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

1999 Japanese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 31 October 1999
Winner
  • Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round16 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
More 1999 season
More Japanese Grands Prix
Next race2000 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes531hr 31m 18.785s10
2-1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari53+5.015s6
3+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari53+1m 35.688s4
4 Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda53+1m 38.635s3
5+4Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec53+1m 39.494s2
6+4France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas52+1 lap1
7+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
8+5Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
9+2Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec52+1 lap 
10+5Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife52+1 lap 
11+6Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas52+1 lap 
12+6Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec52+1 lap 
13+8Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaArrows51+2 laps 
14 Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife47DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiArrows43DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes39DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda21DNF 
R France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot19DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot3DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
2Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
3United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
4Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari
6France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot
7Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth
9Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec
10France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas
11Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda
13Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth
14Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife
15Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife
16Italy flag lazyload Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec
17Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas
18Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec
19Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiArrows
20Spain flag lazyload Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth
21Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaArrows
22Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:37.470 
2Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:37.8200.350
3United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.2390.769
4Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:38.6961.226
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:38.9751.505
6France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:39.6232.153
7Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:39.6442.174
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:39.7062.236
9Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:39.7172.247
10France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:39.7212.251
11Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:39.7322.262
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:40.1402.670
13Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:40.1402.670
14Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:40.2612.791
15Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:40.3032.833
16Italy flag lazyload Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:40.4032.933
17Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:40.7403.270
18Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:40.8613.391
19Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:41.0673.597
20Spain flag lazyload Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:41.5294.059
21Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaArrows1:41.7084.238
22Italy flag lazyload Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:42.5155.045

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1999 Japanese Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen76
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine74
3Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen54
4United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard48
5Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher44
6Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher35
7Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello21
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert15
9Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella13
10Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo10
11Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli7
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill7
13Austria flag lazyload Alexander Wurz3
14Brazil flag lazyload Pedro Diniz3
15France flag lazyload Olivier Panis2
16France flag lazyload Jean Alesi2
17Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la Rosa1
18Spain flag lazyload Marc Gene1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari128
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes124
3Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Mugen-Honda61
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth36
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Supertec35
6Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Playlife16
7France flag lazyload Prost-Peugeot9
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows1
=Italy flag lazyload Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

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

See also

  • Japanese Grand Prix
  • Suzuka circuit
  • 1999 World Championship season

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