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1999 South African motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	South African
flag	South Africa
Official Name	South African Grand Prix
Location	Phakisa Freeway
Course_mi	2.613
Course_km	4.242
Race_No	14
Season_No	16
Date	10 October
Year	1999
Image	Phakisa Freeway - Road course.svg
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
2	ITA Max Biaggi	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	45:24.602	2	25
15	ESP Sete Gibernau	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+4.822	3	20
3	ESP Àlex Crivillé	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+5.138	6	16
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+10.432	1	13
14	ESP Juan Borja	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	28	+14.187	5	11
4	ESP Carlos Checa	Marlboro Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+14.282	7	10
9	JPN Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	28	+22.636	14	9
24	AUS Garry McCoy	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+33.224	13	8
6	JPN Norick Abe	Antena 3 Yamaha d'Antin	Yamaha	28	+41.357	11	7
19	USA John Kocinski	Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda	Honda	28	+44.052	9	6
5	BRA Alex Barros	Movistar Honda Pons	Honda	28	+56.083	8	5
26	JPN Haruchika Aoki	FCC TSR	TSR-Honda	28	+56.443	15	4
17	NLD Jurgen van den Goorbergh	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	28	+57.117	10	3
55	FRA Régis Laconi	Red Bull Yamaha WCM	Yamaha	28	+59.166	12	2
31	JPN Tetsuya Harada	Aprilia Grand Prix Racing	Aprilia	28	+59.290	17	1
68	AUS Mark Willis	Buckley Systems BSL Racing	Modenas KR3	28	+1:06.003	16
25	ESP José Luis Cardoso	Team Maxon TSR	TSR-Honda	28	+1:11.108	24
35	AUS Anthony Gobert	Team Biland GP1	MuZ Weber	28	+1:17.861	19
22	FRA Sébastien Gimbert	Tecmas Honda Elf	Honda	28	+1:18.332	20
52	ESP José David de Gea	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	28	+1:25.564	18
37	AUS Steve Martin	Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team	Honda	28	+1:25.971	22
10	USA Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+1 lap	4
21	GBR Michael Rutter	Millar Honda	Honda	9	Retirement	23
20	USA Mike Hale	Proton KR Modenas	Modenas KR3	5	Retirement	21

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (500cc)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

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

;Constructors' Championship standings

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

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1992 South African Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2000 South African Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "1999 South African MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(10 October 1999). "South African Grand Prix – 500cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
"motogp.com · SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1999".
(10 October 1999). "South African Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(10 October 1999). "South African Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification". [[Dorna Sports]].
(1999). "Standings".

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