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.

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

## Race calendar and results

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Round  | Country  | Circuit  | Date  | Superpole  | Fastest lap  | Winning rider  | Winning team  | Report

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

## Championship standings

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### Riders' standings

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| 1999 final riders' standings[1]

Pos.  | Rider  | Bike  | RSA
| AUS
| GBR
| SPA
| ITA
| GER
| SMR
| USA
| EUR
| AUT
| NED
| GER
| JPN
| 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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  Akira Ryō | Suzuki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 45
16  |  Ben Bostrom | Ducati |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2  | 1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45
17  |  Doriano Romboni | Ducati | 9  | 9  | 7  | 8  | 11  | 8  | DNS | DNS | Ret  | DNS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44
18  |  John Reynolds | Ducati |  |  |  |  | 7  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 8  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39
19  |  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  |  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  |  Chris Walker | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  | 4  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | Ret  |  |  | 10  | 10  |  |  |  |  | 31
22  |  Keiichi Kitagawa | Suzuki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4  | 3  | 29
23  |  Niall Mackenzie | Yamaha |  |  |  |  | 12  | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27
24  |  Anthony Gobert | Ducati |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25
25  |  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  |  Wataru Yoshikawa | Yamaha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5  | 6  | 21
27  |  Tamaki Serizawa | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 8  | 18
28  |  Sean Emmett | Ducati |  |  |  |  | 9  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 6  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17
29  |  Brian Morrison | Yamaha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6  | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16
30  |  Frédéric Protat | Ducati |  |  |  |  | 15  | 15  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | 15  | 19  |  |  | Ret  | 14  | Ret  | 19  | 9  | 13  | Ret  | DNS | 15  | 16  |  |  | 16
31  |  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  |  Eric Bostrom | Honda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15
33  |  Steve Hislop | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  | 8  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15
34  |  Craig Connell | Ducati |  |  | 8  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15
35  |  Giovanni Bussei | Suzuki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | 13  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 6  |  |  | DNS | DNS |  |  | 13
Kawasaki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20  | 20
36  |  Michele Malatesta | Ducati |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16  | 13  | 11  | 11  |  |  | 13
37  |  James Haydon | Suzuki |  |  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 11  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12
38  |  Makoto Tamada | Honda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 10  | 12
39  |  Roger Kellenberger | Yamaha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 5  | 21  | Ret  | DNS | DNS |  |  | 11
40  |  Jamie Hacking | Yamaha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11
41  |  Steve Martin | Ducati |  |  | Ret  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9
42  |  Christer Lindholm | Yamaha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9  | 14  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9
43  |  Jochen Schmid | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19  | 16  | 16  | 13  |  |  | 9
44  |  Shawn Giles | Suzuki |  |  | 11  | 12  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9
45  |  Takeshi Tsujimura | Yamaha |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13  | 12  | 7
46  |  Jiří Mrkývka | Ducati | 18  | Ret  | 15  | 17  |  |  | Ret  | 17  | 21  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22  | Ret  | 11  | Ret  | Ret  | Ret  | 20  | 19  | Ret  | Ret  | 6
47  |  Shinya Takeishi | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 11  | 5
48  |  Shinichi Ito | Honda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11  | Ret  | 5
49  |  Anton Rechberger | Suzuki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
50  |  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  |  Alessandro Antonello | Aprilia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
52  |  Martin Craggill | Suzuki |  |  |  |  | Ret  | 13  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
53  |  Vladimír Karban | Suzuki | 19  | Ret  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | 18  | 18  | DNS | DNS | 20  | 23  |  |  | Ret  | Ret  | 23  | 22  | Ret  | 14  | 24  | 22  | Ret  | 20  | Ret  | Ret  | 2
54  |  Jonnie Ekerold | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14  | Ret  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ret  | DNS |  |  |  |  | 2
55  |  Hitoyasu Izutsu | Kawasaki |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17  | 15  | 1
56  |  Yuichi Takeda | Honda |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15  | 17  | 1
Pos.  | Rider  | Bike  | RSA
| AUS
| GBR
| SPA
| ITA
| GER
| RSM
| USA
| EUR
| AUT
| NED
| GER
| JAP
| Pts
| Colour | Result

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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points classification
Blue | Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red | Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black | Disqualified (DSQ)
White | Did 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

### Manufacturers' standings

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1999 final manufacturers' standings[2]

Pos.  | Manufacturer  | RSA
| AUS
| GBR
| SPA
| ITA
| GER
| RSM
| USA
| EUR
| AUT
| NED
| GER
| JAP
| 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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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  |  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
| AUS
| GBR
| SPA
| ITA
| GER
| RSM
| USA
| EUR
| AUT
| NED
| GER
| JAP
| Pts

## External links

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

## References

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1. ^ "Championship standings". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 10 October 1999. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. ^ "Manufacturer standings". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Perugia Timing. 10 October 1999. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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