1999 Italian Grand Prix

  1999 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season
Autodromo Nazionale Monza (last modified in 1995)
Date	September 12, 1999
Official name	LXX Gran Premio Campari d'Italia
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.770 km (3.585 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 305.810 km (190.022 mi)
Weather	Sunny, hot, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:22.432
Fastest lap
Driver	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec
Time	1:25.579 on lap 48
Podium
First	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Second	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec
Third	Mika Salo	Ferrari

The 1999 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 12, 1999 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season.

As a close championship moved towards its conclusion, points leader and defending champion Mika Häkkinen cracked under pressure, spinning off on lap 30 after selecting too low a gear (first instead of second)^[1] while comfortably leading the race; this being a virtual repeat of his unforced error at the San Marino Grand Prix earlier in the year. In a rare show of emotion from the Finn, he later burst into tears at the side of the track. The victory was thus inherited by Jordan's Heinz-Harald Frentzen, in what would prove to be the only race the team ever won in dry conditions, as well as being Frentzen's last win in Formula One. Frentzen held off Ralf Schumacher in the less powerful Williams, with Mika Salo giving the home crowd some cheer with third place in his Ferrari. Rubens Barrichello drove a great race in his Stewart, overtaking and holding David Coulthard behind him in a race-long battle, a few days after signing with Ferrari for 2000. Häkkinen's closest title challenger Eddie Irvine could only manage sixth, but his lone point allowed him to draw level with Häkkinen in the championship.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	53	1:17:02.923	2	10
2	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	53	+3.272	5	6
3	3	Mika Salo	Ferrari	53	+11.932	6	4
4	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	53	+17.630	7	3
5	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+18.142	3	2
6	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+27.402	8	1
7	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	53	+28.047	4
8	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	53	+41.797	11
9	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	53	+42.198	13
10	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	53	+56.259	9
11	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	52	Engine	10
Ret	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	40	Clutch	15
Ret	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	35	Spun off	22
Ret	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	35	Withdrew	21
Ret	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	30	Spun off	1
Ret	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	29	Overheating	12
Ret	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	25	Wheel bearing	18
Ret	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	23	Collision	19
Ret	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	11	Electrical	14
Ret	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1	Spun off	16
Ret	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1	Spun off	17
Ret	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	0	Collision	20

Standings after Grand Prix

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen 60 2 Eddie Irvine 60 3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 50 4 David Coulthard 48 5 Michael Schumacher 32

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes 108 2 Ferrari 102 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 57 4 Williams-Supertec 30 5 Stewart-Ford 17

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

Notes

• Last win for Honda engine until 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix

References

Classification
"1999 Italian Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 
"1999 Italian GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02. 

Notes, Race details
"1999 Italian GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2007-08-02.