1999 Superbike World 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.

1999 Superbike World Championship
Previous:	1998	Next:	2000
Support series: Supersport World Championship Superstock European Championship

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

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 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 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 Kawasaki 20 20 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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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
		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
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.