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1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix 
1/ Irvine (Ferrari);
2/ Frentzen
2/ Frentzen
(Jordan); 3/ R.Schumacher
3/ R.Schumacher (Williams);
4/ Fisichella
4/ Fisichella
(Benetton); 5/ Barrichello
5/ Barrichello (Stewart);
6/ De La Rosa
6/ De La Rosa (Arrows)
2000 Australian grand prix race report here
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1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix |
Lap |
Race Report |
| End of Warm-up Lap, Before start | Herbert's Stewart blows with burnt wiring on grid, retires. |
| Before start | Barrichello's Stewart blows with burnt wiring on grid, changes to spare car. |
| Before start | Both M.Schumacher & Takagi stall on start of next warm up lap, both must start from end of grid. |
| Lap 1 | Hill is nudged off by Trulli's Prost, Hill retires from his 100th GP. |
| Lap 1 | 1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Irvine; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ R.Schumacher; 6/ Fisichella. |
| Lap 9 | 1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Irvine; 4/ Frentzen; 5/ R.Schumacher; 6/ Fisichella; 7/ Trulli; 8/ Villeneuve; 9/ Diniz; 10/ Zonta; 11/ M.Schumacher. |
| Lap 13 | Only 1 second gap between Hakkinen &
Coulthard; Zinardi pit stop for new tyres. |
| Lap 16 | Coulthard in pits, retires with hydraulics
problem; Villeneuve spins his BAR at 180 mph after wing dislocated, retires. |
| Lap 16 | Safety Car comes out after Villeneuve's
accident, narrows Hakkinen's 18 seconds lead. Positions are: 1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Irvine; 3/ Frentzen; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Trulli. |
| Lap 17 | Hakkinen has problem on restart with throttle linkage, has pit stop, comes out in last position. |
| Lap 17 | Barrichello on 1st corner after restart taps Benetton |
| Lap 18 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ Trulli; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ M.Schumacher; 6/ Diniz; 7/ Barrichello. |
| Lap 21 | Hakkinen retires his McLaren due throttle
linkage; Zinardi spins into wall, retires. |
| Lap 21 | Safety car following Zinardi's accident, narrows Irvine's 1 second lead. Barrichello & Trulli make pit stops. |
| Lap 22 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ M.Schumacher; 5/ Diniz; 6/ Wurz. |
| Lap 23 | 'Incident under investigation' on Barrichello - use of spare car. |
| Lap 24 | Trulli & Gene touch on corner, both retire, 12 cars remain. |
| Lap 28 | M.Schumacher has puncture in right rear tyre & wing damage, crawls to pits, comes out in last position. Wurz pits. |
| Lap 29 | Diniz retires, lost power. |
| Lap 30 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Barrichello. |
| Lap 30 | Wurz retires with broken suspension. |
| Lap 32 | Barrichello is given a 10 second Stop/Go penalty. |
| Lap 32 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Takagi; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Badoer; 7/ De la Rosa; 8/ Zonta; 9/ M.Schumacher; 10/ Barrichello. 10 cars left with 26 laps remaining. |
| Lap 33 | Takagi pits from 7th place. |
| Lap 34 | R.Schumacher pits. |
| Lap 35 | Race leaders Irvine & Frentzen pit stop together. |
| Lap 36 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Fisichella; 3/ Frentzen; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ De La Rosa; 6/ Takagi. |
| Lap 37 | Fisichella pits. 21 laps remain, race shortened to 57 laps due to safety car incidents. |
| Lap 38 | M.Schumacher makes unscheduled pit stop with throttle problem in steering wheel, mechanics are not ready so Michael comes straight out again without stopping. |
| Lap 38 | De La Rosa pits. |
| Lap 39 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ De La Rosa; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Barrichello; 7/ Takagi; 8/ Zonta; 9/ Badoer; 10/ M.Schumacher. |
| Lap 44 | Badoer retires his Minardi. Gap between 1/ Irvine and 2/ Frentzen is 4.7 seconds. |
| Lap 45 | Fastest lap of 1:32.699 set by M.Schumacher, who is still some 30 seconds behind leaders. |
| Lap 49 | Irvine, leading is held up by Zonta, under blue flags. Zonta has problem and retires. |
| Lap 51 | 1/ Irvine; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Fisichella; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ De La Rosa; 7/ Takagi; 8/ M.Schumacher; 9/ Zonta. Fastest lap again set by M.Schumacher at 1:32.1 |
| RACE END
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1/ Eddie Irvine (Ferrari); 2/ Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Jordan); 3/ Ralf Schumacher (Williams); 4/ G. Fisichella (Benetton); 5/ Rubens Barrichello (Stewart); 6/ De La Rosa (Arrows); 7/ Takagi ; 8/ M.Schumacher; 9/ Zonta. |
Frentzen holds lap record of 1:30.6 seconds
| 1999 AUSTRALIAN QUALIFYING SESSION | ||||
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Comment |
| 1/ - POLE 1st row |
Hakkinen | McLaren | 1:30.462 | Av.Speed 211.036 (also pole last year) |
| 2/ 1st row | Coulthard | McLaren | .0484 | same position last year |
| 3/ 2nd row | M.Schumacher | Ferrari | 1.319 | - |
| 4/ 2nd row | Barrichello | Stewart | 1.686 | - |
| 5/ 3rd row | Frentzen | Jordan | 1.814 | - |
| 6/ 3rd row | Irvine | Ferrari | 1.827 | - |
| 7/ 4th row | Fisichella | Benetton | 2.078 | - |
| 8/ 4th row | R.Schumacher | Williams | 2.229 | - |
| 9/ 5th row | Hill | Jordan | 2.233 | - |
| 10/ 5th row | Wurz | Benetton | 2.327 | - |
| 11/ 6th row | Villeneuve | BAR | 2.426 | - |
| 12/ 6th row | Trulli | Prost | 2.509 | - |
| 13/ 7th row | Herbert | Stewart | 2.529 | - |
| 14/ 7th row | Diniz | Sauber | 2.912 | - |
| 15/ 8th row | Zanardi | Williams | 3.087 | - |
| 16/ 8th row | Alesi | Sauber | 3.448 | - |
| 17/ 9th row | Takagi | Arrows | 3.720 | - |
| 18/ 9th row | De La Rosa | Arrows | 3.782 | - |
| 19/ 10th row | Zonta | BAR | 3.950 | - |
| 20/ 10th row | Panis | Prost | 4.606 | - |
| 21/ 11th row | Badoer | Minardi | 4.864 | - |
| Failed to qualify within 107% of leader's time, but given a start | Gene | Minardi | - | - |
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