Great Britain Grand Prix 1999

 Great Britain Grand Prix 1999

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1999 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LII RAC British Grand Prix
Date:	July 11, 1999
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	308.4 km in 60 laps of 5.14 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 90,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 24.804 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 28.309 min (lap 28)
Podium
First:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Third:	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec

The Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1999 (officially LII RAC British Grand Prix ) took place on 11 July at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone instead and was the eighth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1999 . David Coulthard took first place ahead of Eddie Irvine and Ralf Schumacher .

report

training

Friday training

Mika Häkkinen set the fastest training time with 1: 26.981 ahead of Ralf Schumacher, Irvine, Coulthard, Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. The slowest driver, Olivier Panis, was around three and a half seconds behind the fastest time.

Saturday training

Mika Häkkinen also set the fastest time with 1: 24.489, the best time ahead of his team-mate Coulthard, who is around six tenths behind. Michael Schumacher, Frentzen, Hill and Irvine are in the following positions. The slowest driver, Marc Gené, was around four seconds behind the best time.

Qualifying

Mika Häkkinen took pole position with 1: 24.804 in front of Michael Schumacher, Coulthard, Irvine Frentzen and Hill. The pole position time was slower than Häkkinen's fastest training time. The slowest driver, Marc Gené, was around four seconds behind the best time.

Warm-up

For the fourth session in a row, Mika Häkkinen was the fastest driver, his best time was 1: 26.788. This is followed by Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Hill, Barrichello and Irvine. The slowest driver, Marc Gené, was around three and a half seconds behind the fastest time.

run

First start

Michael Schumacher got off the grid very badly and fell behind Irvine to fourth, while Häkkinen was able to keep the lead ahead of Coulthard. At the start, Villeneuve and Zanardi stopped and the race management stopped the start. But the drivers were informed too late and Michael Schumacher suffered a brake defect after the hangar straight and shot head-on and almost unbraked into the tire wall. Michael Schumacher then suffered a fractured lower leg and could no longer participate in the restart.

Second start

After a break of around 15 minutes, the race started again. Irvine and Frentzen got off very well, but the latter was blocked by Coulthard and had to slow down. As a car with de la Rosa stopped again, the safety car was sent out on the track. In retrospect, however, it would not have been necessary because the car could be removed from the starting position in good time. Behind the safety car, Mika Häkkinen led ahead of Irvine, Coulthard, Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher and Hill. The race was reopened on lap two, Coulthard tried to pass Irvine on the outside, but couldn't. Michael Schumacher was flown to a hospital by helicopter.

On lap 26, Häkkinen went to the pit lane to change tires and refuel. However, a wheel nut was not installed tightly enough and Häkkinen had to go to the box again the next round. On the same lap, Irvine pitted, but a bad stop with a standing time of twelve seconds cost him the lead. On lap 30 in the last corner, the left rear wheel came off the car completely and was on the track. Several drivers were able to avoid the tire by a few centimeters. The safety car was sent out, although a marshal was able to quickly collect the loose wheel. For the following lap, Villeneuve had to park the car on the home straight; here at the latest the safety car should have been on the track. Häkkinen got a new bike, but a little later Häkkinen gave up because of safety concerns. The restart took place without incident, David Coulthard continued to lead ahead of Irvine, Ralf Schumacher, Frentzen, Hill and Barrichello, Häkkinen was in 18th place. With a brief exception, David Coulthard kept the lead and thus won the British Grand Prix ahead of Irvine and Ralf Schumacher. The winner's trophy for David Coulthard was presented by John Prescott , Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Team boss Ron Dennis took over the trophy for the victorious designer McLaren from Neil Johnson , the Chief Executive Officer of the British automobile club RAC .

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	Luca Badoer	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: 24.804	01
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 25.223	02
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 25.594	03
04th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 25.677	04th
05	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 25.991	05
06th	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 26.099	06th
07th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 26.194	07th
08th	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1: 26.438	08th
09	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1: 26.719	09
10	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	1: 26.761	10
11	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1: 26.873	11
12	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	1: 27.196	12
13	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1: 27.223	13
14th	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	1: 27.227	14th
15th	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	1: 27.543	15th
16	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	1: 27.699	16
17th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	1: 27.857	17th
18th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	1: 28.010	18th
19th	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1: 28.037	19th
20th	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1: 28.148	20th
21st	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1: 28.695	21st
22nd	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1: 28.772	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 30.740 min (based on the best time of 1: 24.804 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	60	2	1: 32: 30,144	03	1: 28.846
02	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	60	2	+ 1.829	04th	1: 28.782
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	60	2	+ 27.411	08th	1: 29.414
04th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	60	2	+ 27.789	05	1: 29.330
05	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	60	2	+ 38.606	06th	1: 29.252
06th	Pedro Diniz	Clean Petronas	60	2	+ 53.643	12	1: 29.819
07th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	60	2	+ 54.614	17th	1: 30.296
08th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	60	3	+1: 08.590	07th	1: 29.493
09	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	60	2	+1: 12.045	14th	1: 30.964
10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	60	2	+1: 12.123	18th	1: 30.625
11	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	60	2	+1: 17.124	13	1: 30.522
12	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	60	3	+1: 17.709	11	1: 30.103
13	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	60	2	+1: 20.492	15th	1: 30.793
14th	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	59	3	DNF	10	1: 30.334
15th	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	58	2	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 31.612
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	58	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 32.442
-	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	41	3	DNF	16	1: 30.611
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	35	3	DNF	01	1: 28.309
-	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	29	1	DNF	09	1: 31.342
-	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	06th	1	DNF	21st	1: 32,409
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	00	-	DNF	20th	-
-	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	-	-	DNS	02	-

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  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 40 02  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 32 02  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 32 04th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 26th 05  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 22nd 06th  Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 19th 07th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 13 08th  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 10 09  Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 5 10  Pedro Diniz Clean Petronas 2 10  Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 2 12  Olivier Panis Cheers Peugeot 1

Item driver constructor Points 12  Jarno Trulli Cheers Peugeot 1 12  Jean Alesi Clean Petronas 1 12  Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1 12  Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 1 -  Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 0 -  Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 0 -  Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 0 -  Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 0 -  Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 0 -  Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 0 -  Mika Salo BAR-Supertec 0 -  Stéphane Sarrazin Minardi-Ford 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 64 02  McLaren-Mercedes 62 03  Jordan-Mugen-Honda 31 04th  Williams-Supertec 19th 05  Benetton Playlife 14th 06th  Stewart-Ford 12

Item constructor Points 07th  Clean Petronas 3 08th  Cheers Peugeot 2 09  Arrows 1 -  BAR-Supertec 0 -  Minardi-Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview Great Britain 1999 ( Memento from May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Great Britain 1999 ( Memento from March 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Great Britain 1999
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Great Britain 1999
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Great Britain 1999
6. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Great Britain 1999
7. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Great Britain 1999 ( Memento from March 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Great Britain 1999

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