1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

1999 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 16 races in the; 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 October 1999
Official name	South African Grand Prix
Location	Phakisa Freeway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.242 km (2.636 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Tadayuki Okada
Time	1:35.930
Fastest lap
Rider	Sete Gibernau
Time	1:36.554 on lap 24
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:38.287
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:37.624 on lap 9
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Shinya Nakano
Third	Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Gianluigi Scalvini
Time	1:43.404
Fastest lap
Rider	Gianluigi Scalvini
Time	1:43.324 on lap 24
Podium
First	Gianluigi Scalvini
Second	Arnaud Vincent
Third	Marco Melandri

The 1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 10 October 1999 at Phakisa Freeway.

500 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	45:24.602	2	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+4.822	3	20
3	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+5.138	6	16
4	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+10.432	1	13
5	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	28	+14.187	5	11
6	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+14.282	7	10
7	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	28	+22.636	14	9
8	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+33.224	13	8
9	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+41.357	11	7
10	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	28	+44.052	9	6
11	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	28	+56.083	8	5
12	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	28	+56.443	15	4
13	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	28	+57.117	10	3
14	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+59.166	12	2
15	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	28	+59.290	17	1
16	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	28	+1:06.003	16
17	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	28	+1:11.108	24
18	35	Anthony Gobert	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	28	+1:17.861	19
19	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	28	+1:18.332	20
20	52	José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	28	+1:25.564	18
21	37	Steve Martin	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	28	+1:25.971	22
22	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	4
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	9	Retirement	23
Ret	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	5	Retirement	21
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

250 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	26	42:57.870	6	25
2	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	26	+1.913	2	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	26	+3.862	4	16
4	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	26	+4.131	3	13
5	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	26	+19.739	1	11
6	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+23.224	9	10
7	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	26	+26.461	7	9
8	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	26	+28.366	11	8
9	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	26	+37.644	13	7
10	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+42.837	10	6
11	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	26	+45.558	12	5
12	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	26	+51.489	5	4
13	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	26	+57.309	16	3
14	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	26	+57.544	14	2
15	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	26	+1:35.573	21	1
16	79	Shane Norval	Honda	26	+1:42.183	20
17	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	24
18	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	25	+1 lap	15
19	80	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	18
20	32	Markus Barth	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	24	Retirement	17
Ret	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	15	Retirement	22
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	4	Accident	19
Ret	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	3	Retirement	25
Ret	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
DNS	15	David García	Yamaha		Did not start
Source: ^[4]

125 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	24	41:41.665	1	25
2	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	+0.660	4	20
3	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	24	+0.844	2	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	24	+8.084	6	13
5	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+17.277	15	11
6	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	24	+17.667	3	10
7	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	24	+22.769	11	9
8	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	24	+23.794	14	8
9	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	24	+24.187	16	7
10	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	24	+35.785	9	6
11	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+38.565	20	5
12	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	24	+39.264	13	4
13	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	24	+50.228	18	3
14	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+53.917	8	2
15	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	24	+54.458	19	1
16	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	24	+54.733	21
17	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	24	+56.884	23
18	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	24	+1:00.750	22
19	94	Beaumont Levy	Honda	24	+1:39.377	25
Ret	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	11	Accident	12
Ret	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	11	Accident	7
Ret	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	11	Accident	5
Ret	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	10	Retirement	10
Ret	24	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	9	Retirement	26
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	7	Retirement	24
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	6	Retirement	17
DNQ	93	Robert Portman	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	246
2	Tadayuki Okada	202
3	Kenny Roberts Jr.	179
4	Max Biaggi	154
5	Sete Gibernau	144

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	314
2	Yamaha	235
3	Suzuki	190
4	Aprilia	95
5	TSR-Honda	54

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "1999 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "South African Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ "motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". motogp.com.
^ "South African Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ "South African Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

Previous race: 1999 Australian Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1999 season	Next race: 1999 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
Previous race: 1992 South African Grand Prix	South African Grand Prix	Next race: 2000 South African Grand Prix

[motorsportmagazine.com-1] "1999 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[2] "South African Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[3] "motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999". motogp.com.

[4] "South African Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[5] "South African Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

[6] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 1999. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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