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1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date	11 April 1999
Official name	XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace; Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.667 miles)
Distance	72 laps, 310.248 km (192.024 miles)
Weather	Sunny, hot, dry 25 °C (77 °F)
Attendance	80,000
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen;
Time	1:16.568
Fastest lap
Driver	Mika Häkkinen
Time	1:18.448 on lap 70
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen;
Second	Michael Schumacher;
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 April 1999 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the second race of the 1999 Formula One season. The 71-lap race was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen after starting from pole position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third for the Jordan team.

Ricardo Zonta did not qualify for the race, after he had injured his left foot in a big crash during Saturday's practice.^[2]

Report

Background

Driver changes

The race marked the debut for Stéphane Sarrazin, who drove the Minardi for an injured Luca Badoer.^[3] Badoer had injured his hand in a testing accident, and Sarrazin - then the test driver for Prost - was drafted in to Minardi.^[3]

As Luca Badoer returned for the following race, and he was still the test driver for Prost, it was Stéphane Sarrazin's only entry in Formula One.^[3]

Race

At the start of the race, pole sitter Mika Häkkinen raced off with the lead, while his McLaren teammate David Coulthard stalled on the grid.^[2] McLaren at this point had been reeling from a double-DNF at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Coulthard's failure raised eyebrows at the team.^[2] Coulthard's car was pushed into the pit lane, where it was restarted as the leaders began lap 4.

On lap 4, local hero Rubens Barrichello took the lead of the race from Mika Häkkinen after Häkkinen's car suffered a temporary transmission malfunction and was unable to select any gears. Häkkinen was also passed by Michael Schumacher before his car regained the ability to select gears.^[4] Barrichello was able to stay in front until he pitted on lap 27.^[5] It was the first time a Stewart car had led a race.^[5] The crowd of roughly 80,000^[5] cheered wildly as "Rubinho" built a lead of about 5 seconds over Schumacher.^[2]

Alexander Wurz and Damon Hill collided on lap 10, ending Hill's race.^[2] Rubens Barrichello fell to fourth place after his pit stop, and Michael Schumacher took over the lead.^[4] David Coulthard's day ended when he pulled off the track with a mechanical failure. Stéphane Sarrazin, in his only F1 entry,^[3] had a massive crash on the pit straight on lap 31 after suffering a wing failure, with him spinning more than six times.^[3] On lap 35, Barrichello passed Eddie Irvine under braking into the first corner to take third place.

Michael Schumacher came in for a pit stop on lap 38, allowing Mika Häkkinen past. Häkkinen had been held up by Schumacher, so he began trying to build up enough of a gap so he could come out ahead of Schumacher after his own pit stop. Lapped traffic delayed his progress at first, but after one lap he was able to turn in a couple of fast laps. He pitted on lap 42, and his fast laps combined with quick work by his pit crew allowed him to easily retain the lead over Schumacher.^[4]

On lap 42, Pedro Diniz spun off and beached his car after trying to pass another car to the inside. Rubens Barrichello's race ended on the same lap with a blown engine.^[2] Eddie Irvine came in for an unscheduled pit stop on lap 55 to clear the radiators of his overheating Ferrari, dropping him back to fifth.^[4]

Mika Häkkinen won the race, with Michael Schumacher second. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was classified third despite running out of fuel on the final lap, as the next car was a lap down. Ralf Schumacher finished fourth after being closely pursued by Eddie Irvine for the last few laps. 10th race win for Mika Häkkinen.^[5]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.568	—	1
2	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.715	+0.147	2
3	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:17.305	+0.737	3
4	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:17.578	+1.010	4
5	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:17.810	+1.242	5
6	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:17.843	+1.275	6
7	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:17.884	+1.316	7
8	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:17.902	+1.334	8
9	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:18.334	+1.766	9
10	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1:18.374	+1.806	10
11	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:18.506	+1.938	11
12	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:18.636	+2.068	12
13	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:18.684	+2.116	13
14	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:18.716	+2.148	14
15	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.194	+2.626	15
16	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:19.377	+2.809	21¹
17	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:19.452	+2.884	16
18	20	Stéphane Sarrazin	Minardi-Ford	1:20.016	+3.448	17
19	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:20.075	+3.507	18
20	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:20.096	+3.528	19
21	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1:20.710	+4.142	20
107% time: 1:21.928
DNQ	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	—	—	—
Sources:^[6]^[7]

1.^ Qualified 16th, stripped of time due to illegal fuel.^[8]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	1:36:03.785	1	10
2	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	72	+4.925	4	6
3	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	71	Out of fuel	8	4
4	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	71	+1 Lap	11	3
5	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	71	+1 Lap	6	2
6	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	71	+1 Lap	12	1
7	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	70	+2 Laps	9
8	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	69	+3 Laps	19
9	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	69	+3 Laps	20
Ret	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	52	Hydraulics	17
Ret	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	49	Hydraulics	21
Ret	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	43	Gearbox	16
Ret	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	42	Engine	3
Ret	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	42	Collision	15
Ret	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	38	Clutch	5
Ret	20	Stéphane Sarrazin	Minardi-Ford	31	Throttle/Accident	18
Ret	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	27	Gearbox	14
Ret	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	22	Gearbox	2
Ret	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	21	Gearbox	13
Ret	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	15	Hydraulics	10
Ret	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	10	Collision damage	7
DNQ	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec		Injured in Practice
Sources:^[9]^[10]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Eddie Irvine	12
2	Mika Häkkinen	10
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	10
4	Ralf Schumacher	7
5	Michael Schumacher	6
Source: ^[11]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	18
2	McLaren-Mercedes	10
3	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	10
4	Williams-Supertec	7
5	Benetton-Playlife	3
Source: ^[11]

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

References

^ Weather info for the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix at Weather Underground
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f [1] Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - article written by Ian Gordon. Published by Sporting Life. "Round Two - Brazil | Sporting Life - F1 News | Live lap-by-lap, British GP, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Stéphane Sarrazin - Biography Archived 24 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Car Enthusiast - Brazilian Grand Prix 1999
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d BBC News | Formula 1 | Hakkinen takes Brazilian Grand Prix
^ "1999 Brazilian GP: Qualification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
^ "28o Grande Premio Marlboro do Brazil - 1999: Startgrid". The Formula One Database. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2007.
^ Brazil - Grid | Sporting Life - F1 News | Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Renault, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Reports, Results & Standings Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ "1999 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
^ "1999 Brazilian GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Brazil 1999 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

"1999 Brazilian GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 1 August 2007.

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