1999 Japanese Grand Prix
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| 16th of 16 races in the 1999 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Date: | October 31, 1999 | |
| Place: | Suzuka | |
| Course: | Suzuka International Racing Course | |
| Length: | 310.792 km in 53 laps of 5.864 km
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| Weather: | slightly cloudy and mild | |
| Spectator: | ~ 150,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Michael sSchumacher
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 37.470 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Michael sSchumacher
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Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 41.319 min (lap 31) | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
 Mika Hakkinen
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 McLaren-Mercedes
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| Second: |
Michael sSchumacher
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Ferrari
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| Third: |
Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari
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Leadership laps
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The Japanese Grand Prix in 1999 (officially XXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix ) took place on 31 October at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka place and was the 16th race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 1999 . Mika Häkkinen took first place ahead of Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine .
report
background
Eddie Irvine was four points ahead of Häkkinen, the last driver within reach of the world championship. For Häkkinen to win the world championship, one win is enough for Häkkinen, because even if Irvine placed second and thus Häkkinen was tied, five wins would outweigh Irvine's four wins. A second place would only help Häkkinen to the world championship title if Irvine would reach a maximum of fifth place, since in the event of a tie, the three second placements of Häkkinen would outweigh the two second placements of Irvine. With a third place for Häkkinen, Irvine should not be in the top six and therefore not score any points, as Häkkinen's four third placements would outweigh Irvine's two fourth placements. Irvine, on the other hand, would be world champion if he either finished ahead of Häkkinen or if Häkkinen finished fourth or worse.
training
Friday training
Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time with 1: 41.746 in front of team mate Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Barrichello, Zanardi and Panis. The world championship leader Irvine only finished tenth, 1.6 seconds behind pursuers Häkkinen. Gené was able to set the 15th fastest time in the Minardi, leaving Hill and Herbert behind, among others. The slowest driver, Luca Badoer, was around four seconds behind the fastest time and over a second behind the penultimate Diniz.
Saturday training
Michael Schumacher set the fastest training time with 1: 39.085 ahead of Häkkinen, Herbert, Frentzen, Hill, Barrichello and in seventh place Coulthard. Irvine was able to improve in terms of time, but his time of 1: 40.667 was only enough for twelfth place. The slowest driver, Luca Badoer, was around four seconds behind the best time.
Qualifying
Michael Schumacher secured pole position with 1: 37.470 in front of Häkkinen, Coulthard, Frentzen, Irvine and Panis. Irvine suffered a serious accident at turn eleven and ended up being around one and a half seconds behind the fastest time. The slowest driver, Luca Badoer, was around five seconds behind the fastest time and almost a second behind the penultimate Pedro de la Rosa.
Warm-up
In the warm-up before the race, Mika Häkkinen was the fastest driver with 1: 40.630, ahead of Michael Schumacher, Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher, Coulthard and Irvine. Marc Gené reached 16th place with 1: 43.708, leaving Zanardi and Alesi behind, among others. The slowest driver, Luca Badoer for the fourth time in a row, was around five seconds behind the best time.
run
Häkkinen had the best start, was able to pass Michael Schumacher and take the lead. Panis also got off very well and took third place. Coulthard got away more slowly and blocked the fifth Irvine together with Frentzen; he was still able to overtake both during the first lap. At the start of the second lap, Häkkinen was leading in front of Michael Schumacher, Panis, Irvine, Coulthard, Frentzen and in seventh place Ralf Schumacher. Häkkinen was now able to break away from Michael Schumacher and had a lead of almost five seconds on lap six. Irvine meanwhile lost two seconds per lap on the leader Häkkinen and was around 14 seconds behind the Finn.
On lap 19, Häkkinen made his first pit stop; After a standing time of 8.8 seconds, the Finn was able to intervene in the racing again behind Michael Schumacher. Panis' alternator broke on lap 20, ending a good race for the Frenchman. During the pit stop series, Coulthard was able to overtake Irvine for third place, until Irvine regained his old position on lap 34 after a driving error by the Scot.
After his second pit stop, Mika Häkkinen kept the lead ahead of Michael Schumacher and won the last race; Schumacher came second, Irvine third. Häkkinen thus became world champion, because his competitor Eddie Irvine would not have been able to win the title if he had won Häkkinen. The trophy for the victorious designer McLaren was accepted by Ron Dennis .
Registration list
classification
Qualifying
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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| 1 |
Mika Hakkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes
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53 | 2 | 1: 31: 18.785 | 2 | 1: 41.577 |
| 2 |
Michael sSchumacher
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Ferrari
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53 | 2 | + 5.015 | 1 | 1: 41.319 |
| 3 |
Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari
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53 | 2 | +1: 35.688 | 5 | 1: 43.297 |
| 4th |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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 Jordan-Mugen-Honda
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53 | 2 | +1: 38.635 | 4th | 1: 42.972 |
| 5 |
Ralf Schumacher
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Williams-Supertec
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53 | 2 | +1: 39.494 | 9 | 1: 42.567 |
| 6th |
 Jean Alesi
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 Clean Petronas
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1: 43.668 |
| 7th |
Johnny Herbert
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Stewart-Ford
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 8th | 1: 43.706 |
| 8th |
 Rubens Barrichello
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Stewart-Ford
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 43.496 |
| 9 |
 Jacques Villeneuve
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BAR-Supertec
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1: 43.898 |
| 10 |
 Alexander Wurz
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Benetton Playlife
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 15th | 1: 43.963 |
| 11 |
Pedro Diniz
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Clean Petronas
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 44.112 |
| 12 |
Ricardo Zonta
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BAR-Supertec
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52 | 2 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 44.869 |
| 13 |
 Pedro de la Rosa
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Arrows
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51 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 21st | 1: 45.556 |
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Giancarlo Fisichella
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Benetton Playlife
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47 | 2 | DNF | 14th | 1: 44.379 |
| - |
 Toranosuke Takagi
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Arrows
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43 | 2 | DNF | 19th | 1: 46.150 |
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Luca Badoer
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Minardi-Ford
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43 | 3 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 45.377 |
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David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes
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39 | 2 | DNF | 3 | 1: 42.106 |
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Marc Gené
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Minardi-Ford
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31 | 2 | DNF | 20th | 1: 45.359 |
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Damon Hill
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Jordan-Mugen-Honda
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21st | 1 | DNF | 12 | 1: 43.939 |
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Olivier Panis
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Cheers Peugeot
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19th | 1 | DNF | 6th | 1: 43.188 |
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Jarno Trulli
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Cheers Peugeot
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3 | - | DNF | 7th | 1: 43.304 |
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Alessandro Zanardi
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Williams-Supertec
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0 | - | DNF | 16 | - |
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview Japan 1999 ( Memento from March 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Japan 1999 ( Memento from March 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Japan 1999
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Saturday training Japan 1999 ( Memento from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Japan 1999
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Qualifying Japan 1999 ( Memento from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Japan 1999
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Warm-up Japan 1999 ( Memento from March 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-up Japan 1999
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Japan 1999 ( Memento from March 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Japan 1999
