1999 Japanese Grand Prix

October 2017 F1 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix 2000 Australian Grand Prix Japan Japanese 16 16 1999 Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg Suzuka International Racing Course (last modified in 1991) XXV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix 31 October Suzuka, Mie, Japan Permanent racing facility 5.860 3.641https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1999-japanese-grand-prix/ 1999 Japanese Grand Prix | Motorsport Database 53 310.5962013 Japanese Grand Prix: Official Media Kit http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/external_archive/node4131/jpn_media_kit_en_2013.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140307111513/http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/external_archive/node4131/jpn_media_kit_en_2013.pdf 7 March 2014 2022-09-19 FIA.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 31 192.995 Overcast, mild, dry 318,000https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_japanesegp_mediakit_english.pdf Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 5 October 2022 5 October 2022 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:37.470 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:41.319 31 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari JPN 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 Circuit. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1999 Formula One World Championship. McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen won the 53-lap race 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. This was the last Formula One race for Stewart Grand Prix, Toranosuke Takagi, Alessandro Zanardi and for the 1996 World Champion, Damon Hill. 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 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:37.470 2 1 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.820 +0.350 3 2 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.239 +0.769 4 8 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:38.696 +1.226 5 4 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:38.975 +1.505 6 18 France Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:39.623 +2.153 7 19 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:39.644 +2.174 8 17 UK Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1:39.706 +2.236 9 6 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1:39.717 +2.247 10 11 France Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:39.721 +2.251 11 22 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1:39.732 +2.262 12 7 UK Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:40.140 +2.670 13 16 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:40.140 +2.670 14 9 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:40.261 +2.791 15 10 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:40.303 +2.833 16 5 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 1:40.403 +2.933 17 12 Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:40.740 +3.270 18 23 Brazil Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 1:40.861 +3.391 19 15 Japan Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 1:41.067 +3.597 20 21 Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 1:41.529 +4.059 21 14 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1:41.708 +4.238 22 20 Italy Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:42.515 +5.045107% time: 1:44.293Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1999/japon/qualification.aspx Japan 1999 – Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com en 14 November 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 53 1:31:18.785 2 10 2 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 53 + 5.015 1 6 3 4 UK Eddie Irvine Ferrari 53 + 1:35.688 5 4 4 8 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 53 + 1:38.635 4 3 5 6 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 53 + 1:39.494 9 2 6 11 France Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 52 + 1 Lap 10 1 7 17 UK Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 52 + 1 Lap 8   8 16 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 52 + 1 Lap 13   9 22 Canada Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 52 + 1 Lap 11   10 10 Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 52 + 1 Lap 15   11 12 Brazil Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 52 + 1 Lap 17   12 23 Brazil Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 52 + 1 Lap 18   13 14 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 51 + 2 Laps 21   14 9 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 47 Engine 14   Ret Retired 15 Japan Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 43 Gearbox 19   Ret Retired 20 Italy Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 43 Engine 22   Ret Retired 2 UK David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 39 Hydraulics 3   Ret Retired 21 Spain Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 31 Gearbox 20   Ret Retired 7 UK Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 21 Mental FatigueGordon Ian 1 November 1999 Final summit proves too steep for Hill to climb Damon Hill's career ended tamely yesterday as he pulled out of theJapanese Grand Prix admitting he was only thinking about his family, writes Ian Gordon 28 Birmingham Post https://www.proquest.com/docview/326564287 subscription 23 November 2020 326564287 12   Ret Retired 18 France Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 19 Alternator 6   Ret Retired 19 Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 3 Engine 7   Ret Retired 5 Italy Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 0 Electrical 16  Sources:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/83/ 1999 Japanese Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150109175641/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/83/ 9 January 2015 24 December 20151999 Japanese GP: Classification ChicaneF1.com http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Japanese%20GP&type=res 2 August 2007 15 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230315220351/https://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Japanese%20GP&type=res dead Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen76 2 GBR Eddie Irvine74 3 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen54 4 GBR David Coulthard48 5 GER Michael Schumacher44Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1999/japon/championnat.aspx Japan 1999 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ITA Ferrari128 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes124 3 IRE Jordan-Mugen-Honda61 4 UK Stewart-Ford36 5 UK Williams-Supertec35Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix – 1999 Grand Prix Racing http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/reports/646.cfm 2 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070814053425/http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/reports/646.cfm 14 August 2007 dead dmy-all 1999 Japanese GP: Overview ChicaneF1.com http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1999&gp=Japanese%20GP 2 August 2007 Japanese Grand Prix 1999 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix 2000 Australian Grand Prix 1998 Japanese Grand Prix 2000 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix Category:Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix