1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 13 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
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The Raceway on Belle Isle
DateAugust 8, 1999
Official name 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix
Location The Raceway on Belle Isle Park
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, United States
CourseTemporary street circuit
2.346 mi / 3.776 km
Distance71 laps
166.566 mi / 268.096 km
WeatherDry with temperatures reaching up to 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds up to 17.6 miles per hour (28.3 km/h) [1]
Pole position
Driver Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:13.585
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:15.701 (on lap 49 of 71)
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)
Second Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy  (Team KOOL Green)
Third Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore  (Forsythe Racing)

The 1999 ITT Automotive Detroit Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on August 8, 1999, on The Raceway on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. The race marks the 17th and final career podium for Greg Moore, who finished third.

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Report

Race

Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya took his fifth pole of the season, and he dominated the early stages of the race, rapidly building a 6-second lead. Paul Tracy ran second early on, although it did not last for long as his teammate Dario Franchitti passed him. Franchitti was able to pull away from Tracy but had no answer for Montoya, whose lead was up to 10 seconds before a caution caused by a coming together between Robby Gordon and Jan Magnussen triggered the first round of pit stops, during with the top 3 remained unchanged. Montoya continued to dominate once the green flag was brought out, although a miscommunication meant that he did not enter the pits when another caution period caused by Memo Gidley's car failure. The other drivers were all able to make their second stops and effectively gained a free pitstop on him. Montoya stayed out in an attempt to get as big a lead as possible once the track went green. He built a lead of 15 seconds before he made his pitstop, but rejoined only eighth, as Franchitti was handed the lead. Franchitti, despite more caution periods, went on to win the race ahead of teammate Tracy in another Team Green 1-2, with Greg Moore taking the final spot on the podium. The win handed Franchitti the championship lead as well, as Montoya was taken out of the race by Hélio Castroneves after the latter misjudged a restart attempt.

Classification

Qualifying

August 7, 1999 - Qualifying Speeds
GridDriverTeamLap TimeLeaderSpeed (mph)
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing1:13,585114,773
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green1:13.611+0.026114,733
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing1:13.789+0.204114,456
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green1:13.792+0.207114,451
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Newman-Haas Racing1:13.865+0.280114,338
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Forysthe Championship Racing1:13.958+0.373114,195
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing1:14.020+0.435114,099
8 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing1:14.039+0.454114,070
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing1:14.090+0.505113,991
10 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Team Rahal1:14.215+0.630113,799
11 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal1:14.222+0.637113,788
12 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing1:14.355+0.770113,585
13 Flag of Brazil.svg Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing Group1:14.530+0.945113,381
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing1:14.753+1.168112,980
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Group1:14.877+1.292112,793
16 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gonzalo Rodriguez Team Penske1:15.034+1.449112,557
17 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing1:15.059+1.474112,519
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Helio Castroneves Hogan Racing1:15.095+1.510112,466
19 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Team Gordon1:15.101+1.516112,457
20 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske1:15.495+1.910111,870
21 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports1:15.650+2.065111,640
22 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Patrick Racing1:15.749+2.164111,495
23 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton-Coyne Racing1:15.807+2.222111,409
24 Flag of the United States.svg Memo Gidley Payton-Coyne Racing1:16.372+2.787110,585
25 Flag of Brazil.svg Gualter Salles All-American Racers1:16.452+2.867110,469
26 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori Walker Racing1:17.005+3.420109,679
Source: [2]

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
127 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 712:02:24.662420
226 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 71+0.135216
399 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 71+0.530714
46 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 71+1.471812
512 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 71+2.5941210
644 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 71+3.65268
79 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 71+4.802186
824 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 71+6.750175
98 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 71+7.211114
1018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 71+8.230153
1136 Flag of Brazil.svg Gualter Salles All American Racing 71+9.220252
123 Flag of Uruguay.svg Gonzalo Rodríguez Team Penske 71+14.473161
1310 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 71+15.83121
1411 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Newman-Haas Racing 70+1 Lap5
152 Flag of the United States.svg Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 70+1 Lap20
1615 Flag of Japan.svg Naoki Hattori Walker Racing 70+1 Lap26
174 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 68Contact11+1
1820 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen Patrick Racing 68+3 Laps22
1925 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 65Contact14
2071 Flag of the United States.svg Memo Gidley Payton/Coyne Racing 42Transmission24
2119 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 41Transmission23
225 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 32Contact3
2333 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 27Contact9
2417 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 27Contact13
2522 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Team Gordon 23Contact19
267 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Team Rahal 0Contact10
DNS40 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Injury

Caution flags

LapsCause
2-3 Carpentier (33), Papis (7) contact
24-27 Gordon (22), Magnussen (20) contact
29-33 Carpentier (33), Gugelmin (17) contact
34-35 de Ferran (5) contact
45-46 Gidley (71) stopped on course
64-65 Moreno (11), Montoya (4) contact
67-69 da Matta (25) contact, Unser Jr. (2) spin
70-71 Montoya (4), Castro-Neves (9) contact

Lap Leaders

LapsLeader
1-58 Juan Pablo Montoya
59-71 Dario Franchitti
 
DriverLaps led
Juan Pablo Montoya 58
Dario Franchitti 13

Point standings after race

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti 136
2 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya 131
3 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti 119
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 106
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi 101

References

  1. "1998 ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  2. Saturday Qualifying Results
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