1999 Japanese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 31 October 1999
Winner	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Circuit	Suzuka, 53 laps
Round	16 of 16
Race numbers	The 1999 Japanese Grand Prix was the: 646th World Championship race 15th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix 13th World Championship race at Suzuka 1999 Drivers’ title decider 1999 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1hr 31m 18.785s	10
2	-1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+5.015s	6
3	+2	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+1m 35.688s	4
4		(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	53	+1m 38.635s	3
5	+4	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	53	+1m 39.494s	2
6	+4	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 lap	1
7	+1	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap
8	+5	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	52	+1 lap
9	+2	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	52	+1 lap
10	+5	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	52	+1 lap
11	+6	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 lap
12	+6	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	52	+1 lap
13	+8	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	51	+2 laps
14		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	47	DNF
R		(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	43	DNF
R		(ITA) Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	39	DNF
R		(ESP) Marc Gene	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	31	DNF
R		(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	21	DNF
R		(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	19	DNF
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	3	DNF
R		(ITA) Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	0	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.470
2	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.820	0.350
3	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:38.239	0.769
4	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:38.696	1.226
5	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.975	1.505
6	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:39.623	2.153
7	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:39.644	2.174
8	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:39.706	2.236
9	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:39.717	2.247
10	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:39.721	2.251
11	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:39.732	2.262
12	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:40.140	2.670
13	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:40.140	2.670
14	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:40.261	2.791
15	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:40.303	2.833
16	(ITA) Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:40.403	2.933
17	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:40.740	3.270
18	(BRA) Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	1:40.861	3.391
19	(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:41.067	3.597
20	(ESP) Marc Gene	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:41.529	4.059
21	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:41.708	4.238
22	(ITA) Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:42.515	5.045

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Last start: Damon Hill; Toranosuke Takagi (last Japanese driver to start a race until 2002); Alessandro Zanardi; Stewart
World Champion: 2nd and last title for Mika Hakkinen (13th driver to win two championships, 1st Finnish driver; last Finnish champion until 2007); 9th title for Ferrari (2nd constructor to win nine championships) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Williams)
Wins: 14th for Mika Hakkinen; 123rd for McLaren
Podiums: 71st for Michael Schumacher; 37th for Mika Hakkinen; 24th for Eddie Irvine (last podium until 2001; last for Ferrari); 435th & 436th for Ferrari; 305th for McLaren
Poles: 23rd for Michael Schumacher; 127th for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 39th for Michael Schumacher; 139th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 45th for Michael Schumacher; 28th for Mika Hakkinen