1999 Italian Formula One Grand Prix

1999 Italian Formula One Grand Prix
53 laps; 3.6 miles per lap at Monza; distance 305 kms; 12 September 1999

Good race on the high speed Monza circuit, with the placings changing regularly as cars overtook under brakes coming into the chicanes.
Race leader Mika Hakkinen made a driver error and came off on lap 30.
His retirement means that he now shares the top spot on the race leader board with Ferrari pilot Eddie Irvine.
Heinz-Harold Frentzen scored his first F1 win for a delighted Jordan team.

Results
1/ Frentzen (Jordan);
2/ R.Schumacher (Williams); 3/ Salo (Ferrari);
4/ Barrichello (Stewart); 5/ Coulthard (McLaren); 6/ Irvine (Ferrari)

	1999 Italian Formula One Grand Prix
Lap	Race Report
Start	McLaren's David Coulthard did not make a good start from his 3rd stop on the grid, being beaten to the first corner by Zanardi, then Ralf Schumacher and Salo also overtaking him by the end of the first lap. Gene and De La Rosa collide with Gene retiring. Fisichella loses his Benetton into the gravel and also retires.
Lap 1	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Frentzen; 3/ Zanardi; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ Salo; 6/ Coulthard; 7/ Barrichello; 8/ Irvine; 9/ Hill; 10/ Villeneuve; 11/ Wurz; 12/ Alesi; 13/ Panis; 14/ Trulli; 15/ Zonta; 16/ Herbert; 17/ Badoer; 18/ Takagi
Lap7	Positions unchanged 1/ Hakkinen (3.23 seconds) 2/ Frenzten
Lap 9	1/Hakkinen (5.0 seconds lead) 2/ Frentzen; 3/ Zanardi; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ Salo; 6/ Coulthard
Lap 12	Wurz goes off into the gravel, slowly crawls back to the pit straight, probably with an air duct full of stones. Barrichello overtakes Coulthard
Lap 16	Panis pit stop (6.4 seconds)
Lap 17	1/ Hakkinen (7 seconds lead) 2/ Frentzen; 3/ Zanardi; 4/ R.Schumacher; 5/ Salo; 6/ Barrichello; 7/ Coulthard; 8/ Irvine; 9/ Hill; 10/ Villeneuve
Lap 17	Trulli pits-stop (6.6 seconds)
Lap 18	1/ Hakkinen (7.8 seconds lead) 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Zanardi; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Salo; 7/ Coulthard; 8/ Irvine; 9/ Hill; 10/ Villeneuve; 11/ Alesi; 12/ Herbert
Lap 22	Takagi locks his brakes coming into the chicane, crashing over the top of Badoer. Badoer retires. Takagi makes it to the pit lane for a new nose.
Lap 28	Zonta off - retires
Lap 28	1/ Hakkinen (8 seconds lead) 2/ Frentzen; 3/ R.Schumacher; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Salo; 6/ Coulthard
Lap 30	Race leader Mika Hakkinen loses concentration into chicane, loses back end and stalling his McLaren, going off into the gravel - retires. (Poor Mika then runs behind a row of bushes to shed a few tears, only to be seen by the world's media from a helicopter shot)
Lap 31	Zanardi pit stop
Lap 32	1/ Frentzen; (2.7 seconds lead) 2/ R.Schumacher; 3/ Salo; 4/ Coulthard; 5/ Irvine; 6/ Hill
Lap 33	Panis pit stop - 7.8 seconds R.Schumacher pits - 8.7 seconds Alesi pits stop - 8.5 seconds
Lap 34	Hill pits-stop - 9.8 seconds De La Rosa pits - 9.5 seconds Race Leader, Frentzen pit stop - 7.6 seconds - rejoins in third position Irvine pits stop - 6.9 seconds
Lap 36	1/ Salo; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Frentzen
Lap38	Race Leader, Salo pits stop - 6.9 seconds - rejoins in 3rd spot Coulthard pits stop - 7.6 seconds - rejoins in 5th spot
Lap 38	1/ Frentzen (5.9 seconds lead) 2/ R.Schumacher; (then 13.3 seconds) 3/ Salo; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Coulthard; 6/ Irvine; 7/ Zanardi
Lap 38	Takagi off yet again and retires - one wonders how much he pays to drive that car!
Lap 53 End	1/ Frentzen (Jordan); 2/ R.Schumacher (Williams); 3/ Salo (Ferrari); 4/ Barrichello (Stewart); 5/ Coulthard (McLaren); 6/ Irvine (Ferrari) 11 retirees - 237.938 km/hour average speed 1:17.02 seconds

1999 ITALIAN QUALIFYING SESSION
Position	Driver	Team
1/ - POLE 1st row	Hakkinen	McLaren
2/ 1st row	Frentzen	Jordan
3/ 2nd row	Coulthard	McLaren
4/ 2nd row	Zanardi
5/ 3rd row	R.Schumacher	Williams
6/ 3rd row	Salo	Ferrari
7/ 4th row	Barrichello	Stewart
8/ 4th row	Irvine	Ferrari
9/ 5th row	Hill	Jordan
10/ 5th row	Panis	Prost
11/ 6th row	Villeneuve	BAR
12/ 6th row	Trulli	BAR
13/ 7th row	Alesi
14/ 7th row	Wurz
15/ 8th row	Herbert
16/ 8th row
17/ 9th row	Fisichella
18/ 9th row	Zonta
19/ 10th row	Badoer
20/ 10th row	Gene
21/ 11th row	Takagi
22/ 11th row