The 1999 Supersport World Championship was the first season of the

Supersport World Championship The Supersport World Championship, abbreviated to WorldSSP, is a motorcycle racing competition on hard-surfaced circuits, based on mid-sized sports motorcycles. Competition machines were originally based on production-based motorcycles with 600 ...

, the third taking into account the previous two seasons, when the competition was known as ''Supersport World Series''. For the first year, the series was recognised by the

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as a World Championship instead of as an ''FIM Prize''. The season began on 28 March at Kyalami and finished on 12 September at

Hockenheimring The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg () is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it has hos ...

after 11 rounds. South African rider Brett MacLeod had a fatal accident at the Kyalami race.

Stéphane Chambon Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include: *Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer * Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player *Stéphane Allagnon, ...

won the riders' championship and Yamaha won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Manufacturers' championship

References

External links

* {{Supersport World Championship Supersport Supersport World Championship seasons 1999 in Supersport racing