October 30, 1999. With Valentino Rossi's 3rd place in Buenos Aires grand prix, Aprilia is World champion in 250 cc.

FIM 1999 FINAL RESULTS:

125 cc:
1) E.ALZAMORA, 227 points; 2)M.MELANDRI, 226; 3) M.AZUMA, 190; 4) R.LOCATELLI, 173; 5)N.UEDA, 171; 6) G.SCALVINI, 163
1) HONDA, 367 points; 2) APRILIA, 271; 3) DERBI, 91; 4) YAMAHA, 11

250 cc:
1) V.ROSSI, 309 points; 2)T.UKAWA, 261; 3) L.CAPIROSSI, 209; 4) S.NAKANO, 207; 5) S.PERUGINI, 151
1) APRILIA, 338 points; 2) HONDA, 326; 3) YAMAHA, 249; 4) TSR-HONDA, 104

500 cc:
1) A.CRIVILLE, 267 points; 2)K.ROBERTS, 220; 3) T.OKADA, 211; 4) M.BIAGGI, 194; 5) S.GIBERNAU, 165

Buenos Aires Grand Prix results:

• 125 cc.
  • 1st place: M.Melandri (Aprilia)
  • 2nd place: E.Alzamora (Honda)
  • 3rd place: R.Locatelli (Aprilia)
  • 4th place: G.Borsoi (Aprilia)
  • 5th place: M.Giansanti (Aprilia)
  • 6th place: S.Sanna (Honda)
  • 7th place: G.Scalvini (Aprilia)
  • 8th place: I.Goi (Honda)
  • 9th place: P.Nieto (Derbi)
  • 10th place: R.De Puniet (Aprilia)
• 250 cc.
  • 1st place: O.Jacque (Yamaha)
  • 2nd place: Tohru Ukawa (Honda)
  • 3rd place: V.Rossi (Yamaha)
  • 4th place: S.Porto (Yamaha)
  • 5th place: S.Nakano (Yamaha)
  • 6th place: S.Perugini (Honda)
  • 7th place: R.Rolfo (Aprilia) (Yamaha)
  • 8th place: A.West (Honda)
  • 9th place: Tomomi Manako (Yamaha)
  • 10th place: A.Hofmann (Honda)
• 500 cc.
  • 1st place: K.Roberts (Suzuki)
  • 2nd place: Max Biaggi (Yamaha)
  • 3rd place: Norick Abe (Yamaha)
  • 4th place: C.Checa (Yamaha)
  • 5th place: A.Criville (Honda)
  • 6th place: S.Gibernau (Honda)
  • 7th place: J.Kocinski (Honda)
  • 8th place: A.Barros (Honda)
  • 9th place: J.Borja (Honda)
  • 10th place: V.D. Goorberg (Muz)

Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix results:

• 125 cc.
  • 1st place: Noboru Hueda (Honda)
  • 2nd place: Marco Melandri (Honda)
  • 3rd place: Emilio Alzamora (honda)
  • 4th place: Mirko Giansanti (Aprilia)
  • 5th place: Gino Borsoi (Aprilia)
  • 6th place: Masao Azuma (Honda)
  • 7th place: Manuel Poggiali (Aprilia)
  • 8th place: Roberto Locatelli (Aprilia)
  • 9th place: Simone Sanna (Honda)
  • 10th place: Youichi Ui (Derbi)
• 250 cc.
  • 1st place: Valentino Rossi (Aprilia Grand Prix - Aprilia RSW 250)
  • 2nd place: Tohru Ukawa (Honda)
  • 3rd place: Loris Capirossi (Yamaha)
  • 4th place: Olivier Jacque (Yamaha)
  • 5th place: Stefano Perugini (Honda)
  • 6th place: Sebastian Porto (Yamaha)
  • 7th place: Ralf Waldmann (Aprilia)
  • 8th place: Tomomi Manako (Yamaha)
  • 10th place: Luca Boscoscuro (Honda)
• 500 cc.
  • 1st place: Norick Abe (Yamaha)
  • 2nd place: Max Biaggi (Yamaha)
  • 3rd place: Kenny Roberts (Suzuki)
  • 4th place: Alex Barros (Honda)
  • 5th place: Sete Gibernau (Honda)
  • 6th place: Alex Criville (Honda)
  • 7th place: Tadayuki Okada (Honda)
  • 8th place: Garry McCoy (Yamaha)
  • 9th place: Nobuatsu Aoki (Suzuki)
  • 10th place: Anthony Gobert (Muz)

October 10, 1999 Another great day for Italian racers and for Aprilia, the racing team based in Noale (Venice).
It was Aprilia's 100th grand prix victory:
a great success in South African Grand Prix (Welkom, October 10, 1999)

Welkom Grand Prix results:

• 125 cc.
  • 1st place: Gianluigi Scalvini (Inoxmacel Fontana Racing - Aprilia RSW 125)
  • 2nd place: Arnaud Vincent (C.C. Valencia - Aprilia RSW 125)
  • 3rd place: Marco Melandri (Honda)
  • 4th place: Roberto Locatelli (Vasco Rossi Racing - Aprilia RSW 125)
• 250 cc.
  • 1st place: Valentino Rossi (Aprilia Grand Prix - Aprilia RSW 250)
  • 2nd place: S.Nakano (Yamaha)
  • 3rd place: O.Jacque (Yamaha)
  • 5th place: Loris Capirossi (Yamaha)
  • 7th place: S.Perugini (Honda)
  • 8th place: L.Boscoscuro (Honda)
  • 10th place: Franco Battaini (FGF Battaini Racing - Aprilia RS 250)
• 500 cc.
  • 1st place: Max Biaggi (Yamaha)
  • 15th place: Tetsuya Harada (Aprilia Grand Prix - Aprilia RSW-2 500)

APRILIA SCORED 100 VICTORIES SINCE 1987 ON OCTOBER 10, 1999:
THE WINNERS (updated October 10)

• 125 cc.: 41 victories with 13 racers:
  • 1991: 1 grand prix, Gramigni
  • 1992: 3, Gramigni, Casanova
  • 1993: 1, Waldmann
  • 1994: 3, Sakata
  • 1995: 3, Sakata, Tokudome
  • 1996: 10, Perugini, Tokudome, Oetti, Rossi, McCoy
  • 1997: 11, Rossi
  • 1998: 4 Sakata
  • 1999: 5 Vincent, Locatelli, Scalvini

• 250 cc.: 59 victories with 8 racers:
  • 1987: 1 grand prix, Reggiani
  • 1991: 2, Chili, Reggiani
  • 1992: 6, Reggiani, Chili, Biaggi
  • 1993: 3, Ruggia, Reggiani
  • 1994: 6, Biaggi, Ruggia
  • 1996: 9, Biaggi
  • 1997: 3, Harada
  • 1998: 13, Harada, Capirossi, Lucchi, Rossi
  • 1999: 8, Rossi