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French Grand Prix

Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 1999

Round 7 of 16Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJun 27 199972 laps

Podium

HAKMcLaren

FREJordan

BARStewart

Key facts

WinnerFRE1:58:24.343 from P5

PoleBAR1:38.441

Fastest lapCOU1:19.227 on lap 8

Pit stops32recorded stops

Finishers11 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	5	▲4	72	1:58:24.343	10	1:20.994	1
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	14	▲12	72	+11.092s	6	1:19.758	2
3	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1	▼2	72	+43.432s	4	1:20.878	2
4	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	16	▲12	72	+45.475s	3	1:20.313	2
5	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	▲1	72	+47.881s	2	1:21.014	2
6	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	17	▲11	72	+48.901s	1	1:20.328	2
7	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	8	▲1	72	+57.771s		1:21.330	2
8	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	3	▼5	72	+58.531s		1:21.403	2
9	ZONRicardo Zonta	BAR	10	▲1	72	+88.764s		1:20.881	2
10	BADLuca Badoer	Minardi	21	▲11	71	+1 lap		1:22.900	2
11	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Arrows	19	▲8	71	+1 lap		1:22.535	2
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7		42	Spun off		1:21.423	1
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	18		31	Electrical		1:22.021	2
DNF	ZANAlex Zanardi	Williams	15		26	Engine		1:21.983	1
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	12		25	Spun off		1:21.461	2
DNF	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	13		25	Spun off		1:21.409	1
DNF	GENMarc Gené	Minardi	22		25	Spun off		1:22.844	1
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	2		24	Spun off		1:20.848	1
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	4		9	Electrical		1:19.227
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Sauber	11		6	Transmission		1:22.629
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Stewart	9		4	Gearbox		1:25.608
DSQ	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Arrows	20		71	Wrong tyres		1:22.664	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	BAD	67	23.5s
2	TRU	59	24.3s
3	PAN	57	25.0s
4	IRV	50	25.5s
5	HAK	65	25.5s
6	RSC	52	25.9s
7	BAR	65	26.0s
8	PAN	21	27.1s
9	TRU	22	27.5s
10	MSC	22	27.9s
11	VIL	25	28.3s
12	HAK	22	28.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 32 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:38.441
2	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:38.881	+0.440s
3	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:40.400	+1.959s
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:40.403	+1.962s
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:40.690	+2.249s
6	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:41.127	+2.686s
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:41.825	+3.384s
8	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:42.096	+3.655s
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Stewart	1:42.199	+3.758s
10	ZONRicardo Zonta	BAR	1:42.228	+3.787s
11	DINPedro Diniz	Sauber	1:42.942	+4.501s
12	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:43.748	+5.307s
13	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:44.319	+5.878s
14	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:44.368	+5.927s
15	ZANAlex Zanardi	Williams	1:44.912	+6.471s
16	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:45.189	+6.748s
17	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.218	+6.777s
18	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:45.334	+6.893s
19	GENMarc Gené	Minardi	1:46.324	+7.883s
20	BADLuca Badoer	Minardi	1:46.784	+8.343s
21	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Arrows	1:48.215	+9.774s
22	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:48.322	+9.881s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1999. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1998	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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