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| Race 2 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season | ||
Autódromo José Carlos Pace (last modified in 1997) |
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| Date | April 11, 1999 | |
| Official name | XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil | |
| Location | Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.292 km (2.667 mi) |
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| Distance | 72 laps, 309.024 km (192.019 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny, hot, dry during race Rain during practice |
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| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Time | 1.16.568 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Time | 1:18.448 on lap 70 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Second | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
| Third | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan-Mugen-Honda |
The 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.[1]
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On the gridstart, Mika Häkkinen raced off with the lead, while his McLaren teammate David Coulthard broke down with engine failure.[1] 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.[1]
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.[2] It was the first time a Stewart car had led a race.[2] The crowd of roughly 80,000[2] cheered wildly as "Rubinho" maintained a 10- to 15-second lead over Michael Schumacher.[1]
However, Barrichello's race later ended with a blown engine.[1]
Michael Schumacher took over the lead until stopping for fuel, and there Häkkinen took the lead for the remainder of the race.[1]
During the race, Alexander Wurz and Damon Hill collided, ending Hill's race.[1]
The race also marked the debut for Stéphane Sarrazin, who drove the Minardi for an injured Luca Badoer.[3] Badoer had injured his hand in a testing accident, and Sarrazin– then the test driver for Prost– was drafted in to Minardi.[3] 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.[3]
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.[3]
Häkkinen won the race, with Schumacher second. Frentzen was able to be classified third despite running out of fuel on the final lap, as the next car was a lap down.
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Classification
Qualifying
"1999 Brazilian GP: Qualification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Brazilian%20GP&r=1&type=qual. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
"28o Grande Premio Marlboro do Brazil - 1999: Startgrid". The Formula One Database. http://www.f1db.com/exec/section/grandprix/action/result/id/19990411#race_startgrid. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
Race
"1999 Brazilian Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/69/. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
"1999 Brazilian GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Brazilian%20GP&type=res. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
Notes, Race details
"1999 Brazilian GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1999&gp=Brazilian%20GP. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
| Previous race: 1999 Australian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1999 season |
Next race: 1999 San Marino Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Brazilian Grand Prix | Next race: 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix |
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