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1999 Spanish Grand Prix
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Circuit de Catalunya (last modified in 1997)
Race details
Date	30 May 1999
Official name	XLI Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.728 km (2.938 miles)
Distance	65 laps, 307.196 km (190.833 miles)
Weather	Cloudy, hot, dry 22 °C (72 °F)
Attendance	81,000
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:22.088
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:24.982 on lap 29
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1999 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 May 1999 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the fifth race of the 1999 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won from pole position by Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, with team-mate David Coulthard second and Michael Schumacher third in a Ferrari.

Report

Race

Mika Häkkinen, starting on pole for the fifth time in 1999, got off the line quickly and began building a gap between him and second place. David Coulthard and Jacques Villeneuve, starting third and sixth respectively, had great starts and were able to take second and third place by the first corner. Eddie Irvine, starting second, had a poor start and fell to fifth place after being passed by Coulthard, Villeneuve, and then in the second corner, his teammate Michael Schumacher. Olivier Panis and Marc Gené failed to start, with Gené retiring and Panis able to continue on in last place.

The McLaren duo of Häkkinen and Coulthard began building up a substantial gap, with the Ferraris being held up by Villeneuve. Eddie Irvine, on lap 23, became the first of the front runners to pit. Mika Häkkinen came in the next lap, and had built up such a lead that he only fell to second place. Villeneuve and Schumacher both stopped simultaneously, but Villeneuve's stop was longer and Schumacher was able to pass Villeneuve in the pits. Irvine was also able to capitalize on Villeneuve's slow stop to pass him.

After pitting, Michael Schumacher was initially caught behind Heinz-Harald Frentzen, but once past, he began the task of chasing down David Coulthard, fourteen seconds ahead. Schumacher closed to within a second of Coulthard on lap 41, but he pitted the next lap without making an attempt to pass. Mika Häkkinen pitted the lap after Schumacher, and Coulthard pitted on lap 45. Coulthard's stop was slightly faster that Schumacher's, and came out just ahead of Schumacher. Schumacher was able to close up behind Coulthard on cold tires, but was unable to pass Coulthard. Once Coulthard's tires warmed up, he was able to pull away from Schumacher.

Jacques Villeneuve pitted on lap 40, suffering from a broken rear wing element. The mechanics pulled the broken element off the wing, but first gear broke when Villeneuve tried to leave his pit box, and he retired.

Michael Schumacher made another late charge on David Coulthard as the two battled through the lap traffic of Damon Hill, Rubens Barrichello, and Toranosuke Takagi. Schumacher ran out of time, however, and finished the race in third place behind Coulthard. Mika Häkkinen won the race by over six seconds, marking the first time that both McLarens finished a race in 1999. Only one on-track overtaking manoeuvre was reported.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.088
2	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.219	+0.131
3	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.244	+0.156
4	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:22.277	+0.189
5	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.388	+0.300
6	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:22.703	+0.615
7	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:22.920	+0.832
8	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:22.938	+0.850
9	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:23.194	+1.106
10	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:23.303	+1.215
11	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:23.317	+1.229
12	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:23.331	+1.243
13	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:23.333	+1.245
14	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1:23.505	+1.417
15	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:23.559	+1.471
16	23	Mika Salo	BAR-Supertec	1:23.683	+1.595
17	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:23.703	+1.615
18	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:23.824	+1.736
19	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:24.619	+2.531
20	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:25.280	+3.192
21	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1:25.672	+3.584
22	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:25.833	+3.745
107% time: 1:27.834
Source:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	65	1:34:13.665	1	10
2	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+ 6.238	3	6
3	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	65	+ 10.845	4	4
4	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	65	+ 30.182	2	3
5	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	65	+ 1:27.208	10	2
6	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	64	+ 1 Lap	9	1
7	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	64	+ 1 Lap	11
8	23	Mika Salo	BAR-Supertec	64	+ 1 Lap	16
9	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	64	+ 1 Lap	13
10	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	64	+ 1 Lap	18
11	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	63	+ 2 Laps	19
12	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	62	+ 3 Laps	20
Ret	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	50	Spun Off	22
Ret	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	40	Gearbox	6
Ret	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	40	Transmission	12
Ret	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	40	Transmission	14
Ret	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	35	Halfshaft	8
Ret	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	27	Transmission	5
Ret	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	24	Gearbox	17
Ret	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	24	Gearbox	15
Ret	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	0	Gearbox	21
DSQ	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	64	Illegal Undertray Mounting	7
Sources:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 30 2 Mika Häkkinen 24 3 Eddie Irvine 21 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13 5 David Coulthard 12 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 51 2 McLaren-Mercedes 36 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 16 4 Williams-Supertec 9 5 Benetton-Playlife 8 Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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