1999 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix
# 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.

## 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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

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