1999 Japanese Grand Prix

1999 Japanese Grand Prix
1999 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 16 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship
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	Suzuka International Racing Course (last modified in 1991)
Race details
Date	31 October 1999
Official name	XXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location	Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.860 km (3.641 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 310.596 km (192.995 miles)
Weather	Overcast, mild, dry
Attendance	318,000
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher ;
Time	1:37.470
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher
Time	1:41.319 on lap 31
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen ;
Second	Michael Schumacher ;
Third	Eddie Irvine ;
	Lap leaders ;

Last updated April 26, 2024

The 1999 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 31 October 1999 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Japan. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 1999 Formula One season. The 53-lap race was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen after starting from second position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with teammate Eddie Irvine finishing third. Häkkinen's victory confirmed him as 1999 Drivers' Champion. Ferrari were also confirmed as Constructors' Champions.

Report

Championship permutations

Going into this race, Ferrari's Eddie Irvine led the Drivers' Championship by four points from Häkkinen, 70 to 66. Häkkinen therefore needed to win the race, or to finish second with Irvine no higher than fifth, or to finish third with Irvine finishing outside the top six.

Victory for Häkkinen would give him the Championship regardless of where Irvine finished: even if Irvine finished second, both drivers would have 76 points but Häkkinen would have five wins to Irvine's four. Similarly, the Finn would be Champion if he finished second with Irvine fifth (as he would have three second places to Irvine's two), or if he finished third without Irvine scoring (as he would have four third places to Irvine's two).

Qualifying

Qualifying saw Irvine's Ferrari teammate, Michael Schumacher, take pole position with Häkkinen alongside on the front row. David Coulthard was third in the second McLaren, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen fourth in the Jordan. Irvine struggled throughout, also suffering a heavy crash at the Hairpin, and could only manage fifth, over 1.5 seconds slower than Schumacher and over 1.1 slower than Häkkinen. The top ten was completed by the Prosts of Olivier Panis and Jarno Trulli, Johnny Herbert in the Stewart, Ralf Schumacher in the Williams and Jean Alesi in the Sauber.

Race

Häkkinen beat Schumacher off the line, with Panis charging into third ahead of Irvine, Coulthard and Frentzen. Zanardi pulled off the track into the pits in the second Williams with electrical problems on lap 1. The Finn quickly built a comfortable lead, and it became clear that the Ferraris could not match him. As Trulli in the second Prost retired when his engine failed on lap 4.

Panis retired when his alternator broke on lap 20, meanwhile Hill retired after spinning off the track but managed to come back to the pits to retire with mental driver fatigue on lap 21 in his final Grand Prix, Coulthard passed Irvine for third during the first round of pit stops. On lap 34, Coulthard made a mistake and spun into a wall, losing his nose. He pitted and rejoined a lap down, just in front of Schumacher. It was alleged that the Scot deliberately held up the German driver, before retiring several laps later with a hydraulic failure. Schumacher later criticized Coulthard's behaviour.

Häkkinen eventually took the chequered flag five seconds ahead of Schumacher and, with it, his second Drivers' Championship. Irvine finished a minute and a half behind Schumacher in third, nonetheless helping Ferrari secure their first Constructors' Championship since 1983. The minor points went to Frentzen, Ralf Schumacher and Alesi.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.470
2	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.820	+0.350
3	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.239	+0.769
4	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:38.696	+1.226
5	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.975	+1.505
6	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:39.623	+2.153
7	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:39.644	+2.174
8	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1:39.706	+2.236
9	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:39.717	+2.247
10	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:39.721	+2.251
11	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:39.732	+2.262
12	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:40.140	+2.670
13	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:40.140	+2.670
14	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:40.261	+2.791
15	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:40.303	+2.833
16	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:40.403	+2.933
17	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:40.740	+3.270
18	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	1:40.861	+3.391
19	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:41.067	+3.597
20	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1:41.529	+4.059
21	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:41.708	+4.238
22	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:42.515	+5.045
107% time: 1:44.293
Source: ^[4]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1:31:18.785	2	10
2	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+ 5.015	1	6
3	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+ 1:35.688	5	4
4	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	53	+ 1:38.635	4	3
5	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	53	+ 1:39.494	9	2
6	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	52	+ 1 Lap	10	1
7	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	8
8	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	13
9	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	52	+ 1 Lap	11
10	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	52	+ 1 Lap	15
11	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	52	+ 1 Lap	17
12	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	52	+ 1 Lap	18
13	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	51	+ 2 Laps	21
14	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	47	Engine	14
Ret	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	43	Gearbox	19
Ret	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	43	Engine	22
Ret	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	39	Hydraulics	3
Ret	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	31	Gearbox	20
Ret	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	21	Mental Fatigue^[5]	12
Ret	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	19	Alternator	6
Ret	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	3	Engine	7
Ret	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	0	Electrical	16
Sources:^[6]^[7]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	76
2	Eddie Irvine	74
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	54
4	David Coulthard	48
5	Michael Schumacher	44
Source: ^[8]

Constructors Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	128
2	McLaren-Mercedes	124
3	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	61
4	Stewart-Ford	36
5	Williams-Supertec	35
Source: ^[8]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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[2013PressKit-2] "2013 Japanese Grand Prix: Official Media Kit" (PDF). FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

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1999 Japanese Grand Prix

Contents

Report

Championship permutations

Qualifying

Race

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Championship standings after the race

Related Research Articles

References