Formula 1 World Championship 1999

Formula 1 World Championship 1999

World Champion
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen
Constructor:	Ferrari
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1998 season	2000 season>

Häkkinen's first challenger after Schumacher's accident: Eddie Irvine in a Ferrari F399 at the 1999 Canadian GP

The 1999 Formula 1 World Championship was the 50th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races between March 7, 1999 and October 31, 1999.

Defending champion Mika Häkkinen was able to defend his title and won the drivers' world championship for the second time. McLaren was unable to defend the constructors' title - Ferrari won for the first time in 16 years. Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher dropped out of the title duel after his accident at Silverstone at the British Grand Prix and had to pause for six races.

Changes in 1999

Regulations

The technical regulations now prohibited flexible wing constructions and increased the number of grooves in the profile of the front tires from three to four. Other changes related to safety: additional fastenings were required for the wheel suspensions and, as a whole, removable driver's seats and headrests. In addition, the regulations for crash tests have been tightened.

stretch

New to the calendar was the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit , which was held as the penultimate race of the season. The Argentina Grand Prix was canceled for this .

After two editions as the Grand Prix of Luxembourg, the Grand Prix race at the Nürburgring was held again under the title Grand Prix of Europe . In addition, the Spanish Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix swapped their positions in the racing calendar again - the latter now took place again before the former.

Teams

The former Tyrrell team was renamed British American Racing (BAR) after it was sold to British American Tobacco in December 1997 . There were no further changes in the field of participants.

Engines

After Tyrrell had still used Ford engines in the previous season, BAR started with engines from Supertec instead . This company succeeded Mecachrome , which had independently developed the Renault engines the previous year , and supplied Williams and Benetton as before . The Benetton engine was reported again under the sponsor name Playlife .

tires

Goodyear withdrew as a tire supplier after the end of the 1998 season. All teams have now been fitted with Bridgestone tires.

driver

Jacques Villeneuve , 1997 world champion, caused a stir by leaving Williams and switching to the BAR team, which is largely regarded as "new". In addition to Villeneuve, Ricardo Zonta, the reigning world champion of the FIA GT Championship, made his debut there . Villeneuve's place at Williams was taken by returnees Alessandro Zanardi , who last competed in Formula 1 in 1994. By swapping Heinz-Harald Frentzen , who went to Jordan and was replaced by the former Jordan driver Ralf Schumacher , Williams also repositioned itself completely.

Johnny Herbert switched from Sauber to Stewart , where Jos Verstappen and Jan Magnussen initially didn't get a new chance. Herbert's place at Sauber was taken by the former Arrows driver Pedro Diniz . Arrows also refrained from using the experienced Mika Salo and completely reorganized, but had to fall back on the paydrivers Toranosuke Takagi and Pedro de la Rosa for financial reasons . The driver duo at Minardi , which consisted of debutant Marc Gené and returnees Luca Badoer , was also completely new .

The top teams Ferrari and McLaren have not been changed for the time being, as have Benetton and Prost .

Very soon after the start of the season, Mika Salo was given opportunities to participate in the race. After Zonta injured himself during training for his home race , Salo replaced the Brazilian for three races. After Michael Schumacher's injury in an accident at Silverstone , Salo was signed by Ferrari and drove six races for the Scuderia until his recovery. The only other change of line-up during the season took place at Minardi, where Stéphane Sarrazin represented Luca Badoer in Brazil.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4 / 14	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	B.	1	Mika Hakkinen	1-16	Nick Heidfeld Darren Turner
					2	David Coulthard	1-16
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F399	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.	3	Michael sSchumacher	1-8, 15, 16	Luca Badoer Mika Salo
						Mika Salo	9-14
					4th	Eddie Irvine	1-16
	Winfield Williams	Williams FW21	Supertec 3.0 V10	B.	5	Alessandro Zanardi	1-16	Bruno Junqueira
					6th	Ralf Schumacher	1-16
	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan 199	Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10	B.	7th	Damon Hill	1-16	Tomáš Enge Shinji Nakano
					8th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1-16
	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B199	Playlife 3.0 V10	B.	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-16	Laurent Rédon
					10	Alexander Wurz	1-16
	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Clean C18	Petronas 3.0 V10	B.	11	Jean Alesi	1-16	n / A
					12	Pedro Diniz	1-16
	Arrows	Arrows A20	Arrows 3.0 V10	B.	14th	Pedro de la Rosa	1-16	Stephen Watson
					15th	Toranosuke Takagi	1-16
	Stewart Ford	Stewart SF3	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.	16	Rubens Barrichello	1-16	Luciano Burti
					17th	Johnny Herbert	1-16
	Gauloises cheers Peugeot	Cheers AP02	Peugeot 3.0 V10	B.	18th	Olivier Panis	1-16	Stéphane Sarrazin
					19th	Jarno Trulli	1-16
	Fund metal Minardi Ford	Minardi M01	Ford 3.0 V10	B.	20th	Luca Badoer	1, 3-16	Gastón Mazzacane
						Stéphane Sarrazin	2
					21st	Marc Gené	1-16
	British American Racing	BAR 01	Supertec 3.0 V10	B.	22nd	Jacques Villeneuve	1-16	Patrick Lemarié
					23	Ricardo Zonta	1, 2, 6-16
						Mika Salo	3-5

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	7th March	Australia	Albert Park Circuit	302.271	Mika Hakkinen	Michael sSchumacher	Eddie Irvine	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
02	11 April	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	309.024	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen
03	2.May	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	305.660	Mika Hakkinen	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
04th	May 16	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	262.626	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	Michael sSchumacher
05	30th May	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	307.196	Mika Hakkinen	Michael sSchumacher	Mika Hakkinen
06th	June 13th	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.049	Michael sSchumacher	Eddie Irvine	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen
07th	June 27th	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	305.814	Rubens Barrichello	David Coulthard	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
08th	July 11th	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308.296	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard
09	July 25th	Austria	A1 ring	306.649	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	Eddie Irvine
10	August 1st	Germany	Hockenheimring	307.035	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard	Eddie Irvine	Eddie Irvine
11	15th of August	Hungary	Hungaroring	305.921	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard	Mika Hakkinen
12	29th August	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	306,592	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	David Coulthard	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
13	12th September	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	305.810	Mika Hakkinen	Ralf Schumacher	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
14th	September 26th	Europe	Nürburgring	300.696	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Mika Hakkinen	Johnny Herbert
15th	October 17th	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	310.352	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Eddie Irvine	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
16	October 31	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	310.792	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 35.01.659
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen-Honda	+ 1.026
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - Supertec	+ 7.012
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton - Playlife	+ 33,418
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart - Ford	+ 54.679
6th	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	+1: 24.317

The Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne took place on March 7, 1999 over 57 laps over a total of 302.271 km.

At the start of the season, the favored McLaren drivers Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard, who had dominated the training session, and Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari stumbled. All three could not achieve World Cup points. Instead, Eddie Irvine, Ferrari's number two, achieved his maiden win after a sovereign performance, ahead of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher in the Williams, who had regained their strength after moving to Jordan.

What no one suspected at the time was the fact that the two best-placed winners would continue to play an important role in the World Cup as the season progressed. After a race characterized by many failures, Giancarlo Fisichella and Rubens Barrichello occupied the other places ahead of Pedro de la Rosa, who had already scored points in his first race, in the hardly competitive Arrows.

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 36.03.785
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 4.925
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 1 lap
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - Supertec	+ 1 lap
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 1 lap
6th	Olivier Panis	Cheers - Peugeot	+ 1 lap

The Brazilian Grand Prix on the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo took place on April 11, 1999 and covered a distance of 72 laps for a total of 309.024 km.

Mika Häkkinen was able to convert his second pole position of the year into a victory. Only Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari was able to keep up with his pace. The third-placed Frentzen remained on the last lap due to lack of fuel and only kept his third place because the following drivers had lapped him.

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 33.44.792
2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 4.265
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart - Ford	+ 1 lap
4th	Damon Hill	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 1 lap
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton - Playlife	+ 1 lap
6th	Jean Alesi	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Grand Prix of San Marino at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola took place on May 2, 1999 and went over a distance of 62 laps over a total of 305.660 km.

Now it was Schumacher who, thanks to the clumsiness of an opponent, was first on the podium. In the 18th lap, Häkkinen had to retire after a collision with the wall. Thanks to its success, Scuderia Ferrari felt a boost from the traditionally critical Italian press.

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 49: 31.812
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 30.476
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 37.483
4th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 54.009
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton - Playlife	+ 1 lap
6th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	+ 1 lap

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 16, 1999 and covered a distance of 78 laps for a total of 262.626 km.

Despite being in pole position , Mika Häkkinen did not win. Michael Schumacher had already passed him and Eddie Irvine passed David Coulthard at the start . When Irvine was also able to overtake Häkkinen, irritated by a puddle of oil, at the end of the race, the one-two result was perfect. After the race, Häkkinen complained about a misaligned front wing, which made it difficult for the car to handle and counterattack.

After the ultimately safe double victory for the two Ferraris, Schumacher took the lead in the overall standings.

Spanish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 34.13.665
2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 6.238
3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 10.845
4th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 30.182
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - Supertec	+ 1.27.208
6th	Jarno Trulli	Cheers - Peugeot	+ 1 lap

The Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona took place on May 30, 1999 and covered a distance of 65 laps for a total of 307.320 km.

At the Spanish Grand Prix, Häkkinen and Coulthard seemed to have put a damper on their ambitions for the time being with their undisputed double victory in front of the two Ferrari drivers . Häkkinen had previously achieved the pole position , which laid the foundation for this victory. Ferrari hoped that Irvine Häkkinen, who was runner-up in qualifying thanks to his “soft” tires, could have blocked it, but this failed due to Irvine's poor start. The leichtbetankte BAR-Honda of Jacques Villeneuve was even able to overtake both Ferrari. When he turned into the pit lane to refuel, both McLaren had already hurried, so that Coulthard could allow himself to run over the pit markings and still stay ahead of Schumacher. Irvine managed to set the fastest race lap, but the McLaren-Mercedes were unbeatable over the distance on this race weekend.

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 41.35.727
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton - Playlife	+ 0.781
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 1.769
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - Supertec	+ 2.391
5	Johnny Herbert	Stewart - Ford	+ 2.804
6th	Pedro Diniz	Clean - Petronas	+ 3.710

The Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montréal took place on June 13, 1999 and covered a distance of 69 laps for a total of 305.049 km.

In bright sunshine it did not initially seem that there could be many retirements on this race day. But the treacherous wall at the beginning of the home straight, which was mostly approached with high risk after the previous short chicane in order to take as much momentum as possible on the straight, was given a new nickname: "Wall of champions". One after the other, all the other Formula 1 world champions of earlier years , with the exception of Mika Häkkinen , were stranded here : Damon Hill (15th lap), Michael Schumacher (30th lap) and Jacques Villeneuve (35th lap), who thus thoroughly spoiled his home race. Previously, the former GT world champion and former Formula 3000 champion Ricardo Zonta (3rd lap) had crashed into the wall there. As a result, Häkkinen was able to drive home the Grand Prix in a controlled and unrestricted manner. This meant that Schumacher was unable to exploit the advantage of the pole position he had previously achieved . The tight time gaps between the drivers at the finish line resulted from a safety car phase that was triggered by an accident by Frentzen three laps before the end and lasted until the end.

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	1: 58.24,434
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 11.092
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart - Ford	+ 43.432
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams - Supertec	+ 45.457
5	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 47.881
6th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 48.901

The French Grand Prix at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours near Nevers took place on June 27, 1999 and covered a distance of 72 laps (305.886 km).

On the demanding course, but not very popular with the drivers because of the bland environment, the spectators experienced an entertaining race under very changeable conditions, with sun and rain alternating several times. The starting grid had already created unusual conditions. Surprisingly there was Barrichello with his Stewart on pole position , on the second place was Alesi at Sauber . Only in 14th place had the freak weather training Häkkinen "washed up".

With Frentzen , the winner was the pilot who could best keep his fully fueled monoposto on the track under these difficult conditions. Against his will, the car was fully refueled at the only pit stop. Frentzen said after the race that it was almost impossible to control the vehicle in some corners. When the track conditions changed again, he was the only one able to save an additional stop and with his victory was one of the title contenders. Mika Häkkinen had started an impressive race to catch up, but had to make a second pit stop and came home second.

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 British Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 32: 30,144
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 1.829
3	Ralf Schumacher	Williams -Supertec	+ 27.411
4th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 27.789
5	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	+ 38.606
6th	Pedro Diniz	Clean - Petronas	+ 53.643

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone took place on July 11, 1999 and went over a distance of 60 laps (308,400 km).

At the start, Villeneuve and Zanardi stopped, which is why the race management decided to abandon the race. Schumacher tried to overtake Irvine on the approach to Stowe-Corner and overlooked the red flags. But then the brakes failed at more than 300 km / h, so that the Ferrari crashed into the tire wall at more than 100 km / h despite the large run-off zone. The monocoque was badly damaged and Schumacher broke his right tibia and fibula.

After the restart, Häkkinen lost a rear wheel after a pit stop and gave up due to the consequential damage. The duel between Coulthard and Irvine went in favor of Coulthard.

Grand Prix of Austria

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Austria 1999

space	driver	team	time
1	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 28: 12.438
2	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 0.313
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 22.282
4th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 52.803
5	Alexander Wurz	Benetton - Playlife	+1: 06.358
6th	Pedro Diniz	Clean - Petronas	+1: 10.933

The Austrian Grand Prix on the A1-Ring in Spielberg took place on July 25, 1999 and covered a distance of 71 laps (306.649 km).

The race started with a minor scandal: Häkkinen and Coulthard started from positions 1 and 2. In the second corner, Coulthard tried a hapless overtaking maneuver, as a result of which Häkkinen fell back to last place. He started a race to catch up to 3rd place, but the McLaren team could not prevent Irvine from winning due to wrong tactics.

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : Grand Prix of Germany 1999

space	driver	team	time
1	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 21: 58.594
2	Mika Salo	Ferrari	+ 1.007
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 5.195
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams -Supertec	+ 12.809
5	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 16.823
6th	Olivier Panis	Cheers - Peugeot	+ 29.879

The German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim took place on August 1, 1999 and covered a distance of 45 laps over a total of 307.035 km.

In this race, too, Häkkinen remained unlucky. After a long lead in the race, the fuel system did not work properly during the pit stop and as a result he dropped to fourth place. Shortly after he had overtaken Frentzen, the left rear tire burst at about 300 km / h and with it the rear wing on his McLaren-Mercedes. Häkkinen survived the resulting serious accident uninjured. In the final laps, Mika Salo let his team-mate Irvine pass with a stable order, who thanks to this victory took over the championship lead again.

Hungarian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 46: 23.536
2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 9,706
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 27.228
4th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 31.815
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart - Ford	+ 43,308
6th	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	+ 55.726

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Budapest took place on August 15, 1999 and covered a distance of 77 laps for a total of 305.844 km.

This time everything went smoothly at Häkkinen and McLaren could look forward to another one-two.

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1999

space	driver	team	time
1	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 25: 43.057
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 10.469
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 33.433
4th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 43.281
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams -Supertec	+ 48.067
6th	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	+ 54.916

The Belgian Grand Prix on the Spa-Francorchamps racing circuit near Spa took place on August 29, 1999 and covered a distance of 44 laps over 306.577 km.

As in Austria, there was a tough fight between pole setter Häkkinen and Coulthard at the start, this time Coulthard having the upper hand and clearly winning the race. Häkkinen hoped for a stable order from the team, but it did not materialize.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	1: 17: 02.923
2	Ralf Schumacher	Williams -Supertec	+ 3.272
3	Mika Salo	Ferrari	+ 11.932
4th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart - Ford	+ 17.630
5	David Coulthard	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 18,142
6th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+ 27.402

The Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza took place on September 12, 1999 and covered a distance of 53 laps (305.548 km).

As in Imola, Häkkinen retired while in the lead due to a driving error. Frentzen benefited from this and, due to the second win of the season, had hopes for the title. Ralf Schumacher's second place made the German one-two perfect and Mika Salo scored points again with a third place.

Grand Prix of Europe

→ Main article : 1999 European Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Johnny Herbert	Stewart - Ford	1: 41: 54.314
2	Jarno Trulli	Cheers - Peugeot	+ 22.618
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	+ 22.865
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams -Supertec	+ 39.507
5	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	+1: 02.950
6th	Marc Gené	Minardi - Ford	+1: 05.154

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on September 26, 1999 and covered a distance of 66 laps over a total of 300.679 km.

The race was overshadowed by a serious accident involving Pedro Diniz at the beginning . In the further course there were several changes in leadership, as Coulthard, Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher either fell back or retired due to technical problems, so that in the end Johnny Herbert was the sensational winner. There was an upset at Eddie Irvine's pit stop when the mechanics only had three new tires ready - Irvine lost more than 30 seconds. However, as Häkkinen only finished fifth after choosing the wrong tires, he could hardly benefit.

Malaysian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 36: 38.494
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1.040
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 9.743
4th	Johnny Herbert	Stewart - Ford	+ 17,538
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	+ 32.296
6th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+ 34.884

The Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur took place on October 17, 1999 and covered a distance of 56 laps over 310.352 km.

In this race Michael Schumacher made his comeback after the broken leg, but had to let Irvine win because of the Irishman's chances of the World Cup. After the race, both Ferraris were disqualified because of a wind deflector that did not comply with the regulations, making Häkkinen world champion. Ferrari appealed against this decision and the disqualification was withdrawn at the Green Table.

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1999 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 31: 18.785
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 5.015
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+1: 35.680
4th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan - Mugen - Honda	+1: 38.635
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams -Supertec	+1: 39.494
6th	Jean Alesi	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka International Racing Course near Suzuka took place on October 31, 1999 and covered a distance of 53 laps for a total of 310.596 km.

The race in Suzuka promised great excitement: Irvine had 70 points, Häkkinen 66 points. Although Schumacher started from pole, Häkkinen secured the lead before the first corner and won the race with confidence. As a result, he became Formula 1 world champion for the second time since 1998. Ferrari waived a stable order because the title would have gone to Häkkinen even if the points were equal.

Qualifying / racing duels

These two tables show which drivers in each team achieved the better positions in qualifying and in the race.

Qualifying duels

driver	:	driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Mika Hakkinen	13: 3	David Coulthard
Ferrari
Michael sSchumacher	9: 1	Eddie Irvine
Mika Salo	2: 4
Williams-Supertec
Alessandro Zanardi	5:11	Ralf Schumacher
Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Damon Hill	2:14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Benetton Playlife
Giancarlo Fisichella	13: 3	Alexander Wurz
Clean Petronas
Jean Alesi	12: 4	Pedro Diniz
Arrows
Pedro de la Rosa	8: 8	Toranosuke Takagi
Stewart-Ford
Rubens Barrichello	13: 3	Johnny Herbert
Cheers Peugeot
Olivier Panis	9: 7	Jarno Trulli
Minardi-Ford
Luca Badoer	9: 6	Marc Gené
Stéphane Sarrazin	1-0
BAR-Supertec
Jacques Villeneuve	11: 1	Ricardo Zonta
	3-0	Mika Salo

Racing duels

driver	:	driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Mika Hakkinen	9: 6	David Coulthard
Ferrari
Michael sSchumacher	6: 4	Eddie Irvine
Mika Salo	1: 5
Williams-Supertec
Alessandro Zanardi	3:12	Ralf Schumacher
Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Damon Hill	3:12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Benetton Playlife
Giancarlo Fisichella	7: 6	Alexander Wurz
Clean Petronas
Jean Alesi	7: 3	Pedro Diniz
Arrows
Pedro de la Rosa	5: 2	Toranosuke Takagi
Stewart-Ford
Rubens Barrichello	8: 6	Johnny Herbert
Cheers Peugeot
Olivier Panis	3: 8	Jarno Trulli
Minardi-Ford
Luca Badoer	3: 7	Marc Gené
Stéphane Sarrazin	0: 1
BAR-Supertec
Jacques Villeneuve	3: 4	Ricardo Zonta
	0: 2	Mika Salo

World championship ratings

Driver ranking of the 1999 Formula 1 season

The world champion is the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements in the overall result of the respective race of all races are taken into account. The first six drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	10	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																	Points
01	M. Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	1	DNF	3	1	1	2	DNF	3	DNF	1	2	DNF	5	3	1	76
02	E. Irvine	Ferrari	1	5	DNF	2	4th	3	6th	2	1	1	3	4th	6th	7th	1	3	74
03	H. Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen	2	3	DNF	4th	DNF	11 *	1	4th	4th	3	4th	3	1	DNF	6th	4th	54
04th	D. Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	2	7th	DNF	1	2	5	2	1	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	48
05	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	8th	2	1	1	3	DNF	5	DNF	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	2	2	44
06th	R. Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	3	4th	DNF	DNF	5	4th	4th	3	DNF	4th	9	5	2	4th	DNF	5	35
07th	R. Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	5	DNF	3	9 *	DSQ	DNF	3	8th	DNF	DNF	5	10	4th	3	5	8th	21st
08th	J. Herbert	Stewart-Ford	DNS	DNF	10 *	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	12	14th	11 *	11	DNF	DNF	1	4th	7th	15th
09	G. Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	4th	DNF	5	5	9	2	DNF	7th	12 *	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	11	14 *	13
10	M. Salo	BAR-Supertec			7th	DNF	8th												0
		Ferrari									9	2	12	7th	3	DNF			10
11	J. Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	6th	DNF	7th	9	7th	DNF	8th	12	DNF	2	DNS	DNF	7th
12	D. Hill	Jordan-Mugen	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	5	8th	DNF	6th	6th	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th
13	A. Wurz	Benetton Playlife	DNF	7th	DNF	6th	10	DNF	DNF	10	5	7th	7th	14th	DNF	DNF	8th	10	3
14th	P. Diniz	Clean Petronas	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	3
15th	J. Alesi	Clean Petronas	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	8th	16 *	9	9	DNF	7th	6th	2
16	O. Panis	Cheers Peugeot	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	8th	13	10	6th	10	13	11 *	9	DNF	DNF	2
17th	M. Gené	Minardi-Ford	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	15th	11	9	17th	16	DNF	6th	9	DNF	1
18th	P. de la Rosa	Arrows	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	1
19th	A. Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	DNF	DNF	11 *	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	7th	DNF	10	DNF	0
20th	T. Takagi	Arrows	7th	8th	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
21st	J. Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	15th	8th	10 *	DNF	9	0
22nd	R. Zonta	BAR-Supertec	DNF	DNS	INJ	INJ	INJ	DNF	9	DNF	15 *	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	12	0
23	L. Badoer	Minardi-Ford	DNF		8th	DNF	DNF	10	10	DNF	13	10	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	S. Sarrazin	Minardi-Ford		DNF															0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Jordan 199 Mugen-Honda from 1999

Item constructor Points 1  Ferrari 128 2  McLaren-Mercedes 124 3  Jordan-Mugen 61 4th  Stewart-Ford 36 5  Williams-Supertec 35 6th  Benetton Playlife 16

Item constructor Points 7th  Cheers Peugeot 9 8th  Clean Petronas 5 9  Arrows 1 10  Minardi-Ford 1 11  BAR-Supertec 0

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 1999  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1999 (English)