Japanese Grand Prix 1999

Suzuka
31 October 1999
53 laps
310.6 km
5.860 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionMichael SchumacherFerrari · 1:37.470
Fastest lapMichael Schumacher1:41.319 · lap 31
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	1	McLaren · Mercedes	2	53	1:31:18.785	10
2	Michael Schumacherfastest lap	3	Ferrari	1	53	+5.015	6
3	Eddie Irvine	4	Ferrari	5	53	+1:35.688	4
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	4	53	+1:38.635	3
5	Ralf Schumacher	6	Williams · Supertec	9	53	+1:39.494	2
6	Jean Alesi	11	Sauber · Petronas	10	52	+1 lap	1
7	Johnny Herbert	17	Stewart · Ford	8	52	+1 lap
8	Rubens Barrichello	16	Stewart · Ford	13	52	+1 lap
9	Jacques Villeneuve	22	BAR · Supertec	11	52	+1 lap
10	Alexander Wurz	10	Benetton · Playlife	15	52	+1 lap
11	Pedro Diniz	12	Sauber · Petronas	17	52	+1 lap
12	Ricardo Zonta	23	BAR · Supertec	18	52	+1 lap
13	Pedro de la Rosa	14	Arrows	21	51	+2 laps
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	9	Benetton · Playlife	14	47	Engine
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	15	Arrows	19	43	Gearbox
DNF	Luca Badoer	20	Minardi · Ford	22	43	Engine
DNF	David Coulthard	2	McLaren · Mercedes	3	39	Hydraulics
DNF	Marc Gené	21	Minardi · Ford	20	31	Gearbox
DNF	Damon Hill	7	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	12	21	Withdrew
DNF	Olivier Panis	18	Prost · Peugeot	6	19	Alternator
DNF	Jarno Trulli	19	Prost · Peugeot	7	3	Engine
DNF	Alex Zanardi	5	Williams · Supertec	16	0	Electrical

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: Mika Häkkinen 50, Michael Schumacher 3. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Mika Häkkinen	2	1	1	1	1	50
Michael Schumacher	1	2	2	2	2	3
Eddie Irvine	5	4	4	3	3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	6	5	4	4
Ralf Schumacher	9	7	6	5	5
Jean Alesi	10	8	8	6	6
Johnny Herbert	8	9	7	7	7
Rubens Barrichello	13	12	10	8	8
Jacques Villeneuve	11	10	9	9	9
Alexander Wurz	15	11	11	10	10
Pedro Diniz	17	14	12	11	11
Ricardo Zonta	18	15	13	12	12
Pedro de la Rosa	21	17	16	14	13
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	18	15	13	14
Toranosuke Takagi	19	19	18	15	out
Luca Badoer	22	20	17	16	out
David Coulthard	3	5	3	–	out
Marc Gené	20	16	14	–	out
Damon Hill	12	13	–	–	out
Olivier Panis	6	3	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	7	–	–	–	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 120 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 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Mika Häkkinen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Michael Schumacher	+6.7	+6.5	+11.3	+5.0
Eddie Irvine	+26.1	+44.2	+77.0	+95.7
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+29.0	+46.6	+83.3	+98.6
Ralf Schumacher	+31.8	+47.5	+84.3	+99.5
Jean Alesi	+34.3	+64.5	+104.8	+121.2
Johnny Herbert	+35.3	+62.4	+105.8	+123.5
Rubens Barrichello	+42.3	+67.1	+106.4	+124.4
Jacques Villeneuve	+37.3	+66.8	+111.5	+136.3
Alexander Wurz	+38.6	+72.0	+120.1	+145.4
Pedro Diniz	+51.3	+85.6	+136.0	+166.4
Ricardo Zonta	+61.1	+110.2	+158.3	+194.3
Pedro de la Rosa	+66.8	+125.4	+186.0	+234.9
Giancarlo Fisichella	+69.1	+115.9	+160.6	+182.1
Toranosuke Takagi	+74.8	+142.2	+221.5	out
Luca Badoer	+81.7	+136.4	+224.9	out
David Coulthard	+27.0	+43.4	–	out
Marc Gené	+64.2	+114.5	–	out
Damon Hill	+45.1	–	–	out
Olivier Panis	+23.3	–	–	out
Jarno Trulli	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.470
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:37.820	+0.350
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:38.239	+0.769
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:38.696	+1.226
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.975	+1.505
6	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:39.623	+2.153
7	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:39.644	+2.174
8	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	1:39.706	+2.236
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	1:39.717	+2.247
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:39.721	+2.251
11	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:39.732	+2.262
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:40.140	+2.670
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.140	+2.670
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:40.261	+2.791
15	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:40.303	+2.833
16	Alex Zanardi	Williams	1:40.403	+2.933
17	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	1:40.740	+3.270
18	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	1:40.861	+3.391
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:41.067	+3.597
20	Marc Gené	Minardi	1:41.529	+4.059
21	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:41.708	+4.238
22	Luca Badoer	Minardi	1:42.515	+5.045

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Olivier Panis	1	16	31.053 s
Damon Hill	1	15	39.703 s
Michael Schumacher	2	22, 37	29.771 s
Eddie Irvine	2	23, 32	29.796 s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	19, 31	30.362 s
Mika Häkkinen	2	19, 38	30.966 s
David Coulthard	2	22, 34	31.042 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	20, 32	31.046 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	20, 33	31.230 s
Pedro Diniz	2	20, 37	31.293 s
Marc Gené	2	16, 31	31.469 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	16, 33	31.821 s
Jean Alesi	2	19, 36	32.166 s
Ricardo Zonta	2	19, 33	32.300 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	17, 34	32.514 s
Alexander Wurz	2	15, 33	33.147 s
Johnny Herbert	2	17, 36	33.574 s
Toranosuke Takagi	2	19, 35	34.668 s
Pedro de la Rosa	2	17, 34	35.848 s
Luca Badoer	3	18, 32, 41	32.320 s

Every stop, lap by lap (39)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
15	Alexander Wurz	1	33.147 s
15	Damon Hill	1	39.703 s
16	Olivier Panis	1	31.053 s
16	Marc Gené	1	31.469 s
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	31.821 s
17	Jacques Villeneuve	1	32.563 s
17	Johnny Herbert	1	33.574 s
17	Pedro de la Rosa	1	39.950 s
18	Luca Badoer	1	32.320 s
19	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	30.741 s
19	Mika Häkkinen	1	32.520 s
19	Ricardo Zonta	1	32.729 s
19	Jean Alesi	1	33.320 s
19	Toranosuke Takagi	1	35.944 s
20	Ralf Schumacher	1	31.046 s
20	Rubens Barrichello	1	31.230 s
20	Pedro Diniz	1	32.294 s
22	Michael Schumacher	1	29.771 s
22	David Coulthard	1	31.042 s
23	Eddie Irvine	1	30.742 s
31	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	30.362 s
31	Marc Gené	2	39.882 s
32	Eddie Irvine	2	29.796 s
32	Ralf Schumacher	2	32.150 s
32	Luca Badoer	2	37.510 s
33	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	32.136 s
33	Ricardo Zonta	2	32.300 s
33	Rubens Barrichello	2	32.731 s
33	Alexander Wurz	2	33.148 s
34	Jacques Villeneuve	2	32.514 s
34	Pedro de la Rosa	2	35.848 s
34	David Coulthard	2	42.726 s
35	Toranosuke Takagi	2	34.668 s
36	Jean Alesi	2	32.166 s
36	Johnny Herbert	2	36.468 s
37	Michael Schumacher	2	30.717 s
37	Pedro Diniz	2	31.293 s
38	Mika Häkkinen	2	30.966 s
41	Luca Badoer	3	38.561 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	31	1:41.319
2	Mika Häkkinen	31	1:41.577	+0.258
3	David Coulthard	33	1:42.106	+0.787
4	Ralf Schumacher	22	1:42.567	+1.248
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	22	1:42.972	+1.653
6	Olivier Panis	4	1:43.188	+1.869
7	Eddie Irvine	26	1:43.297	+1.978
8	Rubens Barrichello	22	1:43.496	+2.177
9	Jean Alesi	3	1:43.669	+2.350
10	Johnny Herbert	5	1:43.706	+2.387

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mika Häkkinen	76	▲1
2	Eddie Irvine	74	▼1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	54
4	David Coulthard	48
5	Michael Schumacher	44
6	Ralf Schumacher	35
7	Rubens Barrichello	21
8	Johnny Herbert	15
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	13
10	Mika Salo	10

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	128
2	McLaren	124
3	Jordan	61
4	Stewart	36
5	Williams	35
6	Benetton	16
7	Prost	9
8	Sauber	5
9	Arrows	1
10	Minardi	1