1999 French Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 27 June 1999
Winner	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Pole position	Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford Cosworth
Fastest lap	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit	Magny-Cours, 72 laps
Round	7 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

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	72	1hr 58m 24.343s	10
2	+12	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+11.092s	6
3	-2	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	72	+43.432s	4
4	+12	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	72	+45.475s	3
5	+1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	72	+47.881s	2
6	+11	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	72	+48.901s	1
7	+1	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	72	+57.771s
8	-5	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	72	+58.531s
9	+1	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	72	+1m 28.764s
10	+10	(ITA) Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	71	+1 lap
DQ		(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	71	+1 lap
11	+8	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	71	+1 lap
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	42	DNF
R		(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	31	DNF
R		(ITA) Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	26	DNF
R		(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	25	DNF
R		(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	25	DNF
R		(ESP) Marc Gene	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	25	DNF
R		(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	24	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	9	DNF
R		(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	6	DNF
R		(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	4	DNF

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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:38.441
2	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:38.881	0.440
3	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:40.400	1.959
4	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:40.403	1.962
5	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:40.690	2.249
6	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:41.127	2.686
7	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:41.825	3.384
8	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:42.096	3.655
9	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:42.199	3.758
10	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	1:42.228	3.787
11	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:42.942	4.501
12	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:43.748	5.307
13	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:44.319	5.878
14	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:44.368	5.927
15	(ITA) Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:44.912	6.471
16	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:45.189	6.748
17	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.218	6.777
18	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:45.334	6.893
19	(ESP) Marc Gene	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:46.324	7.883
20	(ITA) Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:46.784	8.343
21	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:48.215	9.774
22	(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:48.322	9.881

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)