1999 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round

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]

  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.
Date28 March, 1999
LocationKyalami
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.267 km (2.651 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Troy Corser
1:42.943
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
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

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
  1. "Motorcycling: Tragedy tempers Fogarty's triumph". The Independent. 29 March 1999. 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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