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**1999 FIA Formula One World Championship season**
The champion of the season, Mika Häkkinen
Champion driver	Mika Häkkinen
Second driver	Eddie Irvine
Third driver	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Champion constructor	Scuderia Ferrari
Previous season: 1998 Next season: 2000

The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th edition of the championship. The champion was Mika Häkkinen. Ferrari won the constructor's championship. Michael Schumacher was injured on the first lap of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. His brakes failed, and he broke his leg. He missed 6 races and returned at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Drivers and constructors
Formula One 1999 race schedule
Results and standings
Images for kids
See also

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1999 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver	Rounds	Test driver(s)
West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	McLaren MP4/14	Mercedes 3.0 L V10 FO110H	B	1	Mika Häkkinen	All	Nick Heidfeld
West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	McLaren MP4/14	Mercedes 3.0 L V10 FO110H	B	2	David Coulthard	All	Nick Heidfeld
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	Ferrari F399	Ferrari 3.0 L V10 048	B	3	Michael Schumacher	1-8, 15-16	Luca Badoer
					3	Mika Salo	9-14
					4	Eddie Irvine	All
Winfield Williams	Williams	Williams FW21	Supertec 3.0 L V10 FB01	B	5	Alessandro Zanardi	All	Bruno Junqueira
Winfield Williams	Williams	Williams FW21	Supertec 3.0 L V10 FB01	B	6	Ralf Schumacher	All	Bruno Junqueira
Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	Jordan 199	Mugen-Honda 3.0 L V10 MF-301 HD	B	7	Damon Hill	All	Tomáš Enge
Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	Jordan 199	Mugen-Honda 3.0 L V10 MF-301 HD	B	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All	Tomáš Enge
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	Benetton B199	Playlife 3.0 L V10 FB01	B	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	All	Laurent Rédon
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	Benetton B199	Playlife 3.0 L V10 FB01	B	10	Alexander Wurz	All	Laurent Rédon
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	Sauber C18	Petronas 3.0 L V10 SPE-03A	B	11	Jean Alesi	All	n/a
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	Sauber C18	Petronas 3.0 L V10 SPE-03A	B	12	Pedro Diniz	All	n/a
Arrows	Arrows	Arrows A20	Arrows 3.0 L V10 T2-F1	B	14	Pedro de la Rosa	All	Stephen Watson
Arrows	Arrows	Arrows A20	Arrows 3.0 L V10 T2-F1	B	15	Toranosuke Takagi	All	Stephen Watson
Stewart Ford	Stewart	Stewart SF3	Ford 3.0 L V10 CR-1	B	16	Rubens Barrichello	All	Luciano Burti
Stewart Ford	Stewart	Stewart SF3	Ford 3.0 L V10 CR-1	B	17	Johnny Herbert	All	Luciano Burti
Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	Prost AP02	Peugeot 3.0 L V10 A18	B	18	Olivier Panis	All	Stéphane Sarrazin
Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	Prost AP02	Peugeot 3.0 L V10 A18	B	19	Jarno Trulli	All	Stéphane Sarrazin
Fondmetal Minardi Ford	Minardi	Minardi M01	Ford 3.0 L V10 VJM1 Zetec-R Ford 3.0 L V10 VJM2 Zetec-R	B	20	Luca Badoer	1, 3-16	Gastón Mazzacane
					20	Stéphane Sarrazin	2
					21	Marc Gené	All
British American Racing	BAR	BAR 001	Supertec 3.0 L V10 FB01	B	22	Jacques Villeneuve	All	Patrick Lemarié
					23	Ricardo Zonta	1-2, 6-16
					23	Mika Salo	3-5

Formula One 1999 race schedule

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	City / Location	Date
1	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne	7 March
2	Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	São Paulo	11 April
3	Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Imola	2 May
4	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	Monte Carlo	16 May
5	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya	Barcelona	30 May
6	Grand Prix Air Canada	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal	13 June
7	Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France	French Grand Prix	Circuit de Nevers	Magny-Cours	27 June
8	RAC British Grand Prix	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone	11 July
9	Großer Preis von Österreich	Austrian Grand Prix	A1-Ring	Spielberg	25 July
10	Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim	1 August
11	Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	Budapest	15 August
12	Foster's Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Spa	29 August
13	Gran Premio Campari d'Italia	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza	12 September
14	Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe	European Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Nürburg	26 September
15	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	Kuala Lumpur	17 October
16	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka	31 October

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
7	French Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	David Coulthard	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda
8	British Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
10	German Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
13	Italian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Ralf Schumacher	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda
14	European Grand Prix	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Mika Häkkinen	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford
15	Malaysian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

Points are awarded to the top 6 finishers.
Half points are awarded if the race is stopped with less than 75% of distance finished.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL	JPN	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	1	2	Ret	5	3	1	76
2	Eddie Irvine	1	5	Ret	2	4	3	6	2	1	1	3	4	6	7	1	3	74
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	3^†	Ret	4	Ret	11^†	1	4	4	3	4	3	1	Ret	6	4	54
4	David Coulthard	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	7	Ret	1	2	5	2	1	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	48
5	Michael Schumacher	8	2	1	1	3	Ret	5	Ret							2	2	44
6	Ralf Schumacher	3	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	4	3	Ret	4	9	5	2	4	Ret	5	35
7	Rubens Barrichello	5	Ret	3	9^†	DSQ	Ret	3	8	Ret	Ret	5	10	4	3	5	8	21
8	Johnny Herbert	DNS	Ret	10^†	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	12	14	11^†	11	Ret	Ret	1	4	7	15
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	4	Ret	5	5	9	2	Ret	7	12^†	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14^†	13
10	Mika Salo			7^†	Ret	8				9	2	12	7	3	Ret			10
11	Jarno Trulli	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	7	9	7	Ret	8	12	Ret	2	DNS	Ret	7
12	Damon Hill	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	6	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
13	Alexander Wurz	Ret	7	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	7	14	Ret	Ret	8	10	3
14	Pedro Diniz	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	3
15	Jean Alesi	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14^†	Ret	8	16^†	9	9	Ret	7	6	2
16	Olivier Panis	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	13	10	6	10	13	11^†	9	Ret	Ret	2
17	Marc Gené	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	15	11	9	17	16	Ret	6	9	Ret	1
18	Pedro de la Rosa	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	1
19	Alessandro Zanardi	Ret	Ret	11^†	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	7	Ret	10	Ret	0
20	Toranosuke Takagi	7	8	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DSQ	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
21	Jacques Villeneuve	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	8	10^†	Ret	9	0
22	Ricardo Zonta	Ret	DNQ				Ret	9	Ret	15^†	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	12	0
23	Luca Badoer	Ret		8	Ret	Ret	10	10	Ret	13	10	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Stéphane Sarrazin		Ret															0
Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL	JPN	Points

Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

Key
Colour	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Green	Blue	Purple	Red	Black	White	Light blue
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-points finish	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not qualify (DNQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Did not start (DNS)	Practiced only (PO)
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-classified finish (NC)	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Race cancelled (C)	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)

Blank	Did not practice (DNP)	Excluded (EX)	Did not arrive (DNA)	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Constructors standings

Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	BRA	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL	JPN	Points
1	Ferrari	3	8	2	1	1	3	Ret	5	Ret	9	2	12	7	3	Ret	2	2	128
1	Ferrari	4	1	5	Ret	2	4	3	6	2	1	1	3	4	6	7	1	3	128
2	McLaren-Mercedes	1	Ret	1	Ret	3	1	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	1	2	Ret	5	3	1	124
2	McLaren-Mercedes	2	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	2	7	Ret	1	2	5	2	1	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	124
3	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	7	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	6	6	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	61
3	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	8	2	3	Ret	4	Ret	11	1	4	4	3	4	3	1	Ret	6	4	61
4	Stewart-Ford	16	5	Ret	3	9	DSQ	Ret	3	8	Ret	Ret	5	10	4	3	5	8	36
4	Stewart-Ford	17	DNS	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	12	14	11	11	Ret	Ret	1	4	7	36
5	Williams-Supertec	5	Ret	Ret	11	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	7	Ret	10	Ret	35
5	Williams-Supertec	6	3	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	4	3	Ret	4	9	5	2	4	Ret	5	35
6	Benetton-Playlife	9	4	Ret	5	5	9	2	Ret	7	12	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	14	16
6	Benetton-Playlife	10	Ret	7	Ret	6	10	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	7	14	Ret	Ret	8	10	16
7	Prost-Peugeot	18	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	13	10	6	10	13	11	9	Ret	Ret	9
7	Prost-Peugeot	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	6	Ret	7	9	7	Ret	8	12	Ret	2	DNS	Ret	9
8	Sauber-Petronas	11	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	16	9	9	Ret	7	6	5
8	Sauber-Petronas	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	5
9	Arrows	14	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	1
9	Arrows	15	7	8	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DSQ	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
10	Minardi-Ford	20	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	10	10	Ret	13	10	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
10	Minardi-Ford	21	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	15	11	9	17	16	Ret	6	9	Ret	1
11	BAR-Supertec	22	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	8	10	Ret	9	0
11	BAR-Supertec	23	Ret	DNQ	7	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	15	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	12	0
Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	BRA	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL	JPN	Points

Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

Key
Colour	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Green	Blue	Purple	Red	Black	White	Light blue
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-points finish	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not qualify (DNQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Did not start (DNS)	Practiced only (PO)
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-classified finish (NC)	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Race cancelled (C)	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)

Blank	Did not practice (DNP)	Excluded (EX)	Did not arrive (DNA)	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Constructors summary

Pos	Constructor	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ferrari	B	128	6	17	3
2	McLaren-Mercedes	B	124	7	16	11
3	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	B	61	2	6	1
4	Stewart-Ford	B	36	1	4	1
5	Williams-Supertec	B	35		3
6	Benetton-Playlife	B	16		1
7	Prost-Peugeot	B	9		1
8	Sauber-Petronas	B	5
9	Arrows	B	1
10	Minardi-Ford	B	1
11	BAR-Supertec	B

Images for kids

Defending world champion Mika Häkkinen won his second and final title with McLaren.
Eddie Irvine was runner-up for Ferrari by two points.
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (pictured in 2006) finished the season third for Jordan.
Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship
McLaren Mercedes placed second in the Constructors' Championship
Jordan Mugen-Honda placed third in the Constructors' Championship
Stewart-Ford placed fourth in the Constructors' Championship