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Home / Seasons / 1999 F1 World Championship Season / 1999 Austrian Grand Prix

1999 Austrian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 July 1999
Winner
  • Eddie Irvine
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Mika Hakkinen
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Mika Hakkinen
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitSpielberg, 71 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 1999 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 639th World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Spielberg
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari711hr 28m 12.438s10
2 (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes71+0.313s6
3-2(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes71+22.282s4
4 (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda71+52.803s3
5+5(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife71+1m 06.358s2
6+10(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas71+1m 10.933s1
7+6(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot70+1 lap 
8+3(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda70+1 lap 
9-2(FIN) Mika SaloFerrari70+1 lap 
10+8(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot70+1 lap 
11+11(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
12 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife68DNF 
13+6(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth68+3 laps 
14-8(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth67+4 laps 
15 (BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec63DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas49DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows38DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec35DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec34DNF 
R (JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows25DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec8DNF 

Notes

  • Giancarlo Fisichella ended lap 68 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Ricardo Zonta ended lap 63 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:10.954 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:11.1530.199
3(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:11.9731.019
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:12.2661.312
5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:12.3421.388
6(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:12.4881.534
7(FIN) Mika SaloFerrari1:12.5141.560
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:12.5151.561
9(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:12.8331.879
10(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:12.8501.896
11(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:12.9011.947
12(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:12.9241.970
13(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:12.9992.045
14(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:13.1012.147
15(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:13.1722.218
16(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:13.2232.269
17(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:13.2262.272
18(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:13.4572.503
19(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:13.6062.652
20(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:13.6412.687
21(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows1:14.1393.185
22(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:14.3633.409

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen44
2(GBR) Eddie Irvine42
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher32
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen29
5(GBR) David Coulthard28
6(DEU) Ralf Schumacher19
7(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella13
8(BRA) Rubens Barrichello10
9(GBR) Damon Hill5
10(AUT) Alexander Wurz3
11(BRA) Pedro Diniz3
12(GBR) Johnny Herbert2
13(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1
14(FRA) Olivier Panis1
15(FRA) Jean Alesi1
16(ITA) Jarno Trulli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari74
2McLaren-Mercedes72
3Jordan-Mugen-Honda34
4Williams-Supertec19
5Benetton-Playlife16
6Stewart-Ford Cosworth12
7Sauber-Petronas4
8Prost-Peugeot2
9Arrows1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Giancarlo Fisichella (97th driver to start 50 races, 16th Italian driver)
Wins
2nd for Eddie Irvine
123rd for Ferrari
Podiums
33rd for Mika Hakkinen
28th for David Coulthard
20th for Eddie Irvine (35th driver to score 20 podiums, 11th British driver)
428th for Ferrari
298th & 299th for McLaren
Poles
17th for Mika Hakkinen
99th for McLaren
1-2 start
46th for McLaren
Fastest laps
11th for Mika Hakkinen
85th for McLaren
Front row starts
23rd for Mika Hakkinen
21st for David Coulthard
Points finishes
8th and last for Pedro Diniz

See also

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Spielberg circuit
  • 1999 World Championship season

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