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:
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:
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:
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 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 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.
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