The 1999 British Grand Prix (officially the 1999 RAC British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 July 1999 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England. It was the eighth race of the 1999 Formula One World Championship. The 60-lap race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard after he started from third position. Eddie Irvine finished second for the Ferrari team and Williams driver Ralf Schumacher came in third. Jacques Villeneuve and Alessandro Zanardi both stalled on the grid. The race was red flagged due to Race Director Charlie Whiting accidentally hitting the red flag button instead of the pit exit open button. While the red flags were out, Michael Schumacher crashed at Stowe corner due to brake failure, breaking his right leg. This would keep him out of Formula One until the Malaysian Grand Prix, ending his championship hopes.
Following a difficult season Damon Hill performed well to finish 5th in his home race and seemed happy enough to carry on for the rest of the season. He had also briefly led the race for a lap, which was the last time he would lead a Grand Prix.
This was Toranosuke Takagi's final classified Formula One race finish. He failed to finish each of his subsequent eight races.
This was McLaren team's first British Grand Prix victory since 1989. The podiums of Coulthard and Irvine (for 1st and 2nd) also marked the last time two drivers racing under a British flag would stand together on the podium at their home event until the 2023 edition where Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton finished second and third.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.804 2 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:25.223 +0.419 3 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.594 +0.790 4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:25.677 +0.873 5 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:25.991 +1.187 6 7 Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:26.099 +1.295 7 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:26.194 +1.390 8 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1:26.438 +1.634 9 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1:26.719 +1.915 10 11 Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:26.761 +1.957 11 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1:26.873 +2.069 12 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:27.196 +2.392 13 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 1:27.223 +2.419 14 19 Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:27.227 +2.423 15 18 Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:27.543 +2.739 16 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 1:27.699 +2.895 17 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:27.857 +3.053 18 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:28.010 +3.206 19 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 1:28.037 +3.233 20 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1:28.148 +3.344 21 20 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:28.695 +3.891 22 21 Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 1:28.772 +3.968107% time: 1:30.740 Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 60 1:32:30.144 3 10 2 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 60 +1.829 4 6 3 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 60 +27.411 8 4 4 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 60 +27.789 5 3 5 7 Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 60 +38.606 6 2 6 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 60 +53.643 12 1 7 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 60 +54.614 17 8 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 60 +1:08.590 7 9 19 Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 60 +1:12.045 14 10 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 60 +1:12.123 18 11 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 60 +1:17.124 13 12 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 60 +1:17.709 11 13 18 Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 60 +1:20.492 15 14 11 Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 59 +1 lap 10 15 21 Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 58 +2 laps 22 16 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 58 +2 laps 19 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 41 Suspension 16 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 35 Wheel 1 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 29 Halfshaft 9 20 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 6 Gearbox 21 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 0 Gearbox 20 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 0 Accident/injury 2 Sources: Notes – Michael Schumacher was not present at the race restart. His place on the grid was left vacant.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen40 2 Michael Schumacher32 3 Eddie Irvine32 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen26 5 David Coulthard 22Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari64 2 McLaren-Mercedes62 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda31 4 Williams-Supertec19 5 Benetton-Playlife14Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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