1999 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 2

Marlboro Grand Prix of Japan
Motegi 23-25 Apr. 1999
Practice Official Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  5 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA *2'00.785  2'15.483        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 2 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA *2'00.935  2'17.927      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 3  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA *2'01.005  2'13.468        Honda Via Digital Team
 4  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA *2'01.117  2'20.572      Aprilia Inoxmacel Fontana Racing
 5 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA *2'01.293  2'17.215      Aprilia Team Kappa
 6  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN *2'01.393  2'16.367        Honda Playlife Racing Team - Liegeois
 7 16 Simone SANNA             ITA *2'01.483  2'15.114        Honda Polini
 8 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM *2'01.586  2'15.999      Aprilia Team Kappa
 9  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA *2'01.719  2'16.884      Aprilia Racing Moto Sport
10 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA *2'01.734  2'13.463      Aprilia C.C. Valencia
11  1 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN *2'01.939  2'21.903        Honda M.T.P. - Team Pileri
12 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA *2'01.946  2'14.918        Honda Matteoni Racing
13 48 Hideyuki NAKAJOH         JPN *2'02.000  2'14.208        Honda Jha Racing
14 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA *2'02.075  2'17.580        Honda Via Digital Team
15 51 Minoru NAKAMURA          JPN *2'02.122  2'16.306        Honda C. Network & Towns
16 49 Jun INAGEDA              JPN *2'02.328  2'18.037        Honda RT Tube Riders & Maziora
17  6 Noboru UEDA              JPN *2'02.411  2'16.417        Honda Givi Honda LCR
18 44 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA *2'02.438  2'17.431      Aprilia Future Strategies
19 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA *2'02.621  2'17.629      Aprilia Semprucci Biesse-Group
20 20 Bernhard ABSMEIER        GER *2'02.926  2'17.258      Aprilia Mayer-Rubatto Racing
21 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA *2'02.934  2'14.215        Honda Matteoni Racing
22 18 Reinhard STOLZ           GER *2'03.044  2'16.738        Honda Polini
23 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA *2'03.171  2'15.689      Aprilia Scrab Competition
24 47 Kazuhiro KUBO            JPN *2'03.205  2'14.932       Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
25 50 Katsuji UEZU             JPN *2'03.210  2'14.140       Yamaha J. Racing Motul
26 41 Youichi UI               JPN *2'03.579  2'14.793        Derbi Festina-Derbi
27 10 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA *2'03.652  2'17.379      Aprilia C.C. Valencia
28 17 Steve JENKNER            GER *2'03.894  2'17.665      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
29 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA *2'07.491  2'29.360        Derbi Festina-Derbi

250cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  2'07.687 *2'06.752      Aprilia FGF Battaini Racing 
 2 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN *2'07.201  2'09.357       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 3  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN *2'07.207  2'08.539        Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 4  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR *2'07.647  2'09.498      Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
 5 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA  2'13.544 *2'07.852      Aprilia Docshop Racing
 6 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA *2'07.862  2'07.948       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 7 49 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN  2'08.357 *2'08.138       Yamaha BP Yamaha Racing Team
 8 52 Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI        JPN *2'08.156  2'09.800        Honda Castrol Team Harc Pro
 9  1 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  2'10.229 *2'08.639        Honda Elf Axo Honda Gresini
10 51 Daijiro KATOH            JPN  2'10.543 *2'09.020        Honda Castrol Honda
11 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  2'10.063 *2'09.081      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
12 11 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN *2'09.104  2'10.851       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
13 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR *2'09.409  2'10.454        Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
14 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  2'09.738 *2'09.493    TSR-Honda Polini
15 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  2'12.052 *2'09.618       Yamaha Edo Racing
16  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA *2'09.733  2'10.511        Honda Fila Watches Honda
17 14 Anthony WEST             AUS *2'09.751  2'11.633    TSR-Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
18 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  2'14.633 *2'09.916      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
19 10 Alfonso NIETO            SPA  2'11.399 *2'10.101       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
20 36 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  2'10.775 *2'10.175    TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
21 12 Sebastian PORTO          ARG *2'10.631  2'10.683       Yamaha Semprucci Biesse-Group
22 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER *2'10.757  2'12.103    TSR-Honda Racing Factory
23 54 Tekkyu KAYO              JPN  2'12.260 *2'10.892    TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
24 22 Lucas OLIVER             SPA *2'10.961  2'14.177       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
25 50 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN  2'13.048 *2'11.579       Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
26 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  2'13.232 *2'11.797    TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
27 15 David GARCIA             SPA  2'13.533 *2'11.894       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
28 58 Matias RIOS              ARG  2'34.723 *2'11.996      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi
29 53 Ken EGUCHI               JPN *2'12.665  2'12.951       Yamaha SP Tadao Racing Team
30 23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  2'13.873 *2'13.528    TSR-Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
31 71 Takehiko KUROKAWA        JPN *2'13.531  2'13.560    TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda

500cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA *1'50.826  2'09.638       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 2  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS *1'51.153  2'05.500        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 3  4 Carlos CHECA             SPA *1'51.332  2'07.002       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 4 19 John KOCINSKI            USA *1'51.353  2'08.625        Honda Kanemoto Honda
 5  2 Max BIAGGI               ITA *1'51.439  2'06.956       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 6  5 Alex BARROS              BRA *1'51.636  2'08.425        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 7 55 Regis LACONI             FRA *1'51.646  2'10.124       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 8  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN *1'51.785  2'13.252        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 9  3 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA *1'51.890  2'06.213        Honda Repsol Honda Team
10  6 Norick ABE               JPN *1'52.105  2'07.899       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
11  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN *1'52.243  2'08.887       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
12 16 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN *1'52.244  2'10.657       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 36 Shinichi ITOH            JPN *1'52.263  2'08.198        Honda Lucky Strike Honda
14 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA *1'52.391  2'07.878        Honda Repsol Honda Team
15 14 Juan BORJA               SPA *1'52.509  2'11.509        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
16 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN *1'53.215  2'17.745      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
17 25 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA *1'53.220  2'09.710    TSR-Honda Team Maxon TSR
18 26 Haruchika AOKI           JPN *1'53.587  2'09.606    TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
19 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED *1'53.608  2'11.078    MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
20 12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA *1'53.615  2'11.782  Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
21 11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL *1'54.482  2'09.325       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
22 21 Michael RUTTER           GBR *1'55.180  2'13.397        Honda Millar Honda
23 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA *1'55.475  2'08.122        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
24 18 Markus OBER              GER *1'55.646  2'13.012        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
25 71 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN *1'55.675  2'09.940    MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
26 20 Mike HALE                USA *1'56.611  2'17.189  Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN 46'17.752 130.665                Honda Playlife Racing Team - Liegeois
 2 48 Hideyuki NAKAJOH         JPN 46'39.655 129.642   21.903       Honda Jha Racing
 3  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 46'50.275 129.153   32.523       Honda Via Digital Team
 4 41 Youichi UI               JPN 46'53.452 129.007   35.700       Derbi Festina-Derbi
 5 50 Katsuji UEZU             JPN 46'54.533 128.957   36.781      Yamaha J. Racing Motul
 6  5 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 46'54.655 128.952   36.903       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 7 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 46'56.048 128.888   38.296       Honda Matteoni Racing
 8  1 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 46'57.921 128.802   40.169       Honda M.T.P. - Team Pileri
 9 47 Kazuhiro KUBO            JPN 46'58.708 128.766   40.956      Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
10 51 Minoru NAKAMURA          JPN 47'06.471 128.412   48.719       Honda C. Network & Towns
11 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 47'06.811 128.397   49.059       Honda Via Digital Team
12  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 47'11.877 128.167   54.125     Aprilia Inoxmacel Fontana Racing
13 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 47'47.698 126.566 1'29.946     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
14 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 47'50.203 126.456 1'32.451       Honda Matteoni Racing
15 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 48'01.175 125.974 1'43.423     Aprilia Scrab Competition
16 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 48'16.737 125.298 1'58.985     Aprilia Team Kappa
17 18 Reinhard STOLZ           GER 48'17.882 125.248 2'00.130       Honda Polini
18 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 48'24.123 124.979 2'06.371     Aprilia Team Kappa
19 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 46'23.368 124.191    1 Lap       Derbi Festina-Derbi
20  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 46'37.183 123.578    1 Lap     Aprilia Racing Moto Sport
21 44 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA 46'59.721 122.59     1 Lap     Aprilia Future Strategies

Not Classified
   20 Bernhard ABSMEIER        GER 28'11.557 122.61    9 Laps     Aprilia Mayer-Rubatto Racing
   49 Jun INAGEDA              JPN 22'21.159 128.87   11 Laps       Honda RT Tube Riders & Maziora
   23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 24'15.514 118.745  11 Laps     Aprilia Semprucci Biesse-Group
   21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 16'26.670 122.619  14 Laps     Aprilia C.C. Valencia
   10 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 16'27.847 122.473  14 Laps     Aprilia C.C. Valencia
    6 Noboru UEDA              JPN 11'19.687 127.143  16 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  8'57.964 128.511  17 Laps     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing

Not Finish First Lap
   16 Simone SANNA             ITA                                  Honda Polini

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 48'52.950 135.536               Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 2  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 48'55.647 135.412    2.697       Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 3  1 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 49'02.210 135.11     9.260       Honda Elf Axo Honda Gresini
 4 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 49'04.845 134.989   11.895     Aprilia FGF Battaini Racing
 5 51 Daijiro KATOH            JPN 49'06.743 134.902   13.793       Honda Castrol Honda
 6 52 Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI        JPN 49'07.214 134.88    14.264       Honda Castrol Team Harc Pro
 7 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 49'14.042 134.569   21.092     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 8 11 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 49'17.435 134.414   24.485      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
 9 34 Marcellino LUCCHI        ITA 49'38.544 133.462   45.594     Aprilia Docshop Racing
10 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 49'42.674 133.277   49.724   TSR-Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
11 49 Naoki MATSUDO            JPN 50'00.243 132.496 1'07.293      Yamaha BP Yamaha Racing Team
12 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 50'04.763 132.297 1'11.813     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
13 15 David GARCIA             SPA 50'08.801 132.12  1'15.851      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
14 10 Alfonso NIETO            SPA 50'10.756 132.034 1'17.806      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
15 54 Tekkyu KAYO              JPN 50'11.350 132.008 1'18.400   TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
16 36 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 50'12.324 131.965 1'19.374   TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
17 12 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 50'21.574 131.561 1'28.624      Yamaha Semprucci Biesse-Group
18 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 50'33.268 131.054 1'40.318   TSR-Honda Racing Factory
19 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 48'58.066 129.418    1 Lap   TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
20 53 Ken EGUCHI               JPN 49'22.459 128.352    1 Lap      Yamaha SP Tadao Racing Team
21 58 Matias RIOS              ARG 50'29.429 125.515    1 Lap     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi

Not Classified
   71 Takehiko KUROKAWA        JPN 33'23.758 129.383   8 Laps   TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
   24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 28'09.215 133.012  10 Laps       Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
   23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA 29'02.955 128.911  10 Laps   TSR-Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
   16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 11'02.230 130.495  18 Laps      Yamaha Edo Racing
   50 Taro SEKIGUCHI           JPN 11'10.675 128.852  18 Laps      Yamaha Hitman RC Koshien Yamaha
   19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  6'31.791 132.343  20 Laps      Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
    7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  4'21.952 131.96   21 Laps       Honda Fila Watches Honda
   37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  4'35.122 125.643  21 Laps   TSR-Honda Polini
   22 Lucas OLIVER             SPA  4'38.077 124.308  21 Laps      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral

Not Finish First Lap
    9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR                                Aprilia QUB Team Optimum

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 51'54.386 138.74                Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 2  1 Mick DOOHAN              AUS 51'58.227 138.569    3.841       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 3  6 Norick ABE               JPN 52'16.144 137.777   21.758      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
 4  3 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 52'17.996 137.696   23.610       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 5 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 52'18.370 137.679   23.984       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 6  4 Carlos CHECA             SPA 52'31.866 137.09    37.480      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 7 36 Shinichi ITOH            JPN 52'44.968 136.522   50.582       Honda Lucky Strike Honda
 8  5 Alex BARROS              BRA 52'46.394 136.461   52.008       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9  2 Max BIAGGI               ITA 52'47.910 136.395   53.524      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
10  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 52'59.454 135.9   1'05.068      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
11 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 53'02.700 135.762 1'08.314       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
12 16 Yukio KAGAYAMA           JPN 53'07.685 135.549 1'13.299      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
13 71 Noriyasu NUMATA          JPN 53'13.631 135.297 1'19.245   MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
14 25 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 53'21.384 134.969 1'26.998   TSR-Honda Team Maxon TSR
15  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 53'24.611 134.833 1'30.225       Honda Repsol Honda Team
16 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 53'47.282 133.886 1'52.896       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
17 18 Markus OBER              GER 52'11.698 132.454    1 Lap       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
18 21 Michael RUTTER           GBR 52'21.073 132.058    1 Lap       Honda Millar Honda
19 20 Mike HALE                USA 54'03.134 127.902    1 Lap Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas

Not Classified
   19 John KOCINSKI            USA 31'54.327 135.428  10 Laps       Honda Kanemoto Honda
   26 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 27'36.852 135.61   12 Laps   TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
   12 Jean Michel BAYLE        FRA 13'04.691 132.155  19 Laps Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
   17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  4'35.786 125.34   23 Laps   MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
   55 Regis LACONI             FRA  2'11.854 131.081  24 Laps      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
   31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  2'26.950 117.615  24 Laps     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing

Not Finish First Lap
   11 Simon CRAFAR             NZL                                 Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM

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