1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round
# 1999 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round

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 the race. 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 | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 996 | 21 | 35:12.037 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 111 | Aaron Slight | Honda RC45 | 21 | +7.262 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Troy Corser | Ducati 996 | 21 | +30.178 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +35.116 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Peter Goddard | Aprilia RSV1000 | 21 | +36.359 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 21 | +37.463 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 22 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +48.594 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 16 | Andy Meklau | Ducati 996 | 21 | +59.878 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 72 | Christer Lindholm | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +1:11.069 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 63 | Jochen Schmid | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +1:11.374 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Lucio Pedercini | Ducati 916 | 21 | +1:11.759 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +1:24.325 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 70 | Giovanni Bussei | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 21 | +1:28.715 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 66 | Jonnie Ekerold | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +1:31.515 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 27 | Frédéric Protat | Ducati 996 | 21 | +1:32.908 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 38 | Lance Isaacs | Ducati 996 | 21 | +1:34.715 | 27 | |
| 17 | 55 | Mauro Lucchiari | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +1:35.448 | 19 | |
| 18 | 26 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Honda RC45 | 21 | +1:44.971 | 20 | |
| 19 | 71 | Brian Morrison | Yamaha R7 | 20 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 20 | 24 | Vladimír Karban | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 20 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | Honda RC45 | 12 | Crash | 2 | |
| Ret | 65 | Michael Schulten | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 11 | Technical | 24 | |
| Ret | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 9 | Crash | 4 | |
| Ret | 33 | Robert Ulm | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 9 | Crash | 9 | |
| Ret | 73 | Lothar Kraus | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 9 | Crash | 30 | |
| Ret | 40 | Giuliano Sartoni | Ducati 996 | 9 | Technical | 31 | |
| Ret | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha R7 | 5 | Crash | 7 | |
| Ret | 4 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 4 | Crash | 6 | |
| Ret | 64 | Kirk McCarthy | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 4 | Crash | 23 | |
| Ret | 15 | Igor Jerman | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 3 | Technical | 12 | |
| Ret | 18 | Carlos Macias | Ducati 916 | 3 | Crash | 29 | |
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## Superbike race 2 classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 | Troy Corser | Ducati 996 | 21 | 35:06.897 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 111 | Aaron Slight | Honda RC45 | 21 | +0.113 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Akira Yanagawa | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +1.087 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Honda RC45 | 21 | +12.862 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 21 | +12.962 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +15.037 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 21 | +24.298 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Peter Goddard | Aprilia RSV1000 | 21 | +25.911 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Vittoriano Guareschi | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +37.931 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 16 | Andy Meklau | Ducati 996 | 21 | +38.171 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Robert Ulm | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +47.636 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 15 | Igor Jerman | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +48.991 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Lucio Pedercini | Ducati 916 | 21 | +1:00.178 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 72 | Christer Lindholm | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +1:02.361 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 1 | Carl Fogarty | Ducati 996 | 21 | +1:07.467 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 63 | Jochen Schmid | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 21 | +1:07.650 | 15 | |
| 17 | 39 | Alessandro Gramigni | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +1:19.589 | 18 | |
| 18 | 55 | Mauro Lucchiari | Yamaha R7 | 21 | +1:20.250 | 19 | |
| 19 | 27 | Frédéric Protat | Ducati 996 | 21 | +1:29.813 | 22 | |
| 20 | 64 | Kirk McCarthy | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 21 | +1:31.055 | 23 | |
| 21 | 38 | Lance Isaacs | Ducati 996 | 20 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| 22 | 70 | Giovanni Bussei | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 20 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 23 | 24 | Vladimír Karban | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 20 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 24 | 18 | Carlos Macias | Ducati 916 | 20 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 25 | 40 | Giuliano Sartoni | Ducati 996 | 19 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| Ret | 26 | Jean-Pierre Jeandat | Honda RC45 | 17 | Technical | 20 | |
| Ret | 65 | Michael Schulten | Suzuki GSX-R750 | 16 | Technical | 24 | |
| Ret | 66 | Jonnie Ekerold | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 8 | Technical | 25 | |
| Ret | 71 | Brian Morrison | Yamaha R7 | 6 | Crash | 26 | |
| Ret | 6 | Gregorio Lavilla | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | 4 | Technical | 8 | |
| DNS | 73 | Lothar Kraus | Kawasaki ZX-7RR | | Did not start | 30 | |
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## Supersport race classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Piergiorgio Bontempi | Yamaha | 21 | 37:40.271 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Suzuki | 21 | +9.782 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 25 | William Costes | Honda | 21 | +11.715 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Christian Kellner | Yamaha | 21 | +24.420 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 35 | Christophe Cogan | Yamaha | 21 | +24.834 | 27 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Walter Tortoroglio | Suzuki | 21 | +25.820 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 30 | Giuseppe Fiorillo | Suzuki | 21 | +39.564 | 35 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Stéphane Chambon | Suzuki | 21 | +42.234 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 72 | Stefan Scheschowitsch | Suzuki | 21 | +44.051 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Iain MacPherson | Kawasaki | 21 | +56.768 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Francesco Monaco | Ducati | 21 | +1:19.191 | 29 | 5 |
| 12 | 71 | Markus Barth | Suzuki | 21 | +1:29.794 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | James Toseland | Honda | 21 | +1:30.428 | 28 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Wilco Zeelenberg | Yamaha | 21 | +1:46.059 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 37 | Marco Borciani | Honda | 19 | +2 laps | 36 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Sébastien Charpentier | Honda | 19 | +2 laps | 17 | |
| 17 | 42 | David Checa | Ducati | 19 | +2 laps | 33 | |
| 18 | 70 | Jürgen Oelschläger | Suzuki | 19 | +2 laps | 21 | |
| 19 | 89 | Rico Penzkofer | Yamaha | 19 | +2 laps | 32 | |
| 20 | 32 | José David de Gea | Honda | 19 | +2 laps | 24 | |
| Ret | 27 | Roberto Panichi | Bimota | 20 | Technical | 16 | |
| Ret | 18 | Camillo Mariottini | Kawasaki | 15 | Technical | 31 | |
| Ret | 21 | Jörg Teuchert | Yamaha | 10 | Crash | 1 | |
| Ret | 43 | Norino Brignola | Bimota | 8 | Technical | 25 | |
| Ret | 23 | Rubén Xaus | Yamaha | 5 | Technical | 3 | |
| Ret | 17 | Pere Riba | Honda | 5 | Technical | 5 | |
| Ret | 4 | Paolo Casoli | Ducati | 4 | Technical | 4 | |
| Ret | 31 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Yamaha | 4 | Technical | 19 | |
| Ret | 39 | David Muscat | Ducati | 3 | Technical | 26 | |
| Ret | 5 | Massimo Meregalli | Yamaha | 2 | Technical | 7 | |
| Ret | 6 | Cristiano Migliorati | Suzuki | 2 | Technical | 18 | |
| Ret | 34 | Yves Briguet | Suzuki | 1 | Crash | 8 | |
| Ret | 20 | Werner Daemen | Yamaha | 1 | Crash | 22 | |
| Ret | 73 | Thomas Körner | Suzuki | 1 | Crash | 30 | |
| DNS | 26 | Roberto Teneggi | Ducati | | Did not start | 20 | |
| DNS | 29 | Davide Bulega | Ducati | | Did not start | 34 | |
| DNQ | 15 | Marco Risitano | Suzuki | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 33 | Luca Conforti | Kawasaki | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 46 | Mauro Sanchini | Ducati | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 57 | Fabio Carpani | Ducati | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 49 | Mario Innamorati | Ducati | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 48 | Felisberto Teixeira | Honda | | Grid capacity limit | | |
| DNQ | 44 | Claude-Alain Jaggi | Honda | | Grid capacity limit | | |
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