1999 Belgian Grand Prix

  1999 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (last modified in 1996)
Date	August 29, 1999
Official name	LVII Foster's Grand Prix de Belgique
Location	Spa, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.968 km (4.330 mi)
Distance	44 laps, 306.592 km (190.507 mi)
Weather	Partially cloudy, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:50.329
Fastest lap
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:53.955 on lap 23
Podium
First	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda

The 1999 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 29, 1999 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 1999 Formula One season.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	44	1:25:43.057	2	10
2	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+10.469	1	6
3	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	44	+33.433	3	4
4	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	44	+44.948	6	3
5	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	44	+48.067	5	2
6	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	44	+54.916	4	1
7	3	Mika Salo	Ferrari	44	+56.249	9
8	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	44	+1:07.022	8
9	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	44	+1:13.848	16
10	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	44	+1:20.742	7
11	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	44	+1:32.195	13
12	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	44	+1:36.154	12
13	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	44	+1:41.543	17
14	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	44	+1:57.745	15
15	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	43	+1 Lap	11
16	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	43	+1 Lap	21
Ret	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	35	Transmission	22
Ret	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	33	Suspension	20
Ret	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	33	Gearbox	14
Ret	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	27	Brakes	10
Ret	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	19	Spin	18
Ret	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	0	Clutch	19

Standings after Grand Prix

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	60
2	Eddie Irvine	59
3	David Coulthard	46
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	40
5	Michael Schumacher	32

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Mercedes	106
2	Ferrari	97
3	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	47
4	Williams-Supertec	24
5	Benetton-Playlife	16

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

Notes

• Statistics:
  • 20th Pole position for Mika Häkkinen and the 25th for Bridgestone.
  • 75th Race entry for Mika Salo.
• Last points - Damon Hill
• First time Jacques Villeneuve finished a race this season

References

Classification
"1999 Belgian Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/79/. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 
"1999 Belgian GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Belgian%20GP&type=res. Retrieved 2007-08-03. 

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

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