:43.423 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 21 | +1:58.985 | 5 | |
| 17 | 18 | Reinhard Stolz | Honda | 21 | +2:00.130 | 22 | |
| 18 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 21 | +2:06.371 | 8 | |
| 19 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Derbi | 20 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 20 | 9 | Frédéric Petit | Aprilia | 20 | +1 lap | 9 | |
| 21 | 44 | Alessandro Brannetti | Aprilia | 20 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| Ret | 20 | Bernhard Absmeier | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 49 | Jun Inageda | Honda | 10 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 21 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 10 | Jerónimo Vidal | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 6 | Noboru Ueda | Honda | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 16 | Simone Sanna | Honda | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 50 |
| 2 | Mick Doohan | 33 |
| 3 | Carlos Checa | 30 |
| 4 | Àlex Crivillé | 29 |
| 5 | Alex Barros | 18 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Suzuki | 50 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 36 |
| 3 | Honda | 36 |
| 4 | Modenas KR3 | 4 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 3 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.