France 1999: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Barrichello	Stewart	1:38.441
2	Alesi	Sauber	1:38.881	+0.440
3	Panis	Prost	1:40.400	+1.959
4	Coulthard	McLaren	1:40.403	+1.962
5	Frentzen	Jordan	1:40.690	+2.249
6	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:41.127	+2.686
7	Fisichella	Benetton	1:41.825	+3.384
8	Trulli	Prost	1:42.096	+3.655
9	Herbert	Stewart	1:42.199	+3.758
10	Zonta	BAR	1:42.228	+3.787
11	Diniz	Sauber	1:42.942	+4.501
12	Villeneuve	BAR	1:43.748	+5.307
13	Wurz	Benetton	1:44.319	+5.878
14	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:44.368	+5.927
15	Zanardi	Williams	1:44.912	+6.471
16	Schumacher	Williams	1:45.189	+6.748
17	Irvine	Ferrari	1:45.218	+6.777
NC	Hill	Jordan	1:45.334	+6.893
NC	Gené	Minardi	1:46.324	+7.883
NC	Badoer	Minardi	1:46.784	+8.343
NC	De la Rosa	Arrows	1:48.215	+9.774
NC	Takagi	Arrows	1:48.322	+9.881

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	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	5	72	1:58:24.343	1	Mugen-Honda
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	14	72	+11.092	2	Mercedes
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1	72	+43.432	2	Ford
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	16	72	+45.475	2	Supertec
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	72	+47.881	2	Ferrari
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	17	72	+48.901	2	Ferrari
7	Jarno Trulli	Prost	8	72	+57.771	2	Peugeot
8	Olivier Panis	Prost	3	72	+58.531	2	Peugeot
9	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	10	72	+1:28.764	2	Supertec
10	Luca Badoer	Minardi	21	71	+1 lap	2	Ford
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	19	71	+1 lap	2	Arrows
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	42	Spun off	1	Playlife
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	18	31	Electrical	2	Mugen-Honda
DNF	Alex Zanardi	Williams	15	26	Engine	1	Supertec
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	12	25	Spun off	2	Supertec
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	13	25	Spun off	1	Playlife
DNF	Marc Gené	Minardi	22	25	Spun off	1	Ford
DNF	Jean Alesi	Sauber	2	24	Spun off	1	Petronas
DNF	David CoulthardFastest lap	McLaren	4	9	Electrical	0	Mercedes
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	11	6	Transmission	0	Petronas
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Stewart	9	4	Gearbox	0	Ford
DSQ	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	20	71	Wrong tyres	2	Arrows

Race

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Places gained

Häkkinen14→2+12
Schumacher16→4+12
Irvine17→6+11
Badoer21→10+11
De la Rosa19→11+8
Frentzen5→1+4
Schumacher6→5+1
Trulli8→7+1
Zonta10→9+1
Barrichello1→3-2
Panis3→8-5

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

Fastest pit stops

1Badoer23.462R67
2Trulli24.315R59
3Panis24.974R57
4Irvine25.461R50
5Häkkinen25.480R65
6Schumacher25.943R52
7Barrichello25.993R65
8Panis27.102R21
9Trulli27.465R22
10Schumacher27.946R22

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

Stints of the top 10

Frentzen22501 stop
Häkkinen224372 stops
Barrichello224372 stops
Schumacher2230202 stops
Schumacher2232182 stops
Irvine2129222 stops
Trulli2237132 stops
Panis2136152 stops
Zonta2239112 stops
Badoer224542 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

FisichellaSpun offBenetton
HillElectricalJordan
ZanardiEngineWilliams
VilleneuveSpun offBAR
WurzSpun offBenetton
GenéSpun offMinardi
AlesiSpun offSauber
CoulthardElectricalMcLaren
DinizTransmissionSauber
HerbertGearboxStewart
TakagiWrong tyresArrows

This race in history

8 races here since 1991Won from pole: 2 of 8

Win from furthest back (P4): Nigel Mansell 1991

Most wins here

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

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