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1999 Superbike World Championship

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The 1999 Superbike World Championship was the twelfth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 28 March at Kyalami and finished on 10 October at Sugo after 13 rounds.

1999 Superbike World Championship
Previous: 1998 Next: 2000
Support series:
Supersport World Championship
Superstock European Championship

Carl Fogarty won the riders' championship, his fourth and final, and Ducati won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

More information Round, Country ...
1999 Superbike World Championship Calendar [1]
Round Country Circuit Date Superpole Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Report
1 R1 South Africa South Africa Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit 28 March Australia Troy Corser United States Colin Edwards United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance
2 R1 Australia Australia Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 18 April Australia Troy Corser United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Australia Troy Corser Ducati Performance Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Ducati Performance
3 R1 United Kingdom Great Britain Donington Park 2 May Italy Pierfrancesco Chili United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 United States Colin Edwards United States Colin Edwards Castrol Honda
4 R1 Spain Spain Circuito de Albacete 16 May United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Japan Akira Yanagawa Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha WSBK Team Report
R2 United States Colin Edwards United States Colin Edwards Castrol Honda
5 R1 Italy Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 30 May United States Colin Edwards Australia Troy Corser United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance
6 R1 Germany Germany Nürburgring 13 June United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser Australia Troy Corser Ducati Performance
7 R1 San Marino San Marino Misano World Circuit 27 June United Kingdom Carl Fogarty New Zealand Aaron Slight United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance
8 R1 United States United States Laguna Seca Raceway 11 July Australia Troy Corser Australia Anthony Gobert Australia Anthony Gobert Vance & Hines Ducati Report
R2 Australia Troy Corser United States Ben Bostrom Vance & Hines Ducati
9 R1 Europe Europe Brands Hatch 1 August United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Australia Troy Corser United States Colin Edwards Castrol Honda Report
R2 New Zealand Aaron Slight United States Colin Edwards Castrol Honda
10 R1 Austria Austria A1-Ring 29 August United States Colin Edwards Italy Pierfrancesco Chili United States Colin Edwards Castrol Honda Report
R2 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Alstare Suzuki
11 R1 Netherlands Netherlands TT Circuit Assen 5 September Australia Troy Corser United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance
12 R1 Germany Germany Hockenheimring 12 September New Zealand Aaron Slight United Kingdom Carl Fogarty United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati Performance Report
R2 Japan Akira Yanagawa Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Alstare Suzuki
13 R1 Japan Japan Sugo 10 October Australia Troy Corser Japan Akira Ryō Japan Akira Ryō Suzuki Report
R2 Japan Akira Ryō Japan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Team
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Entry list

More information Team, Constructor ...
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Aprilia Race De Cecco Aprilia Aprilia RSV 1000 9 Australia Peter Goddard All
Aprilia Racing 44 Italy Alessandro Antonello 5
Capill France Racing Ducati Ducati 916 18 Colombia Carlos Macias 1–7, 9–12
Hellinmoto Shell Advance 57 Greece Stavros Stavroulakis 5, 7
JM SBK Team 23 Czech Republic Jiří Mrkývka 1–5, 9–13
Team Garella Racing 58 Italy Giorgio Cantalupo 7
Team Motor Time 59 Italy Paolo Malvini 5
Team Pacific 49 Italy Paolo Blora 5
Team Pedercini 19 Italy Lucio Pedercini 1–12
Techna Racing 54 Italy Marco Gerbaudo 7
Tuden Racing 60 Croatia Hrvoje Tuden 7
Ducati Dealer Team Ducati 996 62 Australia Craig Connell 2
99 Australia Steve Martin 2
Ducati Deutschland Remus 16 Austria Andy Meklau 1–2, 4–6, 9–13
80 Germany Werner Dimperl 12
Ducati France FP Racing 27 France Frédéric Protat 3, 5–6, 8–12
71 France Thierry Mulot 10–12
Ducati Performance 1 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty All
11 Australia Troy Corser All
First-Attack Racing Stein Dinse 61 Netherlands Wolfgang Bax 11
Motorrad Center 74 Austria Ali Guettouche 10
R&D Bieffe Racing Team 20 Italy Doriano Romboni 1–5
31 Italy Michele Malatesta 11–12
56 Italy Paolo Blora 7
64 Italy Gianluca Villa 9
Reve Red Bull Ducati 46 United Kingdom John Reynolds 3, 9
48 United Kingdom Sean Emmett 3, 9
Team Ducati NCR 38 South Africa Lance Isaacs All
40 Italy Giuliano Sartoni 1–3, 5–6, 9–12
Vance & Hines Ducati 90 United States Ben Bostrom 8
95 Australia Anthony Gobert 8
American Honda Honda Honda RC45 91 United States Eric Bostrom 8
Castrol Honda 5 United States Colin Edwards All
111 New Zealand Aaron Slight All
Team Kohtake RSC 57 Japan Makoto Tamada 13
Team Lucky Strike Honda 65 Japan Shinichi Ito 13
77 Japan Yuichi Takeda 13
Webster Racing Team 76 Australia Scott Webster 2
White Endurance Team 26 France Jean Pierre Jeandat 1–7, 9
29 Switzerland Roger Kellenberger 10–12
89 United States Mike Smith 8
Grisoni Honda Honda VTR1000F 58 Switzerland Christian Monsch 5
Team CMA 65 Australia Peter Archer 2
BFT Bike Shop Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-7RR 58 Germany Heinz Platacis 11
Greven's MC-Delar 56 Sweden Jan Greven 11
Kawasaki Bertocchi Gerin 15 Slovenia Igor Jerman 1–12
33 Austria Robert Ulm All
70 Italy Giovanni Bussei 13
Kawasaki Racing Team 4 Japan Akira Yanagawa All
6 Spain Gregorio Lavilla All
58 Japan Tamaki Serizawa 13
60 Japan Shinya Takeishi 13
61 Japan Hitoyasu Izutsu 13
Maxwell Motorcycles 63 Australia Alistair Maxwell 2
Orchard Racing Team 89 Australia John Orchard 2
Remus Racing Austria 47 Austria Johann Wolfsteiner 10
SRT 96 Australia Greg Smith 2
Team Green Kawasaki Deutschland 63 Germany Jochen Schmid 6, 11–12
66 South Africa Jonnie Ekerold 6, 11
Team Kawasaki 43 United Kingdom Chris Walker 3, 9, 11
45 United Kingdom Steve Hislop 3
Team Kraus 73 Germany Lothar Kraus 6, 12
Timm Kawasaki Hollenstedt 49 Germany Hans-Jürgen Brikey 11
Alpha-Technik Team Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R750 54/70 Italy Giovanni Bussei 5–6, 10, 12
Alstare Corona Suzuki 7 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili All
21 Japan Katsuaki Fujiwara All
Clarion Suzuki 42 United Kingdom James Haydon 3, 9
50 Australia Martin Craggill 3, 9
Karban Racing Team Slovakia 24 Slovakia Vladimír Karban 1, 3–13
Motorradhaus Prinz Hüttlingen 60 Germany Normann Manz 12
MSC-Rottenegg 67 Austria Anton Rechberger 10
Suzuki Marushin Power Team 64 Australia Kirk McCarthy 5–6
Team Ansett Air Freight Suzuki 79 Australia Shawn Giles 2
Team Suzuki 59 Japan Keiichi Kitagawa 13
64 Japan Akira Ryo 13
81 Japan Chojun Kameya 13
Yacco Schäfer Motorsport 65 Germany Michael Schulten 6, 11
Bulbfust Bleeker Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF750 57 Netherlands Ruud Van Stralen 11
Team Pirelli 53 Italy Redamo Assirelli 5, 7
Alpha-Technik Team Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R7 71 United Kingdom Brian Morrison 6, 10
75 Germany Jürgen Oelschläger 12
Frontiers Motorcycles/Superbike Magazine 54 United Kingdom Dan Harris 9
Gattolone Racing Team 55 Italy Mauro Lucchiari 2–3, 5–12
Team Valli Moto 39 Italy Alessandro Gramigni 1, 3–12
Team Virgin Yamaha 51 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie 3, 9
Yamaha Deutschland 72 Sweden Christer Lindholm 6
Yamaha Motor Corporation 92 United States Jamie Hacking 8
Yamaha Racing Team 56 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa 13
Yamaha World Superbike Team 22 Italy Vittoriano Guareschi 1–12
41 Japan Noriyuki Haga All
Key
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Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
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Championship standings

Riders' standings

More information Pos., Rider ...
1999 final riders' standings[2]
Pos. Rider Bike RSA
South Africa		 AUS
Australia		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SPA
Spain		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 SMR
San Marino		 USA
United States		 EUR
Europe		 AUT
Austria		 NED
Netherlands		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 15 1 1 5 4 19 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 5 489
2 United States Colin Edwards Honda 5 4 3 3 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 Ret 4 6 7 4 5 1 1 1 8 5 5 4 5 9 9 361
3 Australia Troy Corser Ducati 2 3 1 1 6 3 7 6 4 4 3 1 2 2 6 2 5 13 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 7 8 14 361
4 New Zealand Aaron Slight Honda 3 2 4 4 2 Ret 4 7 5 Ret 2 2 5 4 9 6 2 2 Ret 3 3 3 2 3 16 13 323
5 Japan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 6 5 5 6 5 4 2 2 7 5 Ret 3 3 3 3 12 6 5 DNS DNS 6 4 3 4 3 1 308
6 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Suzuki 7 8 Ret 13 Ret 5 5 5 3 3 Ret 5 4 6 7 3 3 Ret Ret 1 4 6 Ret 1 7 7 251
7 Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha 4 Ret 6 5 10 6 1 Ret 6 6 Ret 6 8 Ret Ret 10 7 3 Ret Ret 7 8 5 9 12 4 196
8 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Kawasaki 8 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 4 8 7 4 Ret 7 5 12 8 Ret 10 5 Ret 9 7 6 8 14 16 156
9 Japan Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki 11 10 9 10 13 11 8 8 Ret 9 6 7 14 9 11 11 14 15 Ret Ret 12 12 7 10 19 18 119
10 Italy Vittoriano Guareschi Yamaha 12 13 13 15 16 Ret 9 9 11 10 7 9 9 8 Ret Ret 15 14 3 Ret 13 Ret 10 12 99
11 Austria Andy Meklau Ducati 13 Ret 10 11 12 11 10 8 8 10 11 12 Ret 7 8 9 Ret 6 21 Ret 94
12 Australia Peter Goddard Aprilia Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 10 9 11 5 8 10 Ret Ret 9 12 9 Ret Ret 17 Ret 8 DNS Ret 19 84
13 Austria Robert Ulm Kawasaki 10 11 14 16 Ret 12 13 13 14 Ret Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret Ret 18 18 4 11 14 Ret 13 Ret 22 Ret 59
14 Slovenia Igor Jerman Kawasaki 16 15 12 Ret 14 Ret 11 12 12 Ret Ret 12 15 12 13 16 13 16 Ret 12 11 11 9 DNS 56
15 Japan Akira Ryō Suzuki 1 2 45
16 United States Ben Bostrom Ducati 2 1 45
17 Italy Doriano Romboni Ducati 9 9 7 8 11 8 DNS DNS Ret DNS 44
18 United Kingdom John Reynolds Ducati 7 7 4 8 39
19 Italy Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha 15 17 17 14 14 14 Ret 12 12 17 Ret 13 15 15 17 Ret 8 Ret 15 14 12 14 37
20 Italy Lucio Pedercini Ducati Ret 12 Ret 14 Ret Ret 15 15 13 Ret 11 13 11 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 18 15 14 Ret 35
21 United Kingdom Chris Walker Kawasaki 4 Ret 10 Ret 10 10 31
22 Japan Keiichi Kitagawa Suzuki 4 3 29
23 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Yamaha 12 10 8 7 27
24 Australia Anthony Gobert Ducati 1 Ret 25
25 Italy Mauro Lucchiari Yamaha 17 Ret Ret 17 16 15 17 18 13 11 16 Ret 16 17 7 9 Ret Ret 18 18 25
26 Japan Wataru Yoshikawa Yamaha 5 6 21
27 Japan Tamaki Serizawa Kawasaki 6 8 18
28 United Kingdom Sean Emmett Ducati 9 Ret Ret 6 17
29 United Kingdom Brian Morrison Yamaha 19 Ret 6 10 16
30 France Frédéric Protat Ducati 15 15 Ret Ret 15 19 Ret 14 Ret 19 9 13 Ret DNS 15 16 16
31 South Africa Lance Isaacs Ducati 14 14 18 19 NC 16 Ret DNS 15 14 16 21 12 15 14 Ret 24 Ret Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret 15 23 21 16
32 United States Eric Bostrom Honda 10 7 15
33 United Kingdom Steve Hislop Kawasaki 8 9 15
34 Australia Craig Connell Ducati 8 9 15
35 Italy Giovanni Bussei Suzuki Ret Ret 13 22 Ret 6 DNS DNS 13
Kawasaki 20 20
36 Italy Michele Malatesta Ducati 16 13 11 11 13
37 United Kingdom James Haydon Suzuki Ret Ret 9 11 12
38 Japan Makoto Tamada Honda 10 10 12
39 Switzerland Roger Kellenberger Yamaha Ret 5 21 Ret DNS DNS 11
40 United States Jamie Hacking Yamaha 8 13 11
41 Australia Steve Martin Ducati Ret 7 9
42 Sweden Christer Lindholm Yamaha 9 14 9
43 Germany Jochen Schmid Kawasaki 10 16 19 16 16 13 9
44 Australia Shawn Giles Suzuki 11 12 9
45 Japan Takeshi Tsujimura Yamaha 13 12 7
46 Czech Republic Jiří Mrkývka Ducati 18 Ret 15 17 Ret 17 21 Ret 22 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 20 19 Ret Ret 6
47 Japan Shinya Takeishi Kawasaki Ret 11 5
48 Japan Shinichi Ito Honda 11 Ret 5
49 Austria Anton Rechberger Suzuki 12 16 4
50 Colombia Carlos Macias Ducati Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 17 19 DNQ DNQ Ret 24 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 17 25 Ret 22 Ret 3
51 Italy Alessandro Antonello Aprilia Ret 13 3
52 Australia Martin Craggill Suzuki Ret 13 Ret Ret 3
53 Slovakia Vladimír Karban Suzuki 19 Ret Ret Ret 18 18 DNS DNS 20 23 WD WD Ret Ret 23 22 Ret 14 24 22 Ret 20 Ret Ret 2
54 South Africa Jonnie Ekerold Kawasaki 14 Ret Ret DNS 2
55 Japan Hitoyasu Izutsu Kawasaki 17 15 1
56 Japan Yuichi Takeda Honda 15 17 1
Italy Redamo Assirelli Yamaha 18 16 Ret Ret 0
Australia Alistair Maxwell Kawasaki 16 Ret 0
Greece Stavros Stavroulakis Ducati Ret 17 Ret Ret 0
Italy Paolo Blora Ducati 17 Ret Ret DNS 0
Croatia Hrvoje Tuden Ducati 18 18 0
Italy Marco Gerbaudo Ducati 19 19 0
Australia Kirk McCarthy Suzuki 19 Ret Ret 20 0
Australia Peter Archer Honda 19 20 0
Australia Scott Webster Honda Ret 20 0
Italy Giorgio Cantalupo Ducati Ret Ret 0
Switzerland Christian Monsch Honda Ret DNS 0
Italy Paolo Malvini Ducati DNS DNS
Australia Greg Smith Kawasaki DNQ DNQ
Australia John Orchard Kawasaki DNQ DNQ
Pos. Rider Bike RSA
South Africa		 AUS
Australia		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SPA
Spain		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 RSM
San Marino		 USA
United States		 EUR
Europe		 AUT
Austria		 NED
Netherlands		 GER
Germany		 JAP
Japan		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

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Manufacturers' standings

More information Pos., Manufacturer ...
1999 final manufacturers' standings[3]
Pos. Manufacturer RSA
South Africa		 AUS
Australia		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SPA
Spain		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 RSM
San Marino		 USA
United States		 EUR
Europe		 AUT
Austria		 NED
Netherlands		 GER
Germany		 JAP
Japan		 Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Italy Ducati 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 569
2 Japan Honda 3 2 3 3 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 9 9 452
3 Japan Kawasaki 6 5 5 6 4 4 2 2 7 5 4 3 3 3 3 8 6 5 4 11 6 4 3 4 3 1 345
4 Japan Suzuki 7 8 9 10 13 5 5 5 3 3 6 5 4 6 7 3 3 11 12 1 4 6 7 1 1 2 319
5 Japan Yamaha 4 13 6 5 10 6 1 9 6 6 7 6 8 8 8 10 7 3 3 9 7 8 5 9 5 4 261
6 Italy Aprilia Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 10 9 11 5 8 10 Ret Ret 9 12 9 Ret Ret 17 Ret 8 DNS Ret 19 84
Pos. Manufacturer RSA
South Africa		 AUS
Australia		 GBR
United Kingdom		 SPA
Spain		 ITA
Italy		 GER
Germany		 RSM
San Marino		 USA
United States		 EUR
Europe		 AUT
Austria		 NED
Netherlands		 GER
Germany		 JAP
Japan		 Pts
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External links

  • "1999 FIM Superbike World Championship". superbike-archives.net.

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