1999 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 16 races in the 1999 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil
Date:	April 11, 1999
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	309.024 km in 72 laps of 4.292 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy and warm
Spectator:	~ 58,353
Pole position
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 16.568 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 18.448 min (lap 70)
Podium
First:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Third:	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda

The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil ) took place on April 11 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the second race of the 1999 Formula 1 World Championship . Mika Häkkinen took first place ahead of Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen .

report

background

Luca Badoer injured his hand in a training accident and was unable to take part in the race weekend. As a replacement, Prost's French test driver , Stéphane Sarrazin , was loaned for a race. It was Sarrazin's first and only outing at a racing weekend in Formula 1.

training

Friday training

Similar to the previous race weekend, the McLarens dominated the training, Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time with 1: 18.881 ahead of his team mate David Coulthar, Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine. With the exception of Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve, who both had problems with their cars, all drivers were within three and a half seconds.

Saturday training

Ricardo Zonta caused an interruption of the training session due to his serious accident. Zonta flew off the track at turn six and hit the side of the guardrails. He seriously injured his left foot and was unable to take part in qualifying.

David Coulthard was able to secure the best time with 1: 17.035 ahead of Häkkinen and Frentzen. Michael Schumacher finished fifth, around a second behind. All drivers were placed within four seconds.

Qualifying

As in Australia, the front row of the grid goes to McLaren with Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard. This is followed by Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Fisichella and Irvine. Villeneuve, who qualified for 16th place, had to start from the end of the field because he was using illegal fuel and so his time was canceled. All drivers were placed within four seconds.

Warm-up

For the third time in a row, McLaren dominated an official session with Häkkinen by four hundredths ahead of Coulthard with a time of 1: 17.709, Michael Schumacher was third with half a second. All drivers were placed within three and a half seconds.

run

Coulthard's car died at the start, but the race continued. With an early hand signal, every driver behind was able to evade in time. The car was then pushed into the pits, where the engine was successfully started four laps after the race was approved.

Local hero Barrichello also took the lead on lap four, as Häkkinen was temporarily unable to select any more gears. After Michael Schumacher also passed the Finn, Häkkinen was able to change gears normally again. Barrichello was able to maintain the lead until lap 27 when the Brazilian pitted for his first of two planned stops. On lap ten there was an accident between Wurz and Hill, whereupon the latter had to give up. On lap 31, Sarrazin flew violently after turn 14 due to wing damage, hit the boundary wall and turned several times and finally rolled to the opposite edge of the track.

Michael Schumacher, in the lead, went into the pit lane on lap 38 for his only stop. Häkkinen thus took the lead and was now driving much faster than behind the Ferrari driver. Together with the fast laps and the flawless work of the McLaren pit team, Häkkinen was able to keep the lead after his stop on lap 42, ahead of Schumacher and Frentzen, so the leading trio also finished the race. It is worth mentioning that Frentzen ran out of fuel on the last lap, but was still able to keep third place, since fourth-placed Ralf Schumacher has already been lapped. The winner's trophy was presented by Viviane Senna da Silva Lalli , Ayrton Senna's eldest sister and board member of the Instituto Ayrton Senna . The trophy for the successful designer McLaren was presented by Marc de Petter as the official representative of the main sponsor Philip Morris .

Registration list

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

classification

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 16.568	01
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 16.715	02
03	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 17.305	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 17.578	04th
05	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	1: 17.810	05
06th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 17.843	06th
07th	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 17.884	07th
08th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 17.902	08th
09	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	1: 18.334	09
10	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1: 18.374	10
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1: 18.506	11
12	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	1: 18.636	12
13	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	1: 18.684	13
14th	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	1: 18.716	14th
15th	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	1: 19.194	15th
DSQ	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1: 19.377	21st
17th	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1: 19.452	16
18th	Stéphane Sarrazin	Minardi-Ford	1: 20.016	17th
19th	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1: 20.016	18th
20th	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1: 20.075	19th
21st	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1: 20.096	20th
107 percent time : 1: 21.928 min (based on the best time of 1: 16.568 min)
DNS	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	-	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Villeneuve's time was canceled and had to start from last place because he was using an illegal fuel.
2. ↑ Zonta was seriously injured during Saturday training and was unable to participate.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	1	1: 36: 03.785	01	1: 18.448
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	72	1	+ 4.925	04th	1: 18.616
03	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	71	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 19.009
04th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	71	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 19.395
05	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	71	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 18.816
06th	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	71	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 19.386
07th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	70	1	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 20.145
08th	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	69	1	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 21.598
09	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	69	2	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 21.731
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	52	1	DNF	18th	1: 21.698
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	49	1	DNF	21st	1: 20.727
-	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	43	2	DNF	16	1: 21.473
-	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	42	1	DNF	03	1: 19.477
-	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	42	-	DNF	15th	1: 20.833
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	38	-	DNF	05	1: 20.484
-	Stéphane Sarrazin	Minardi-Ford	31	-	DNF	17th	1: 21.225
-	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	27	1	DNF	14th	1: 18.897
-	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	22nd	1	DNF	02	1: 19.310
-	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	21st	1	DNF	13	1: 20.969
-	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	15th	-	DNF	10	1: 20.324
-	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	10	-	DNF	07th	1: 21,140
-	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	-	-	DNQ	-	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 12 02  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 10 02  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 10 04th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 7th 05  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 6th 06th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 3 07th  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 2 08th  Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1 08th  Olivier Panis Cheers Peugeot 1 -  Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 0 -  Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 0 -  Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 0

Item driver constructor Points -  Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 0 -  Pedro Diniz Clean Petronas 0 -  Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 0 -  Jarno Trulli Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 0 -  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 0 -  Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 0 -  Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 -  Jean Alesi Clean Petronas 0 -  Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 0 -  Stéphane Sarrazin Minardi-Ford 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 18th 02  Jordan-Mugen-Honda 10 02  McLaren-Mercedes 10 04th  Williams-Supertec 7th 05  Benetton Playlife 3 06th  Stewart-Ford 2

Item constructor Points 07th  Arrows 1 07th  Cheers Peugeot 1 -  BAR-Supertec 0 -  Minardi-Ford 0 -  Clean Petronas 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview Brazil 1999 ( Memento from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Brazil 1999 ( Memento from March 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Brazil 1999
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Brazil 1999
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Brazil 1999
6. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Brazil 1999
7. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Brazil 1999 ( Memento from March 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Brazil 1999