1999 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200

February 2025 October 2025 Brazil Rio Jacarepaguá-oval.svg May 15 1999 1999 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 5 20 CART Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Permanent racing facility 1.864 3.000 108 201.312 323.978 Light rain Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 38.565 Brazil Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 38.891 107 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Colombia Dario Franchitti Team KOOL Green UK Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Brazil The 1999 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 was the fifth round of the 1999 CART World Series Season, held on May 15, 1999, on the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christian Fittipaldi won his first and only Pole Position of his career. Report Race The race was delayed due to rain, and the drivers had to wait for the track to dry out. On the second attempt to start, Juan Pablo Montoya dived past front-row starters Christian Fittipaldi and Dario Franchitti to take the lead. The trio quickly pulled away from the rest of the field with Franchitti taking second from Fittipaldi at the first round of pit stops, only for Fittipaldi to reverse the order a few laps later by passing Franchitti on the track. Neither, despite staying within two seconds of Montoya, were able to give a serious challenge to him, the Colombian taking his third successive win. The battle for second eventually went to Franchitti who beat Fittipaldi with a quicker second pitstop. Classification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 108 1:36:32.233 3 20+1 2 27 GBR Dario Franchitti Team Green 108 +1.736 2 16 3 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 108 +3.954 1 14+1 4 7 ITA Max Papis Team Rahal 108 +4.930 13 12 5 44 BRA Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 108 +7.036 7 10 6 33 CAN Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 108 +7.618 9 8 7 20 USA P. J. Jones Patrick Racing 108 +8.057 16 6 8 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 108 +8.304 10 5 9 3 BRA Tarso Marques Team Penske 108 +10.688 8 4 10 5 BRA Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 108 +11.241 4 3 11 18 BRA Roberto Moreno PacWest Racing 108 +11.717 23 2 12 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Team Penske 108 +12.215 19 1 13 8 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal 108 +14.138 5 14 22 USA Robby Gordon Team Gordon 108 +17.470 26 15 26 CAN Paul Tracy Team Green 108 +20.214 12 16 19 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 107 +1 Lap 24 17 16 BRA Gualter Salles Bettenhausen Racing 107 +1 Lap 21 18 71 BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. Payton/Coyne Racing 102 +6 Laps 27 19 10 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 101 Cooling 18 20 40 MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 83 Contact 17 21 25 BRA Cristiano da Matta Arciero-Wells Racing 81 Turbo 14 22 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 61 Cooling 25 23 36 USA Alex Barron All American Racing 58 Overheating 22 24 24 USA Scott Pruett Arciero-Wells Racing 49 Turbo 20 25 9 BRA Hélio Castro-Neves Hogan Racing 32 Turbo 11 26 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 28 Engine 15 27 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 23 Electrical 6 Caution flags Laps Cause1 Field not aligned30-36 Andretti (6) engine blow-up50-55 Pruett (24) engine blow-up85-90 Fernández (40) contact 91-95 Rain98-102 Gordon (22), Jourdain Jr. (19) contact Lap Leaders Laps Leader1 Christian Fittipaldi2-72 Juan Pablo Montoya73 Christian Fittipaldi74-76 Dario Franchitti77-86 Al Unser Jr.87-108 Juan Pablo Montoya Driver Laps ledJuan Pablo Montoya 93Al Unser Jr. 10Dario Franchitti 3Christian Fittipaldi 2 Point standings after race PosDriverPoints 1 COL Juan Pablo Montoya 66 2 UK Dario Franchitti 51 3 BRA Christian Fittipaldi 49 4 CAN Greg Moore 45 5 MEX Adrián Fernández 43 References CART CART FedEx Championship Series Rio 200 1999 1999 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix 1999 Motorola 300 1998 Rio 400 2000 Rio 200 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 Category:Rio 200