1999 German Grand Prix

  1999 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season
Hockenheimring (last modified in 1994)
Date	August 1, 1999
Official name	LXI Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.823 km (4.240 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 307.035 km (190.792 mi)
Weather	Partially cloudy, very hot, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:42.950
Fastest lap
Driver	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:45.270 on lap 43
Podium
First	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Second	Mika Salo	Ferrari
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda

The 1999 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 1, 1999 at the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim, Germany. It was the tenth race of the 1999 Formula One season.

Mika Häkkinen's McLaren MP4/14 crash damage on display.

With Michael Schumacher out injured, Eddie Irvine took a second successive victory as he chased the championship, aided by stand-in team-mate Mika Salo moving over to give him the lead. In the early laps Finnish drivers ran first and second, which Martin Brundle noted is "not bad for a nation of 5 million". However, Mika Häkkinen ultimately retired due to a wheel failure, allowing Heinz-Harald Frentzen to finish 3rd in his home Grand Prix.

Damon Hill was again rumoured to be leaving Formula One when he allegedly retired a healthy car. Hill claimed the Jordan had brake problems.^[1]

Eddie Irvine gave the winner's trophy to Mika Salo, who was leading towards the end of the race and moved over on team orders, after the race.

The McLaren-Mercedes which Häkkinen crashed in, is on display at the Science Museum in London.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	45	1:21:58.594	5	10
2	3	Mika Salo	Ferrari	45	+1.007	4	6
3	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	45	+5.195	2	4
4	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	45	+12.809	11	3
5	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	45	+16.823	3	2
6	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	45	+29.879	7	1
7	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	45	+33.333	13
8	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	45	+1:11.291	21
9	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	45	+1:48.318	15
10	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	44	+1 Lap	19
11	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	40	Gearbox	17
Ret	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	37	Accident	20
Ret	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	25	Tyre	1
Ret	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	21	Differential	14
Ret	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	20	Engine	18
Ret	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	Engine	22
Ret	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	13	Brakes	8
Ret	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	10	Engine	9
Ret	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	7	Suspension	10
Ret	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	6	Hydraulics	6
Ret	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	0	Collision	12
Ret	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	0	Collision	16

Standings after Grand Prix

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Eddie Irvine 52 2 Mika Häkkinen 44 3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 33 4 Michael Schumacher 32 5 David Coulthard 30

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 90 2 McLaren-Mercedes 74 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 38 4 Williams-Supertec 22 5 Benetton-Playlife 16

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

• Statistics:
  • 100th Pole position for McLaren.
  • 10th Fastest lap for David Coulthard and the 20th for Bridgestone.
  • 10th Race entry for Marc Gené and Pedro de la Rosa; and the 50th for Luca Badoer.

References

Classification
"1999 German Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/77/. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 
"1999 German GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=German%20GP&type=res. Retrieved 2007-08-03. 

Notes, Race details
"1999 German GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1999&gp=German%20GP. Retrieved 2007-08-03.