1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1999 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Previous:	1998	Next:	2000

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

Season summary

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 team-mate 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 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]

1999 Grand Prix season calendar

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

Standings

Riders' standings

500cc^[2][3]

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 Norick 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 James 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 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

250cc^[4]

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 Honda 14 10 17 9 Ret Ret 10 11 6 15 15 9 10 9 Ret 8 66 13 Luca Boscoscuro 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 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 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

125cc^[5]

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 Toni 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 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

500cc

Source^[6]

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

250cc

Source^[7]

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

125cc

Source^[8]

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

Participants

500cc participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider Rounds Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda NSR500 1 Mick Doohan 1–3 3 Àlex Crivillé all 8 Tadayuki Okada all 15 Sete Gibernau 6–16 Honda NSR500V 1–5 Marlboro Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 (OWK1) 2 Max Biaggi all 4 Carlos Checa all MoviStar Honda Pons Honda Honda NSR500 5 Alex Barros all 14 Juan Borja all Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 6 Norick Abe 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 Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha Yamaha YZR500 11 Simon Crafar 1–6 24 Garry McCoy 7–16 55 Régis Laconi all Proton KR Modenas Modenas Modenas KR3 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 Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team Honda Honda NSR500V 18 Markus Ober 1–9 32 Marc Garcia 12 37 Steve Martin 13–16 52 José David de Gea 10–11 Kanemoto Honda Honda Honda NSR500 19 John Kocinski all Millar Honda Honda Honda NSR500V 21 Michael Rutter all Tecmas Honda Elf Honda Honda NSR500V 22 Sébastien Gimbert all 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 TSR-Honda TSR-Honda AC50M 26 Haruchika Aoki all Aprilia Grand Prix Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW-2 500 31 Tetsuya Harada all Lucky Strike Honda Racing Honda Honda NSR500 36 Shinichi Ito 2 Team Paton Paton Paton V70 C10/5 43 Paolo Tessari 5–6 Raceline Malaysia Honda Honda NSR500V 45 John Allen 1 Team Vimto Honda Honda Honda NSR500V 46 John McGuinness 8 Buckley Systems BSL Racing BSL BSL 500 V3 68 Mark Willis 1, 3–5 Modenas Modenas KR3 10–16

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