The 1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round was the 6th round of the 1999 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 June 1999 at the Nürburgring. It was strongly criticised by the riders after track officials failed to show race flags. Carl Fogarty and Troy Corser won Race 1 and Race 2 respectively.
Controversy During Race 1, Igor Jerman's Kawasaki dumped oil at the Castrol Curve, causing multiple other riders to crash, including Noriyuki Haga, Akira Yanagawa, Pierfrancesco Chili and Colin Edwards, due to marshals failing to show Oil Flags. The marshals also failed to show Blue Flags and as a result Fogarty collided with back-marker Lothar Kraus, knocking Kraus off his bike and out of both the race and the weekend. Kraus blamed the flag marshals for the incident, as could be seen from his gestures immediately after the crash.
When Edwards went down, he was livid and showed his anger by throwing gravel on the track and showing his middle finger multiple times. After the race Edwards stated "I'm not coming back to this f***ing country ever again", that he didn't care about the second race and that he wanted to go home and play some golf.
Superbike race 1 classification Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points11 Carl FogartyDucati 9962135:12.0371252111 Aaron SlightHonda RC4521 +7.262320311 Troy CorserDucati 99621 +30.17851646 Gregorio LavillaKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +35.11681359 Peter GoddardAprilia RSV100021 +36.3591011621 Katsuaki FujiwaraSuzuki GSX-R75021 +37.4631110722 Vittoriano GuareschiYamaha R721 +48.594149816 Andy MeklauDucati 99621 +59.878138972 Christer LindholmYamaha R721 +1:11.0691771063 Jochen SchmidKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +1:11.3741561119 Lucio PederciniDucati 91621 +1:11.7591651239 Alessandro GramigniYamaha R721 +1:24.3251841370 Giovanni BusseiSuzuki GSX-R75021 +1:28.7152131466 Jonnie EkeroldKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +1:31.5152521527 Frédéric ProtatDucati 99621 +1:32.9082211638 Lance IsaacsDucati 99621 +1:34.715271755 Mauro LucchiariYamaha R721 +1:35.448191826 Jean-Pierre JeandatHonda RC4521 +1:44.971201971 Brian MorrisonYamaha R720 +1 lap262024 Vladimír Karban Suzuki GSX-R75020 +1 lap28Ret5 Colin EdwardsHonda RC4512Crash2Ret65 Michael SchultenSuzuki GSX-R75011Technical24Ret7 Pierfrancesco ChiliSuzuki GSX-R7509Crash4Ret33 Robert UlmKawasaki ZX-7RR9Crash9Ret73 Lothar KrausKawasaki ZX-7RR9Crash30Ret40 Giuliano SartoniDucati 9969Technical31Ret41 Noriyuki HagaYamaha R75Crash7Ret4 Akira YanagawaKawasaki ZX-7RR4Crash6Ret64 Kirk McCarthySuzuki GSX-R7504Crash23Ret15 Igor JermanKawasaki ZX-7RR3Technical12Ret18 Carlos MaciasDucati 9163Crash29 Source:
Superbike race 2 classification Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points111 Troy CorserDucati 9962135:06.8975252111 Aaron SlightHonda RC4521 +0.11332034 Akira YanagawaKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +1.08761645 Colin EdwardsHonda RC4521 +12.86221357 Pierfrancesco ChiliSuzuki GSX-R75021 +12.962411641 Noriyuki HagaYamaha R721 +15.037710721 Katsuaki FujiwaraSuzuki GSX-R75021 +24.29811989 Peter GoddardAprilia RSV100021 +25.911108922 Vittoriano GuareschiYamaha R721 +37.9311471016 Andy MeklauDucati 99621 +38.1711361133 Robert UlmKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +47.636951215 Igor JermanKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +48.9911241319 Lucio PederciniDucati 91621 +1:00.1781631472 Christer LindholmYamaha R721 +1:02.361172151 Carl FogartyDucati 99621 +1:07.467111663 Jochen SchmidKawasaki ZX-7RR21 +1:07.650151739 Alessandro GramigniYamaha R721 +1:19.589181855 Mauro LucchiariYamaha R721 +1:20.250191927 Frédéric ProtatDucati 99621 +1:29.813222064 Kirk McCarthySuzuki GSX-R75021 +1:31.055232138 Lance IsaacsDucati 99620 +1 lap272270 Giovanni BusseiSuzuki GSX-R75020 +1 lap212324 Vladimír Karban Suzuki GSX-R75020 +1 lap282418 Carlos MaciasDucati 91620 +1 lap292540 Giuliano SartoniDucati 99619 +2 laps31Ret26 Jean-Pierre JeandatHonda RC4517Technical20Ret65 Michael SchultenSuzuki GSX-R75016Technical24Ret66 Jonnie EkeroldKawasaki ZX-7RR8Technical25Ret71 Brian MorrisonYamaha R76Crash26Ret6 Gregorio LavillaKawasaki ZX-7RR4Technical8DNS73 Lothar KrausKawasaki ZX-7RRDid not start30 Source:
Supersport race classification Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points17 Piergiorgio BontempiYamaha2137:40.27192521 Fabrizio PirovanoSuzuki21 +9.7821420325 William CostesHonda21 +11.7151316422 Christian KellnerYamaha21 +24.420213535 Christophe CoganYamaha21 +24.8342711619 Walter TortoroglioSuzuki21 +25.820610730 Giuseppe FiorilloSuzuki21 +39.56435983 Stéphane ChambonSuzuki21 +42.234128972 Stefan ScheschowitschSuzuki21 +44.0511571012 Iain MacPhersonKawasaki21 +56.7681161124 Francesco MonacoDucati21 +1:19.1912951271 Markus BarthSuzuki21 +1:29.7942341352 James ToselandHonda21 +1:30.428283148 Wilco ZeelenbergYamaha21 +1:46.0591021537 Marco BorcianiHonda19 +2 laps3611616 Sébastien CharpentierHonda19 +2 laps171742 David ChecaDucati19 +2 laps331870 Jürgen OelschlägerSuzuki19 +2 laps211989 Rico PenzkoferYamaha19 +2 laps322032 José David de Gea Honda19 +2 laps24Ret27 Roberto PanichiBimota20Technical16Ret18 Camillo MariottiniKawasaki15Technical31Ret21 Jörg TeuchertYamaha10Crash1Ret43 Norino BrignolaBimota8Technical25Ret23 Rubén XausYamaha5Technical3Ret17 Pere RibaHonda5Technical5Ret4 Paolo CasoliDucati4Technical4Ret31 Vittorio IannuzzoYamaha4Technical19Ret39 David MuscatDucati3Technical26Ret5 Massimo MeregalliYamaha2Technical7Ret6 Cristiano MiglioratiSuzuki2Technical18Ret34 Yves BriguetSuzuki1Crash8Ret20 Werner DaemenYamaha1Crash22Ret73 Thomas KörnerSuzuki1Crash30DNS26 Roberto TeneggiDucatiDid not start20DNS29 Davide BulegaDucatiDid not start34DNQ15 Marco RisitanoSuzukiGrid capacity limitDNQ33 Luca ConfortiKawasakiGrid capacity limitDNQ46 Mauro SanchiniDucatiGrid capacity limitDNQ57 Fabio CarpaniDucatiGrid capacity limitDNQ49 Mario InnamoratiDucatiGrid capacity limitDNQ48 Felisberto TeixeiraHondaGrid capacity limitDNQ44 Claude-Alain JaggiHondaGrid capacity limit Source:
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