1999 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 16

Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina
Buenos Aires 29-31 Oct. 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  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'54.107 *1'50.160        Honda Benetton Playlife
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'53.436 *1'50.438        Honda Benetton Playlife
 3  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'55.277 *1'50.638        Honda Via Digital Team
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'54.403 *1'50.671      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 5 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  1'55.010 *1'50.764      Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
 6 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'53.641 *1'50.843      Aprilia Semprucci Biesse-Group
 7  6 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'53.068 *1'50.893        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 8 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'54.766 *1'51.205        Derbi Festina-Derbi
 9 10 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'54.301 *1'51.865      Aprilia C.C. Valencia
10  5 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'54.546 *1'51.869        Honda Givi Honda LCR
11  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'55.094 *1'52.035      Aprilia Inoxmacel Fontana Racing
12 18 Reinhard STOLZ           GER  1'55.861 *1'52.063        Honda Polini
13 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  1'55.075 *1'52.073        Honda Matteoni Racing
14 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  1'53.930 *1'52.313        Honda Polini
15 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'54.672 *1'52.362        Honda Matteoni Racing
16 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'56.925 *1'52.405      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
17 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'54.436 *1'52.538      Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
18 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'55.194 *1'52.823      Aprilia C.C. Valencia
19 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'56.482 *1'52.896      Aprilia Scrab Competition
20 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'55.812 *1'52.965        Honda Via Digital Team
21  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'54.611 *1'53.231      Aprilia Racing Moto Sport
22 22 Angel NIETO              SPA  1'57.940 *1'53.464        Derbi Festina-Derbi
23  1 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'56.799 *1'53.628        Honda M.T.P. - Team Pileri
24 24 Robbin HARMS             DAN  1'59.976 *1'54.151      Aprilia Mayer-Rubatto Racing
25 99 Jason DI SALVO           USA  1'58.628 *1'54.387        Honda Polini / Alien Racing

Not qualified (Out of 107 %)
26 87 Franco LESSIO            ARG  2'03.815 *2'00.100       Yamaha Plc Racing

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

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  2'06.335 *1'45.844      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 2 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'53.037 *1'45.846       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 3  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'55.200 *1'46.238        Honda Fila Watches Honda
 4 12 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'55.864 *1'46.330       Yamaha Semprucci Biesse-Group
 5 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  2'03.620 *1'46.701      Aprilia FGF Battaini Racing
 6 11 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'57.479 *1'46.713       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
 7  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'56.657 *1'46.744        Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 8 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA  1'55.558 *1'46.764      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 9 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'57.215 *1'47.097       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
10  6 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'52.914 *1'47.117      Aprilia Aprilia Germany
11  9 Jeremy McWILLIAMS        GBR  1'55.070 *1'47.261      Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
12  1 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'53.584 *1'47.335        Honda Elf Axo Honda Gresini
13 36 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  2'20.913 *1'47.644    TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
14 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'58.617 *1'47.843    TSR-Honda Polini
15 23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  2'03.157 *1'47.892    TSR-Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
16 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'58.824 *1'48.021    TSR-Honda Racing Factory
17 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'58.571 *1'48.199       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
18 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  2'01.228 *1'48.245        Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
19 18 Scott SMART              GBR  1'59.374 *1'48.294      Aprilia Sabre Docshop Racing
20 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'57.454 *1'48.399       Yamaha Edo Racing
21 14 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'59.182 *1'48.415    TSR-Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
22 17 Maurice BOLWERK          NED  2'03.896 *1'48.494    TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
23 15 David GARCIA             SPA  1'59.187 *1'48.931       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
24 58 Matias RIOS              ARG  1'59.069 *1'49.619      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi
25 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  1'59.036 *1'49.967    TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
26 94 Gabriel BORGMANN         ARG  2'12.891 *1'50.053       Yamaha RC Competicion
27 96 Diego PIERLUIGGI         ARG  2'11.943 *1'50.307        Honda Honda Gregorio Racing
28 32 Markus BARTH             GER  1'59.942 *1'50.989       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
29 95 Leandro MULET            ARG  2'05.300 *1'52.381        Honda Lozano Racing
30 98 Leandro GIUGGIA          ARG  2'05.901 *1'52.477       Yamaha Daniel Rios Racing

Not qualified (Out of 107 %)
31 97 Roger BUFFA              ARG  2'04.502 *1'53.665       Yamaha Roger Buffa Team Racing

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

 1 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'46.720 *1'44.354       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 2  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  1'48.166 *1'44.718        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 3  3 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'47.178 *1'44.782        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 4  2 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'49.066 *1'44.854       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 5 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'49.785 *1'45.000    MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
 6  6 Norick ABE               JPN  1'50.778 *1'45.020       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
 7  4 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'48.915 *1'45.056       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 8  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'48.934 *1'45.158       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 9 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  1'47.735 *1'45.291        Honda Team Telefonica unifon
10  5 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'47.108 *1'45.363        Honda Team Telefonica unifon
11 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'49.621 *1'45.444        Honda Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda
12 25 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'53.239 *1'45.881    TSR-Honda Team Maxon TSR
13 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'49.131 *1'46.016        Honda Repsol Honda Team
14 68 Mark WILLIS              AUS  1'51.721 *1'46.266  Modenas KR3 Buckley Systems BSL Racing
15 26 Haruchika AOKI           JPN  1'49.919 *1'46.322    TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
16 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'49.660 *1'46.471      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
17 35 Anthony GOBERT           AUS  1'49.614 *1'46.523    MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
18 24 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'51.322 *1'46.634       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
19 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'48.329 *1'46.783       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
20 52 David DE GEA             SPA  1'53.143 *1'46.784  Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
21 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA  1'50.962 *1'47.129        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
22 20 Mike HALE                USA  1'58.788 *1'47.595  Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
23 21 Michael RUTTER           GBR  1'50.706 *1'48.331        Honda Millar Honda
24 37 Steve MARTIN             AUS  1'54.039 *1'48.362        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

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

 1 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 42'37.380 140.839                Honda Benetton Playlife
 2  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 42'37.599 140.827    0.219       Honda Via Digital Team
 3 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 42'38.484 140.778    1.104     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 4 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 42'44.817 140.431    7.437     Aprilia Semprucci Biesse-Group
 5 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 43'04.086 139.383   26.706     Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
 6 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 43'08.801 139.13    31.421       Honda Polini
 7  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 43'09.403 139.097   32.023     Aprilia Inoxmacel Fontana Racing
 8 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 43'20.348 138.512   42.968       Honda Matteoni Racing
 9 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 43'24.544 138.289   47.164       Derbi Festina-Derbi
10 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 43'27.073 138.154   49.693     Aprilia Scrab Competition
11 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 43'30.498 137.973   53.118       Honda Matteoni Racing
12  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 43'30.709 137.962   53.329     Aprilia Racing Moto Sport
13 24 Robbin HARMS             DAN 43'34.723 137.75    57.343     Aprilia Mayer-Rubatto Racing

Not Classified
   18 Reinhard STOLZ           GER 41'31.486 138.278    1 Lap       Honda Polini
   54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 37'06.114 140.693   3 Laps     Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
    6 Noboru UEDA              JPN 31'32.530 140.668   6 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 30'40.929 136.105   7 Laps     Aprilia C.C. Valencia
   29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 21'25.285 134.024  12 Laps       Honda Via Digital Team
   17 Steve JENKNER            GER 18'46.797 138.978  13 Laps     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
    5 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 12'58.205 140.862  16 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   10 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 11'41.279 133.983  17 Laps     Aprilia C.C. Valencia
    1 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  6'00.264 130.404  20 Laps       Honda M.T.P. - Team Pileri
    4 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'58.552 132.093  22 Laps       Honda Benetton Playlife

Not Finish First Lap
   99 Jason DI SALVO           USA                                  Honda Polini / Alien Racing

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

 1 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 44'34.817 146.365               Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 2  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 44'44.053 145.861    9.236       Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 3 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 44'52.390 145.409   17.573     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 4 12 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 44'56.552 145.185   21.735      Yamaha Semprucci Biesse-Group
 5 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 45'01.608 144.913   26.791      Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 6  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 45'07.979 144.572   33.162       Honda Fila Watches Honda
 7 44 Roberto ROLFO            ITA 45'08.490 144.545   33.673     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 8 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 45'15.780 144.157   40.963   TSR-Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 9 11 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 45'19.340 143.968   44.523      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
10 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 45'25.262 143.655   50.445   TSR-Honda Racing Factory
11  6 Ralf WALDMANN            GER 45'27.698 143.527   52.881     Aprilia Aprilia Germany
12 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 45'44.895 142.628 1'10.078       Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
13 18 Scott SMART              GBR 45'45.085 142.618 1'10.268     Aprilia Sabre Docshop Racing
14 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 45'45.298 142.607 1'10.481      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
15 36 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 45'45.973 142.572 1'11.156   TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
16 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 45'47.838 142.475 1'13.021   TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
17 17 Maurice BOLWERK          NED 45'48.096 142.462 1'13.279   TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
18 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 45'54.052 142.154 1'19.235      Yamaha Edo Racing
19 95 Leandro MULET            ARG 45'33.838 137.477    1 Lap       Honda Lozano Racing
20 98 Leandro GIUGGIA          ARG 45'40.014 137.167    1 Lap      Yamaha Daniel Rios Racing

Not Classified
    1 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 32'18.626 145.401   7 Laps       Honda Elf Axo Honda Gresini
   94 Gabriel BORGMANN         ARG 18'41.697 139.609  15 Laps      Yamaha RC Competicion
   15 David GARCIA             SPA 17'20.954 135.395  16 Laps      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
   23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA 13'04.472 139.737  18 Laps   TSR-Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
   37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 10'53.625 143.752  19 Laps   TSR-Honda Polini
   96 Diego PIERLUIGGI         ARG 11'10.930 140.044  19 Laps       Honda Honda Gregorio Racing
   21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  4'43.868 110.332  23 Laps     Aprilia FGF Battaini Racing
   58 Matias RIOS              ARG  2'13.516 117.289  24 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi

Not Finish First Lap
   32 Markus BARTH             GER                                 Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral

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

 1 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 47'23.710 148.686               Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 2  2 Max BIAGGI               ITA 47'25.743 148.579    2.033      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3  6 Norick ABE               JPN 47'26.341 148.548    2.631      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
 4  4 Carlos CHECA             SPA 47'28.050 148.459    4.340      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 5  3 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 47'28.161 148.453    4.451       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 6 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 47'48.588 147.396   24.878       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 7 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 47'49.048 147.372   25.338       Honda Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda
 8  5 Alex BARROS              BRA 47'50.097 147.319   26.387       Honda Team Telefonica unifon
 9 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 47'55.578 147.038   31.868       Honda Team Telefonica unifon
10 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 48'01.246 146.749   37.536   MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
11 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 48'02.263 146.697   38.553     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
12 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 48'11.663 146.22    47.953      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
13 24 Garry McCOY              AUS 48'11.793 146.213   48.083      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14 68 Mark WILLIS              AUS 48'16.222 145.99    52.512 Modenas KR3 Buckley Systems BSL Racing
15 26 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 48'16.947 145.953   53.237   TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
16 25 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 48'51.490 144.233 1'27.780   TSR-Honda Team Maxon TSR
17 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 48'51.661 144.225 1'27.951       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
18 20 Mike HALE                USA 49'08.883 143.383 1'45.173 Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
19 21 Michael RUTTER           GBR 47'33.226 142.701    1 Lap       Honda Millar Honda
20 37 Steve MARTIN             AUS 47'33.560 142.684    1 Lap       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team

Not Classified
   52 David DE GEA             SPA 25'08.027 145.382  13 Laps Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
    8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 21'08.946 148.091  15 Laps       Honda Repsol Honda Team
    9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 11'40.385 134.154  21 Laps      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team

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