1999 Spanish Grand Prix

  1999 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season
Circuit de Catalunya (last modified in 1997)
Date	May 30, 1999
Official name	XLI Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Barcelona, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.728 km (2.938 mi)
Distance	65 laps, 307.320 km (190.960 mi)
Weather	Cloudy, hot, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:22.088
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:24.982 on lap 29
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari

The 1999 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 30, 1999 at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth race of the 1999 Formula One season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.088
2	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.219	+0.131
3	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.244	+0.156
4	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:22.277	+0.189
5	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.388	+0.300
6	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:22.703	+0.615
7	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:22.920	+0.832
8	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:22.938	+0.850
9	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:23.194	+1.106
10	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:23.303	+1.215
11	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:23.317	+1.229
12	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:23.331	+1.243
13	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:23.333	+1.245
14	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1:23.505	+1.417
15	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:23.559	+1.471
16	23	Mika Salo	BAR-Supertec	1:23.683	+1.595
17	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:23.703	+1.615
18	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:23.824	+1.736
19	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:24.619	+2.531
20	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:25.280	+3.192
21	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1:25.672	+3.584
22	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:25.833	+3.745

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	65	1:34:13.665	1	10
2	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+6.238	3	6
3	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	65	+10.845	4	4
4	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	65	+30.182	2	3
5	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	65	+1:27.208	10	2
6	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	64	+1 Lap	9	1
7	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	64	+1 Lap	11
8	23	Mika Salo	BAR-Supertec	64	+1 Lap	16
9	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	64	+1 Lap	13
10	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	64	+1 Lap	18
11	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	63	+2 Laps	19
12	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	62	+3 Laps	20
Ret	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	50	Spun off	22
Ret	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	40	Gearbox	6
Ret	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	40	Transmission	12
Ret	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	40	Transmission	14
Ret	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	35	Halfshaft	8
Ret	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	27	Transmission	5
Ret	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	24	Gearbox	17
Ret	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	24	Gearbox	15
Ret	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	0	Gearbox	21
DSQ	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	64	Disqualified	7

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 30 2 Mika Häkkinen 24 3 Eddie Irvine 21 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13 5 David Coulthard 12

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 51 2 McLaren-Mercedes 36 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 16 4 Williams-Supertec 9 5 Benetton-Playlife 8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

• Rubens Barrichello finished 8th but was disqualified for illegal undertray mounting.
• Only one on-track overtaking manoeuvre was reported.

References

Classification
"1999 Spanish Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/72/. Retrieved 2007-07-27. 

"1999 Spanish GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Spanish%20GP&type=res. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Notes, Race details
"1999 Spanish GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1999&gp=Spanish%20GP. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

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