1999 Superbike World Championship

1999 Superbike World Championship
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Support series: Supersport World Championship Superstock European Championship

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

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

Championship standings

Riders' standings

1999 final riders' standings^[1]
Pos.	Rider	Bike	RSA		AUS		GBR		SPA		ITA		GER		SMR		USA		EUR		AUT		NED		GER		JPN		Pts
Pos.	Rider	Bike	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	Pts
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
35	Giovanni Bussei	Kawasaki																									20	20	13
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
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

1999 final manufacturers' standings^[2]
Pos.	Manufacturer	RSA		AUS		GBR		SPA		ITA		GER		RSM		USA		EUR		AUT		NED		GER		JAP		Pts
Pos.	Manufacturer	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	Pts
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

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

References

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

[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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