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

1999 Malaysian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 17 October 1999
Winner
  • Eddie Irvine
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Michael Schumacher
  • Ferrari
CircuitSepang, 56 laps
Round15 of 16
Race numbers

The 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix was the:

  • 645th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Sepang
More 1999 season
More Malaysian Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari561hr 36m 38.494s10
2-1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari56+1.040s6
3+1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes56+9.743s4
4+1(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth56+17.538s3
5+1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth56+32.296s2
6+8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda56+34.884s1
7+8(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas56+54.408s 
8-1(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife56+1m 00.934s 
9+10(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth55+1 lap 
10+6(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec55+1 lap 
11 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife52+4 laps 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec48DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas44DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows30DNF 
R (ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes14DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec7DNF 
R (JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows7DNF 
R (BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec6DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot5DNF 
R (GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda0DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:39.688 
2(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:40.6350.947
3(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.8061.118
4(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.8661.178
5(GBR) Johnny HerbertStewart-Ford Cosworth1:40.9371.249
6(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:41.3511.663
7(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:41.4441.756
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherWilliams-Supertec1:41.5581.870
9(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:42.0502.362
10(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveBAR-Supertec1:42.0872.399
11(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:42.1102.422
12(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:42.2082.520
13(BRA) Ricardo ZontaBAR-Supertec1:42.3102.622
14(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan-Mugen-Honda1:42.3802.692
15(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:42.5222.834
16(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiWilliams-Supertec1:42.8853.197
17(BRA) Pedro DinizSauber-Petronas1:42.9333.245
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:42.9483.260
19(ESP) Marc GeneMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:43.5633.875
20(ESP) Pedro de la RosaArrows1:43.5793.891
21(ITA) Luca BadoerMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:44.3214.633
22(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiArrows1:44.6374.949

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Eddie Irvine70
2(FIN) Mika Hakkinen66
3(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen51
4(GBR) David Coulthard48
5(DEU) Michael Schumacher38
6(DEU) Ralf Schumacher33
7(BRA) Rubens Barrichello21
8(GBR) Johnny Herbert15
9(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella13
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
1Ferrari118
2McLaren-Mercedes114
3Jordan-Mugen-Honda58
4Stewart-Ford Cosworth36
5Williams-Supertec33
6Benetton-Playlife16
7Prost-Peugeot9
8Sauber-Petronas4
9Arrows1
=Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Wins
4th and last for Eddie Irvine
125th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
46th for Ferrari
Podiums
70th for Michael Schumacher (3rd driver to score 70 podiums, 1st German driver)
36th for Mika Hakkinen
23rd for Eddie Irvine
433rd & 434th for Ferrari
304th for McLaren
Poles
22nd for Michael Schumacher
126th for Ferrari
1-2 start
46th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
38th for Michael Schumacher
138th for Ferrari
Front row starts
44th for Michael Schumacher
4th and last for Eddie Irvine
Points finishes
29th and last for Johnny Herbert

See also

  • Malaysian Grand Prix
  • Sepang circuit
  • 1999 World Championship season

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