1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 51st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

The dominant reign of Honda's Mick Doohan came to an end with serious injuries suffered in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.^[1] In his absence, his Honda teammate Àlex Crivillé stepped forward and claimed Spain's first-ever 500cc world championship.^[1] Kenny Roberts Jr. gave a strong performance to finish in second with four victories including an outright victory over Doohan in Japan.^[1]

A young Valentino Rossi continued to impress for Aprilia, winning nine races and claiming his second world championship, this time in the 250 class.^[1] Honda's Emilio Alzamora became only the second rider to win a world championship without winning a race when he captured the 125 crown from Marco Melandri and Masao Azuma who split five victories between them.^[1]

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1999:^[2]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	18 April	Marlboro Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
2	25 April	Marlboro Japanese Grand Prix	Twin Ring Motegi
3	9 May	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito de Jerez
4	23 May	Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
5	6 June	Gran Premio d'Italia IP	Mugello Circuit
6	20 June	Gran Premi Marlboro de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
7	26 June ††	Rizla Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen
8	4 July	British Grand Prix	Donington Park
9	18 July	Polini Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
10	22 August	Grand Prix České Republiky	Brno Circuit
11	5 September	Gran Premio Breil Città di Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
12	19 September	Gran Premio Movistar de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
13	3 October	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
14	10 October	South African Grand Prix	Phakisa Freeway
15	24 October	Telefônica Celular Rio Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
16	31 October	Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez

†† = Saturday race

• The Japanese Grand Prix and Malaysian Grand Prix swapped places, with Malaysia hosting the opening round Grand Prix, instead of Japan.
• The Malaysian Grand Prix was moved from Johor to the newly built Sepang International Circuit.
• The Madrid Grand Prix was taken off the calendar, in favour of the newly built Circuit Ricardo Tormo, which would host the first Valencian Grand Prix this year.
• Both the South African Grand Prix and Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix were added to the calendar. The Rio Grand Prix was removed last year due to organisational problems, whilst South Africa had not been in the calendar since 1992. The race back then, was held at Kyalami.
• The Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix moved from Suzuka Circuit to the new Twin Ring Motegi circuit.

Round	Date	Race	Location	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	18 April	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix[3]	Sepang	Masao Azuma	Loris Capirossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
2	25 April	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Masao Azuma	Shinya Nakano	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
3	9 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Masao Azuma	Valentino Rossi	Àlex Crivillé	Report
4	23 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Roberto Locatelli	Tohru Ukawa	Àlex Crivillé	Report
5	6 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Roberto Locatelli	Valentino Rossi	Àlex Crivillé	Report
6	20 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Arnaud Vincent	Valentino Rossi	Àlex Crivillé	Report
7	26 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Masao Azuma	Loris Capirossi	Tadayuki Okada	Report
8	4 July	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Masao Azuma	Valentino Rossi	Àlex Crivillé	Report
9	18 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report
10	22 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Tadayuki Okada	Report
11	5 September	City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix	Imola	Marco Melandri	Loris Capirossi	Àlex Crivillé	Report
12	19 September	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Gianluigi Scalvini	Tohru Ukawa	Régis Laconi	Report
13	3 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Marco Melandri	Valentino Rossi	Tadayuki Okada	Report
14	10 October	South African motorcycle Grand Prix	Welkom	Gianluigi Scalvini	Valentino Rossi	Max Biaggi	Report
15	24 October	Rio de Janeiro motorcycle Grand Prix	Rio de Janeiro	Noboru Ueda	Valentino Rossi	Norifumi Abe	Report
16	31 October	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Marco Melandri	Olivier Jacque	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Report

†† = Saturday race

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds MoviStar Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 5 Alex Barros All 14 Juan Borja All Kanemoto Honda 19 John Kocinski All Lucky Strike Honda Racing 36 Shinichi Ito 2 Repsol Honda Team 1 Mick Doohan 1–3 3 Àlex Crivillé All 8 Tadayuki Okada All 15 Sete Gibernau 6–16 Honda NSR500V 1–5 Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team 18 Markus Ober 1–9 32 Marc Garcia 12 37 Steve Martin 13–16 52 José David de Gea 10–11 Millar Honda 21 Michael Rutter All Tecmas Honda Elf 22 Sébastien Gimbert All Raceline Malaysia 45 John Allen 1 Team Vimto Honda 46 John McGuinness 8 Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWK1) 2 Max Biaggi All 4 Carlos Checa All Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin 6 Norick Abe All Red Bull Yamaha WCM 11 Simon Crafar 1–6 24 Garry McCoy 7–16 55 Régis Laconi All / Team Biland GP1 MuZ Weber MuZ Weber 500 7 Luca Cadalora 1, 3–7, 9–10 11 Simon Crafar 8 17 Jurgen van den Goorbergh All 27 Bernard Garcia 11–12 35 Anthony Gobert 13–16 71 Noriyasu Numata 2 Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki Suzuki RGV500 (XR89) 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 1–3, 6–16 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. All 16 Yukio Kagayama 1–2 4 Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL BSL 500 V3 68 Mark Willis 1, 3–5 Modenas KR3 Modenas KR3 10–16 / Proton KR Modenas 12 Jean-Michel Bayle 1–2, 4–6 20 Mike Hale 1–4, 10–16 52 José David de Gea 12–16 68 Mark Willis 7, 9 69 Jamie Whitham 3, 5–10 Technical Maxon TSR TSR-Honda TSR-Honda AC50M 25 José Luis Cardoso 1–8, 10–16 52 José David de Gea 9 F.C.C. TSR 26 Haruchika Aoki All Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 31 Tetsuya Harada All Team Paton Paton Paton V70 C10/5 43 Paolo Tessari 5–6

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Elf Axo Honda Gresini Honda Honda NSR250 1 Loris Capirossi 1–5, 7–16 Shell Advance Honda Team Honda Honda NSR250 4 Tohru Ukawa All 40 Jay Taylor 13 TSR-Honda 14 Anthony West All Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 6 Ralf Waldmann 1, 3–16 Fila Watches Honda Honda Honda NSR250 7 Stefano Perugini All QUB Team Optimum Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 9 Jeremy McWilliams 1–13, 15–16 80 Adrian Coates 14 Antena 3 Yamaha–D'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 10 Fonsi Nieto All 15 David García All Yamaha Kurz Aral Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 11 Tomomi Manako All 22 Lucas Oliver 1–4, 6–13 32 Markus Barth 14–16 55 Filippo Cotti 5 Semprucci Biesse–Group Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 12 Sebastián Porto All Edo Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 16 Johan Stigefelt All 47 Ivan Mengozzi 5 Team Rizla Honda Honda Honda NSR250 27 Rob Filart 4–5 TSR-Honda 17 Maurice Bolwerk 1, 7–16 28 Naohiro Negishi 3 41 Jarno Janssen All 71 Takehiko Kurokawa 2 Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 19 Olivier Jacque 1–3, 9–16 31 Toshihiko Honma 4–5 49 Naoki Matsudo 6–7 56 Shinya Nakano All 77 Jamie Robinson 8 FGF Battaini Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 21 Franco Battaini All Tecmas Honda Elf TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 23 Julien Allemand All Padgetts HRC Shop Honda Honda NSR250 24 Jason Vincent All Docshop Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 18 Scott Smart 10–16 34 Marcellino Lucchi 1–9 85 Matthias Neukirchen 9 Future Strategies Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 35 Mario De Matteo 11 Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 36 Masaki Tokudome All Polini TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 37 Luca Boscoscuro All RGV Spares Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 38 Shaun Geronimi 13 Casino Canberra Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 39 Roger Harrison 13 Hjc/Aral Lubricants Honda Honda NSR250 42 Aaron Clark 13 Aluma-Lite Racing Honda Honda NSR250 43 Kevin Curtain 13 Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 44 Roberto Rolfo 1–7, 9–13, 15–16 Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 34 Marcellino Lucchi 11 46 Valentino Rossi All Team Campetella Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 48 Ivan Clementi 5, 11 BP Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 49 Naoki Matsudo 1–2 Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 50 Taro Sekiguchi 2 Castrol Honda Honda Honda NSR250 51 Daijiro Kato 2 Castrol Team Harc Pro Honda Honda NSR250 52 Tatsuya Yamaguchi 2 SP Tadao Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 53 Ken Eguchi 2 F.C.C. TSR TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 54 Tekkyu Kayo 2 Chupa Chups Team Honda Honda NSR250 57 Ismael Bonilla 12 60 Alex Debón 3, 6, 12 PR2 Mitsubishi Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 58 Matías Ríos All KR Sport Team Honda Honda NSR250 59 Jesús Pérez 3, 6 Petronas Sprinta Team Honda Honda NSR250 61 Kuang Meng Heng 1 63 Shahrol Yuzy 1, 3 Fast Racing Echo Team C.C. Neptuno Echo Team Neuauto – BMW Honda Honda NSR250 62 Álvaro Molina 3, 6, 12 M3 Competicion Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 64 Manuel Luque 3 Equipe de France Honda Honda NSR250 65 Julien Da Costa 4 68 Vincent Philippe 4 Racing Factory TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 66 Alex Hofmann All Styl Moto Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 67 Thomas Metro 4 Promoto Sport Honda Honda NSR250 69 Daniel Ribalta 6, 12 Motorola Honda Honda NSR250 70 Iván Silva 6 Johan Jong Brandbom Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 72 Rudie Markink 7 AV Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 73 Arno Visscher 7, 10 Frederikshof VHM Racing Honda Honda NSR250 74 Andre Romein 7 Schoenkaper oz Racing Honda Honda NSR250 75 Henk van de Lagemaat 7 Team Bouwman Consultancy Honda Honda NSR250 76 Rein Ten Napel 7 Team Vimto Honda Honda Honda NSR250 78 Paul Jones 8 Help Hire Bike Assist/Phakisa Honda Honda NSR250 79 Shane Norval 8, 14 Toby Hurst Racing Honda Honda NSR250 80 Adrian Coates 8 Team Kungels Baumaschinen TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 81 Mike Baldinger 9 Speed Unit Honda Honda NSR250 82 Dirk Brockman 9 Kiefer GmBH Racing Honda Honda NSR250 83 Christian Gemmel 9 Freudenberg Racing Team Honda Honda NSR250 84 Dirk Heidolf 9 Slovnaft-Sport Moto Team Honda Honda NSR250 86 Vladimír Částka 10 Klub Racing Team Znojmo Honda Honda NSR250 87 Radomil Rous 10 Moto Racing Klub Ostrava Honda Honda NSR250 88 Lukáš Vavrečka 10 Muller Maler Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 89 Lars Langer 10 RCGM Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 90 Stefano Pennese 11 Costa de Azahar TSR-Honda Honda NSR250 91 David Ortega 12 Ferro Moto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 93 Hervé Mora 4 RC Competicion Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 94 Gabriel Borgmann 16 Lozano Racing Honda Honda NSR250 95 Leandro Mulet 16 Honda Gregorio Racing Honda Honda NSR250 96 Diego Pierluigi 16 Roger Buffa Team Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 97 Roger Buffa 16 Daniel Rios Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR 250 98 Leandro Giuggia 16

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds M.T.P. – Team Pileri Honda Honda RS125R 1 Kazuto Sakata All Benetton Playlife Racing Team – Liegeois Honda Honda RS125R 4 Masao Azuma All 13 Marco Melandri 1, 3–16 Givi Honda LCR Honda Honda RS125R 5 Lucio Cecchinello All 6 Noboru Ueda All Via Digital Team Honda Honda RS125R 7 Emilio Alzamora All 29 Ángel Nieto Jr. All Inoxmacel Fontana Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 8 Gianluigi Scalvini All Racing Moto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 9 Frédéric Petit 1–9, 11–16 Honda Honda RS125R 61 Jimmy Petit 4 C.C. Valencia Valencia III Milenio Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 10 Jerónimo Vidal All 21 Arnaud Vincent All 85 David Micó 12 Matteoni Racing Honda Honda RS125R 11 Max Sabbatani 1–6, 8–16 26 Ivan Goi All 36 Alex de Angelis 11 37 William de Angelis 11 SCRAB Compétition Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 12 Randy de Puniet All Vasco Rossi Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 15 Roberto Locatelli All Polini Honda Honda RS125R 16 Simone Sanna All 18 Reinhard Stolz All 55 Toni Elías 12 94 Levy Beaumont 14 Marlboro Team ADAC Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 17 Steve Jenkner 1–6, 8–16 Mayer–Rubatto Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 20 Bernhard Absmeier 1–12 24 Robbin Harms 13–16 Festina Derbi Derbi Derbi 125 GP 22 Pablo Nieto All 41 Youichi Ui 1–4, 6–16 Semprucci Biesse–Group Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 23 Gino Borsoi All Kappa Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 32 Mirko Giansanti All 54 Manuel Poggiali All Team Ciarom–Ducci Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 38 Diego Giugovaz 11 64 Gaspare Caffiero 5 Team Sandroni Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 39 Christian Magnani 11 EDR Portotrans T.M.R. Competición Honda Honda RS125R 43 Víctor Carrasco 6 53 Emilio Delgado 3, 6, 12 Future Strategies Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 44 Alessandro Brannetti 1–15 Workline Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R 45 Magilai Meganathan 1 Honda–Castrol Honda Honda RS125R 46 Direk Archewong 1 Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 47 Kazuhiro Kubo 2 JHA Racing Honda Honda RS125R 48 Hideyuki Nakajo 2 RT Tube Riders & Maziora Honda Honda RS125R 49 Jun Inageda 2 JT Racing Motul Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 50 Katsuji Uezu 2 C. Networks & Towns Honda Honda RS125R 51 Minoru Nakamura 2 Team GMS Honda Honda RS125R 52 Mike Lougassi 4 R.A.C.C. Honda Honda RS125R 55 Toni Elías 3, 6 Fast Racing by Queroseno Honda Honda RS125R 56 Adrián Araujo 3, 6, 12 Metrakit RACC Honda Honda RS125R 57 Luis Costa 3, 6 S.M.D. Honda Honda RS125R 58 Eric Dubray 4 Provence Moto Sport Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 59 Grégory Lefort 4 Dom Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R 60 Hervé Louiset 4 Team Italia Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 62 Riccardo Chiarello 5 63 Marco Petrini 5 Team Campetella Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 65 Lorenzo Lanzi 5 Bieffe Racing Honda Honda RS125R 66 Marco Tresoldi 5 Luvro Van Leeuwen Motortech Honda Honda RS125R 67 Wilhelm van Leeuwen 7 Ep Bos Electro Elburg Honda Honda RS125R 68 Hans Koopman 7 RTD Doodermans Dakdekkers Honda Honda RS125R 69 Ronnie Timmer 7 Gebben Toyota Ramaker Honda Honda RS125R 70 Harold de Haan 7 Roteg Racing Honda Honda RS125R 71 Patrick Lakerveld 7 Honda Britain Honda Honda RS125R 72 Leon Haslam 8 Speedline–Nrg Honda Honda RS125R 73 Andi Notman 8 RCD Motorsport Honda Honda RS125R 74 Chris Burns 8 Rheos Helmets / Honda Britain Honda Honda RS125R 75 Kenny Tibble 8 Grand IMT Racing Honda Honda RS125R 76 Philipp Hafeneger 9 ADAC Junior Team Honda Honda RS125R 77 Jarno Müller 9 Speed Unit Honda Honda RS125R 78 Klaus Nöhles 9–10 Docshop Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 79 Dirk Reißmann 9 Motorrad BUS Honda Honda RS125R 80 Maik Stief 9 PRD Italjet Italjet Italjet F125 81 Jaroslav Huleš 10–11 Budweiser Budvar elit hanush Honda Honda RS125R 82 Jakub Smrž 10 Delta Uamk Racing Honda Honda RS125R 83 Michal Březina 10 AMK Ravena–Zs Brno Honda Honda RS125R 84 Igor Kaláb 10 Hot Beatriz Aprilia Aprilia RS125R 86 Iván Martínez 12 Pic Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 87 Franco Lessio 16 Scott Walker Racing Honda Honda RS125R 88 Broc Parkes 13 Teknic Motorcycle Clothing Honda Honda RS125R 89 Peter Galvin 13 Fairbairn Cranes Racing Honda Honda RS125R 90 Andrew Willy 13 Teniswood Racing Honda Honda RS125R 91 Michael Teniswood 13 Chris Gordon Racing Honda Honda RS125R 92 Dennis Charlett 13 Robert Portman Racing Honda Honda RS125R 93 Robert Portman 14 Gota Daurada Racing Honda Honda RS125R 95 Renato Velludo 15 Team Honda Brazil Honda Honda RS125R 96 Cristiano Vieira 15 Honda Revista Moto Honda Honda RS125R 97 César Barros 15 Alemao Rodas Montanna Honda Honda RS125R 98 Alexander di Grandi 15 / Polini / Alien Racing Honda Honda RS125R 99 Jason DiSalvo 15–16

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO ARG Pts 1 Àlex Crivillé Honda 3 4 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 Ret 5 3 6 5 267 2 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki 1 1 13 Ret 5 6 2 8 1 3 6 2 10 22 3 1 220 3 Tadayuki Okada Honda 5 15 4 9 3 2 1 2 Ret 1 4 4 1 4 7 Ret 211 4 Max Biaggi Yamaha Ret 9 2 Ret 2 Ret 5 4 Ret 4 3 7 2 1 2 2 194 5 Sete Gibernau Honda 10 5 3 4 6 3 3 DNS 9 10 10 9 6 2 5 6 165 6 Norifumi Abe Yamaha Ret 3 5 6 Ret Ret 6 6 3 Ret 11 6 16 9 1 3 136 7 Carlos Checa Yamaha 2 6 10 5 7 7 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 4 6 Ret 4 125 8 John Kocinski Honda Ret Ret 6 2 8 9 7 9 5 14 8 8 9 10 13 7 115 9 Alex Barros Honda 6 8 Ret 10 Ret Ret 10 5 8 7 2 10 Ret 11 4 8 110 10 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 13 Ret Ret 3 4 4 11 3 7 5 13 11 Ret 15 12 11 104 11 Régis Laconi Yamaha 7 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 9 5 1 3 14 11 12 103 12 Juan Borja Honda 8 11 9 7 9 5 8 7 10 12 Ret Ret 17 5 Ret 9 92 13 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 9 10 Ret 11 4 Ret Ret 6 7 12 8 7 9 Ret 78 14 Garry McCoy Yamaha 15 Ret 11 8 9 3 7 8 8 13 65 15 Haruchika Aoki TSR-Honda 15 Ret 12 13 11 10 9 Ret 6 13 12 WD 11 12 15 15 54 16 Jurgen van den Goorbergh MuZ Weber Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 13 Ret 12 11 14 Ret 12 13 Ret 10 40 17 Mick Doohan Honda 4 2 DNS 33 18 Simon Crafar Yamaha 14 Ret 14 11 12 WD 19 MuZ Weber 10 19 Sébastien Gimbert Honda 16 16 Ret 12 13 14 14 Ret 14 Ret 16 13 Ret 19 18 17 16 20 Luca Cadalora MuZ Weber Ret 8 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 21 Shinichi Ito Honda 7 9 22 Yukio Kagayama Suzuki 11 12 DNS 9 23 José David de Gea TSR-Honda 15 8 Honda Ret Ret Modenas KR3 14 13 20 14 Ret 24 Markus Ober Honda 17 17 15 14 15 13 Ret Ret 17 7 25 Anthony Gobert MuZ Weber Ret 18 10 DNS 6 26 José Luis Cardoso TSR-Honda Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 12 16 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 17 17 16 6 27 Michael Rutter Honda Ret 18 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 19 5 28 Jean-Michel Bayle Modenas KR3 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 29 Noriyasu Numata MuZ Weber 13 3 30 Mark Willis BSL DNQ 18 DNQ DNQ 3 Modenas KR3 17 16 16 17 Ret 15 16 16 14 31 Mike Hale Modenas KR3 18 19 16 DNS 15 15 15 Ret Ret Ret 18 3 32 Jamie Whitham Modenas KR3 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 2 33 Steve Martin Honda 14 21 Ret 20 2 Marc Garcia Honda 17 0 Paolo Tessari Paton Ret Ret 0 Bernard Garcia MuZ Weber Ret DNQ 0 John McGuinness Honda Ret 0 John Allen Honda DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO ARG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO ARG Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 5 7 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 8 1 1 1 3 309 2 Tohru Ukawa Honda 2 2 2 1 3 2 4 4 Ret 3 12 1 3 4 2 2 261 3 Loris Capirossi Honda 1 3 3 Ret DSQ 1 2 2 7 1 3 6 5 3 Ret 209 4 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 3 1 Ret 2 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 4 4 2 15 5 207 5 Stefano Perugini Honda 9 Ret 8 3 8 7 8 5 5 6 4 5 7 7 5 6 151 6 Ralf Waldmann Aprilia WD 6 4 2 Ret 6 8 3 2 7 Ret 6 Ret 7 11 131 7 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 4 Ret DNS 8 5 3 Ret 2 3 4 1 122 8 Franco Battaini Aprilia Ret 4 4 6 6 3 7 Ret Ret 10 6 2 8 10 Ret Ret 121 9 Sebastián Porto Yamaha 15 17 12 7 9 9 12 Ret 7 Ret 9 6 9 6 6 4 98 10 Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia 7 Ret 7 11 4 6 3 6 Ret 8 13 Ret Ret Ret DNS 83 11 Jason Vincent Honda 12 Ret 11 5 7 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret 7 12 11 11 12 70 12 Anthony West TSR-Honda 14 10 17 9 Ret Ret 10 11 6 15 15 9 10 9 Ret 8 66 13 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda 11 Ret 10 14 10 10 16 10 10 13 11 11 14 8 10 Ret 66 14 Roberto Rolfo Aprilia 10 12 9 Ret Ret 5 Ret 12 11 10 13 DNS 9 7 62 15 Tomomi Manako Yamaha Ret 8 14 17 13 12 13 14 14 14 14 Ret 11 12 8 9 52 16 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda 17 18 15 8 16 11 11 13 9 Ret 17 10 13 13 12 10 51 17 Marcellino Lucchi Aprilia 6 9 5 15 Ret Ret Ret 7 13 8 49 18 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda 13 16 13 13 11 13 14 9 15 12 16 14 15 14 WD 15 37 19 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 8 11 8 DNS 21 20 Daijiro Kato Honda 5 11 21 Julien Allemand TSR-Honda 18 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 15 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 11 22 Tatsuya Yamaguchi Honda 6 10 23 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha 22 14 18 12 17 Ret 19 17 18 17 18 15 16 15 17 14 10 24 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 10 Ret 6 25 Lucas Oliver Yamaha 23 Ret 23 19 14 20 Ret 22 19 20 12 DNQ 6 26 Scott Smart Aprilia Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 14 13 5 27 Johan Stigefelt Yamaha 16 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 18 DSQ Ret 19 Ret 19 17 19 18 4 28 Jamie Robinson Yamaha 12 4 29 David García Yamaha 19 13 16 Ret 15 Ret 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 16 17 DNS Ret Ret 4 30 Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda 20 19 19 Ret Ret 15 15 19 20 18 Ret 19 18 Ret 16 16 2 31 Tekkyu Kayo TSR-Honda 15 1 Matías Ríos Aprilia 21 21 22 18 19 16 DNS Ret 24 20 Ret Ret 20 Ret 18 Ret 0 Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 DNS 17 0 Shane Norval Honda Ret 16 0 Vincent Philippe Honda 16 0 Jesús Pérez Honda 24 17 0 Mike Baldinger TSR-Honda 17 0 Alex Debón Honda 26 Ret 18 0 Filippo Cotti Yamaha 18 0 Daniel Ribalta Honda 18 Ret 0 Adrian Coates Honda Ret 0 Aprilia 19 Matthias Neukirchen Aprilia 19 0 Leandro Mulet Honda 19 0 Markus Barth Yamaha 20 Ret Ret 0 Shahrol Yuzy Honda Ret 20 0 Rob Filart Honda 20 Ret 0 Ken Eguchi Yamaha 20 0 Leandro Giuggia Yamaha 20 0 Álvaro Molina Honda 21 Ret Ret 0 Dirk Heidolf Honda 21 0 Vladimír Částka Honda 21 0 Stefano Pennese Aprilia 21 0 Roger Harrison Yamaha 21 0 Rudie Markink Aprilia 22 0 Arno Visscher Aprilia 23 Ret 0 Christian Gemmel Honda 23 0 Henk van de Lagemaat Honda 24 0 Naohiro Negishi Honda 25 0 Ivan Clementi Aprilia Ret Ret 0 Meng Heng Kuang Honda Ret 0 Takehiko Kurokawa TSR-Honda Ret 0 Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha Ret 0 Manuel Luque Yamaha Ret 0 Hervé Mora Aprilia Ret 0 Julien da Costa Honda Ret 0 Ivan Mengozzi Yamaha Ret 0 Iván Silva Honda Ret 0 Andre Romein Honda Ret 0 Paul Jones Honda Ret 0 Dirk Brockman Honda Ret 0 Lars Langer Yamaha Ret 0 Radomil Rous Honda Ret 0 Mario De Matteo Aprilia Ret 0 David Ortega TSR-Honda Ret 0 Ismael Bonilla Honda Ret 0 Jay Taylor Honda Ret 0 Kevin Curtain Honda Ret 0 Shaun Geronimi Yamaha Ret 0 Diego Pierluigi Honda Ret 0 Gabriel Borgmann Yamaha Ret 0 Thomas Metro Honda DNQ 0 Johan ten Napel Honda DNQ 0 Lukáš Vavrečka Honda DNQ 0 Aaron Clark Honda DNQ 0 Roger Buffa Yamaha DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO ARG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO ARG Pts 1 Emilio Alzamora Honda 2 3 3 3 6 2 4 3 2 6 4 2 15 Ret 3 2 227 2 Marco Melandri Honda DNS Ret 6 2 3 8 5 1 1 1 Ret 1 3 2 1 226 3 Masao Azuma Honda 1 1 1 4 7 Ret 1 1 6 12 10 Ret 5 14 6 Ret 190 4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia 18 Ret 5 1 1 6 3 4 4 Ret 11 8 6 4 8 3 173 5 Noboru Ueda Honda Ret Ret 8 5 3 4 2 2 5 2 5 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 171 6 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 3 12 4 7 Ret 10 5 6 7 4 19 1 4 1 Ret 7 163 7 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 4 Ret 10 2 5 1 7 9 10 10 3 4 Ret 2 13 Ret 155 8 Simone Sanna Honda 6 Ret 7 10 4 8 14 Ret 9 8 2 7 12 6 9 6 123 9 Lucio Cecchinello Honda 17 6 2 Ret 9 5 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret Ret 2 8 21 Ret 108 10 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 7 Ret 12 16 10 12 9 8 8 9 Ret 6 8 5 5 4 106 11 Youichi Ui Derbi 13 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 5 9 Ret 3 7 10 DNS 84 12 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 9 16 13 13 11 14 12 10 13 15 13 Ret 11 Ret 4 5 66 13 Ivan Goi Honda 8 14 11 Ret 15 15 11 11 12 11 6 Ret 14 Ret 11 8 61 14 Kazuto Sakata Honda 10 8 15 9 8 7 10 13 19 Ret Ret 12 13 15 17 Ret 56 15 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 15 13 17 8 14 Ret DNS 17 7 7 5 10 11 16 Ret 52 16 Jerónimo Vidal Aprilia 5 Ret 6 14 12 Ret 17 15 16 17 18 Ret 7 10 12 Ret 47 17 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 12 18 9 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 11 WD 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret 46 18 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 15 Ret 11 19 9 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 10 21 Ret 18 10 26 19 Max Sabbatani Honda 11 7 Ret Ret 16 Ret 18 Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 16 14 11 21 20 Hideyuki Nakajo Honda 2 20 21 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia 16 21 14 Ret 20 11 Ret 16 Ret 18 15 11 16 9 DNS 20 22 Ángel Nieto Jr. Honda 14 11 16 12 17 Ret DNS 17 20 16 Ret 15 18 13 15 Ret 16 23 Pablo Nieto Derbi 22 19 Ret 18 22 Ret 16 12 Ret 22 17 Ret 17 12 Ret 9 15 24 Katsuji Uezu Yamaha 5 11 25 Frédéric Petit Aprilia Ret 20 Ret 15 18 13 15 Ret DNS 16 Ret 19 18 20 12 9 26 Reinhard Stolz Honda 19 17 18 Ret Ret 16 Ret 14 18 14 14 13 20 17 19 Ret 9 27 Kazuhiro Kubo Yamaha 9 7 28 David Micó Aprilia 9 7 29 Minoru Nakamura Honda 10 6 30 Klaus Nöhles Honda 14 13 5 31 William de Angelis Honda 12 4 32 Robbin Harms Aprilia 22 Ret 22 13 3 33 Antonio Elías Honda 21 Ret 14 2 Bernhard Absmeier Aprilia Ret Ret 19 17 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 16 0 Emilio Delgado Honda 20 Ret 17 0 Adrián Araujo Honda Ret 17 Ret 0 Luis Costa Honda Ret 18 0 Patrick Lakerveld Honda 18 0 Grégory Lefort Aprilia 19 0 Hans Koopman Honda 19 0 Leon Haslam Honda 19 0 Beaumont Levy Honda 19 0 Eric Dubray Honda 20 0 Ronnie Timmer Honda 20 0 Kenny Tibble Honda 20 0 Cristian Magnani Aprilia 20 0 Direk Archewong Honda 21 0 Hervé Louiset Honda 21 0 Maik Stief Honda 21 0 Jakub Smrž Honda 21 0 Mike Lougassi Honda 22 0 Philipp Hafeneger Honda 22 0 Marco Petrini Aprilia 23 0 Dirk Reißmann Aprilia 23 0 Igor Kaláb Honda 23 0 Broc Parkes Honda 23 0 César Barros Honda 23 0 Gaspare Caffiero Aprilia 24 0 Dennis Charlett Honda 24 0 Cristiano Vieira Honda 24 0 Jason DiSalvo Honda 25 Ret 0 Marco Tresoldi Honda 25 0 Renato Velludo Honda 26 0 Jaroslav Huleš Italjet Ret Ret 0 Magilai Meganathan Honda Ret 0 Jun Inageda Honda Ret 0 Riccardo Chiarello Aprilia Ret 0 Lorenzo Lanzi Aprilia Ret 0 Víctor Carrasco Honda Ret 0 Harold de Haan Honda Ret 0 Chris Burns Honda Ret 0 Andi Notman Honda Ret 0 Jarno Müller Honda Ret 0 Alex de Angelis Honda Ret 0 Iván Martínez Aprilia Ret 0 Andrew Willy Honda Ret 0 Peter Galvin Honda Ret 0 Michael Teniswood Honda Ret 0 Jimmy Petit Honda DNS 0 Diego Giugovaz Aprilia DNS 0 Wilhelm van Leeuwen Honda DNQ 0 Michal Březina Honda DNQ 0 Robert Portman Honda DNQ 0 Alexander di Grandi Honda DNQ 0 Franco Lessio Yamaha DNQ 0 Pos. Rider Bike MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS RSA RIO ARG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Pos.	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	ARG	Pts
1	Honda	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	4	5	338
2	Yamaha	2	3	2	5	2	7	5	4	3	4	3	1	2	1	1	2	280
3	Suzuki	1	1	13	Ret	5	6	2	8	1	3	6	2	8	7	3	1	231
4	Aprilia	13	Ret	Ret	3	4	4	11	3	7	5	13	11	Ret	15	12	11	104
5	MuZ Weber	Ret	13	8	Ret	10	8	13	10	12	11	14	Ret	12	13	10	10	64
6	TSR-Honda	15	14	12	13	11	10	9	Ret	6	13	12	Ret	11	12	15	15	56
7	Modenas KR3	12	19	16	Ret	14	Ret	17	Ret	16	15	15	14	13	16	14	14	17
	BSL	DNQ		18	DNQ	DNQ												0
	Paton					Ret	Ret											0
Pos.	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	ARG	Pts

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Pos.	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	ARG	Pts
1	Aprilia	5	4	1	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	338
2	Honda	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	4	2	2	326
3	Yamaha	3	1	12	2	5	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	1	249
4	TSR-Honda	11	10	10	8	10	10	10	9	6	12	11	9	10	8	10	8	104
Pos.	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	ARG	Pts

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Pos.	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	ARG	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1	367
2	Aprilia	3	12	4	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	3	271
3	Derbi	13	4	Ret	18	22	Ret	6	7	Ret	5	9	Ret	3	7	10	9	91
4	Yamaha		5														DNQ	11
	Italjet										Ret	Ret						0
Pos.	Manufacturer	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	IMO	VAL	AUS	RSA	RIO	ARG	Pts

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• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.