1999 Monaco Grand Prix

F1 1999 San Marino Grand Prix 1999 Spanish Grand Prix Monaco Monaco 4 16 1999 Circuit Monaco.svg Circuit de Monaco (last modified in 1998) LVII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco 16 May Monte Carlo, Monaco Temporary street circuit 2.092 3.367 78 163.188 262.626 Sunny, hot, dry Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.547 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.259 67 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes MON The 1999 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LVII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 16 May 1999 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the fourth race of the 1999 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher after starting from second position. It was Schumacher's 16th win with Ferrari, breaking the record held by Niki Lauda. His team-mate Eddie Irvine finished second with Mika Häkkinen third for the McLaren team. The race was Schumacher's second win of the season, his fourth at Monaco, and the result meant that he extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship, to eight points over Irvine and twelve over Häkkinen. Ferrari extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship, twenty-four points ahead of McLaren and twenty-eight ahead of Jordan with 12 races of the season remaining. Report Background The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers.Formula One Teams and Drivers (1999) http://www.fia.com/presse/Teams-a/F1teams-a.htm Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 16 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/19990427152618/http://www.fia.com/homepage/selection-a.html 27 April 1999 The teams, also known as constructors, were McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Arrows, Stewart, Prost, Minardi and BAR. Tyre supplier Bridgestone brought four different tyre types to the race: two dry compounds, the extra soft and the soft, and two wet-weather compounds, the intermediate and full wet.Monaco GP Bridgestone Thursday notes http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/monaco-gp-bridgestone-thursday-notes/ motorsport.com 13 May 1999 16 October 2014 22 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141022153439/http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/monaco-gp-bridgestone-thursday-notes/ dead Going into the race, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher led the Drivers' Championship with 16 points, ahead of Eddie Irvine on 12 points and Mika Häkkinen on 10 points. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fourth with 10 points while Ralf Schumacher was fifth on 10 points. In the Constructors' Championship Ferrari were leading with 28 points, McLaren and Jordan were second and third with 16 and 13 points respectively, while Williams with 7 and Stewart with 6 points contended for fourth place. Ferrari had so far dominated the championship, winning two out of the three previous races, with Häkkinen winning the Brazilian Grand Prix. Championship contenders Frentzen and David Coulthard had each gained one second-place finish, and Ralf Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello had achieved third place podium finishes. Following the San Marino Grand Prix on 2 May, several teams conducted testing sessions at circuits around the world. Ferrari and Minardi headed for Fiorano where testing for the set-up around the Monaco circuit took place. McLaren and Prost tested at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours running over the course of three days, while Prost elected to test for one day. Jordan tested at the Lurcy-Lévis test track with driver Andrew Gilbert-Scott performing aerodynamic mapping runs.Testing for Monaco http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns02003.html GrandPrix.com Inside F1, Inc. 10 May 1999 16 October 2014 Practice and qualifying thumb|right|upright|Häkkinen achieved his fourth pole position in four races, and the 14th in his career. Four practice sessions were held before the race; two one-hour sessions on Thursday and two 45 minutes sessions on Saturday.The FIA's 66 Answers to 66 Questions http://www.atlasf1.com/news/1999fiafaq.htm#Q19 Atlas F1 Haymarket Publications 16 October 2014 The Friday sessions were held in dry and cloudy conditions. Irvine was the fastest driver in the first session, with a time of 1:18.910 that was less than six-tenths of a second faster than Michael Schumacher. Jordan driver Damon Hill was less than two-tenths of a second off Michael Schumacher's pace, with Barrichello, Alessandro Zanardi and Jean Alesi rounding out the top six.Thursday First Free Practice http://www.atlasf1.com/news/1999/1275.htm Atlas F1 Haymarket Publications 13 May 1999 16 October 2014 In the second practice session, Michael Schumacher was fastest with a time of 1:22.718, ahead of Häkkinen, Olivier Panis, Irvine, Giancarlo Fisichella and Coulthard. 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 achieved his fourth pole position of the season, his second at the Circuit de Monaco, with a time of 1:20.547. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Michael Schumacher, who was less than one-tenth of a second behind. Race The conditions for the race were dry with the air temperature 19 C F and the track temperature 34 C F.Grand Prix of Monaco - Report: Ferrari One-Two at Monaco http://dbs.galeforcef1.com/event_report.asp?n=1999051616h00&s=1999&e=04 Gale Force F1 16 May 1999 16 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20060811210444/http://www.galeforcef1.com/ 11 August 2006 The drivers took to the track at 09:30 (GMT +1) for a 30-minute warm-up session. Both Ferrari drivers maintained their good pace from qualifying; Michael Schumacher set the fastest time, a 1:23.792. Irvine was second in the other Ferrari car. Both McLaren drivers were just off Irvine's pace—Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard—while Hill and Ralf Schumacher rounded out the top six.Sunday Warm-Up - Monaco http://www.atlasf1.com/news/1999/1285.htm Atlas F1 Haymarket Publications 16 May 1999 16 October 2014 Both Ferraris gained a position at the start, with Michael Schumacher taking the lead from Mika Häkkinen, Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard. The order remained this way until lap 35 when Coulthard's car began to slow, eventually causing him to retire. Further bad luck befell McLaren a few laps later when Häkkinen went straight on at Mirabeau from oil left after Toranosuke Takagi's blown engine. Eddie Irvine moved into 2nd place and stayed there. On the podium, the Republic of Ireland's flag was flown for Irvine.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG9TrbRzRNA F1 1999 - MONACO (SPEED) - ROUND 4 2025-01-15 asopher2 2025-03-16 YouTube Post-race The race result left Michael Schumacher extending his lead in the Drivers' Championship with 26 points. Irvine's second place ensured that he maintained second position in the Championship with 18 points, four points ahead of Häkkinen and five ahead of Frentzen. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari extended their lead to 44 points, McLaren maintained second with 20 points, with Jordan maintaining third with 16 points, with 12 races of the season remaining. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.547   2 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.611 +0.064 3 2 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.956 +0.409 4 4 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:21.011 +0.464 5 16 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:21.530 +0.983 6 8 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:21.556 +1.009 7 19 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:21.769 +1.222 8 22 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1:21.827 +1.280 9 9 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:21.938 +1.391 10 10 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:21.968 +1.421 11 5 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 1:22.152 +1.605 12 23 Finland Mika Salo BAR-Supertec 1:22.241 +1.694 13 17 UK Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1:22.248 +1.701 14 11 France Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:22.354 +1.807 15 12 Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:22.659 +2.112 16 6 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1:22.719 +2.172 17 7 UK Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:22.832 +2.285 18 18 France Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:22.916 +2.369 19 15 Japan 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 1:23.290 +2.743 20 20 Italy Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:23.765 +3.218 21 14 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1:24.260 +3.713 22 21 Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 1:24.914 +4.367107% time: 1:26.185Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1999/monaco/qualification.aspx Monaco 1999 - Qualifications • STATS F1 F1 STATS www.statsf1.com en 14 November 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 78 1:49:31.812 2 10 2 4 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 78 +30.476 4 6 3 1 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 78 +37.483 1 4 4 8 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 78 +54.009 6 3 5 9 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 77 +1 lap 9 2 6 10 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 77 +1 lap 10 1 7 19 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 77 +1 lap 7   8 5 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 76 +2 laps 11   9 16 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 71 Suspension/spun off 5   Ret Retired 6 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 54 Accident 16   Ret Retired 11 France Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 50 Suspension 14   Ret Retired 12 Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 49 Suspension 15   Ret Retired 18 France Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 40 Engine 18   Ret Retired 2 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 36 Gearbox 3   Ret Retired 23 Finland Mika Salo BAR-Supertec 36 Brakes/accident 12   Ret Retired 15 Japan 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 36 Engine 19   Ret Retired 22 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 32 Oil leak 8   Ret Retired 17 UK Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 32 Suspension 13   Ret Retired 14 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 30 Gearbox 21   Ret Retired 21 Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 24 Accident 22   Ret Retired 20 Italy Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 10 Gearbox 20   Ret Retired 7 UK Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 3 Collision 17  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/71/ 1999 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150109173634/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/71/ 9 January 2015 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 GER Michael Schumacher 26 2 UK Eddie Irvine 18 3 FIN Mika Häkkinen 14 4 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13 5 GER Ralf Schumacher 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1999/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1999 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari 44 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 20 3 IRE Jordan-Mugen-Honda 16 4 ITA Benetton-Playlife 8 5 UK Williams-Supertec 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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