1999 Belgian Grand Prix

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1999 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (last modified in 1996)
Race details
Date29 August 1999
Official name LVII Foster's Belgian Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium [1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.968 km (4.330 miles)
Distance 44 laps, 306.592 km (190.507 miles)
Weather Partially cloudy, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver
 McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:50.329
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:53.955 on lap 23
Podium
First
 McLaren-Mercedes
Second
 McLaren-Mercedes
Third
 Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1999 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1999 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LVII Foster's Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 August 1999 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 1999 Formula One World Championship.

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The 44-lap race was won by British driver David Coulthard, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, after he started from second position. Finn Mika Häkkinen took pole position in the other McLaren-Mercedes, but Coulthard overtook him at the first corner and went on to lead all 44 laps. Häkkinen finished second, some 10 seconds behind, with German Heinz-Harald Frentzen third in a Jordan-Mugen-Honda.

Häkkinen took back the lead of the Drivers' Championship by one point from Eddie Irvine, who finished fourth in his Ferrari, while McLaren moved into the lead of the Constructors' Championship, nine points ahead of Ferrari.

Former world Champion Damon Hill scored his last points at this race.

Report

Background

The Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as Constructors, were McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Arrows, Stewart, Prost, Minardi and BAR.

Before the race, Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine was leading the Drivers' Championship on 56 points; McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen was second on 54 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, David Coulthard was third on 36 points in the other McLaren, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Michael Schumacher on 36 and 32 points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari were leading on 94 points and McLaren were second on 90 points, with Jordan third on 42 points.

Following the Hungarian Grand Prix on 15 August, the teams conducted testing sessions at the Silverstone circuit on 17–19 August. Häkkinen set the fastest time on the first, second and final days of testing. [2] Ferrari traveled to their testing circuit at Mugello on 18–20 August, running Schumacher on the final day after being cleared by doctors to test. After completing 20 laps, Schumacher suffered from ankle pain preventing him completing a physical training programme. Ferrari later announced that temporary replacement Mika Salo would continue to race for the team. [3]

Several teams announced changes to their driver line-ups for the following season. Benetton confirmed that the team was retaining their driver line-up of Giancarlo Fisichella and Alexander Wurz, with an option for 2001. [4] Sauber announced that it would sign up Salo on a two-year contract and retain Pedro Diniz. [5] Jordan confirmed that it was signing Prost driver Jarno Trulli on a two-year contract, replacing Damon Hill. [6]

Practice and qualifying

Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2002) suffered a heavy crash during Saturday afternoon's qualifying session. Jacques Villeneuve 2002.jpg
Jacques Villeneuve (pictured in 2002) suffered a heavy crash during Saturday afternoon's qualifying session.

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday, and two on Saturday. The Friday morning and afternoon sessions each lasted an hour. The third and final practice sessions were held on Saturday morning and lasted 45 minutes. [7] The Friday sessions were held in dry and sunny conditions. Häkkinen was quickest in the first session, with a time of 1:54.396 that was less than half a second faster than Coulthard. Williams driver Ralf Schumacher was just off Coulthard's pace; Salo, Irvine and Jean Alesi rounded out the top six; within 1.3 seconds of Häkkinen's time. In the second practice session, Coulthard was fastest with a time of 1:53.577, ahead of Häkkinen, Fisichella, Frentzen, Hill and Schumacher.

Mika Hakkinen (pictured in 2009) took his tenth pole position of the season. Mika Hakkinen DTM Norisring 2009.jpg
Mika Häkkinen (pictured in 2009) took his tenth pole position of the season.

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session lasted for an hour. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. Each driver was limited to twelve laps. Häkkinen clinched his tenth pole position of the season with a time of 1:50.329. He was joined on the front row by Coulthard, who was one-tenth of a second behind. Frentzen qualified third, though be believed he could have gone faster due to two separate red flag incidents. [8]

BAR drivers Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta both suffered massive, high-speed accidents at the fast Eau Rouge sweep during the qualifying session. [9] Both accidents caused the session to be suspended.

Race

The conditions were dry for the race with the air temperature 20 °C (68 °F) and the track temperature 25 °C (77 °F). [10] The drivers took to the track at 09:30 (UTC +2) for a 30-minute warm-up session.

Coulthard took the lead from Häkkinen at the start by going around the outside of La Source, the McLaren team-mates making light contact. [10] After emerging ahead, Coulthard led every lap of the race to claim his second victory of the season, ten seconds ahead of his team-mate. Häkkinen refused to shake Coulthard's hand after the race. [11]

Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished third, with the rest of the top six completed by Eddie Irvine, Ralf Schumacher and Damon Hill. This would prove to be Hill's final points scoring finish in Formula 1. Jacques Villeneuve managed to see the chequered flag for the first time of the season.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorLapGap
11 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.329
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.484+0.155
38 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:51.332+1.003
47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:51.372+1.043
56 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1:51.414+1.085
64 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:51.895+1.566
716 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:51.974+1.645
85 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 1:52.014+1.685
93 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Ferrari 1:52.124+1.795
1017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1:52.164+1.835
1122 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1:52.235+1.906
1219 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:52.644+2.315
139 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:52.762+2.433
1423 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 1:52.840+2.511
1510 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:52.847+2.518
1611 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:52.921+2.592
1718 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:53.148+2.819
1812 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:53.778+3.449
1915 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 1:54.099+3.770
2020 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:54.197+3.868
2121 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 1:54.557+4.228
2214 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1:54.579+4.250
107% time: 1:58.052
Source: [12]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 441:25:43.057210
21 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 44+ 10.46916
38 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 44+ 33.43334
44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 44+ 44.94863
56 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 44+ 48.06752
67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 44+ 54.91641
73 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Ferrari 44+ 56.2499 
85 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 44+ 1:07.0228 
911 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 44+ 1:13.84816 
1016 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 44+ 1:20.7427 
119 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 44+ 1:32.19513 
1219 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 44+ 1:36.15412 
1318 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 44+ 1:41.54317 
1410 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 44+ 1:57.74515 
1522 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 43+ 1 lap11 
1621 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 43+ 1 lap21 
Ret14 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 35Transmission22 
Ret20 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 33Suspension20 
Ret23 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 33Gearbox14 
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 27Brakes10 
Ret12 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 19Spun off18 
Ret15 Flag of Japan.svg Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 0Clutch19 
Source: [13]

Championship standings after the race

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