1999 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix

1999 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix
62 laps; 305 kms distance; Prior Lap Record 1:25.5 H.H.Frentzen in Willams 1997

	1999 San Marino Formula One Grand Prix
Lap	Race Report
Start	Villeneuve stalls at the start, with gear selection trouble. Incident free first corner.
Lap 1	Trulli spins his Prost off and out at 3rd corner - retires.
Lap 1	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ M.Schumacher; 4/ Irvine; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Frentzen; 7/ R.Schumacher; 8/ Hill
Lap 5	1/ Hakkinen; (4.24 seconds) 2/ Coulthard; (7.33 seconds) 3/ M.Schumacher;
Lap 6	Wurz's Benetton and De La Rosa's Arrows touch under brakes, Wurz spins off into wall losing a wheel with De La Rosa retiring as well.
Lap 13	1/ Hakkinen; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ M.Schumacher; 4/ Irvine; 5/ Barrichello; 6/ Frentzen; 7/ R.Schumacher; 8/ Hill; 9/ Alesi; 10/ Herbert; 11/ Zanardi; 12/ Diniz; 13/ Fisichella; 14/ Takagi; 15/ Salo/ 16/ Panis; 17/ Badoer; 18/ Gene
Lap 16	Alesi scheduled pitstop, 10.4 seconds - the first of the 2 stop strategy cars.
Lap 17	Hakkinen, pushing his lead in the race too hard, puts his McLaren's wheel onto the grass coming out of a corner- he loses it, crashing into the wall - retires.
Lap 17	Takagi scheduled pitstop - 8.1 seconds.
Lap 24	Barrichello scheduled pitstop - 9 seconds.
Lap 24	Salo schedules pitstop - 12.8 seconds.
Lap 25	Diniz scheduled pitstop - 7.5 seconds.
Lap 26	Panis 7.5 second pitstop; Frentzen 8.1 second pitstop.
Lap 27	R.Schumacher 8.8 seconds pitstop; Irvine 8.3 second pitstop.
Lap 30	R.Schumacher retires.
Lap 30	Hill pits 7.6 seconds; Zanardi 8.4 second pitstop.
Lap 30	1/ Coulthard; 2/ M.Schumacher; 3/ Irvine; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Herbert; 6/ Frentzen
Lap 32	M.Schumacher pitstop - 6.9 seconds. This is a crucial pitstop, giving him the option (or his competitors, the illusion) that he could go for a two or three stop strategy for the race.
Lap 32	Takagi given a 10 secon stop/go penalty.
Lap 33	Herbert scheduled 13.0 second pit stop. Takagi retires.
Lap 35	Coulthard 9.2 second pit stop. Michael Schumacher takes the lead while Coulthard is in the pits, Coulthard comes out of pits behind back markers that Schumacher has already past.
Lap 36	Fisichella 11.4 second pit stop.
Lap 36	McLaren team manager, Ron Dennis runs down to the Prost pit lane, asking his counterpart to instruct their driver, Diniz, to let Coulthard through - they comply.
Lap 37	Coulthard locks his brakes allowing the back markers through again.
Lap 42	Michael Schumacher has a 16.4 second gap over second placed David Coulthard.
Lap 43	Diniz touches another car. Panis in the pits for 33.2 seconds.
Lap 43	Diniz pits for 9.5 seconds.
Lap 43	Badoer 8.6 second pits stop.
Lap 45	Michael Schumacher makes a 3.4 second pit stop taking on enough fuel and fresh tyres to finish the race.
Lap 48	Frentzen spins - retires.
Lap 48	Irvine blows his Ferrari's engine - retires.
Lap 48	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Hill; 4/ Barrichello; 5/ Herbert; 6/ Fisichella; 7/ Zanardi; 8/ Alesi; 9/ Salo; 10/ Panis; 11/ Badoer; 12/ Gene; 13/ Diniz.
Lap 49	Hill makes 6.6 second pit stop.
Lap 49	Panis retires with blown engine.
Lap 61	Herbert retires his Stewart with blown engine.
Lap 61	1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Hill; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Alesi.
Lap 61	Zanardi spins off on Herbert's oil - retires.
Lap 62	Finish! 1/ M.Schumacher; 2/ Coulthard; 3/ Barrichello; 4/ Hill; 5/ Fisichella; 6/ Alesi.

1999 SAN MARINO QUALIFYING SESSION
Position	Driver	Team	Time
1/ - POLE 1st row	Hakkinen	McLaren	1:26.362
2/ 1st row	Coulthard	McLaren	1:26.384
3/ 2nd row	M.Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.538
4/ 2nd row	Irvine	Ferrari	1:26.993
5/ 3rd row	Villeneuve	BAR	1:27.313
6/ 3rd row	Barrichello	Stewart	1:27.409
7/ 4th row	Frentzen	Jordan	1:27.613
8/ 4th row	Hill	Jordan	1:27.708
9/ 5th row	R.Schumacher	Williams	1:27.770
10/ 5th row	Zanardi	Williams	1:28.142
11/ 6th row	Panis	Prost	1:28.205
12/ 6th row	Herbert	Stewart	1:28.246
13/ 7th row	Alesi	Sauber	1:28.253
14/ 7th row	Trulli	Prost	1:28.403
15/ 8th row	Diniz	Sauber	1:28.599
16/ 8th row	Fisichella	Benetton	1:28.750
17/ 9th row	Wurz	Benetton	1:28.765
18/ 9th row	De La Rosa	Arrows	1:29.293
19/ 10th row	Salo	BAR	1:29.451
20/ 10th row	Takagi	Arrows	1:29.656
21/ 11th row	Gene	Minardi	1:30.035
22/ 11th row	Badoer	Minardi	1:30.945

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