Belgium 1999: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:50.329
2	Coulthard	McLaren	1:50.484	+0.155
3	Frentzen	Jordan	1:51.332	+1.003
4	Hill	Jordan	1:51.372	+1.043
5	Schumacher	Williams	1:51.414	+1.085
6	Irvine	Ferrari	1:51.895	+1.566
7	Barrichello	Stewart	1:51.974	+1.645
8	Zanardi	Williams	1:52.014	+1.685
9	Salo	Ferrari	1:52.124	+1.795
10	Herbert	Stewart	1:52.164	+1.835
11	Villeneuve	BAR	1:52.235	+1.906
12	Trulli	Prost	1:52.644	+2.315
13	Fisichella	Benetton	1:52.762	+2.433
14	Zonta	BAR	1:52.840	+2.511
15	Wurz	Benetton	1:52.847	+2.518
16	Alesi	Sauber	1:52.921	+2.592
17	Panis	Prost	1:53.148	+2.819
18	Diniz	Sauber	1:53.778	+3.449
19	Takagi	Arrows	1:54.099	+3.770
20	Badoer	Minardi	1:54.197	+3.868
21	Gené	Minardi	1:54.557	+4.228
22	De la Rosa	Arrows	1:54.579	+4.250

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	44	1:25:43.057	2	Mercedes
2	Mika HäkkinenFastest lap	McLaren	1	44	+10.469	2	Mercedes
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	3	44	+33.433	2	Mugen-Honda
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	44	+44.948	2	Ferrari
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	5	44	+48.067	1	Supertec
6	Damon Hill	Jordan	4	44	+54.916	2	Mugen-Honda
7	Mika Salo	Ferrari	9	44	+56.249	2	Ferrari
8	Alex Zanardi	Williams	8	44	+1:07.022	2	Supertec
9	Jean Alesi	Sauber	16	44	+1:13.848	2	Petronas
10	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	7	44	+1:20.742	2	Ford
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	13	44	+1:32.195	1	Playlife
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	12	44	+1:36.154	2	Peugeot
13	Olivier Panis	Prost	17	44	+1:41.543	2	Peugeot
14	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	15	44	+1:57.745	1	Playlife
15	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	11	43	+1 lap	1	Supertec
16	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	43	+1 lap	2	Ford
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	22	35	Transmission	2	Arrows
DNF	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	33	Suspension	2	Ford
DNF	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	14	33	Gearbox	1	Supertec
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	10	27	Brakes	1	Ford
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	18	19	Spun off	1	Petronas
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	19	0	Clutch	0	Arrows

Race

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Places gained

Alesi16→9+7
Gené21→16+5
Panis17→13+4
Irvine6→4+2
Salo9→7+2
Fisichella13→11+2
Coulthard2→1+1
Wurz15→14+1
Frentzen3→30
Schumacher5→50
Zanardi8→80
Trulli12→120
Häkkinen1→2-1
Hill4→6-2
Barrichello7→10-3
Villeneuve11→15-4

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Frentzen28.275R32
2Salo28.379R34
3Trulli28.683R30
4Zanardi28.711R31
5Hill28.743R16
6Coulthard28.784R32
7Irvine28.824R18
8Coulthard29.025R19
9Trulli29.281R14
10Hill29.480R28

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Coulthard1913122 stops
Häkkinen1813132 stops
Frentzen1715122 stops
Irvine1814122 stops
Schumacher22221 stop
Hill1612162 stops
Salo1717102 stops
Zanardi2110132 stops
Alesi1415152 stops
Barrichello1715122 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

De la RosaTransmissionArrows
BadoerSuspensionMinardi
ZontaGearboxBAR
HerbertBrakesStewart
DinizSpun offSauber
TakagiClutchArrows

This race in history

33 races here since 1950Won from pole: 10 of 33

Win from furthest back (P16): Michael Schumacher 1995

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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