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Japanese Grand Prix

1999 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 16Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 31 199953 laps

Podium

MSCFerrari

HAKMcLaren

IRVFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAK1:31:18.785 from P2

PoleMSC1:37.470

Fastest lapMSC1:41.319 on lap 31

Pit stops39recorded stops

Finishers14 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	▲1	53	1:31:18.785	10	1:41.577	2
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	▼1	53	+5.015s	6	1:41.319	2
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	▲2	53	+95.688s	4	1:43.297	2
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	4	–	53	+98.635s	3	1:42.972	2
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	9	▲4	53	+99.494s	2	1:42.567	2
6	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	10	▲4	52	+1 lap	1	1:43.669	2
7	HERJohnny Herbert	Stewart	8	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:43.706	2
8	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	13	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:43.496	2
9	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	11	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:43.898	2
10	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	15	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:43.963	2
11	DINPedro Diniz	Sauber	17	▲6	52	+1 lap		1:44.112	2
12	ZONRicardo Zonta	BAR	18	▲6	52	+1 lap		1:44.869	2
13	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Arrows	21	▲8	51	+2 laps		1:45.556	2
14	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	14	–	47	+6 laps		1:44.379	2
DNF	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Arrows	19		43	Gearbox		1:46.150	2
DNF	BADLuca Badoer	Minardi	22		43	Engine		1:45.377	3
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3		39	Hydraulics		1:42.106	2
DNF	GENMarc Gené	Minardi	20		31	Gearbox		1:45.359	2
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	12		21	Withdrew		1:43.939	1
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	6		19	Alternator		1:43.188	1
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	7		3	Engine		1:44.304
DNF	ZANAlex Zanardi	Williams	16		0	Electrical		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	22	29.8s
2	IRV	32	29.8s
3	FRE	31	30.4s
4	MSC	37	30.7s
5	FRE	19	30.7s
6	IRV	23	30.7s
7	HAK	38	31.0s
8	COU	22	31.0s
9	RSC	20	31.0s
10	PAN	16	31.1s
11	BAR	20	31.2s
12	DIN	37	31.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 39 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.470
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:37.820	+0.350s
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:38.239	+0.769s
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	1:38.696	+1.226s
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.975	+1.505s
6	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:39.623	+2.153s
7	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:39.644	+2.174s
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Stewart	1:39.706	+2.236s
9	RSCRalf Schumacher	Williams	1:39.717	+2.247s
10	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:39.721	+2.251s
11	VILJacques Villeneuve	BAR	1:39.732	+2.262s
12	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:40.140	+2.670s
13	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.140	+2.670s
14	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:40.261	+2.791s
15	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:40.303	+2.833s
16	ZANAlex Zanardi	Williams	1:40.403	+2.933s
17	DINPedro Diniz	Sauber	1:40.740	+3.270s
18	ZONRicardo Zonta	BAR	1:40.861	+3.391s
19	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:41.067	+3.597s
20	GENMarc Gené	Minardi	1:41.529	+4.059s
21	DLRPedro De la Rosa	Arrows	1:41.708	+4.238s
22	BADLuca Badoer	Minardi	1:42.515	+5.045s

Suzuka Circuit

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

Previous winners here

1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1991	Gerhard Berger	McLaren
1990	Nelson Piquet	Benetton
1989	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton

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