1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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Flag of the United States.svg 1999 Long Beach
Race details
Race 3 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
Long Beach circuit Champ Car era.svg
Long Beach track layout
DateApril 18, 1999
Official name 1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
LocationStreets of Long Beach
Long Beach, California, United States
CourseTemporary street circuit
1.824 mi / 2.935 km
Distance85 laps
155.04 mi / 249.51 km
WeatherDry
Pole position
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan  (Forsythe Racing)
Time1:01.109
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:02.779 (on lap 63 of 85)
Podium
First Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti  (Team KOOL Green)
Third Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta  (Team Rahal)
Chronology
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The 1999 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 18, 1999, on the streets of Long Beach, California. [1]

Contents

This marks the first Long Beach Grand Prix without former Long Beach winners Bobby Rahal and Al Unser Jr. Rahal retired at the end of 1998, and Al Unser was injured in the inaugural race of the season.

Report

Race

In qualifying, Tony Kanaan, the Rookie of the Year in 1998, took his first CART career pole after a close battle with Dario Franchitti. At the start, it was Bryan Herta who took the lead after passing both Kanaan and Franchitti at the first corner, but that did not last long, as both Kanaan and Franchitti passed Herta on the second lap. The duo pulled away and built a gap, whereas Herta was passed later in the stint by Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya was running very quickly, and passed Franchitti at a restart later on and put pressure on Kanaan. As the laps went by, it was clear that Montoya was faster, and that Kanaan was under increasing pressure. On lap 46, the pressure told, as Kanaan made a mistake and crashed at Turn 6. Montoya took the lead and dominated the rest of the race to take his first career win ahead of Franchitti and Herta.

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 851:45:48.688520
227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 85+2.805216
38 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Herta Team Rahal 85+7.003314
440 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 85+8.610612
511 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 85+8.8311110
65 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 85+13.56678
76 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 85+15.594136
899 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 85+17.39985
97 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Team Rahal 85+17.71844
1012 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 85+22.12893
1110 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 85+23.621242
1220 Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 84+1 Lap151
1318 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 84+1 Lap12
1417 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 84+1 Lap14
1524 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 84+1 Lap20
1622 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Gordon Team Gordon 84+1 Lap21
1733 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 84+1 Lap17
1819 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 82Fuel23
199 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 76+9 Laps18
2025 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 75Contact16
2126 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 48Suspension10
2244 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 45Contact11+1
2336 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron All American Racing 34Brakes22
2471 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Garcia Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 28Off course27
252 Flag of Brazil.svg Tarso Marques Team Penske 24Contact19
2616 Flag of Japan.svg Shigeaki Hattori Bettenhausen Racing 21Contact16
2734 Flag of Brazil.svg Gualter Salles Payton/Coyne Racing 17Wing25

Caution flags

LapsCause
24–26 Hattori (16) contact
28–31 Castro-Neves (9), Pruett (24), Marques (2) contact
47–52 Kanaan (44) contact
56–57 Jones (20) spin
78–81 da Matta (25) contact

Lap leaders

LapsLeader
1 Bryan Herta
2–45 Tony Kanaan
46–85 Juan Pablo Montoya
 
DriverLaps led
Tony Kanaan 44
Juan Pablo Montoya 40
Bryan Herta 1

Point standings after race

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Greg Moore 39
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández 33
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran 33
4 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti 32
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti 30
Preceded by Grand Prix of Long Beach Succeeded by

References

  1. "1999 Long Beach Grand Prix". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved March 12, 2023.