1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	South African
Flag:	South Africa
Official Name:	South African Grand Prix^[1]
Location:	Phakisa Freeway
Course Mi:	2.613
Course Km:	4.242
Race No:	14
Season No:	16
Date:	10 October
Year:	1999
Pole Rider 500:	Tadayuki Okada
Pole Rider 500 Country:	Japan
Pole Time 500:	1:35.930
Fast Rider 500:	Sete Gibernau
Fast Rider 500 Country:	Spain
Fast Time 500:	1:36.554 on lap 24
First Rider 500:	Max Biaggi
First Rider 500 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 500:	Sete Gibernau
Second Rider 500 Country:	Spain
Third Rider 500:	Àlex Crivillé
Third Rider 500 Country:	Spain
Pole Rider 250:	Loris Capirossi
Pole Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Pole Time 250:	1:38.287
Fast Rider 250:	Valentino Rossi
Fast Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Fast Time 250:	1:37.624 on lap 9
First Rider 250:	Valentino Rossi
First Rider 250 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 250:	Shinya Nakano
Second Rider 250 Country:	Japan
Third Rider 250:	Olivier Jacque
Third Rider 250 Country:	France
Pole Rider 125:	Gianluigi Scalvini
Pole Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Pole Time 125:	1:43.404
Fast Rider 125:	Gianluigi Scalvini
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Fast Time 125:	1:43.324 on lap 24
First Rider 125:	Gianluigi Scalvini
First Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Second Rider 125:	Arnaud Vincent
Second Rider 125 Country:	France
Third Rider 125:	Marco Melandri
Third Rider 125 Country:	Italy

The 1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 10 October 1999 at Phakisa Freeway.

500 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	45:24.602	2	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+4.822	3	20
3	3	Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+5.138	6	16
4	8	Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+10.432	1	13
5	14	Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	28	+14.187	5	11
6	4	Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+14.282	7	10
7	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	28	+22.636	14	9
8	24	Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+33.224	13	8
9	6	Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+41.357	11	7
10	19	John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	28	+44.052	9	6
11	5	Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	28	+56.083	8	5
12	26	Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	28	+56.443	15	4
13	17	Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	28	+57.117	10	3
14	55	Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+59.166	12	2
15	31	Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	28	+59.290	17	1
16	68	Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	28	+1:06.003	16
17	25	José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	28	+1:11.108	24
18	35	Anthony Gobert	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	28	+1:17.861	19
19	22	Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	28	+1:18.332	20
20	52	José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	28	+1:25.564	18
21	37	Steve Martin	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	28	+1:25.971	22
22	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	4
Ret	21	Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	9	Retirement	23
Ret	20	Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	5	Retirement	21
Sources: ^[2] ^[3]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Aprilia	26	42:57.870	6	25
2	56	Shinya Nakano	Yamaha	26	+1.913	2	20
3	19	Olivier Jacque	Yamaha	26	+3.862	4	16
4	4	Tohru Ukawa	Honda	26	+4.131	3	13
5	1	Loris Capirossi	Honda	26	+19.739	1	11
6	12	Sebastián Porto	Yamaha	26	+23.224	9	10
7	7	Stefano Perugini	Honda	26	+26.461	7	9
8	37	Luca Boscoscuro	TSR-Honda	26	+28.366	11	8
9	14	Anthony West	TSR-Honda	26	+37.644	13	7
10	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+42.837	10	6
11	24	Jason Vincent	Honda	26	+45.558	12	5
12	11	Tomomi Manako	Yamaha	26	+51.489	5	4
13	66	Alex Hofmann	TSR-Honda	26	+57.309	16	3
14	36	Masaki Tokudome	TSR-Honda	26	+57.544	14	2
15	10	Fonsi Nieto	Yamaha	26	+1:35.573	21	1
16	79	Shane Norval	Honda	26	+1:42.183	20
17	16	Johan Stigefelt	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	24
18	17	Maurice Bolwerk	TSR-Honda	25	+1 lap	15
19	80	Adrian Coates	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	18
20	32	Markus Barth	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	41	Jarno Janssen	TSR-Honda	24	Retirement	17
Ret	58	Matías Ríos	Aprilia	15	Retirement	22
Ret	23	Julien Allemand	TSR-Honda	4	Accident	19
Ret	18	Scott Smart	Aprilia	3	Retirement	25
Ret	6	Ralf Waldmann	Aprilia	0	Accident	8
DNS	15	David García	Yamaha		Did not start
Source: ^[4]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Gianluigi Scalvini	Aprilia	24	41:41.665	1	25
2	21	Arnaud Vincent	Aprilia	24	+0.660	4	20
3	13	Marco Melandri	Honda	24	+0.844	2	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Aprilia	24	+8.084	6	13
5	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	24	+17.277	15	11
6	16	Simone Sanna	Honda	24	+17.667	3	10
7	41	Youichi Ui	Derbi	24	+22.769	11	9
8	5	Lucio Cecchinello	Honda	24	+23.794	14	8
9	44	Alessandro Brannetti	Aprilia	24	+24.187	16	7
10	10	Jerónimo Vidal	Aprilia	24	+35.785	9	6
11	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	24	+38.565	20	5
12	22	Pablo Nieto	Derbi	24	+39.264	13	4
13	29	Ángel Nieto, Jr.	Honda	24	+50.228	18	3
14	4	Masao Azuma	Honda	24	+53.917	8	2
15	1	Kazuto Sakata	Honda	24	+54.458	19	1
16	11	Max Sabbatani	Honda	24	+54.733	21
17	18	Reinhard Stolz	Honda	24	+56.884	23
18	9	Frédéric Petit	Aprilia	24	+1:00.750	22
19	94	Beaumont Levy	Honda	24	+1:39.377	25
Ret	7	Emilio Alzamora	Honda	11	Accident	12
Ret	26	Ivan Goi	Honda	11	Accident	7
Ret	6	Noboru Ueda	Honda	11	Accident	5
Ret	32	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	10	Retirement	10
Ret	24	Robbin Harms	Aprilia	9	Retirement	26
Ret	12	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	7	Retirement	24
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	6	Retirement	17
DNQ	93	Robert Portman	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[5]

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Àlex Crivillé	246
2	Tadayuki Okada	202
3	Kenny Roberts Jr.	179
4	Max Biaggi	154
5	Sete Gibernau	144

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1		314
2	Yamaha	235
3	Suzuki	190
4	Aprilia	95
5	TSR-Honda	54

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1999 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
2. Web site: South African Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. 21 May 2016.
3. Web site: motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999. motogp.com.
4. Web site: South African Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. 21 May 2016.
5. Web site: South African Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 10 October 1999. 21 May 2016.
6. Web site: Standings . 1999 . resources.motogp.com. 2019-08-20.