Race · Round 10 of 16 · 1 August 1999

1999 German Grand Prix

Eddie Irvine won for Ferrari from 5th on the grid at Hockenheimring. 11 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Mika Salo.

Dry, with cloud · High of 28 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Eddie IrvineFerrari
Pole: Mika Hakkinen
Fastest lap: David Coulthard
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F399	5	45	Finished	10
2	Mika Salo	Ferrari	F399	4	45	Finished	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	199	2	45	Finished	4
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW21	11	45	Finished	3
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/14	3	45	Finished	2	fastest lap
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	7	45	Finished	1
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B199	13	45	Finished	0
8	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C18	21	45	Finished	0
9	Marc Gené	Minardi	M01	15	45	Finished	0
10	Luca Badoer	Minardi	M01	19	44	Finished	0
11	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	17	40	Gearbox	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	A20	20	37	Accident	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/14	1	25	Tyre	0
DNF	Alex Zanardi	Williams	FW21	14	21	Differential	0
DNF	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	1	18	20	Engine	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	A20	22	15	Engine	0
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	199	8	13	Brakes	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	9	10	Engine	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B199	10	7	Suspension	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	6	6	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	1	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	C18	16	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout hockenheimring-3 · 6.815 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Eddie Irvine	5	1	45
Mika Salo	4	2	45
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	3	45
Ralf Schumacher	11	4	45
David Coulthard	3	5	45
Olivier Panis	7	6	45
Alexander Wurz	13	7	45
Jean Alesi	21	8	45
Marc Gené	15	9	45
Luca Badoer	19	10	44
Johnny Herbert	17	11	40
Pedro de la Rosa	20	DNF	37
Mika Hakkinen	1	DNF	25
Alex Zanardi	14	DNF	21
Ricardo Zonta	18	DNF	20
Toranosuke Takagi	22	DNF	15
Damon Hill	8	DNF	13
Jarno Trulli	9	DNF	10
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	DNF	7
Rubens Barrichello	6	DNF	6
Jacques Villeneuve	12	DNF	0
Pedro Diniz	16	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:42.950	—	0 m	—
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:43.000	+0.050	3 m	+0.050
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:43.288	+0.338	22 m	+0.288
4	Mika Salo	Ferrari	3	1:43.577	+0.627	42 m	+0.289
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:43.769	+0.819	54 m	+0.192
6	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:43.938	+0.988	65 m	+0.169
7	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:43.979	+1.029	68 m	+0.041
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:44.001	+1.051	70 m	+0.022
9	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:44.209	+1.259	83 m	+0.208
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:44.338	+1.388	92 m	+0.129
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:44.468	+1.518	101 m	+0.130
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:44.508	+1.558	103 m	+0.040
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:44.522	+1.572	104 m	+0.014
14	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:45.034	+2.084	138 m	+0.512
15	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:45.331	+2.381	158 m	+0.297
16	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:45.335	+2.385	158 m	+0.004
17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:45.454	+2.504	166 m	+0.119
18	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:45.460	+2.510	166 m	+0.006
19	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:45.917	+2.967	197 m	+0.457
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:45.935	+2.985	198 m	+0.018
21	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:45.962	+3.012	200 m	+0.027
22	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:46.209	+3.259	216 m	+0.247

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Eddie Irvine	1	45	1	22	27.4
Mika Salo	2	45	1	23	28.0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	45	1	21	28.9
Ralf Schumacher	4	45	1	24	27.7
David Coulthard	5	45	3	10, 26, 39	32.4, 28.0, 25.2
Olivier Panis	6	45	2	18, 30	26.1, 26.6
Alexander Wurz	7	45	1	23	27.1
Jean Alesi	8	45	3	1, 16, 28	29.3, 25.8, 26.6
Marc Gené	9	45	1	20	30.3
Luca Badoer	10	44	1	22	29.5
Johnny Herbert	11	40	1	23	29.6
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	37	1	21	31.4
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	25	1	24	42.4
Alex Zanardi	DNF	21	0	None recorded	—
Ricardo Zonta	DNF	20	1	15	41.0
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	15	0	None recorded	—
Damon Hill	DNF	13	0	None recorded	—
Jarno Trulli	DNF	10	0	None recorded	—
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	7	1	3	36.6
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	6	0	None recorded	—
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Pedro Diniz	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Mika Salo · Eddie Irvine	4 · 5	2 · 1	23 · 22	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Mika Salo	2 · 4	3 · 2	21 · 23	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Mika Salo	3 · 4	5 · 2	10 · 23	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · David Coulthard	2 · 3	3 · 5	21 · 10	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Ralf Schumacher	2 · 11	3 · 4	21 · 24	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Ralf Schumacher	3 · 11	5 · 4	10 · 24	David Coulthard	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Olivier Panis	3 · 7	5 · 6	10 · 18	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Alexander Wurz	7 · 13	6 · 7	18 · 23	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Jean Alesi	13 · 21	7 · 8	23 · 1	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Marc Gené · Jean Alesi	15 · 21	9 · 8	20 · 1	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Marc Gené · Luca Badoer	15 · 19	9 · 10	20 · 22	Marc Gené	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Luca Badoer	17 · 19	11 · 10	23 · 22	Luca Badoer	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:45.677	—	0 m	—	33
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:46.225	+0.548	35 m	+0.548	22
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:46.243	+0.566	37 m	+0.018	32
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:46.411	+0.734	47 m	+0.168	28
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:46.418	+0.741	48 m	+0.007	31
6	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:46.516	+0.839	54 m	+0.098	31
7	Mika Salo	Ferrari	3	1:46.542	+0.865	56 m	+0.026	32
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:46.851	+1.174	76 m	+0.309	33
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:46.859	+1.182	76 m	+0.008	35
10	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:46.866	+1.189	77 m	+0.007	28
11	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:46.913	+1.236	80 m	+0.047	34
12	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:47.043	+1.366	88 m	+0.130	32
13	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:47.334	+1.657	107 m	+0.291	23
14	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:47.513	+1.836	119 m	+0.179	16
15	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:47.513	+1.836	119 m	+0.000	21
16	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:47.551	+1.874	121 m	+0.038	9
17	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:47.802	+2.125	137 m	+0.251	24
18	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:47.985	+2.308	149 m	+0.183	20
19	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:48.953	+3.276	212 m	+0.968	23
20	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:48.978	+3.301	213 m	+0.025	20
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:49.059	+3.382	218 m	+0.081	26
22	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:49.207	+3.530	228 m	+0.148	27

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:43.918	—	0 m	—	28
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:44.001	+0.083	5 m	+0.083	24
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:44.119	+0.201	13 m	+0.118	23
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:44.142	+0.224	15 m	+0.023	24
5	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:44.442	+0.524	34 m	+0.300	30
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:44.526	+0.608	40 m	+0.084	24
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:44.695	+0.777	51 m	+0.169	26
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:44.726	+0.808	53 m	+0.031	27
9	Mika Salo	Ferrari	3	1:44.839	+0.921	60 m	+0.113	25
10	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:44.860	+0.942	62 m	+0.021	27
11	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:44.960	+1.042	68 m	+0.100	21
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:45.428	+1.510	99 m	+0.468	29
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:45.651	+1.733	114 m	+0.223	29
14	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:45.651	+1.733	114 m	+0.000	19
15	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:45.709	+1.791	118 m	+0.058	29
16	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:45.838	+1.920	126 m	+0.129	33
17	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:45.894	+1.976	130 m	+0.056	17
18	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:46.156	+2.238	147 m	+0.262	22
19	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:46.224	+2.306	151 m	+0.068	21
20	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:46.543	+2.625	172 m	+0.319	14
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:46.732	+2.814	185 m	+0.189	18
22	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	11:15.684	+9:31.766	37,541 m	+9:28.952	5

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:45.557	—	0 m	—	12
2	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:45.788	+0.231	15 m	+0.231	12
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:45.941	+0.384	25 m	+0.153	9
4	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:46.384	+0.827	53 m	+0.443	13
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:46.727	+1.170	76 m	+0.343	11
6	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:46.804	+1.247	81 m	+0.077	14
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:46.896	+1.339	87 m	+0.092	13
8	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:46.959	+1.402	91 m	+0.063	11
9	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:47.004	+1.447	94 m	+0.045	12
10	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:47.189	+1.632	105 m	+0.185	13
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:47.259	+1.702	110 m	+0.070	10
12	Mika Salo	Ferrari	3	1:47.347	+1.790	116 m	+0.088	12
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:47.374	+1.817	117 m	+0.027	14
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:47.387	+1.830	118 m	+0.013	13
15	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:47.397	+1.840	119 m	+0.010	10
16	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:47.580	+2.023	131 m	+0.183	13
17	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:47.793	+2.236	145 m	+0.213	12
18	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:47.979	+2.422	157 m	+0.186	13
19	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:48.327	+2.770	179 m	+0.348	11
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:48.534	+2.977	192 m	+0.207	9
21	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:48.749	+3.192	206 m	+0.215	11
22	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:48.800	+3.243	210 m	+0.051	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ferrari F399
Eddie Irvine 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Jordan 199
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

McLaren MP4/14
Mika Hakkinen 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Prost AP02
Jarno Trulli 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Benetton B199
Giancarlo Fisichella 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

5 more photographs

Sauber C18
Jean Alesi 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Stewart SF3
Rubens Barrichello 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

BAR 01
Jacques Villeneuve 1999 Canada · Paul Lannuier from Sussex, NJ, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1999
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 1 Aug 1999
Layout raced: Forest circuit, third chicane · 6.823 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.