1999 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round

1999 South Africa Superbike World Championship round
Round details
	Round 1 of 13 rounds in the ; 1999 Superbike World Championship.; and; Round 1 of 11 rounds in the ; 1999 Supersport World Championship.
	Next round →; Australia
Date	28 March, 1999
Location	Kyalami
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.267 km (2.651 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
	Troy Corser
	1:42.943
Colin Edwards	Carl Fogarty
1:43.800	1:43.477
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
	Rubén Xaus
	1:47.293
Fastest lap
	Iain MacPherson
	1:48.343

The 1999 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 1999 Superbike World Championship season and the 1999 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 March 1999 at the 4.26 km Kyalami Circuit in South Africa. The round was marred by the death of Brett MacLeod after a crash in the Supersport race.^[1]

Superbike

Entry list

No.	Rider	Team	Motorcycle
1	Carl Fogarty	Ducati Performance	Ducati 996
4	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
5	Colin Edwards	Castrol Honda	Honda RC45
6	Gregorio Lavilla	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki Alstare F.S.	Suzuki GSX-R750
9	Peter Goddard	Aprilia Rac.De Cecco	Aprilia RSV1000
11	Troy Corser	Ducati Performance	Ducati 996
15	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
16	Andreas Meklau	Remus Racing Austria	Ducati 996
18	Carlos Macias	Capill France Racing	Ducati 916
19	Lucio Pedercini	Team Pedercini	Ducati 916
20	Doriano Romboni	R & D Racing Team	Ducati 996
21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki Alstare F.S.	Suzuki GSX-R750
22	Vittoriano Guareschi	Yamaha WSBK Team	Yamaha R7
23	Jiří Mrkývka	JM SBK Team	Ducati 916
24	Vladimír Karban	Karban Racing Team	Suzuki GSX-R750
26	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	White Endurance	Honda RC45
33	Robert Ulm	Kawasaki Bertocchi	Kawasaki ZX-7RR
38	Lance Isaacs	Team Ducati NCR	Ducati 996
39	Alessandro Gramigni	Team Valli Moto	Yamaha R7
40	Giuliano Sartoni	Team Ducati NCR	Ducati 996
41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha WSBK Team	Yamaha R7
111	Aaron Slight	Castrol Honda	Honda RC45

Race 1

Summary

Carl Fogarty got the holeshot from pole position and led Corser and Haga into the first corner. Doriano Romboni made a strong start, but dropped back due to the pain of his injured hand. Aprilia's World Superbike debut lasted less than 3 laps, after Peter Goddard dropped it at the chicane. The field became spread out by lap 5, with Fogarty 3 seconds ahead of team-mate Corser, who was battling with Slight for second. Ducati riders Lucio Pedercini and Carlos Macias both crashed out on lap 16. After 25 laps, Carl Fogarty won his 49th World Superbike race, ahead of Corser, Slight, Haga and Edwards. The Kawasakis of Yanagawa and Lavilla suffered tyre, suspension and power difficulties but managed sixth and eighth respectively, with Chili between them in seventh.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	25	43:35.637	2	25
2	11	Troy Corser	Ducati 996	25	+5.257	1	20
3	111	Aaron Slight	Honda RC45	25	+9.779	3	16
4	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha R7	25	+13.181	4	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Honda RC45	25	+14.535	6	11
6	4	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+16.547	5	10
7	7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki GSX-R750	25	+32.957	14	9
8	6	Gregorio Lavilla	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+37.099	11	8
9	20	Doriano Romboni	Ducati 996	25	+45.691	7	7
10	33	Robert Ulm	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+54.185	8	6
11	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki GSX-R750	25	+54.424	10	5
12	22	Vittoriano Guareschi	Yamaha R7	25	+1:09.588	15	4
13	16	Andreas Meklau	Ducati 996	25	+1:09.938	12	3
14	38	Lance Isaacs	Ducati 996	25	+1:11.106	19	2
15	39	Alessandro Gramigni	Yamaha R7	25	+1:26.836	16	1
16	15	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+1:30.328	17
17	26	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda RC45	25	+1:44.035	18
18	23	Jiří Mrkývka	Ducati 916	24	+1 lap	20
19	24	Vladimír Karban	Suzuki GSX-R750	24	+1 lap	21
Ret	19	Lucio Pedercini	Ducati 916	15	Crash	13
Ret	18	Carlos Macias	Ducati 916	15	Crash	22
Ret	40	Giuliano Sartoni	Ducati 996	3	Technical	23
Ret	9	Peter Goddard	Aprilia RSV1000	2	Crash	9
Source:^[2]

Race 2

Classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	25	43:41.963	2	25
2	111	Aaron Slight	Honda RC45	25	+6.073	3	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Ducati 996	25	+7.279	1	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Honda RC45	25	+12.401	6	13
5	4	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+15.632	5	11
6	6	Gregorio Lavilla	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+19.634	11	10
7	9	Peter Goddard	Aprilia RSV1000	25	+21.521	9	9
8	7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki GSX-R750	25	+25.508	14	8
9	20	Doriano Romboni	Ducati 996	25	+25.660	7	7
10	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki GSX-R750	25	+31.415	10	6
11	33	Robert Ulm	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+46.765	8	5
12	19	Lucio Pedercini	Ducati 916	25	+52.192	13	4
13	22	Vittoriano Guareschi	Yamaha R7	25	+1:03.311	15	3
14	38	Lance Isaacs	Ducati 996	25	+1:22.799	19	2
15	15	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	25	+1:26.729	17	1
16	26	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda RC45	25	+1:43.480	18
17	39	Alessandro Gramigni	Yamaha R7	24	+1 lap	16
Ret	16	Andreas Meklau	Ducati 996	24	Retired	12
Ret	24	Vladimír Karban	Suzuki GSX-R750	22	Retired	21
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha R7	14	Retired	4
Ret	40	Giuliano Sartoni	Ducati 996	7	Retired	23
Ret	23	Jiří Mrkývka	Ducati 916	6	Retired	20
Ret	18	Carlos Macias	Ducati 916	0	Retired	22
Source:^[3]

Supersport

Race

Classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Iain MacPherson	Kawasaki	23	41:52.104	3	25
2	3	Stéphane Chambon	Suzuki	23	+12.515	4	20
3	21	Jörg Teuchert	Yamaha	23	+21.145	8	16
4	22	Christian Kellner	Yamaha	23	+22.500	6	13
5	51	Russell Wood	Yamaha	23	+27.675	12	11
6	52	James Toseland	Honda	23	+29.166	17	10
7	4	Paolo Casoli	Ducati	23	+30.043	11	9
8	8	Wilco Zeelenberg	Yamaha	23	+38.618	9	8
9	32	José David de Gea	Honda	23	+39.640	19	7
10	25	William Costes	Honda	23	+41.919	7	6
11	34	Yves Briguet	Suzuki	23	+44.139	22	5
12	54	Graeme van Breda	Honda	23	+48.728	18	4
13	26	Roberto Teneggi	Ducati	23	+51.091	15	3
14	7	Piergiorgio Bontempi	Yamaha	23	+1:04.227	27	2
15	17	Pere Riba	Honda	23	+1:06.117	10	1
16	18	Camillo Mariottini	Kawasaki	23	+1:07.325	25
17	42	David Checa	Ducati	23	+1:08.977	34
18	31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Yamaha	23	+1:10.718	36
19	27	Roberto Panichi	Bimota	23	+1:11.384	28
20	46	Mauro Sanchini	Ducati	23	+1:14.522	29
21	24	Francesco Monaco	Ducati	23	+1:31.097	33
22	35	Christophe Cogan	Yamaha	23	+1:33.026	23
23	43	Norino Brignola	Bimota	23	+1:51.505	30
DSQ	53	Brad Anassis	Kawasaki	23	+43.351	16
Ret	1	Fabrizio Pirovano	Suzuki	21	Retired	5
Ret	6	Cristiano Migliorati	Suzuki	21	Retired	24
Ret	33	Luca Conforti	Kawasaki	13	Retired	26
Ret	50	Greg Dreyer	Honda	12	Retired	13
Ret	23	Rubén Xaus	Yamaha	9	Retired	1
Ret	20	Werner Daemen	Yamaha	8	Retired	32
Ret	15	Marco Risitano	Yamaha	7	Retired	35
Ret	69	Serafino Foti	Ducati	3	Retired	31
DNS	56	Stewart MacLeod	Suzuki		Did not start	20
DNS	5	Massimo Meregalli	Yamaha		Did not start	21
DNS	29	Davide Bulega	Ducati		Did not start	14
DNS	58	Brett MacLeod	Suzuki		Did not start	2
DNQ	87	Tripp Nobles	Honda		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	19	Walter Tortoroglio	Suzuki		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	55	Michele Malatesta	Ducati		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	38	Jan Hanson	Suzuki		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	57	Fabio Carpani	Ducati		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	49	Mario Innamorati	Suzuki		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	37	Marco Borciani	Honda		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	28	Guim Roda	Yamaha		Grid capacity limit
DNQ	44	Claude-Alain Jaggi	Honda		Grid capacity limit
Source:^[4]

References

^ "Motorcycling: Tragedy tempers Fogarty's triumph". The Independent. 29 March 1999. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ "Kyalami – 26/27/28 March 1999 – Superbike World Championship 1999 – 102/01 – Classification Race 1". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 28 March 1999. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "Kyalami – 26/27/28 March 1999 – Superbike World Championship 1999 – 102/01 – Classification Race 2". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 28 March 1999. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "Kyalami – 26/27/28 March 1999 – Supersport World Championship 1999 – 103/01 – Revised Race Classification". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 28 March 1999. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[1] "Motorcycling: Tragedy tempers Fogarty's triumph". The Independent. 29 March 1999. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[2] "Kyalami – 26/27/28 March 1999 – Superbike World Championship 1999 – 102/01 – Classification Race 1". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 28 March 1999. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[3] "Kyalami – 26/27/28 March 1999 – Superbike World Championship 1999 – 102/01 – Classification Race 2". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 28 March 1999. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[4] "Kyalami – 26/27/28 March 1999 – Supersport World Championship 1999 – 103/01 – Revised Race Classification". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 28 March 1999. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

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