1999 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season.
Silverstone Circuit (last modified in 1997)
Date	July 11, 1999
Official name	LII RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.194 mi / 5.140 km
Distance	60 laps, 191.640 mi / 308.400 km
Weather	Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:24.804
Fastest lap
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:28.309 on lap 28
Podium
First	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Third	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec

The 1999 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 11, 1999 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England. It was the eighth race of the 1999 Formula One season.

Jacques Villeneuve and Alessandro Zanardi both stalled on the grid causing a race restart.

While the red flags were out, Michael Schumacher crashed due to brake failure, causing a broken leg.

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.^[1]

This was Toranosuke Takagi's final classified Formula One race finish. He failed to finish each of his subsequent eight races.

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	+3.968

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
Ret	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	41	Suspension	16
Ret	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	35	Wheel	1
Ret	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	29	Halfshaft	9
Ret	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	6	Gearbox	21
Ret	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	0	Gearbox	20
DNS	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	0	Brakes	2

References

Classification
Qualifying
"1999 British GP: Qualification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
"1999 British Grand Prix: Qualifying". Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
Race
"1999 British Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
"1999 British GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.

Notes, Race details
"1999 British GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.