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1999 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 60 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1999 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 638th World Championship race
  • 50th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 33rd World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes601hr 32m 30.144s10
2+2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari60+1.829s6
3+5(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec60+27.411s4
4+1(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda60+27.789s3
5+1(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda60+38.606s2
6+6(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas60+53.643s1
7+10(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife60+54.614s 
8-1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth60+1m 08.590s 
9+5(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot60+1m 12.045s 
10+8(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife60+1m 12.123s 
11+2(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec60+1m 17.124s 
12-1(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth60+1m 17.709s 
13+2(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot60+1m 20.492s 
14-4(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas59+1 lap 
15+7(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
16+3(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows58+2 laps 
R (BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec41DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes35DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec29DNF 
R (ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows0DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.804 
2(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:25.2230.419
3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.5940.790
4(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:25.6770.873
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:25.9911.187
6(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:26.0991.295
7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:26.1941.390
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:26.4381.634
9(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:26.7191.915
10(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:26.7611.957
11(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:26.8732.069
12(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:27.1962.392
13(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:27.2232.419
14(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:27.2272.423
15(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:27.5432.739
16(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:27.6992.895
17(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:27.8573.053
18(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:28.0103.206
19(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:28.0373.233
20(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows1:28.1483.344
21(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:28.6953.891
22(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:28.7723.968

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen40
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher32
3(GBR) Eddie Irvine32
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen26
5(GBR) David Coulthard22
6(DEU) Ralf Schumacher19
7(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella13
8(BRA) Rubens Barrichello10
9(GBR) Damon Hill5
10(GBR) Johnny Herbert2
11(BRA) Pedro Diniz2
12(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1
13(FRA) Olivier Panis1
14(FRA) Jean Alesi1
15(AUT) Alexander Wurz1
16(ITA) Jarno Trulli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari64
2McLaren-Mercedes62
3Jordan-Mugen-Honda31
4Williams-Supertec19
5Benetton-Playlife14
6Stewart-Ford Cosworth12
7Sauber-Petronas3
8Prost-Peugeot2
9Arrows1

Stats & milestones

Wins
5th for David Coulthard (8th driver to win the British Grand Prix for McLaren)
120th for McLaren
Podiums
27th for David Coulthard
19th for Eddie Irvine
5th for Ralf Schumacher
427th for Ferrari
297th for McLaren
247th for Williams
Poles
16th for Mika Hakkinen
98th for McLaren
Fastest laps
10th for Mika Hakkinen (23rd driver to set ten fastest laps, 1st Finnish driver)
84th for McLaren
Front row starts
22nd for Mika Hakkinen