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.
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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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Date | 13 June, 1999 | ||||||||||||
Standort | Nürburgring | ||||||||||||
Course | Permanent racing facility 4.556 km (2.831 mi) | ||||||||||||
Superbike World Championship | |||||||||||||
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Supersport World Championship | |||||||||||||
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Controversy
editDuring 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
editSuperbike race 2 classification
editSupersport race classification
editPos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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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 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "Nürburgring, Superbike – Classification Race 1". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Infront Motor Sports. 13 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Nürburgring, Superbike – Classification Race 2". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Infront Motor Sports. 13 June 1999. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Nürburgring, Supersport – Classification Race". sbk.perugiatiming.com. Infront Motor Sports. 13 June 1999. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.