# 1999 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round

The 1999 Kyalami Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 1999 Superbike World Championship season and the 1999 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 March 1999 at the 4.26 km Kyalami Circuit in South Africa. The round was marred by the death of Brett MacLeod after a crash in the Supersport race.

## Superbike
### Entry list

| No. | Rider | Team | Motorcycle |
| 1 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati Performance | Ducati 996 |
| 4 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-7RR |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | Castrol Honda | Honda RC45 |
| 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-7RR |
| 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Suzuki Alstare F.S. | Suzuki GSX-R750 |
| 9 | Peter Goddard | Aprilia Rac.De Cecco | Aprilia RSV1000 |
| 11 | Troy Corser | Ducati Performance | Ducati 996 |
| 15 | Igor Jerman | Kawasaki Bertocchi | Kawasaki ZX-7RR |
| 16 | Andreas Meklau | Remus Racing Austria | Ducati 996 |
| 18 | Carlos Macias | Capill France Racing | Ducati 916 |
| 19 | Lucio Pedercini | Team Pedercini | Ducati 916 |
| 20 | Doriano Romboni | R & D Racing Team | Ducati 996 |
| 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki Alstare F.S. | Suzuki GSX-R750 |
| 22 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha WSBK Team | Yamaha R7 |
| 23 | Jiří Mrkývka | JM SBK Team | Ducati 916 |
| 24 | Vladimír Karban | Karban Racing Team | Suzuki GSX-R750 |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | White Endurance | Honda RC45 |
| 33 | Robert Ulm | Kawasaki Bertocchi | Kawasaki ZX-7RR |
| 38 | Lance Isaacs | Team Ducati NCR | Ducati 996 |
| 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Team Valli Moto | Yamaha R7 |
| 40 | Giuliano Sartoni | Team Ducati NCR | Ducati 996 |
| 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha WSBK Team | Yamaha R7 |
| 111 | Aaron Slight | Castrol Honda | Honda RC45 |

### Race 1
#### Summary

Carl Fogarty got the holeshot from pole position and led Corser and Haga into the first corner. Doriano Romboni made a strong start, but dropped back due to the pain of his injured hand. Aprilia's World Superbike debut lasted less than 3 laps, after Peter Goddard dropped it at the chicane. The field became spread out by lap 5, with Fogarty 3 seconds ahead of team-mate Corser, who was battling with Slight for second. Ducati riders Lucio Pedercini and Carlos Macias both crashed out on lap 16. After 25 laps, Carl Fogarty won his 49th World Superbike race, ahead of Corser, Slight, Haga and Edwards. The Kawasakis of Yanagawa and Lavilla suffered tyre, suspension and power difficulties but managed sixth and eighth respectively, with Chili between them in seventh.

#### Classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 996 | 25 | 43:35.637 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Troy Corser | Ducati 996 | 25 | +5.257 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 111 | Aaron Slight | Honda RC45 | 25 | +9.779 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha R7 | 25 | +13.181 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Honda RC45 | 25 | +14.535 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +16.547 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 25 | +32.957 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +37.099 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Doriano Romboni | Ducati 996 | 25 | +45.691 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Robert Ulm | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +54.185 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 25 | +54.424 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha R7 | 25 | +1:09.588 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 | Andreas Meklau | Ducati 996 | 25 | +1:09.938 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 38 | Lance Isaacs | Ducati 996 | 25 | +1:11.106 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Yamaha R7 | 25 | +1:26.836 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | Igor Jerman | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +1:30.328 | 17 | |
| 17 | 26 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Honda RC45 | 25 | +1:44.035 | 18 | |
| 18 | 23 | Jiří Mrkývka | Ducati 916 | 24 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 19 | 24 | Vladimír Karban | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 24 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 19 | Lucio Pedercini | Ducati 916 | 15 | Crash | 13 | |
| Ret | 18 | Carlos Macias | Ducati 916 | 15 | Crash | 22 | |
| Ret | 40 | Giuliano Sartoni | Ducati 996 | 3 | Technical | 23 | |
| Ret | 9 | Peter Goddard | Aprilia RSV1000 | 2 | Crash | 9 | |
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### Race 2
#### Classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 996 | 25 | 43:41.963 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 111 | Aaron Slight | Honda RC45 | 25 | +6.073 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Troy Corser | Ducati 996 | 25 | +7.279 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Honda RC45 | 25 | +12.401 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +15.632 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +19.634 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Peter Goddard | Aprilia RSV1000 | 25 | +21.521 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 25 | +25.508 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 | Doriano Romboni | Ducati 996 | 25 | +25.660 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 25 | +31.415 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Robert Ulm | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +46.765 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Lucio Pedercini | Ducati 916 | 25 | +52.192 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha R7 | 25 | +1:03.311 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 38 | Lance Isaacs | Ducati 996 | 25 | +1:22.799 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Igor Jerman | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 25 | +1:26.729 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 26 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Honda RC45 | 25 | +1:43.480 | 18 | |
| 17 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Yamaha R7 | 24 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andreas Meklau | Ducati 996 | 24 | Retired | 12 | |
| Ret | 24 | Vladimír Karban | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 22 | Retired | 21 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha R7 | 14 | Retired | 4 | |
| Ret | 40 | Giuliano Sartoni | Ducati 996 | 7 | Retired | 23 | |
| Ret | 23 | Jiří Mrkývka | Ducati 916 | 6 | Retired | 20 | |
| Ret | 18 | Carlos Macias | Ducati 916 | 0 | Retired | 22 | |
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## Supersport
### Race
#### Classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Iain MacPherson | Kawasaki | 23 | 41:52.104 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Stéphane Chambon | Suzuki | 23 | +12.515 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Jörg Teuchert | Yamaha | 23 | +21.145 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Christian Kellner | Yamaha | 23 | +22.500 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 51 | Russell Wood | Yamaha | 23 | +27.675 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | James Toseland | Honda | 23 | +29.166 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Paolo Casoli | Ducati | 23 | +30.043 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Yamaha | 23 | +38.618 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 32 | José David de Gea | Honda | 23 | +39.640 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 25 | William Costes | Honda | 23 | +41.919 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 34 | Yves Briguet | Suzuki | 23 | +44.139 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | 54 | Graeme van Breda | Honda | 23 | +48.728 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 26 | Roberto Teneggi | Ducati | 23 | +51.091 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Piergiorgio Bontempi | Yamaha | 23 | +1:04.227 | 27 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Pere Riba | Honda | 23 | +1:06.117 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Camillo Mariottini | Kawasaki | 23 | +1:07.325 | 25 | |
| 17 | 42 | David Checa | Ducati | 23 | +1:08.977 | 34 | |
| 18 | 31 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Yamaha | 23 | +1:10.718 | 36 | |
| 19 | 27 | Roberto Panichi | Bimota | 23 | +1:11.384 | 28 | |
| 20 | 46 | Mauro Sanchini | Ducati | 23 | +1:14.522 | 29 | |
| 21 | 24 | Francesco Monaco | Ducati | 23 | +1:31.097 | 33 | |
| 22 | 35 | Christophe Cogan | Yamaha | 23 | +1:33.026 | 23 | |
| 23 | 43 | Norino Brignola | Bimota | 23 | +1:51.505 | 30 | |
| DSQ | 53 | Brad Anassis | Kawasaki | 23 | +43.351 | 16 | |
| Ret | 1 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Suzuki | 21 | Retired | 5 | |
| Ret | 6 | Cristiano Migliorati | Suzuki | 21 | Retired | 24 | |
| Ret | 33 | Luca Conforti | Kawasaki | 13 | Retired | 26 | |
| Ret | 50 | Greg Dreyer | Honda | 12 | Retired | 13 | |
| Ret | 23 | Rubén Xaus | Yamaha | 9 | Retired | 1 | |
| Ret | 20 | Werner Daemen | Yamaha | 8 | Retired | 32 | |
| Ret | 15 | Marco Risitano | Yamaha | 7 | Retired | 35 | |
| Ret | 69 | Serafino Foti | Ducati | 3 | Retired | 31 | |
| DNS | 56 | Stewart MacLeod | Suzuki | | Did not start | 20 | |
| DNS | 5 | Massimo Meregalli | Yamaha | | Did not start | 21 | |
| DNS | 29 | Davide Bulega | Ducati | | Did not start | 14 | |
| DNS | 58 | Brett MacLeod | Suzuki | | Did not start | 2 | |
| DNQ | 87 | Tripp Nobles | Honda | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 19 | Walter Tortoroglio | Suzuki | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 55 | Michele Malatesta | Ducati | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 38 | Jan Hanson | Suzuki | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Ducati | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 49 | Mario Innamorati | Suzuki | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 37 | Marco Borciani | Honda | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 28 | Guim Roda | Yamaha | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 44 | Claude-Alain Jaggi | Honda | | Grid capacity limit | | |
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