1999 FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
ROAD RACE SERIES round 14

South African Grand Prix
Welkom 08-10 Oct. 1999
Practice Official Practice Time
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

Race Classification
125cc , 250cc , 500cc

125cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA  1'46.056 *1'43.404      Aprilia Inoxmacel Fontana Racing
 2 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA  1'47.033 *1'43.612        Honda Benetton Playlife
 3 16 Simone SANNA             ITA  1'46.823 *1'43.686        Honda Polini
 4 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA  1'45.035 *1'43.778      Aprilia C.C. Valencia
 5  6 Noboru UEDA              JPN  1'44.534 *1'43.901        Honda Givi Honda LCR
 6 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA  1'46.671 *1'43.919      Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 7 26 Ivan GOI                 ITA  1'46.053 *1'43.972        Honda Matteoni Racing
 8  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN  1'46.301 *1'44.142        Honda Benetton Playlife
 9 10 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA  1'46.741 *1'44.195      Aprilia C.C. Valencia
10 32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA  1'47.039 *1'44.335      Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
11 41 Youichi UI               JPN  1'46.459 *1'44.379        Derbi Festina-Derbi
12  7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA  1'46.211 *1'44.476        Honda Via Digital Team
13 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA  1'47.806 *1'44.502        Derbi Festina-Derbi
14  5 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA  1'48.306 *1'44.528        Honda Givi Honda LCR
15 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA  1'46.565 *1'44.617      Aprilia Semprucci Biesse-Group
16 44 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA  1'46.685 *1'45.000      Aprilia Future Strategies
17 54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM  1'46.230 *1'45.097      Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
18 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA  1'47.682 *1'45.233        Honda Via Digital Team
19  1 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN  1'48.032 *1'45.581        Honda M.T.P. - Team Pileri
20 17 Steve JENKNER            GER  1'49.297 *1'45.664      Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
21 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA  1'50.201 *1'45.706        Honda Matteoni Racing
22  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA  1'48.150 *1'46.151      Aprilia Racing Moto Sport
23 18 Reinhard STOLZ           GER  1'49.148 *1'46.201        Honda Polini
24 12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA  1'49.038 *1'46.433      Aprilia Scrab Competition
25 94 Beaumont LEVY            RSA  1'49.783 *1'47.034        Honda Polini
26 24 Robbin HARMS             DAN  1'52.640 *1'48.825      Aprilia Mayer-Rubatto Racing

Not qualified (Out of 107 %)
27 93 Robert PORTMAN           RSA  1'56.393 *1'51.914        Honda Robert Portman

250cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  1 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA  1'39.986 *1'38.287        Honda Elf Axo Honda Gresini
 2 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN  1'40.487 *1'38.299       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 3  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN  1'39.840 *1'38.375        Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 4 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA  1'40.161 *1'38.583       Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 5 11 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN  1'40.076 *1'38.609       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
 6 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA  1'42.176 *1'38.802      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 7  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA  1'40.787 *1'38.900        Honda Fila Watches Honda
 8  6 Ralf WALDMANN            GER  1'40.557 *1'38.988      Aprilia Aprilia Germany
 9 12 Sebastian PORTO          ARG  1'40.456 *1'39.028       Yamaha Semprucci Biesse-Group
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA  1'41.505 *1'39.036      Aprilia FGF Battaini Racing
11 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA  1'41.996 *1'39.158    TSR-Honda Polini
12 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR  1'41.656 *1'39.698        Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
13 14 Anthony WEST             AUS  1'41.217 *1'39.891    TSR-Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
14 36 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN  1'41.380 *1'40.289    TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
15 17 Maurice BOLWERK          NED  1'42.615 *1'40.437    TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
16 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER  1'41.920 *1'40.577    TSR-Honda Racing Factory
17 41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED  1'41.743 *1'40.882    TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
18 80 Adrian COATES            GBR  1'43.332 *1'40.957      Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
19 23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  1'42.801 *1'40.974    TSR-Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
20 79 Shane NORVAL             RSA  1'43.777 *1'41.394        Honda Help Hire Bike Assist/Phakisa
21 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA  1'42.444 *1'41.706       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
22 58 Matias RIOS              ARG  1'44.008 *1'41.831      Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi
23 32 Markus BARTH             GER  1'43.386 *1'41.893       Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
24 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE  1'43.823 *1'42.188       Yamaha Edo Racing
25 18 Scott SMART              GBR *1'42.493                Aprilia Sabre Docshop Racing
26 15 David GARCIA             SPA  1'45.492 *1'42.775       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin

500cc Official Practice Time
                                    Best Time 
P.No. Rider                    Nat. 1st.Sess. 2nd.Sess.  Motorcycle Team

 1  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN  1'38.819 *1'35.930        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 2  2 Max BIAGGI               ITA  1'39.545 *1'36.320       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 3 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA  1'39.279 *1'36.436        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 4 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA  1'38.813 *1'36.516       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 5 14 Juan BORJA               SPA  1'39.031 *1'36.713        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 6  3 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA  1'39.547 *1'36.731        Honda Repsol Honda Team
 7  4 Carlos CHECA             SPA  1'39.836 *1'37.019       Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 8  5 Alex BARROS              BRA  1'40.053 *1'37.160        Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 9 19 John KOCINSKI            USA  1'39.853 *1'37.207        Honda Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda
10 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED  1'39.842 *1'37.224    MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
11  6 Norick ABE               JPN  1'39.976 *1'37.348       Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
12 55 Regis LACONI             FRA  1'39.946 *1'37.378       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
13 24 Garry McCOY              AUS  1'40.670 *1'37.543       Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
14  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN  1'39.866 *1'37.968       Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
15 26 Haruchika  AOKI          JPN  1'42.307 *1'37.993    TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
16 68 Mark WILLIS              AUS  1'40.829 *1'38.104  Modenas KR3 Buckley Systems BSL Racing
17 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN  1'39.410 *1'38.329      Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
18 52 David DE GEA             SPA  1'40.491 *1'38.442  Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
19 35 Anthony GOBERT           AUS  1'40.964 *1'38.638    MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
20 22 SebastienGIMBERT         FRA  1'40.289 *1'38.846        Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
21 20 Mike HALE                USA  1'41.063 *1'39.295  Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
22 37 Steve MARTIN             AUS  1'42.391 *1'39.490        Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
23 21 Michael RUTTER           GBR  1'41.308 *1'39.595        Honda Millar Honda
24 25 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA  1'41.365 *1'40.167    TSR-Honda Team Maxon TSR

125cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  8 Gianluigi SCALVINI       ITA 41'41.665 146.505              Aprilia Inoxmacel Fontana Racing
 2 21 Arnaud VINCENT           FRA 41'42.325 146.467    0.660     Aprilia C.C. Valencia
 3 13 Marco MELANDRI           ITA 41'42.509 146.456    0.844       Honda Benetton Playlife
 4 15 Roberto LOCATELLI        ITA 41'49.749 146.034    8.084     Aprilia Vasco Rossi Racing
 5 23 Gino BORSOI              ITA 41'58.942 145.501   17.277     Aprilia Semprucci Biesse-Group
 6 16 Simone SANNA             ITA 41'59.332 145.478   17.667       Honda Polini
 7 41 Youichi UI               JPN 42'04.434 145.184   22.769       Derbi Festina-Derbi
 8  5 Lucio CECCHINELLO        ITA 42'05.459 145.125   23.794       Honda Givi Honda LCR
 9 44 Alessandro BRANNETTI     ITA 42'05.852 145.103   24.187     Aprilia Future Strategies
10 10 Jeronimo VIDAL           SPA 42'17.450 144.439   35.785     Aprilia C.C. Valencia
11 17 Steve JENKNER            GER 42'20.230 144.281   38.565     Aprilia Marlboro Team ADAC
12 22 Pablo NIETO              SPA 42'20.929 144.242   39.264       Derbi Festina-Derbi
13 29 Angel NIETO Jr.          SPA 42'31.893 143.622   50.228       Honda Via Digital Team
14  4 Masao AZUMA              JPN 42'35.582 143.415   53.917       Honda Benetton Playlife
15  1 Kazuto SAKATA            JPN 42'36.123 143.384   54.458       Honda M.T.P. - Team Pileri
16 11 Max SABBATANI            ITA 42'36.398 143.369   54.733       Honda Matteoni Racing
17 18 Reinhard STOLZ           GER 42'38.549 143.248   56.884       Honda Polini
18  9 Frederic PETIT           FRA 42'42.415 143.032 1'00.750     Aprilia Racing Moto Sport
19 94 Beaumont LEVY            RSA 43'21.042 140.908 1'39.377       Honda Polini

Not Classified
    7 Emilio ALZAMORA          SPA 19'16.018 145.311  13 Laps       Honda Via Digital Team
   26 Ivan GOI                 ITA 19'16.179 145.291  13 Laps       Honda Matteoni Racing
    6 Noboru UEDA              JPN 19'16.324 145.273  13 Laps       Honda Givi Honda LCR
   32 Mirko GIANSANTI          ITA 17'42.925 143.671  14 Laps     Aprilia Kappa Racing Team
   24 Robbin HARMS             DAN 16'50.146 136.06   15 Laps     Aprilia Mayer-Rubatto Racing
   12 Randy DE PUNIET          FRA 12'47.623 139.258  17 Laps     Aprilia Scrab Competition
   54 Manuel POGGIALI          RSM 11'01.157 138.586  18 Laps     Aprilia Kappa Racing Team

250cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1 46 Valentino ROSSI          ITA 42'57.870 154.022              Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
 2 56 Shinya NAKANO            JPN 42'59.783 153.908    1.913      Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 3 19 Olivier JACQUE           FRA 43'01.732 153.792    3.862      Yamaha Chesterfield Yamaha Tech 3
 4  4 Tohru UKAWA              JPN 43'02.001 153.776    4.131       Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
 5  1 Loris CAPIROSSI          ITA 43'17.609 152.852   19.739       Honda Elf Axo Honda Gresini
 6 12 Sebastian PORTO          ARG 43'21.094 152.647   23.224      Yamaha Semprucci Biesse-Group
 7  7 Stefano PERUGINI         ITA 43'24.331 152.458   26.461       Honda Fila Watches Honda
 8 37 Luca BOSCOSCURO          ITA 43'26.236 152.346   28.366   TSR-Honda Polini
 9 14 Anthony WEST             AUS 43'35.514 151.806   37.644   TSR-Honda Shell Advance Honda Team
10 21 Franco BATTAINI          ITA 43'40.707 151.505   42.837     Aprilia FGF Battaini Racing
11 24 Jason VINCENT            GBR 43'43.428 151.348   45.558       Honda Padgetts HRC Shop
12 11 Tomomi MANAKO            JPN 43'49.359 151.006   51.489      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral
13 66 Alex HOFMANN             GER 43'55.179 150.673   57.309   TSR-Honda Racing Factory
14 36 Masaki TOKUDOME          JPN 43'55.414 150.659   57.544   TSR-Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
15 10 Fonsi NIETO              SPA 44'33.443 148.516 1'35.573      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
16 79 Shane NORVAL             RSA 44'40.053 148.15  1'42.183       Honda Help Hire Bike Assist/Phakisa
17 16 Johan STIGEFELT          SWE 42'59.313 148.016    1 Lap      Yamaha Edo Racing
18 17 Maurice BOLWERK          NED 43'25.892 146.506    1 Lap   TSR-Honda Rizla Honda
19 80 Adrian COATES            GBR 43'49.075 145.214    1 Lap     Aprilia QUB Team Optimum
20 32 Markus BARTH             GER 44'01.748 144.517    1 Lap      Yamaha Yamaha Kurz Aral

Not Classified
   41 Jarno JANSSEN            NED 41'14.886 148.091   2 Laps   TSR-Honda Team Rizla Honda
   58 Matias RIOS              ARG 26'55.045 141.833  11 Laps     Aprilia PR2 Mitsubishi
   23 Julien ALLEMAND          FRA  6'59.917 145.468  22 Laps   TSR-Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
   18 Scott SMART              GBR  5'30.900 138.451  23 Laps     Aprilia Sabre Docshop Racing

Not Finish First Lap
    6 Ralf WALDMANN            GER                                Aprilia Aprilia Germany

500cc Race Classification
P.No. Rider                    Nat Total Time   km/h Diff.     Motorcycle TEAM

 1  2 Max BIAGGI               ITA 45'24.602 156.938               Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 2 15 Sete GIBERNAU            SPA 45'29.424 156.66     4.822       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 3  3 Alex CRIVILLE            SPA 45'29.740 156.642    5.138       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 4  8 Tadayuki OKADA           JPN 45'35.034 156.339   10.432       Honda Repsol Honda Team
 5 14 Juan BORJA               SPA 45'38.789 156.125   14.187       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
 6  4 Carlos CHECA             SPA 45'38.884 156.119   14.282      Yamaha Marlboro Yamaha Team
 7  9 Nobuatsu AOKI            JPN 45'47.238 155.644   22.636      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team
 8 24 Garry McCOY              AUS 45'57.826 155.047   33.224      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
 9  6 Norick ABE               JPN 46'05.959 154.591   41.357      Yamaha Antena 3 Yamaha-D'Antin
10 19 John KOCINSKI            USA 46'08.654 154.44    44.052       Honda Kanemoto Nettaxi Honda
11  5 Alex BARROS              BRA 46'20.685 153.772   56.083       Honda MoviStar Honda Pons
12 26 Haruchika AOKI           JPN 46'21.045 153.752   56.443   TSR-Honda F.C.C. TSR
13 17 Jurgen VAN DEN GOORBERGH NED 46'21.719 153.715   57.117   MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
14 55 Regis LACONI             FRA 46'23.768 153.602   59.166      Yamaha Red Bull Yamaha WCM
15 31 Tetsuya HARADA           JPN 46'23.892 153.595   59.290     Aprilia Aprilia Grand Prix Racing
16 68 Mark WILLIS              AUS 46'30.605 153.226 1'06.003 Modenas KR3 Buckley Systems BSL Racing
17 25 Jose Luis CARDOSO        SPA 46'35.710 152.946 1'11.108   TSR-Honda Team Maxon TSR
18 35 Anthony GOBERT           AUS 46'42.463 152.577 1'17.861   MuZ Weber Team Biland GP1
19 22 Sebastien GIMBERT        FRA 46'42.934 152.552 1'18.332       Honda Tecmas Honda Elf
20 52 David DE GEA             SPA 46'50.166 152.159 1'25.564 Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas
21 37 Steve MARTIN             AUS 46'50.573 152.137 1'25.971       Honda Dee Cee Jeans Racing Team
22 10 Kenny ROBERTS            USA 46'03.636 149.195    1 Lap      Suzuki Suzuki Grand Prix Team

Not Classified
   21 Michael RUTTER           GBR 15'30.983 147.629  19 Laps       Honda Millar Honda
   20 Mike HALE                USA  9'10.996 138.578  23 Laps Modenas KR3 Proton KR Modenas

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