1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

  1999 South African Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 16 races in the
1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date October 8, 1999
Location Welkom
Course Permanent racing facility
4.242 km (2.613 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider Tadayuki Okada
Time 1:35.930
Fastest lap
Rider Sete Gibernau
Time 1:36.554
Podium
First Max Biaggi
Second Sete Gibernau
Third Àlex Crivillé
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Loris Capirossi
Time 1:38.287
Fastest lap
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:37.624
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Shinya Nakano
Third Olivier Jacque
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Gianluigi Scalvini
Time 1:43.404
Fastest lap
Rider Gianluigi Scalvini
Time 1:43.284
Podium
First Gianluigi Scalvini
Second Arnaud Vincent
Third Marco Melandri

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

500cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2 Max Biaggi Yamaha 28 45:24.602 2 25
2 15 Sete Gibernau Honda 28 +4.822 3 20
3 3 Àlex Crivillé Honda 28 +5.138 6 16
4 8 Tadayuki Okada Honda 28 +10.432 1 13
5 14 Juan Borja Honda 28 +14.187 5 11
6 4 Carlos Checa Yamaha 28 +14.282 7 10
7 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 28 +22.636 14 9
8 24 Garry McCoy Yamaha 28 +33.224 13 8
9 6 Norick Abe Yamaha 28 +41.357 11 7
10 19 John Kocinski Honda 28 +44.052 9 6
11 5 Alex Barros Honda 28 +56.083 8 5
12 26 Haruchika Aoki TSR-Honda 28 +56.443 15 4
13 17 Jurgen vd Goorbergh Muz-Weber 28 +57.117 10 3
14 55 Régis Laconi Yamaha 28 +59.166 12 2
15 31 Tetsuya Harada Aprilia 28 +59.290 17 1
16 68 Mark Willis Modenas 28 +1:06.003 16
17 25 José Luis Cardoso TSR-Honda 28 +1:11.108 24
18 35 Anthony Gobert Muz-Weber 28 +1:17.861 19
19 22 Sébastien Gimbert Honda 28 +1:18.332 20
20 52 David de Gea Modenas 28 +1:25.564 18
21 37 Steve Martin Honda 28 +1:25.971 22
22 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Suzuki 27 +1 Lap 4
Ret 21 Michael Rutter Honda 9 Retirement 23
Ret 20 Mike Hale Modenas 5 Retirement 21

250cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Valentino Rossi Aprilia 42:57.870 25
2 Shinya Nakano Yamaha +1.913 20
3 Olivier Jacque Yamaha +3.862 16
4 Tohru Ukawa Honda +4.131 13
5 Loris Capirossi Honda +19.739 11
6 Sebastian Porto Yamaha +23.224 10
7 Stefano Perugini Honda +26.461 9
8 Luca Boscoscuro TSR-Honda +28.366 8
9 Anthony West TSR-Honda +37.644 7
10 Franco Battaini Aprilia +42.837 6
11 Jason Vincent Honda +45.558 5
12 Tomomi Manako Yamaha +51.489 4
13 Alex Hofmann TSR-Honda +57.309 3
14 Masaki Tokudome TSR-Honda +57.544 2
15 Fonsi Nieto Yamaha +1:35.573 1
16 Shane Norval Honda +1:42.183
17 Johann Stigefelt Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Maurice Bolwerk TSR-Honda +1 Lap
19 Adrian Coates Aprilia +1 Lap
20 Markus Barth Yamaha +1 Lap
Ret Scott Smart Aprilia Retirement
Ret Alfredo Rios Aprilia Retirement
Ret Julien Allemand TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret Jarno Janssen TSR-Honda Retirement
Ret Ralf Waldmann Aprilia Retirement

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Gianluigi Scalvini Aprilia 41:41.665 25
2 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia +0.660 20
3 Marco Melandri Honda +0.844 16
4 Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +8.084 13
5 Gino Borsoi Aprilia +17.277 11
6 Simone Sanna Honda +17.667 10
7 Youichi Ui Derbi +22.769 9
8 Lucio Cecchinello Honda +23.794 8
9 Alessandro Brannetti Aprilia +24.187 7
10 Jeronimo Vidal Aprilia +35.785 6
11 Steve Jenkner Aprilia +39.000 5
12 Pablo Nieto Derbi +39.264 4
13 Angel Nieto Jr Honda +50.228 3
14 Masao Azuma Honda +53.917 2
15 Kazuto Sakata Honda +54.458 1
16 Max Sabbatani Honda +54.733
17 Reinhard Stolz Honda +56.884
18 Frederic Petit Aprilia +1:00.750
19 Beaumont Levy Honda +1:39.377
Ret Robbin Harms Aprilia Retirement
Ret Emilio Alzamora Honda Retirement
Ret Randy de Puniet Aprilia Retirement
Ret Mirko Giansanti Aprilia Retirement
Ret Manuel Poggiali Derbi Retirement
Ret Ivan Goi Honda Retirement
Ret Noboru Ueda Honda Retirement
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1999 Australian Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1999 season
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1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
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1992 South African Grand Prix
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2000 South African Grand Prix