1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round

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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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Circuit Nürburgring-1984-GP.svg
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
1:43.927
Fastest lap
Italy Piergiorgio Bontempi
1:45.591

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.

Controversy[]

During Race 1, '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 , 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[]

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 21 35:12.037 1 25
2 111 New Zealand Aaron Slight Honda RC45 21 +7.262 3 20
3 11 Australia Troy Corser Ducati 996 21 +30.178 5 16
4 6 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +35.116 8 13
5 9 Australia Peter Goddard Aprilia RSV1000 21 +36.359 10 11
6 21 Japan Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +37.463 11 10
7 22 Italy Vittoriano Guareschi Yamaha R7 21 +48.594 14 9
8 16 Austria Andy Meklau Ducati 996 21 +59.878 13 8
9 72 Sweden Yamaha R7 21 +1:11.069 17 7
10 63 Germany Jochen Schmid Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1:11.374 15 6
11 19 Italy Lucio Pedercini Ducati 916 21 +1:11.759 16 5
12 39 Italy Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha R7 21 +1:24.325 18 4
13 70 Italy Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +1:28.715 21 3
14 66 South Africa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1:31.515 25 2
15 27 France Frédéric Protat Ducati 996 21 +1:32.908 22 1
16 38 South Africa Ducati 996 21 +1:34.715 27
17 55 Italy Yamaha R7 21 +1:35.448 19
18 26 France Honda RC45 21 +1:44.971 20
19 71 United Kingdom Yamaha R7 20 +1 lap 26
20 24 Slovakia Suzuki GSX-R750 20 +1 lap 28
Ret 5 United States Colin Edwards Honda RC45 12 Crash 2
Ret 65 Germany Suzuki GSX-R750 11 Technical 24
Ret 7 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Suzuki GSX-R750 9 Crash 4
Ret 33 Austria Kawasaki ZX-7RR 9 Crash 9
Ret 73 Germany Kawasaki ZX-7RR 9 Crash 30
Ret 40 Italy Ducati 996 9 Technical 31
Ret 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha R7 5 Crash 7
Ret 4 Japan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 4 Crash 6
Ret 64 Australia Kirk McCarthy Suzuki GSX-R750 4 Crash 23
Ret 15 Slovenia Kawasaki ZX-7RR 3 Technical 12
Ret 18 Colombia Ducati 916 3 Crash 29
Source:[1]

Superbike race 2 classification[]

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Australia Troy Corser Ducati 996 21 35:06.897 5 25
2 111 New Zealand Aaron Slight Honda RC45 21 +0.113 3 20
3 4 Japan Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1.087 6 16
4 5 United States Colin Edwards Honda RC45 21 +12.862 2 13
5 7 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +12.962 4 11
6 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha R7 21 +15.037 7 10
7 21 Japan Katsuaki Fujiwara Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +24.298 11 9
8 9 Australia Peter Goddard Aprilia RSV1000 21 +25.911 10 8
9 22 Italy Vittoriano Guareschi Yamaha R7 21 +37.931 14 7
10 16 Austria Andy Meklau Ducati 996 21 +38.171 13 6
11 33 Austria Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +47.636 9 5
12 15 Slovenia Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +48.991 12 4
13 19 Italy Lucio Pedercini Ducati 916 21 +1:00.178 16 3
14 72 Sweden Yamaha R7 21 +1:02.361 17 2
15 1 United Kingdom Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 21 +1:07.467 1 1
16 63 Germany Jochen Schmid Kawasaki ZX-7RR 21 +1:07.650 15
17 39 Italy Alessandro Gramigni Yamaha R7 21 +1:19.589 18
18 55 Italy Yamaha R7 21 +1:20.250 19
19 27 France Frédéric Protat Ducati 996 21 +1:29.813 22
20 64 Australia Kirk McCarthy Suzuki GSX-R750 21 +1:31.055 23
21 38 South Africa Ducati 996 20 +1 lap 27
22 70 Italy Suzuki GSX-R750 20 +1 lap 21
23 24 Slovakia Suzuki GSX-R750 20 +1 lap 28
24 18 Colombia Ducati 916 20 +1 lap 29
25 40 Italy Ducati 996 19 +2 laps 31
Ret 26 France Honda RC45 17 Technical 20
Ret 65 Germany Suzuki GSX-R750 16 Technical 24
Ret 66 South Africa Kawasaki ZX-7RR 8 Technical 25
Ret 71 United Kingdom Yamaha R7 6 Crash 26
Ret 6 Spain Gregorio Lavilla Kawasaki ZX-7RR 4 Technical 8
DNS 73 Germany Kawasaki ZX-7RR Did not start 30
Source:[2]

Supersport race classification[]

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 Italy Piergiorgio Bontempi Yamaha 21 37:40.271 9 25
2 1 Italy Fabrizio Pirovano Suzuki 21 +9.782 14 20
3 25 France Honda 21 +11.715 13 16
4 22 Germany Yamaha 21 +24.420 2 13
5 35 France Yamaha 21 +24.834 27 11
6 19 Italy Suzuki 21 +25.820 6 10
7 30 Italy Suzuki 21 +39.564 35 9
8 3 France Suzuki 21 +42.234 12 8
9 72 Germany Suzuki 21 +44.051 15 7
10 12 United Kingdom Kawasaki 21 +56.768 11 6
11 24 Italy Ducati 21 +1:19.191 29 5
12 71 Germany Suzuki 21 +1:29.794 23 4
13 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Honda 21 +1:30.428 28 3
14 8 Netherlands Wilco Zeelenberg Yamaha 21 +1:46.059 10 2
15 37 Italy Marco Borciani Honda 19 +2 laps 36 1
16 16 France Sébastien Charpentier Honda 19 +2 laps 17
17 42 Spain David Checa Ducati 19 +2 laps 33
18 70 Germany Suzuki 19 +2 laps 21
19 89 Germany Yamaha 19 +2 laps 32
20 32 Spain José David de Gea Honda 19 +2 laps 24
Ret 27 Italy Bimota 20 Technical 16
Ret 18 Italy Kawasaki 15 Technical 31
Ret 21 Germany Yamaha 10 Crash 1
Ret 43 Italy Bimota 8 Technical 25
Ret 23 Spain Rubén Xaus Yamaha 5 Technical 3
Ret 17 Spain Honda 5 Technical 5
Ret 4 Italy Paolo Casoli Ducati 4 Technical 4
Ret 31 Italy Vittorio Iannuzzo Yamaha 4 Technical 19
Ret 39 France Ducati 3 Technical 26
Ret 5 Italy Yamaha 2 Technical 7
Ret 6 Italy Cristiano Migliorati Suzuki 2 Technical 18
Ret 34 Switzerland Suzuki 1 Crash 8
Ret 20 Belgium Yamaha 1 Crash 22
Ret 73 Germany Suzuki 1 Crash 30
DNS 26 Italy Ducati Did not start 20
DNS 29 Italy Ducati Did not start 34
DNQ 15 Italy Suzuki Grid capacity limit
DNQ 33 Italy Kawasaki Grid capacity limit
DNQ 46 Italy Ducati Grid capacity limit
DNQ 57 Italy Ducati Grid capacity limit
DNQ 49 Italy Ducati Grid capacity limit
DNQ 48 Portugal Honda Grid capacity limit
DNQ 44 Switzerland Honda Grid capacity limit
Source:[3]

References[]

  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.
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