The 1999 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 25 July 1999 at the A1-Ring in Spielberg, Austria. It was the ninth race of the 1999 Formula One season.
After Michael Schumacher broke his leg in the previous race at Silverstone, Ferrari's title attention turned to his teammate Eddie Irvine. David Coulthard nudged teammate Mika Häkkinen off the track on the first lap, pushing Häkkinen to the back. When Coulthard failed to hold off Irvine during the sole round of pitstops, the man from Northern Ireland wrapped up his 2nd Formula One win. Häkkinen fought through the field to finish 3rd. Mika Salo substituted for Schumacher, while Pedro Diniz scored his last world championship points at this race.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.954 2 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:11.153 +0.199 3 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:11.973 +1.019 4 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:12.266 +1.312 5 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:12.342 +1.388 6 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1:12.488 +1.534 7 3 Mika Salo Ferrari 1:12.514 +1.560 8 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1:12.515 +1.561 9 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1:12.833 +1.879 10 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:12.850 +1.896 11 7 Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:12.901 +1.947 12 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:12.924 +1.970 13 19 Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:12.999 +2.045 14 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 1:13.101 +2.147 15 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 1:13.172 +2.218 16 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:13.223 +2.269 17 11 Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:13.226 +2.272 18 18 Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:13.457 +2.503 19 20 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:13.606 +2.652 20 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 1:13.641 +2.687 21 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 1:14.139 +3.185 22 21 Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 1:14.363 +3.409107% time: 1:15.921Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 71 1:28:12.438 3 10 2 2 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 71 +0.313 2 6 3 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 71 +22.282 1 4 4 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan-Mugen-Honda 71 +52.803 4 3 5 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 71 +1:06.358 10 2 6 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber-Petronas 71 +1:10.933 16 1 7 19 Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 70 +1 Lap 13 8 7 Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 70 +1 Lap 11 9 3 Mika Salo Ferrari 70 +1 Lap 7 10 18 Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 70 +1 Lap 18 11 21 Marc Gené Minardi-Ford 70 +1 Lap 22 12 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 68 Engine 12 13 20 Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 68 +3 Laps 19 14 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 67 +4 Laps 6 15 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR-Supertec 63 Clutch 15 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 55 Engine 5 11 Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 49 Out of fuel 17 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 38 Spun off 21 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams-Supertec 35 Out of fuel 14 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 34 Halfshaft 9 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 25 Engine 20 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 8 Spun off 8
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen44 2 Eddie Irvine42 3 Michael Schumacher32 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen29 5 David Coulthard 28Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari74 2 McLaren-Mercedes72 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda34 4 Williams-Supertec19 5 Benetton-Playlife16Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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