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1999 European Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 66 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1999 European Grand Prix was the:

  • 644th World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship European Grand Prix
  • 29th World Championship race at Nurburgring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+13(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth661hr 41m 54.314s10
2+8(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot66+22.618s6
3+12(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth66+22.865s4
4 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec66+39.507s3
5-2(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes66+1m 02.950s2
6+14(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth66+1m 05.154s1
7+2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari66+1m 06.683s 
8+9(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec65+1 lap 
9-4(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot65+1 lap 
10-2(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec61DNF 
R (ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows52DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife48DNF 
R (FIN) Mika SaloFerrari44DNF 
R (JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows42DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes37DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas35DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda32DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec10DNF 
R (GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda0DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife0DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas0DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Villeneuve ended lap 61 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Giancarlo Fisichella ended lap 48 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • David Coulthard ended lap 37 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen ended lap 32 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Marc Gene 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(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:19.910 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.1760.266
3(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.3760.466
4(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:20.4440.534
5(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:20.6380.728
6(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:20.7810.871
7(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:20.8180.908
8(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:20.8250.915
9(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:20.8420.932
10(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:20.9651.055
11(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:21.1441.234
12(FIN) Mika SaloFerrari1:21.3141.404
13(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:21.3451.435
14(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:21.3791.469
15(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:21.4901.580
16(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:21.6341.724
17(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:22.2672.357
18(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:22.2842.374
19(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:22.6312.721
20(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:22.7602.850
21(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:23.4013.491
22(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows1:23.6983.788

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen62
2(GBR) Eddie Irvine60
3(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen50
4(GBR) David Coulthard48
5(DEU) Ralf Schumacher33
6(DEU) Michael Schumacher32
7(BRA) Rubens Barrichello19
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella13
9(GBR) Johnny Herbert12
10(FIN) Mika Salo10
11(ITA) Jarno Trulli7
12(GBR) Damon Hill7
13(AUT) Alexander Wurz3
14(BRA) Pedro Diniz3
15(FRA) Olivier Panis2
16(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1
17(FRA) Jean Alesi1
18(ESP) Marc Gene1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes110
2Ferrari102
3Jordan-Mugen-Honda57
4Williams-Supertec33
5Stewart-Ford Cosworth31
6Benetton-Playlife16
7Prost-Peugeot9
8Sauber-Petronas4
9Arrows1
=Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
3rd and last for Johnny Herbert (only win for Stewart)
1st and only for Stewart (30th different winner)
Podiums
7th and last for Johnny Herbert (first podium since 1997; only podium for Stewart)
6th for Rubens Barrichello (last for Stewart)
1st for Jarno Trulli (180th different podium finisher, 28th Italian driver; last podium until 2003; only podium for Prost)
4th, 5th and last for Stewart
3rd and last for Prost
Poles
2nd and last for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (first since 1997; only pole for Jordan)
2nd and last for Jordan (first since 1994)
Fastest laps
13th for Mika Hakkinen
89th for McLaren
Front row starts
23rd for David Coulthard
11th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Points finishes
1st for Marc Gene (279th different point scorer, 5th Spanish driver)