Malaysia 1999: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:39.688
2	Irvine	Ferrari	1:40.635	+0.947
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:40.806	+1.118
4	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:40.866	+1.178
5	Herbert	Stewart	1:40.937	+1.249
6	Barrichello	Stewart	1:41.351	+1.663
7	Wurz	Benetton	1:41.444	+1.756
8	Schumacher	Williams	1:41.558	+1.870
9	Hill	Jordan	1:42.050	+2.362
10	Villeneuve	BAR	1:42.087	+2.399
11	Fisichella	Benetton	1:42.110	+2.422
12	Panis	Prost	1:42.208	+2.520
13	Zonta	BAR	1:42.310	+2.622
14	Frentzen	Jordan	1:42.380	+2.692
15	Alesi	Sauber	1:42.522	+2.834
16	Zanardi	Williams	1:42.885	+3.197
17	Diniz	Sauber	1:42.933	+3.245
18	Trulli	Prost	1:42.948	+3.260
19	Gené	Minardi	1:43.563	+3.875
20	De la Rosa	Arrows	1:43.579	+3.891
21	Badoer	Minardi	1:44.321	+4.633
22	Takagi	Arrows	1:44.637	+4.949

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	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	56	1:36:38.494	2	Ferrari
2	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	1	56	+1.040	1	Ferrari
3	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	4	56	+9.743	2	Mercedes
4	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	5	56	+17.538	1	Ford
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	6	56	+32.296	2	Ford
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	14	56	+34.884	1	Mugen-Honda
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	15	56	+54.408	2	Petronas
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	7	56	+1:00.934	2	Playlife
9	Marc Gené	Minardi	19	55	+1 lap	1	Ford
10	Alex Zanardi	Williams	16	55	+1 lap	3	Supertec
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	11	52	+4 laps	3	Playlife
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	10	48	Hydraulics	2	Supertec
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	17	44	Spun off	2	Petronas
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	20	30	Engine	1	Arrows
DNF	Luca Badoer	Minardi	21	15	Spun off	1	Ford
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	14	Fuel pressure	0	Mercedes
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	8	7	Spun off	0	Supertec
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	22	7	Transmission	0	Arrows
DNF	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	13	6	Engine	0	Supertec
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost	12	5	Engine	0	Peugeot
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	0	Collision	0	Mugen-Honda
DNS	Jarno Trulli	Prost	18		Engine	0	Peugeot

Race

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Places gained

Gené19→9+10
Frentzen14→6+8
Alesi15→7+8
Zanardi16→10+6
Irvine2→1+1
Häkkinen4→3+1
Herbert5→4+1
Barrichello6→5+1
Fisichella11→110
Schumacher1→2-1
Wurz7→8-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Zanardi27.435R48
2Irvine28.224R41
3Häkkinen28.388R47
4Wurz28.755R38
5Irvine28.899R25
6Diniz28.975R39
7Zanardi29.094R3
8Häkkinen29.149R27
9Fisichella29.249R37
10Alesi29.338R41

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

Stints of the top 10

Irvine2516152 stops
Schumacher28281 stop
Häkkinen272092 stops
Herbert28281 stop
Barrichello1920172 stops
Frentzen30261 stop
Alesi2120152 stops
Wurz2018182 stops
Gené27281 stop · +1 lap
Zanardi3252073 stops · +1 lap

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

VilleneuveHydraulicsBAR
DinizSpun offSauber
De la RosaEngineArrows
BadoerSpun offMinardi
CoulthardFuel pressureMcLaren
SchumacherSpun offWilliams
TakagiTransmissionArrows
ZontaEngineBAR
PanisEngineProst
HillCollisionJordan
TrulliEngineProst

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

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