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1999 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 57 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1999 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 631st World Championship race
  • 15th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari571hr 35m 01.659s10
2+3(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda57+1.026s6
3+5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec57+7.012s4
4+3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife57+33.418s3
5PL(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth57+54.697s2
6+12(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows57+1m 24.316s1
7+10(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows57+1m 26.288s 
8-5(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari56+1 lap 
R (BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec48DNF 
R (ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth42DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife28DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas27DNF 
R (ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot25DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot23DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes21DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec20DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes13DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec13DNF 
R (GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda0DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas0DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Johnny Herbert did not start the Grand Prix due to his car catching fire on the grid.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
4  
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec
9(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda
10(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife
11(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec
12(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot
13  
14(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas
15(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec
16(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas
17(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows
18(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows
19(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec
20(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot
21(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth
22(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth

Notes

  • Michael Schumacher and Toranosuke Takagi started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:30.462 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:30.9460.484
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:31.7811.319
4(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:32.1481.686
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:32.2761.814
6(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:32.2891.827
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:32.5402.078
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:32.6912.229
9(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:32.6952.233
10(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:32.7892.327
11(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:32.8882.426
12(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:32.9712.509
13(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:32.9912.529
14(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:33.3742.912
15(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:33.5493.087
16(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:33.9103.448
17(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:34.1823.720
18(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows1:34.2443.782
19(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:34.4123.950
20(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:35.0684.606
21(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:35.3164.854
22(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:37.0136.551

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Eddie Irvine10
2(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen6
3(DEU) Ralf Schumacher4
4(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella3
5(BRA) Rubens Barrichello2
6(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari10
2Jordan-Mugen-Honda6
3Williams-Supertec4
4Benetton-Playlife3
5Stewart-Ford Cosworth2
6Arrows1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Pedro de la Rosa & Marc Gene (first Spanish drivers to start a race since 1989)
Ricardo Zonta
BAR
Milestone race start
100th for Damon Hill (41st driver to start 100 races, 8th British driver)
50th for Jacques Villeneuve (96th driver to start 50 races, 2nd Canadian driver)
Wins
1st for Eddie Irvine (88th different winner, 17th British driver)
120th for Ferrari
Podiums
16th for Eddie Irvine
10th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (56th driver to score ten podiums, 2nd German driver; first for Jordan)
4th for Ralf Schumacher (first for Williams)
420th for Ferrari
246th for Williams
10th for Jordan (19th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
11th for Mika Hakkinen
93rd for McLaren
1-2 start
43rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
35th for Michael Schumacher
134th for Ferrari
Front row starts
18th for David Coulthard
16th for Mika Hakkinen
Points finishes
1st for Pedro de la Rosa (278th different point scorer, 4th Spanish driver)