1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round

The 1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round was the 6th round of the 1999 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 June 1999 at the Nürburgring. It was strongly criticised by the riders after track officials failed to show race flags. Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser won Race 1 and Race 2 respectively.

Germany   1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 6 of 13 rounds in the
1999 Superbike World Championship.
and
Round 5 of 11 rounds in the
1999 Supersport World Championship.
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San Marino
Date13 June, 1999
LocationNürburgring
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.556 km (2.831 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
United Kingdom Carl Fogarty
1:38.843
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Australia Troy Corser
1:39.705 1:39.318
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
Germany Jörg Teuchert
1:43.927
Fastest lap
Italy Piergiorgio Bontempi
1:45.591

Controversy

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During Race 1, Igor Jerman's Kawasaki dumped oil at the Castrol Curve, causing multiple other riders to crash, including Noriyuki Haga, Akira Yanagawa, Pierfrancesco Chili and Colin Edwards, due to marshals failing to show Oil Flags. The marshals also failed to show Blue Flags and as a result Fogarty collided with back-marker Lothar Kraus, knocking Kraus off his bike and out of the race. Kraus blamed the flag marshals for the incident, as could be seen from his gestures immediately after the crash.

When Edwards went down, he was livid and showed his anger by throwing gravel on the track and showing his middle finger multiple times. After the race Edwards stated "I'm not coming back to this f***ing country ever again", that he didn't care about the second race and that he wanted to go home and play some golf.

Superbike race 1 classification

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Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 21 35:12.037 1 25
2 111   Aaron Slight Honda RC45 21 +7.262 3 20
3 11   Troy Corser Ducati 996 21 +30.178 5 16
4 6   Gregorio Lavilla Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +35.116 8 13
5 9   Peter Goddard Aprilia RSV1000 21 +36.359 10 11
6 21   Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +37.463 11 10
7 22   Vittoriano Guareschi Yamaha R7 21 +48.594 14 9
8 16   Andy Meklau Ducati 996 21 +59.878 13 8
9 72   Christer Lindholm Yamaha R7 21 +1:11.069 17 7
10 63   Jochen Schmid Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1:11.374 15 6
11 19   Lucio Pedercini Ducati 916 21 +1:11.759 16 5
12 39   Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha R7 21 +1:24.325 18 4
13 70   Giovanni Bussei Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +1:28.715 21 3
14 66   Jonnie Ekerold Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1:31.515 25 2
15 27   Frédéric Protat Ducati 996 21 +1:32.908 22 1
16 38   Lance Isaacs Ducati 996 21 +1:34.715 27
17 55   Mauro Lucchiari Yamaha R7 21 +1:35.448 19
18 26   Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda RC45 21 +1:44.971 20
19 71   Brian Morrison Yamaha R7 20 +1 lap 26
20 24   Vladimír Karban Suzuki GSX-R750 20 +1 lap 28
Ret 5   Colin Edwards Honda RC45 12 Crash 2
Ret 65   Michael Schulten Suzuki GSX-R750 11 Technical 24
Ret 7   Pierfrancesco Chili Suzuki GSX-R750 9 Crash 4
Ret 33   Robert Ulm Kawasaki ZX-7RR 9 Crash 9
Ret 73   Lothar Kraus Kawasaki ZX-7RR 9 Crash 30
Ret 40   Giuliano Sartoni Ducati 996 9 Technical 31
Ret 41   Noriyuki Haga Yamaha R7 5 Crash 7
Ret 4   Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 4 Crash 6
Ret 64   Kirk McCarthy Suzuki GSX-R750 4 Crash 23
Ret 15   Igor Jerman Kawasaki ZX-7RR 3 Technical 12
Ret 18   Carlos Macias Ducati 916 3 Crash 29
Source:[1]

Superbike race 2 classification

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Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11   Troy Corser Ducati 996 21 35:06.897 5 25
2 111   Aaron Slight Honda RC45 21 +0.113 3 20
3 4   Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1.087 6 16
4 5   Colin Edwards Honda RC45 21 +12.862 2 13
5 7   Pierfrancesco Chili Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +12.962 4 11
6 41   Noriyuki Haga Yamaha R7 21 +15.037 7 10
7 21   Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +24.298 11 9
8 9   Peter Goddard Aprilia RSV1000 21 +25.911 10 8
9 22   Vittoriano Guareschi Yamaha R7 21 +37.931 14 7
10 16   Andy Meklau Ducati 996 21 +38.171 13 6
11 33   Robert Ulm Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +47.636 9 5
12 15   Igor Jerman Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +48.991 12 4
13 19   Lucio Pedercini Ducati 916 21 +1:00.178 16 3
14 72   Christer Lindholm Yamaha R7 21 +1:02.361 17 2
15 1   Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 21 +1:07.467 1 1
16 63   Jochen Schmid Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1:07.650 15
17 39   Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha R7 21 +1:19.589 18
18 55   Mauro Lucchiari Yamaha R7 21 +1:20.250 19
19 27   Frédéric Protat Ducati 996 21 +1:29.813 22
20 64   Kirk McCarthy Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +1:31.055 23
21 38   Lance Isaacs Ducati 996 20 +1 lap 27
22 70   Giovanni Bussei Suzuki GSX-R750 20 +1 lap 21
23 24   Vladimír Karban Suzuki GSX-R750 20 +1 lap 28
24 18   Carlos Macias Ducati 916 20 +1 lap 29
25 40   Giuliano Sartoni Ducati 996 19 +2 laps 31
Ret 26   Jean-Pierre Jeandat Honda RC45 17 Technical 20
Ret 65   Michael Schulten Suzuki GSX-R750 16 Technical 24
Ret 66   Jonnie Ekerold Kawasaki ZX-7RR 8 Technical 25
Ret 71   Brian Morrison Yamaha R7 6 Crash 26
Ret 6   Gregorio Lavilla Kawasaki ZX-7RR 4 Technical 8
DNS 73   Lothar Kraus Kawasaki ZX-7RR Did not start 30
Source:[2]

Supersport race classification

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Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7   Piergiorgio Bontempi Yamaha 21 37:40.271 9 25
2 1   Fabrizio Pirovano Suzuki 21 +9.782 14 20
3 25   William Costes Honda 21 +11.715 13 16
4 22   Christian Kellner Yamaha 21 +24.420 2 13
5 35   Christophe Cogan Yamaha 21 +24.834 27 11
6 19   Walter Tortoroglio Suzuki 21 +25.820 6 10
7 30   Giuseppe Fiorillo Suzuki 21 +39.564 35 9
8 3   Stéphane Chambon Suzuki 21 +42.234 12 8
9 72   Stefan Scheschowitsch Suzuki 21 +44.051 15 7
10 12   Iain MacPherson Kawasaki 21 +56.768 11 6
11 24   Francesco Monaco Ducati 21 +1:19.191 29 5
12 71   Markus Barth Suzuki 21 +1:29.794 23 4
13 52   James Toseland Honda 21 +1:30.428 28 3
14 8   Wilco Zeelenberg Yamaha 21 +1:46.059 10 2
15 37   Marco Borciani Honda 19 +2 laps 36 1
16 16   Sébastien Charpentier Honda 19 +2 laps 17
17 42   David Checa Ducati 19 +2 laps 33
18 70   Jürgen Oelschläger Suzuki 19 +2 laps 21
19 89   Rico Penzkofer Yamaha 19 +2 laps 32
20 32   José David de Gea Honda 19 +2 laps 24
Ret 27   Roberto Panichi Bimota 20 Technical 16
Ret 18   Camillo Mariottini Kawasaki 15 Technical 31
Ret 21   Jörg Teuchert Yamaha 10 Crash 1
Ret 43   Norino Brignola Bimota 8 Technical 25
Ret 23   Rubén Xaus Yamaha 5 Technical 3
Ret 17   Pere Riba Honda 5 Technical 5
Ret 4   Paolo Casoli Ducati 4 Technical 4
Ret 31   Vittorio Iannuzzo Yamaha 4 Technical 19
Ret 39   David Muscat Ducati 3 Technical 26
Ret 5   Massimo Meregalli Yamaha 2 Technical 7
Ret 6   Cristiano Migliorati Suzuki 2 Technical 18
Ret 34   Yves Briguet Suzuki 1 Crash 8
Ret 20   Werner Daemen Yamaha 1 Crash 22
Ret 73   Thomas Körner Suzuki 1 Crash 30
DNS 26   Roberto Teneggi Ducati Did not start 20
DNS 29   Davide Bulega Ducati Did not start 34
DNQ 15   Marco Risitano Suzuki Grid capacity limit
DNQ 33   Luca Conforti Kawasaki Grid capacity limit
DNQ 46   Mauro Sanchini Ducati Grid capacity limit
DNQ 57   Fabio Carpani Ducati Grid capacity limit
DNQ 49   Mario Innamorati Ducati Grid capacity limit
DNQ 48   Felisberto Teixeira Honda Grid capacity limit
DNQ 44   Claude-Alain Jaggi Honda Grid capacity limit
Source:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Nürburgring, Superbike – Classification Race 1". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Infront Motor Sports. 13 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Nürburgring, Superbike – Classification Race 2". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Infront Motor Sports. 13 June 1999. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Nürburgring, Supersport – Classification Race". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Infront Motor Sports. 13 June 1999. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.