1999 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1999 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 31 October 1999 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires.

  1999 Argentine Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 16 races in the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	31 October 1999
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina[1]
Location	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.350 km (2.703 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:44.354 Fastest lap Rider Kenny Roberts Jr. Time 1:44.781 on lap 5 Podium First Kenny Roberts Jr. Second Max Biaggi Third Norick Abe
250cc
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:45.844 Fastest lap Rider Olivier Jacque Time 1:45.734 on lap 4 Podium First Olivier Jacque Second Tohru Ukawa Third Valentino Rossi
125cc
Pole position Rider Masao Azuma Time 1:50.160 Fastest lap Rider Marco Melandri Time 1:50.140 on lap 6 Podium First Marco Melandri Second Emilio Alzamora Third Roberto Locatelli

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	47:23.710	1	25
2	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+2.033	4	20
3	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	27	+2.631	6	16
4	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+4.340	7	13
5	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+4.451	3	11
6	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+24.878	13	10
7	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	27	+25.338	11	9
8	5	Alex Barros	Team Telefónica Unifón	Honda	27	+26.387	10	8
9	14	Juan Borja	Team Telefónica Unifón	Honda	27	+31.868	9	7
10	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	27	+37.536	5	6
11	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	27	+38.553	16	5
12	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+47.953	18	4
13	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	27	+48.083	17	3
14	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	27	+52.512	14	2
15	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	27	+53.237	15	1
16	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	27	+1:27.780	12
17	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	27	+1:27.951	20
18	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	27	+1:45.173	21
19	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	26	+1 lap	22
20	37	Steve Martin	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	26	+1 lap	23
Ret	52	José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	14	Accident	19
Ret	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	Accident	2
Ret	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	6	Retirement	8
DNS	35	Anthony Gobert	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber		Did not start
Sources: [1][2][3]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	25	44:34.817	2	25
2	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	25	+9.236	7	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	25	+17.573	1	16
4	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	25	+21.735	4	13
5	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	25	+26.791	9	11
6	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	25	+33.162	3	10
7	44	Roberto Rolfo	Aprilia	25	+33.673	8	9
8	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	25	+40.963	20	8
9	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	25	+44.523	6	7
10	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	25	+50.445	15	6
11	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	25	+52.881	10	5
12	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	25	+1:10.078	17	4
13	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	25	+1:10.268	18	3
14	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	25	+1:10.481	16	2
15	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	25	+1:11.156	12	1
16	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	25	+1:13.021	24
17	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	25	+1:13.279	21
18	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	25	+1:19.235	19
19	95	Leandro Mulet	Honda	24	+1 lap	28
20	98	Leandro Giuggia	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	29
Ret	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	18	Retirement	11
Ret	94	Gabriel Borgmann	Yamaha	10	Accident	25
Ret	15	David García	Yamaha	9	Retirement	22
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	7	Retirement	14
Ret	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	6	Accident	13
Ret	96	Diego Pierluiggi	Honda	6	Accident	26
Ret	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	2	Retirement	5
Ret	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	1	Retirement	23
Ret	32	Markus Barth	Yamaha	0	Accident	27
DNS	9	Jeremy McWilliams	Aprilia		Did not start
DNQ	97	Roger Buffa	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: [4]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	23	42:37.380	2	25
2	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	23	+0.219	3	20
3	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	23	+1.104	4	16
4	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+7.437	6	13
5	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+26.706	16	11
6	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	23	+31.421	13	10
7	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	23	+32.023	10	9
8	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	23	+42.968	14	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	23	+47.164	21	7
10	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	23	+49.693	18	6
11	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	23	+53.118	12	5
12	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	23	+53.329	20	4
13	24	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	23	+57.343	23	3
Ret	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	22	Retirement	11
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	20	Accident	5
Ret	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	17	Accident	7
Ret	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	16	Retirement	17
Ret	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	11	Retirement	19
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	10	Accident	15
Ret	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	7	Accident	9
Ret	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	6	Retirement	8
Ret	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	3	Retirement	22
Ret	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	1	Accident	1
Ret	99	Jason DiSalvo	Honda	0	Accident	24
DNS	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi		Did not start
DNQ	87	Franco Lessio	Yamaha		Did not qualify
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Àlex Crivillé 267 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. 220 3 Tadayuki Okada 211 4 Max Biaggi 194 5 Sete Gibernau 165

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 338 2 Yamaha 280 3 Suzuki 231 4 Aprilia 104 5 MuZ Weber 64

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