Japan 1999: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:37.470
2	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:37.820	+0.350
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:38.239	+0.769
4	Frentzen	Jordan	1:38.696	+1.226
5	Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.975	+1.505
6	Panis	Prost	1:39.623	+2.153
7	Trulli	Prost	1:39.644	+2.174
8	Herbert	Stewart	1:39.706	+2.236
9	Schumacher	Williams	1:39.717	+2.247
10	Alesi	Sauber	1:39.721	+2.251
11	Villeneuve	BAR	1:39.732	+2.262
12	Hill	Jordan	1:40.140	+2.670
13	Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.140	+2.670
14	Fisichella	Benetton	1:40.261	+2.791
15	Wurz	Benetton	1:40.303	+2.833
16	Zanardi	Williams	1:40.403	+2.933
17	Diniz	Sauber	1:40.740	+3.270
18	Zonta	BAR	1:40.861	+3.391
19	Takagi	Arrows	1:41.067	+3.597
20	Gené	Minardi	1:41.529	+4.059
21	De la Rosa	Arrows	1:41.708	+4.238
22	Badoer	Minardi	1:42.515	+5.045

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	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	53	1:31:18.785	2	Mercedes
2	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	1	53	+5.015	2	Ferrari
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	53	+1:35.688	2	Ferrari
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	4	53	+1:38.635	2	Mugen-Honda
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	9	53	+1:39.494	2	Supertec
6	Jean Alesi	Sauber	10	52	+1 lap	2	Petronas
7	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	8	52	+1 lap	2	Ford
8	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	13	52	+1 lap	2	Ford
9	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	11	52	+1 lap	2	Supertec
10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	15	52	+1 lap	2	Playlife
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	17	52	+1 lap	2	Petronas
12	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	18	52	+1 lap	2	Supertec
13	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	21	51	+2 laps	2	Arrows
14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	14	47	Engine	2	Playlife
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	19	43	Gearbox	2	Arrows
DNF	Luca Badoer	Minardi	22	43	Engine	3	Ford
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	39	Hydraulics	2	Mercedes
DNF	Marc Gené	Minardi	20	31	Gearbox	2	Ford
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	12	21	Withdrew	1	Mugen-Honda
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost	6	19	Alternator	1	Peugeot
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost	7	3	Engine	0	Peugeot
DNF	Alex Zanardi	Williams	16	0	Electrical	0	Supertec

Race

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Places gained

De la Rosa21→13+8
Diniz17→11+6
Zonta18→12+6
Barrichello13→8+5
Wurz15→10+5
Schumacher9→5+4
Alesi10→6+4
Irvine5→3+2
Villeneuve11→9+2
Häkkinen2→1+1
Herbert8→7+1
Frentzen4→40
Fisichella14→140
Schumacher1→2-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher29.771R22
2Irvine29.796R32
3Frentzen30.362R31
4Schumacher30.717R37
5Frentzen30.741R19
6Irvine30.742R23
7Häkkinen30.966R38
8Coulthard31.042R22
9Schumacher31.046R20
10Panis31.053R16

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

Stints of the top 10

Häkkinen1919152 stops
Schumacher2215162 stops
Irvine239212 stops
Frentzen1912222 stops
Schumacher2012212 stops
Alesi1917162 stops · +1 lap
Herbert1719162 stops · +1 lap
Barrichello2013192 stops · +1 lap
Villeneuve1717182 stops · +1 lap
Wurz1518192 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

FisichellaEngine, classified P14Benetton
TakagiGearboxArrows
BadoerEngineMinardi
CoulthardHydraulicsMcLaren
GenéGearboxMinardi
HillWithdrewJordan
PanisAlternatorProst
TrulliEngineProst
ZanardiElectricalWilliams

This race in history

12 races here since 1987Won from pole: 4 of 12

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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

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