1999 Brazilian Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Country = Brazil
Grand Prix = Brazilian
Race_No = 2
Season_No = 16
Year = 1999


Caption = Autódromo José Carlos Pace
(last modified in 1997)
Official name = XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil
Date = April 11
Location = Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 2.667
Course_km = 4.292
Distance_laps = 72
Distance_mi = 192.028
Distance_km = 309.024
Scheduled_laps=
Scheduled_mi =
Scheduled_km =
Weather = Sunny, hot, dry during race
Rain during practice
Pole_Country = Finland
Pole_Driver = Mika Häkkinen
Pole_Team = McLaren-Mercedes
Pole_Time = 1.16.568
Fast_Country = Finland
Fast_Driver = Mika Häkkinen
Fast_Team = McLaren-Mercedes
Fast_Time = 1:18.448
Fast_L

First_Country = Finland
First_Driver = Mika Häkkinen
First_Team = McLaren-Mercedes
Second_Country= Germany
Second_Driver = Michael Schumacher
Second_Team = Ferrari
Third_Country = Germany
Third_Driver = Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Third_Team = Jordan-Mugen-HondaThe 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 11, 1999 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the second race of the 1999 Formula One season.

Ricardo Zonta did not qualify for the race, after he had injured his left foot in a big crash during Saturday's practice.http://www.sportinglife.com/formula1/reports/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=others/99/04/11/manual_190523.html - article written by Ian Gordon. Published by Sporting Life.]

It was rumoured that Heinz-Harald Frentzen could have been disqualifed after his car ran out of fuel on the warm down lap, because the regulations stated that fuel had to be in the car when it arrived back in Parc Ferme.Fact|date=July 2007

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Race Summary

On the gridstart, Mika Häkkinen raced off with the lead, while his McLaren teammate David Coulthard broke down with engine failure. McLaren at this point had been reeling from a double-DNF at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Coulthard's failure raised eyebrows at the team.

On lap 3, local hero Rubens Barrichello took the lead of the race from Häkkinen, and kept it for most of the early part of the race until he pit on lap 27. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/formula_1/316816.stm BBC News | Formula 1 | Hakkinen takes Brazilian Grand Prix ] ] It was the first time a Stewart car had led a race. The crowd of roughly 80,000 cheered wildly as "Rubinho" maintained a 10- to 15-second lead over Michael Schumacher.

However, Barrichello's race later ended with a blown engine.

Michael Schumacher took over the lead until stopping for fuel, and there Häkkinen took the lead for the remainder of the race.

During the race, Alexander Wurz and Damon Hill collided, ending Hill's race.

The race also marked the debut for Stephane Sarrazin, who drove the Minardi for an injured Luca Badoer. [http://f1rejects.com/drivers/sarrazin/biography.html#f1 Stéphane Sarrazin - Biography ] ] Badoer had injured his hand in a testing accident, and Sarrazinndash then the test driver for Prostndash was drafted in to Minardi. Sarrazin notably had a wing failure midrace and as a result had a dramatic spin in the corner section approaching the start/finish line. Sarrazin spun the car more than six times in the middle of the track.

As Badoer returned for the following race, and he was still the test driver for Prost, it was Sarrazin's only entry in Formula One.

Häkkinen won the race.

Classification

Qualifying

* - qualified 16th but stripped of time due to use of illegal fuel [http://www.sportinglife.com/formula1/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=formula1/99/04/10/manual_182147.html Brazil - Grid | Sporting Life - F1 News | Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Renault, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Reports, Results & Standings ] ]

Race

tandings after Grand Prix

Drivers
*1. Eddie Irvine - 12
*2. Mika Häkkinen - 10
*3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 10
*4. Ralf Schumacher - 7
*5. Michael Schumacher - 4
*6. Giancarlo Fisichella - 3

Constructors
*1. Ferrari - 16
*2. McLaren-Mercedes - 10
*3. Jordan-Mugen-Honda - 10

Notes

*Statistics:
**10^th Race win for Mika Häkkinen.
**100^th Race entry for Rubens Barrichello.
**Only race entry ever for Stephane Sarrazin.

References

Classification
"Qualifying"
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"Race"
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Notes, Race details
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F1 race report
Name_of_race = Brazilian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1999
Previous_race_in_season = 1999 Australian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1999 San Marino Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix