1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round

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.

  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.
Date	13 June, 1999
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.556 km (2.831 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Carl Fogarty 1:38.843 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Carl Fogarty Troy Corser 1:39.705 1:39.318
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Jörg Teuchert 1:43.927 Fastest lap Piergiorgio Bontempi 1:45.591

Controversy

During 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

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	21	35:12.037	1	25
2	111	Aaron Slight	Honda RC45	21	+7.262	3	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Ducati 996	21	+30.178	5	16
4	6	Gregorio Lavilla	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+35.116	8	13
5	9	Peter Goddard	Aprilia RSV1000	21	+36.359	10	11
6	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki GSX-R750	21	+37.463	11	10
7	22	Vittoriano Guareschi	Yamaha R7	21	+48.594	14	9
8	16	Andy Meklau	Ducati 996	21	+59.878	13	8
9	72	Christer Lindholm	Yamaha R7	21	+1:11.069	17	7
10	63	Jochen Schmid	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+1:11.374	15	6
11	19	Lucio Pedercini	Ducati 916	21	+1:11.759	16	5
12	39	Alessandro Gramigni	Yamaha R7	21	+1:24.325	18	4
13	70	Giovanni Bussei	Suzuki GSX-R750	21	+1:28.715	21	3
14	66	Jonnie Ekerold	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+1:31.515	25	2
15	27	Frédéric Protat	Ducati 996	21	+1:32.908	22	1
16	38	Lance Isaacs	Ducati 996	21	+1:34.715	27
17	55	Mauro Lucchiari	Yamaha R7	21	+1:35.448	19
18	26	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda RC45	21	+1:44.971	20
19	71	Brian Morrison	Yamaha R7	20	+1 lap	26
20	24	Vladimír Karban	Suzuki GSX-R750	20	+1 lap	28
Ret	5	Colin Edwards	Honda RC45	12	Crash	2
Ret	65	Michael Schulten	Suzuki GSX-R750	11	Technical	24
Ret	7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki GSX-R750	9	Crash	4
Ret	33	Robert Ulm	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	9	Crash	9
Ret	73	Lothar Kraus	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	9	Crash	30
Ret	40	Giuliano Sartoni	Ducati 996	9	Technical	31
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha R7	5	Crash	7
Ret	4	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	4	Crash	6
Ret	64	Kirk McCarthy	Suzuki GSX-R750	4	Crash	23
Ret	15	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	3	Technical	12
Ret	18	Carlos Macias	Ducati 916	3	Crash	29
Source:[1]

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Troy Corser	Ducati 996	21	35:06.897	5	25
2	111	Aaron Slight	Honda RC45	21	+0.113	3	20
3	4	Akira Yanagawa	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+1.087	6	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Honda RC45	21	+12.862	2	13
5	7	Pierfrancesco Chili	Suzuki GSX-R750	21	+12.962	4	11
6	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha R7	21	+15.037	7	10
7	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Suzuki GSX-R750	21	+24.298	11	9
8	9	Peter Goddard	Aprilia RSV1000	21	+25.911	10	8
9	22	Vittoriano Guareschi	Yamaha R7	21	+37.931	14	7
10	16	Andy Meklau	Ducati 996	21	+38.171	13	6
11	33	Robert Ulm	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+47.636	9	5
12	15	Igor Jerman	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+48.991	12	4
13	19	Lucio Pedercini	Ducati 916	21	+1:00.178	16	3
14	72	Christer Lindholm	Yamaha R7	21	+1:02.361	17	2
15	1	Carl Fogarty	Ducati 996	21	+1:07.467	1	1
16	63	Jochen Schmid	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	21	+1:07.650	15
17	39	Alessandro Gramigni	Yamaha R7	21	+1:19.589	18
18	55	Mauro Lucchiari	Yamaha R7	21	+1:20.250	19
19	27	Frédéric Protat	Ducati 996	21	+1:29.813	22
20	64	Kirk McCarthy	Suzuki GSX-R750	21	+1:31.055	23
21	38	Lance Isaacs	Ducati 996	20	+1 lap	27
22	70	Giovanni Bussei	Suzuki GSX-R750	20	+1 lap	21
23	24	Vladimír Karban	Suzuki GSX-R750	20	+1 lap	28
24	18	Carlos Macias	Ducati 916	20	+1 lap	29
25	40	Giuliano Sartoni	Ducati 996	19	+2 laps	31
Ret	26	Jean-Pierre Jeandat	Honda RC45	17	Technical	20
Ret	65	Michael Schulten	Suzuki GSX-R750	16	Technical	24
Ret	66	Jonnie Ekerold	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	8	Technical	25
Ret	71	Brian Morrison	Yamaha R7	6	Crash	26
Ret	6	Gregorio Lavilla	Kawasaki ZX-7RR	4	Technical	8
DNS	73	Lothar Kraus	Kawasaki ZX-7RR		Did not start	30
Source:[2]

Supersport race classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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
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.