Race · Round 16 of 16 · 31 October 1999

1999 Japanese Grand Prix

Mika Hakkinen won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 8 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Mika Hakkinen. Eddie Irvine had led the championship going into it.

Circuit: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2214 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/14	2	53	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F399	1	53	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F399	5	53	Finished	4
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	199	4	53	Finished	3
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW21	9	53	Finished	2
6	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C18	10	52	Finished	1
7	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	8	52	Finished	0
8	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	13	52	Finished	0
9	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	1	11	52	Finished	0
10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B199	15	52	Finished	0
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	C18	17	52	Finished	0
12	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	1	18	52	Finished	0
13	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	A20	21	51	Finished	0
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B199	14	47	Engine	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	A20	19	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	Luca Badoer	Minardi	M01	22	43	Engine	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/14	3	39	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Marc Gené	Minardi	M01	20	31	Gearbox	0
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	199	12	21	Withdrew	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	6	19	Alternator	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	7	3	Engine	0
DNF	Alex Zanardi	Williams	FW21	16	0	Electrical	0

F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Mika Hakkinen	2	1	53
Michael Schumacher	1	2	53
Eddie Irvine	5	3	53
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	4	53
Ralf Schumacher	9	5	53
Jean Alesi	10	6	52
Johnny Herbert	8	7	52
Rubens Barrichello	13	8	52
Jacques Villeneuve	11	9	52
Alexander Wurz	15	10	52
Pedro Diniz	17	11	52
Ricardo Zonta	18	12	52
Pedro de la Rosa	21	13	51
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	14	47
Toranosuke Takagi	19	DNF	43
Luca Badoer	22	DNF	43
David Coulthard	3	DNF	39
Marc Gené	20	DNF	31
Damon Hill	12	DNF	21
Olivier Panis	6	DNF	19
Jarno Trulli	7	DNF	3
Alex Zanardi	16	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:37.470	—	—
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:37.820	+0.350	+0.350
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:38.239	+0.769	+0.419
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:38.696	+1.226	+0.457
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:38.975	+1.505	+0.279
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:39.623	+2.153	+0.648
7	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:39.644	+2.174	+0.021
8	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:39.706	+2.236	+0.062
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:39.717	+2.247	+0.011
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:39.721	+2.251	+0.004
11	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:39.732	+2.262	+0.011
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:40.140	+2.670	+0.408
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:40.140	+2.670	+0.000
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:40.261	+2.791	+0.121
15	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:40.303	+2.833	+0.042
16	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:40.403	+2.933	+0.100
17	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:40.740	+3.270	+0.337
18	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:40.861	+3.391	+0.121
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:41.067	+3.597	+0.206
20	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:41.529	+4.059	+0.462
21	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:41.708	+4.238	+0.179
22	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:42.515	+5.045	+0.807

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Mika Hakkinen	1	53	2	19, 38
Michael Schumacher	2	53	2	22, 37
Eddie Irvine	3	53	2	23, 32
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	53	2	19, 31
Ralf Schumacher	5	53	2	20, 32
Jean Alesi	6	52	2	19, 36
Johnny Herbert	7	52	2	17, 36
Rubens Barrichello	8	52	2	20, 33
Jacques Villeneuve	9	52	2	17, 34
Alexander Wurz	10	52	2	15, 33
Pedro Diniz	11	52	2	20, 37
Ricardo Zonta	12	52	2	19, 33
Pedro de la Rosa	13	51	2	17, 34
Giancarlo Fisichella	14	47	2	16, 33
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	43	2	19, 35
Luca Badoer	DNF	43	3	18, 32, 41
David Coulthard	DNF	39	2	22, 34
Marc Gené	DNF	31	2	16, 31
Damon Hill	DNF	21	1	15
Olivier Panis	DNF	19	1	16
Jarno Trulli	DNF	3	0	None recorded
Alex Zanardi	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	1 · 2	2 · 1	22 · 19	Mika Hakkinen	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	1 · 5	2 · 3	22 · 23	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Eddie Irvine	4 · 5	4 · 3	19 · 23	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Ralf Schumacher	4 · 9	4 · 5	19 · 20	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Ralf Schumacher	8 · 9	7 · 5	17 · 20	Johnny Herbert	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Jean Alesi	9 · 10	5 · 6	20 · 19	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Jean Alesi	8 · 10	7 · 6	17 · 19	Johnny Herbert	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Jacques Villeneuve	10 · 11	6 · 9	19 · 17	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Rubens Barrichello	8 · 13	7 · 8	17 · 20	Johnny Herbert	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Rubens Barrichello	11 · 13	9 · 8	17 · 20	Jacques Villeneuve	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Giancarlo Fisichella	13 · 14	8 · 14	20 · 16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Alexander Wurz	11 · 15	9 · 10	17 · 15	Alexander Wurz	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Alexander Wurz	14 · 15	14 · 10	16 · 15	Alexander Wurz	Swapped places
Alexander Wurz · Pedro Diniz	15 · 17	10 · 11	15 · 20	Alexander Wurz	Kept their order
Pedro Diniz · Ricardo Zonta	17 · 18	11 · 12	20 · 19	Ricardo Zonta	Kept their order
Ricardo Zonta · Pedro de la Rosa	18 · 21	12 · 13	19 · 17	Pedro de la Rosa	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Pedro de la Rosa	14 · 21	14 · 13	16 · 17	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:41.746	—	—	31
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:41.894	+0.148	+0.148	19
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:42.215	+0.469	+0.321	27
4	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:42.529	+0.783	+0.314	34
5	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:42.718	+0.972	+0.189	36
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:42.925	+1.179	+0.207	32
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:42.953	+1.207	+0.028	27
8	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:43.047	+1.301	+0.094	24
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:43.235	+1.489	+0.188	30
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:43.375	+1.629	+0.140	33
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:43.399	+1.653	+0.024	27
12	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:43.430	+1.684	+0.031	33
13	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:43.485	+1.739	+0.055	36
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:43.599	+1.853	+0.114	37
15	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:43.652	+1.906	+0.053	39
16	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:43.720	+1.974	+0.068	22
17	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:43.776	+2.030	+0.056	40
18	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:43.804	+2.058	+0.028	39
19	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:43.916	+2.170	+0.112	33
20	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:44.179	+2.433	+0.263	29
21	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:44.423	+2.677	+0.244	32
22	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:45.543	+3.797	+1.120	36

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:39.085	—	—	24
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:39.579	+0.494	+0.494	22
3	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:40.134	+1.049	+0.555	31
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:40.139	+1.054	+0.005	21
5	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:40.175	+1.090	+0.036	32
6	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:40.334	+1.249	+0.159	26
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:40.377	+1.292	+0.043	21
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:40.535	+1.450	+0.158	29
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:40.570	+1.485	+0.035	12
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:40.632	+1.547	+0.062	27
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:40.656	+1.571	+0.024	29
12	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:40.667	+1.582	+0.011	20
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:41.001	+1.916	+0.334	22
14	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:41.363	+2.278	+0.362	25
15	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:41.562	+2.477	+0.199	18
16	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:41.584	+2.499	+0.022	33
17	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:41.596	+2.511	+0.012	20
18	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:41.938	+2.853	+0.342	17
19	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:42.156	+3.071	+0.218	28
20	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:42.222	+3.137	+0.066	11
21	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:42.895	+3.810	+0.673	22
22	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:43.077	+3.992	+0.182	23

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:40.630	—	—	13
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:40.761	+0.131	+0.131	14
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:41.372	+0.742	+0.611	15
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:41.680	+1.050	+0.308	12
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:41.714	+1.084	+0.034	12
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:42.060	+1.430	+0.346	14
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:42.522	+1.892	+0.462	13
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:42.629	+1.999	+0.107	7
9	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:42.844	+2.214	+0.215	12
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:42.919	+2.289	+0.075	13
11	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:43.023	+2.393	+0.104	13
12	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:43.051	+2.421	+0.028	14
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:43.333	+2.703	+0.282	12
14	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:43.339	+2.709	+0.006	13
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:43.551	+2.921	+0.212	12
16	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:43.708	+3.078	+0.157	11
17	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:43.757	+3.127	+0.049	12
18	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:43.896	+3.266	+0.139	9
19	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:44.411	+3.781	+0.515	10
20	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:44.816	+4.186	+0.405	12
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:45.508	+4.878	+0.692	11
22	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:45.596	+4.966	+0.088	12

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/14
Mika Hakkinen 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Ferrari F399
Eddie Irvine 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Jordan 199
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Sauber C18
Jean Alesi 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Stewart SF3
Rubens Barrichello 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

5 more photographs

BAR 01
Jacques Villeneuve 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Benetton B199
Giancarlo Fisichella 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Prost AP02
Jarno Trulli 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 1999
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 31 Oct 1999
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.