1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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. In his absence, his Honda teammate Àlex Crivillé stepped forward and claimed Spain's first-ever 500cc world championship. Kenny Roberts, Jr. gave a strong performance to finish in second with four victories including an outright victory over Doohan in Japan.A young Valentino Rossi continued to impress for Aprilia, winning nine races and claiming his second world championship, this time in the 250 class. Honda's Emilio Alzamora became the only 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.
1999 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1999:| 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 CittĂ 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 |  TelefĂ´nica Celular Rio Grand Prix | AutĂłdromo Internacional Nelson Piquet |
| 16 | 31 October |  Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina | Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez |
††= Saturday race
Calendar changes
- 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 the early 80s when the apartheid regime forced out basically everything. The race back then, was held at Kyalami.
- The Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix moved from Suzuka Circuit to the new Twin Ring Motegi circuit.
1999 Grand Prix season results
Participants
500cc participants
Standings
Riders' standings
500cc
;Scoring systemPoints 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 |
250cc;Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
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