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

1999 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 June 1999
Winner
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
  • Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Pole position
  • Rubens Barrichello
  • Stewart-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • David Coulthard
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitMagny-Cours, 72 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1999 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 637th World Championship race
  • 49th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda721hr 58m 24.343s10
2+12(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes72+11.092s6
3-2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth72+43.432s4
4+12(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec72+45.475s3
5+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari72+47.881s2
6+11(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari72+48.901s1
7+1(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot72+57.771s 
8-5(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot72+58.531s 
9+1(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec72+1m 28.764s 
10+10(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
DQ (JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows71+1 lap 
11+8(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows71+1 lap 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife42DNF 
R (GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda31DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec26DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec25DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife25DNF 
R (ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas24DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes9DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas6DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth4DNF 

Notes

  • Toranosuke Takagi was disqualified post-race for using an illegal set of tyres during the race.
  • David Coulthard ended lap 9 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:38.441 
2(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:38.8810.440
3(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:40.4001.959
4(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.4031.962
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:40.6902.249
6(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:41.1272.686
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:41.8253.384
8(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:42.0963.655
9(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:42.1993.758
10(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:42.2283.787
11(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:42.9424.501
12(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:43.7485.307
13(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:44.3195.878
14(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.3685.927
15(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:44.9126.471
16(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:45.1896.748
17(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:45.2186.777
18(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:45.3346.893
19(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:46.3247.883
20(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:46.7848.343
21(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows1:48.2159.774
22(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:48.3229.881

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen40
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher32
3(GBR) Eddie Irvine26
4(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen23
5(DEU) Ralf Schumacher15
6(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella13
7(GBR) David Coulthard12
8(BRA) Rubens Barrichello10
9(GBR) Damon Hill3
10(GBR) Johnny Herbert2
11(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa1
12(FRA) Olivier Panis1
13(FRA) Jean Alesi1
14(AUT) Alexander Wurz1
15(ITA) Jarno Trulli1
16(BRA) Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari58
2McLaren-Mercedes52
3Jordan-Mugen-Honda26
4Williams-Supertec15
5Benetton-Playlife14
6Stewart-Ford Cosworth12
7Prost-Peugeot2
=Sauber-Petronas2
9Arrows1

Stats & milestones

Wins
2nd for Heinz-Harald Frentzen (first win since 1997; first for Jordan)
2nd for Jordan
Podiums
32nd for Mika Hakkinen
12th for Heinz-Harald Frentzen
5th for Rubens Barrichello
296th for McLaren
12th for Jordan
3rd for Stewart
Poles
2nd for Rubens Barrichello (first since 1994; first Brazilian polesitter since 1994; only pole for Stewart)
1st and only for Stewart (32nd different polesitter)
Fastest laps
9th for David Coulthard
83rd for McLaren
Front row starts
10th and last for Jean Alesi (44th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 6th French driver; last French front row starter until 2012)
3rd for Rubens Barrichello (first since 1996; only front row start for Stewart)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Magny-Cours circuit
  • 1999 World Championship season

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