# 1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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## 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 | | |
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## 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 | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (500cc)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Àlex Crivillé | 246 |
| 2 | Tadayuki Okada | 202 |
| 3 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | 179 |
| 4 | Max Biaggi | 154 |
| 5 | Sete Gibernau | 144 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 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.