Seasons/16 races

1999 season

Title decided in round 16

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World ChampionMika Häkkinen76 points · 5 wins
Constructors' championFerrari128 points

Races16
Different winners6
Pole-sitters4
Not classified45%156 of 348 starts

Points: 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six.

The title was decided in round 16: Japanese Grand Prix on 31 Oct 1999.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Mika Häkkinen	0	10	10	14	24	34	40	40	44	44	54	60	60	62	66	76
Eddie Irvine	10	12	12	18	21	25	26	32	42	52	56	59	60	60	70	74
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	10	10	13	13	13	23	26	29	33	36	40	50	50	51	54
David Coulthard	0	0	6	6	12	12	12	22	28	30	36	46	48	48	48	48
Michael Schumacher	0	6	16	26	30	30	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	38	44
Ralf Schumacher	4	7	7	7	9	12	15	19	19	22	22	24	30	33	33	35
Rubens Barrichello	2	2	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	12	12	15	19	21	21
Johnny Herbert	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	12	15	15
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	3	5	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Mika Salo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	10	10	10	10
Jarno Trulli	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7	7	7
Damon Hill	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7
Alexander Wurz	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Pedro Diniz	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Olivier Panis	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Jean Alesi	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Pedro de la Rosa	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Marc Gené	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

Ferrari128
McLaren124
Jordan61
Stewart36
Williams35
Benetton16
Prost9
Sauber5
2 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ferrari	10	18	28	44	51	55	58	64	74	90	94	97	102	102	118	128
McLaren	0	10	16	20	36	46	52	62	72	74	90	106	108	110	114	124
Jordan	6	10	13	16	16	16	26	31	34	38	42	47	57	57	58	61
Stewart	2	2	6	6	6	8	12	12	12	12	14	14	17	31	36	36
Williams	4	7	7	7	9	12	15	19	19	22	22	24	30	33	33	35
Benetton	3	3	5	8	8	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Prost	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	9	9	9
Sauber	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Arrows	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Minardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	5	76
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	74
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	2	54
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	48
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	44
6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams		35
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart		21
8	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	1	15
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton		13
10	Mika Salo	BAR, Ferrari		10
11	Jarno Trulli	Prost		7
12	Damon Hill	Jordan		7
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton		3
14	Pedro Diniz	Sauber		3
15	Olivier Panis	Prost		2
16	Jean Alesi	Sauber		2
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows		1
18	Marc Gené	Minardi		1

Constructors

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

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1999
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
HAK (Mika Häkkinen)	Ret^P	1^P^F	Ret^P	3^P^F	1^P	1	2	Ret^P^F	3^P^F	Ret^P	1^P	2^P^F	Ret^P	5^F	3	1	76
IRV (Eddie Irvine)	1	5	Ret	2	4	3^F	6	2	1	1	3	4	6	7	1	3	74
FRE (Heinz-Harald Frentzen)	2	3	Ret	4	Ret	11	1	4	4	3	4	3	1	Ret^P	6	4	54
COU (David Coulthard)	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	7	Ret^F	1	2	5^F	2^F	1	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	48
MSC (Michael Schumacher)	8^F	2	1^F	1	3^F	Ret^P	5	DNS							2^P^F	2^P^F	44
RSC (Ralf Schumacher)	3	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	4	3	Ret	4	9	5	2^F	4	Ret	5	35
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	5	Ret	3	9	Ret	Ret	3^P	8	Ret	Ret	5	10	4	3	5	8	21
HER (Johnny Herbert)	DNS	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	12	14	11	11	Ret	Ret	1	4	7	15
FIS (Giancarlo Fisichella)	4	Ret	5	5	9	2	Ret	7	12	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14	13
SAL (Mika Salo)			7	Ret	8				9	2	12	7	3	Ret			10
TRU (Jarno Trulli)	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	7	9	7	Ret	8	12	Ret	2	DNS	Ret	7
HIL (Damon Hill)	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	6	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
WUR (Alexander Wurz)	Ret	7	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	7	14	Ret	Ret	8	10	3
DIN (Pedro Diniz)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	3
PAN (Olivier Panis)	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	13	10	6	10	13	11	9	Ret	Ret	2
ALE (Jean Alesi)	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	16	9	9	Ret	7	6	2
DLR (Pedro de la Rosa)	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	1
GEN (Marc Gené)	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	15	11	9	17	16	Ret	6	9	Ret	1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	7 Mar 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine
2	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	11 Apr 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
3	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	2 May 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
4	Monaco	Monaco	16 May 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
5	Spain	Catalunya	30 May 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
6	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	13 Jun 1999	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen
7	France	Magny-Cours	27 Jun 1999	Rubens Barrichello	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
8	Great Britain	Silverstone	11 Jul 1999	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard
9	Austria	Red Bull Ring	25 Jul 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine
10	Germany	Hockenheimring	1 Aug 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	15 Aug 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	29 Aug 1999	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard
13	Italy	Monza	12 Sept 1999	Mika Häkkinen	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
14	Europe	Nürburgring	26 Sept 1999	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Johnny Herbert
15	Malaysia	Sepang	17 Oct 1999	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine
16	JapanTitle decided	Suzuka	31 Oct 1999	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Arrows	Repsol Arrows	A20	Arrows A20E 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Pedro de la Rosa, Toranosuke Takagi
BAR	British American Racing	01	Supertec FB01 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jacques Villeneuve, Mika Salo, Ricardo Zonta
Benetton	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	B199	Playlife FB01 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Alexander Wurz, Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	F399	Ferrari 048 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Eddie Irvine, Michael Schumacher, Mika Salo
Jordan	Benson & Hedges Jordan	199	Mugen-Honda MF-301HD 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Damon Hill, Heinz-Harald Frentzen
McLaren	West McLaren Mercedes	MP4/14	Mercedes FO 110H 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	David Coulthard, Mika Häkkinen
Minardi	Fondmetal Minardi Team	M01	Ford VJM1 Zetec-R 3.0 V10, Ford VJM2 Zetec-R 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Luca Badoer, Marc Gené, Stéphane Sarrazin
Prost	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	AP02	Peugeot A18 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jarno Trulli, Olivier Panis
Sauber	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	C18	Petronas SPE-03A 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jean Alesi, Pedro Diniz
Stewart	HSBC Stewart Ford	SF3	Ford CR-1 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Johnny Herbert, Rubens Barrichello
Williams	Winfield Williams	FW21	Supertec FB01 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Alex Zanardi, Ralf Schumacher

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	72	76	P1
2	Eddie Irvine	65	74	P2
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	49	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	47	48	P4
5	Michael Schumacher	45	44	P5
6	Ralf Schumacher	36	35	P6
7	Rubens Barrichello	21	21	P7
8	Johnny Herbert	13	15	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	13	P9
10	Mika Salo	10	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	6	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	5	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	66	76	P1
2	Eddie Irvine	66	74	P2
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	50	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	44	48	P4
5	Michael Schumacher	40	44	P5
6	Ralf Schumacher	35	35	P6
7	Rubens Barrichello	21	21	P7
8	Johnny Herbert	13	15	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	13	P9
10	Mika Salo	10	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	7	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	7	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	71	76	P1
2	Eddie Irvine	70	74	P2
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	52	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	46	48	P4
5	Michael Schumacher	42	44	P5
6	Ralf Schumacher	35	35	P6
7	Rubens Barrichello	21	21	P7
8	Johnny Herbert	14	15	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	13	P9
10	Mika Salo	10	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	7	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	7	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Eddie Irvine instead of Mika Häkkinen.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Eddie Irvine	96	74	P2
2	Mika Häkkinen	88	76	P1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	74	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	62	48	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	57	35	P6
6	Michael Schumacher	55	44	P5
7	Rubens Barrichello	37	21	P7
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	23	13	P9
9	Johnny Herbert	21	15	P8
10	Mika Salo	19	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	18	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	18	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Eddie Irvine instead of Mika Häkkinen.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Eddie Irvine	237	74	P2
2	Mika Häkkinen	216	76	P1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	181	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	148	48	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	140	35	P6
6	Michael Schumacher	133	44	P5
7	Rubens Barrichello	98	21	P7
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	58	13	P9
9	Johnny Herbert	54	15	P8
10	Mika Salo	51	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	50	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	49	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Eddie Irvine instead of Mika Häkkinen.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Eddie Irvine	238	74	P2
2	Mika Häkkinen	221	76	P1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	181	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	150	48	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	141	35	P6
6	Michael Schumacher	138	44	P5
7	Rubens Barrichello	98	21	P7
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	58	13	P9
9	Johnny Herbert	54	15	P8
10	Mika Salo	51	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	50	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	49	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The title would have changed hands: Eddie Irvine instead of Mika Häkkinen.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Eddie Irvine	237	74	P2
2	Mika Häkkinen	216	76	P1
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	181	54	P3
4	David Coulthard	148	48	P4
5	Ralf Schumacher	140	35	P6
6	Michael Schumacher	133	44	P5
7	Rubens Barrichello	98	21	P7
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	58	13	P9
9	Johnny Herbert	54	15	P8
10	Mika Salo	51	10	P10
11	Jarno Trulli	50	7	P11
12	Damon Hill	49	7	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.