1999 Belgian Grand Prix

October 2017 F1 1999 Hungarian Grand Prix 1999 Italian Grand Prix Belgium Belgian 12 16 1999 Spa 1995-2003.png Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (last modified in 1996) LVII Foster's Belgian Grand Prix 29 August Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFrancorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium1999 Belgian GP https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1999-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.330 6.968 44 190.507 306.592 Partially cloudy, mild, dry Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.329 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:53.955 23 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda BEL 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. 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.McLaren dominant in Silverstone tests http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns02124.html GrandPrix.com Inside F1 23 August 1999 7 July 2014 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.Motor racing: Ferrari stick with Salo in Belgium https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-ferrari-stick-with-salo-in-belgium-1115265.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing-ferrari-stick-with-salo-in-belgium-1115265.html 1 May 2022 subscription The Independent 25 August 1999 8 July 2014 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.Fisichella and Wurz Remain at Benetton http://www.atlasf1.com/news/1999/aug/1574.htm Atlas F1 27 August 1999 8 July 2014 Sauber announced that it would sign up Salo on a two-year contract and retain Pedro Diniz.Sauber Signs Salo http://www.atlasf1.com/news/1999/aug/1569.htm Atlas F1 26 August 1999 8 July 2014 Jordan confirmed that it was signing Prost driver Jarno Trulli on a two-year contract, replacing Damon Hill.Jordan confirms Trulli http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns02129.html GrandPrix.com Inside F1 30 August 1999 8 July 2014 Practice and qualifying thumb|left|upright|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.Grand Prix of Belgium http://dbs.galeforcef1.com/event.asp?e=12&s=1999 Gale Force F1 8 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060811210444/http://www.galeforcef1.com/ 11 August 2006 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. thumb|right|upright|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.Qualifying – Belgian GP http://www.atlasf1.com/news/1999/aug/1580.htm Atlas F1 28 August 1999 8 July 2014 BAR drivers Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta both suffered massive, high-speed accidents at the fast Eau Rouge sweep during the qualifying session.Formula 1 World Championship 1999 Official Review – The Champion on the Track VHS Duke Video 29 November 1999 Both accidents caused the session to be suspended. Race The conditions were dry for the race with the air temperature 20 C F and the track temperature 25 C F.Lupini Michele Grand Prix of Belgium Review http://atlasf1.autosport.com/99/bel/lupini.html Atlas F1 29 August 1999 8 July 2014 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. 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.http://atlasf1.autosport.com/99/jpn/tytler.html Deconstructing Mika: What Happened at McLaren in 99? Ewan Tytler Atlas F1 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap 1 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.329 2 2 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:50.484 +0.155 3 8 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:51.332 +1.003 4 7 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:51.372 +1.043 5 6 GER Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1:51.414 +1.085 6 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:51.895 +1.566 7 16 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:51.974 +1.645 8 5 ITA Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 1:52.014 +1.685 9 3 FIN Mika Salo Ferrari 1:52.124 +1.795 10 17 GBR Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1:52.164 +1.835 11 22 CAN Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1:52.235 +1.906 12 19 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:52.644 +2.315 13 9 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:52.762 +2.433 14 23 BRA Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 1:52.840 +2.511 15 10 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:52.847 +2.518 16 11 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:52.921 +2.592 17 18 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:53.148 +2.819 18 12 BRA Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:53.778 +3.449 19 15 JPN Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 1:54.099 +3.770 20 20 ITA Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:54.197 +3.868 21 21 ESP Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 1:54.557 +4.228 22 14 ESP Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1:54.579 +4.250107% time: 1:58.052Source:Belgium 1999 - Qualifications • STATS F1 http://www.statsf1.com/en/1999/belgique/qualification.aspx www.statsf1.com 14 November 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 44 1:25:43.057 2 10 2 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 44 + 10.469 1 6 3 8 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 44 + 33.433 3 4 4 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 44 + 44.948 6 3 5 6 GER Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 44 + 48.067 5 2 6 7 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 44 + 54.916 4 1 7 3 FIN Mika Salo Ferrari 44 + 56.249 9   8 5 ITA Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 44 + 1:07.022 8   9 11 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 44 + 1:13.848 16   10 16 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 44 + 1:20.742 7   11 9 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 44 + 1:32.195 13   12 19 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 44 + 1:36.154 12   13 18 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 44 + 1:41.543 17   14 10 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 44 + 1:57.745 15   15 22 CAN Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 43 + 1 lap 11   16 21 ESP Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 43 + 1 lap 21   Ret Retired 14 ESP Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 35 Transmission 22   Ret Retired 20 ITA Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 33 Suspension 20   Ret Retired 23 BRA Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 33 Gearbox 14   Ret Retired 17 GBR Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 27 Brakes 10   Ret Retired 12 BRA Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 19 Spun off 18   Ret Retired 15 JPN Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 0 Clutch 19  Source:1999 Belgian Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/79/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150109173654/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/79/ 9 January 2015 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen60 2 GBR Eddie Irvine59 3 GBR David Coulthard46 4 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen40 5 GER Michael Schumacher32Source:Belgium 1999 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1999/belgique/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes106 2 ITA Ferrari97 3 IRL Jordan-Mugen-Honda47 4 GBR Williams-Supertec24 5 ITA Benetton-Playlife16Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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