French Grand Prix 1999

Magny-Cours
Nevers
27 June 1999
72 laps
306 km
4.250 km a lap

P1Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan1:58:24.343
P2Mika Häkkinen McLaren+11.092
P3Rubens Barrichello Stewart+43.432

Pole positionRubens BarrichelloStewart · 1:38.441
Fastest lapDavid Coulthard1:19.227 · lap 8
Winner started fromP5on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	5	72	1:58:24.343	10
2	Mika Häkkinen	1	McLaren · Mercedes	14	72	+11.092	6
3	Rubens Barrichello	16	Stewart · Ford	1	72	+43.432	4
4	Ralf Schumacher	6	Williams · Supertec	16	72	+45.475	3
5	Michael Schumacher	3	Ferrari	6	72	+47.881	2
6	Eddie Irvine	4	Ferrari	17	72	+48.901	1
7	Jarno Trulli	19	Prost · Peugeot	8	72	+57.771
8	Olivier Panis	18	Prost · Peugeot	3	72	+58.531
9	Ricardo Zonta	23	BAR · Supertec	10	72	+1:28.764
10	Luca Badoer	20	Minardi · Ford	21	71	+1 lap
11	Pedro de la Rosa	14	Arrows	19	71	+1 lap
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	9	Benetton · Playlife	7	42	Spun off
DNF	Damon Hill	7	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	18	31	Electrical
DNF	Alex Zanardi	5	Williams · Supertec	15	26	Engine
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	22	BAR · Supertec	12	25	Spun off
DNF	Alexander Wurz	10	Benetton · Playlife	13	25	Spun off
DNF	Marc Gené	21	Minardi · Ford	22	25	Spun off
DNF	Jean Alesi	11	Sauber · Petronas	2	24	Spun off
DNF	David Coulthardfastest lap	2	McLaren · Mercedes	4	9	Electrical
DNF	Pedro Diniz	12	Sauber · Petronas	11	6	Transmission
DNF	Johnny Herbert	17	Stewart · Ford	9	4	Gearbox
DSQ	Toranosuke Takagi	15	Arrows	20	71	Wrong tyres

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Rubens Barrichello 44, Michael Schumacher 11, Heinz-Harald Frentzen 7, Mika Häkkinen 6, David Coulthard 4. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 54	Finish	Laps led
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	4	3	3	1	7
Mika Häkkinen	14	3	2	4	2	6
Rubens Barrichello	1	1	1	2	3	44
Ralf Schumacher	16	8	7	7	4
Michael Schumacher	6	5	4	1	5	11
Eddie Irvine	17	10	10	9	6
Jarno Trulli	8	7	6	6	7
Olivier Panis	3	6	5	5	8
Ricardo Zonta	10	13	9	8	9
Luca Badoer	21	18	11	10	10
Pedro de la Rosa	19	16	12	11	11
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	9	8	–	out
Damon Hill	18	15	–	–	out
Alex Zanardi	15	14	–	–	out
Jacques Villeneuve	12	12	–	–	out
Alexander Wurz	13	11	–	–	out
Marc Gené	22	19	–	–	out
Jean Alesi	2	2	–	–	out
David Coulthard	4	–	–	–	out	4
Pedro Diniz	11	–	–	–	out
Johnny Herbert	9	–	–	–	out
Toranosuke Takagi	20	17	13	12	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 54	Last lap
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+6.7	+1.8	+3.2	0.0
Mika Häkkinen	+5.0	+0.4	+3.9	+11.1
Rubens Barrichello	0.0	0.0	+1.1	+43.4
Ralf Schumacher	+18.9	+6.6	+24.2	+45.5
Michael Schumacher	+8.3	+2.3	0.0	+47.9
Eddie Irvine	+21.6	+12.3	+33.2	+48.9
Jarno Trulli	+16.1	+5.5	+10.2	+57.8
Olivier Panis	+15.4	+3.8	+6.3	+58.5
Ricardo Zonta	+33.5	+8.9	+29.5	+88.8
Luca Badoer	+54.1	+13.0	+59.1	+137.5
Pedro de la Rosa	+48.7	+15.0	+63.9	+181.3
Giancarlo Fisichella	+20.7	+7.3	–	out
Damon Hill	+37.2	–	–	out
Alex Zanardi	+36.7	–	–	out
Jacques Villeneuve	+29.4	–	–	out
Alexander Wurz	+27.1	–	–	out
Marc Gené	+59.2	–	–	out
Jean Alesi	+4.5	–	–	out
David Coulthard	–	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	–	–	–	out
Johnny Herbert	–	–	–	out
Toranosuke Takagi	+49.4	+16.3	+105.5	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:38.441
2	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:38.881	+0.440
3	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:40.400	+1.959
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:40.403	+1.962
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:40.690	+2.249
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:41.127	+2.686
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:41.825	+3.384
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:42.096	+3.655
9	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	1:42.199	+3.758
10	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	1:42.228	+3.787
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	1:42.942	+4.501
12	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:43.748	+5.307
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:44.319	+5.878
14	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:44.368	+5.927
15	Alex Zanardi	Williams	1:44.912	+6.471
16	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	1:45.189	+6.748
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.218	+6.777
NC	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:45.334	+6.893
NC	Luca Badoer	Minardi	1:46.784	+8.343
NC	Marc Gené	Minardi	1:46.324	+7.883
NC	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:48.215	+9.774
NC	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:48.322	+9.881

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Jean Alesi	1	22	30.292 s
Marc Gené	1	21	31.260 s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	22	32.800 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	21	33.768 s
Alex Zanardi	1	22	34.142 s
Alexander Wurz	1	21	55.787 s
Luca Badoer	2	22, 67	23.462 s
Jarno Trulli	2	22, 59	24.315 s
Olivier Panis	2	21, 57	24.974 s
Eddie Irvine	2	21, 50	25.461 s
Mika Häkkinen	2	22, 65	25.480 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	22, 52	25.943 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	22, 65	25.993 s
Michael Schumacher	2	22, 54	27.946 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	21, 25	28.289 s
Ricardo Zonta	2	22, 61	30.411 s
Pedro de la Rosa	2	21, 60	32.181 s
Toranosuke Takagi	2	21, 28	36.014 s
Damon Hill	2	21, 22	46.939 s

Every stop, lap by lap (32)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
21	Olivier Panis	1	27.102 s
21	Marc Gené	1	31.260 s
21	Jacques Villeneuve	1	31.957 s
21	Pedro de la Rosa	1	32.181 s
21	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	33.768 s
21	Damon Hill	1	46.939 s
21	Alexander Wurz	1	55.787 s
21	Toranosuke Takagi	1	1:00.845 s
21	Eddie Irvine	1	1:03.796 s
22	Jarno Trulli	1	27.465 s
22	Michael Schumacher	1	27.946 s
22	Mika Häkkinen	1	28.769 s
22	Jean Alesi	1	30.292 s
22	Luca Badoer	1	30.794 s
22	Rubens Barrichello	1	31.067 s
22	Ralf Schumacher	1	32.593 s
22	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	32.800 s
22	Ricardo Zonta	1	32.892 s
22	Alex Zanardi	1	34.142 s
22	Damon Hill	2	49.730 s
25	Jacques Villeneuve	2	28.289 s
28	Toranosuke Takagi	2	36.014 s
50	Eddie Irvine	2	25.461 s
52	Ralf Schumacher	2	25.943 s
54	Michael Schumacher	2	31.627 s
57	Olivier Panis	2	24.974 s
59	Jarno Trulli	2	24.315 s
60	Pedro de la Rosa	2	32.798 s
61	Ricardo Zonta	2	30.411 s
65	Mika Häkkinen	2	25.480 s
65	Rubens Barrichello	2	25.993 s
67	Luca Badoer	2	23.462 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	David Coulthard	8	1:19.227
2	Mika Häkkinen	20	1:19.758	+0.531
3	Ralf Schumacher	19	1:20.313	+1.086
4	Eddie Irvine	17	1:20.328	+1.101
5	Jean Alesi	17	1:20.848	+1.621
6	Rubens Barrichello	4	1:20.878	+1.651
7	Ricardo Zonta	19	1:20.881	+1.654
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	17	1:20.994	+1.767
9	Michael Schumacher	12	1:21.014	+1.787
10	Jarno Trulli	15	1:21.330	+2.103

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 7
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mika Häkkinen	40
2	Michael Schumacher	32
3	Eddie Irvine	26
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	23
5	Ralf Schumacher	15	▲2
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	▼1
7	David Coulthard	12	▼1
8	Rubens Barrichello	10
9	Damon Hill	3
10	Johnny Herbert	2

Constructors' championship after round 7
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Ferrari	58
2	McLaren	52
3	Jordan	26
4	Williams	15	▲1
5	Benetton	14	▼1
6	Stewart	12
7	Prost	2
7	Sauber	2
9	Arrows	1