Race · Round 15 of 16 · 17 October 1999

1999 Malaysian Grand Prix

Eddie Irvine won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Sepang International Circuit. 10 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 28 °C, 3.2 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Sepang International CircuitSepang, Malaysia
Winner: Eddie IrvineFerrari
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F399	2	56	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F399	1	56	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/14	4	56	Finished	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	5	56	Finished	3
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	6	56	Finished	2
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	199	14	56	Finished	1
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C18	15	56	Finished	0
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B199	7	56	Finished	0
9	Marc Gené	Minardi	M01	19	55	Finished	0
10	Alex Zanardi	Williams	FW21	16	55	Finished	0
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B199	11	52	Finished	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	1	10	48	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	C18	17	44	Spun off	0
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	A20	20	30	Engine	0
DNF	Luca Badoer	Minardi	M01	21	15	Spun off	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/14	3	14	Fuel pressure	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW21	8	7	Spun off	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	A20	22	7	Transmission	0
DNF	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	1	13	6	Engine	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	12	5	Engine	0
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	199	9	0	Collision	0
DNS	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	18	—	Engine	0

F1DB layout sepang-1 · 5.543 km · 15 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	2	1	56
Michael Schumacher	1	2	56
Mika Hakkinen	4	3	56
Johnny Herbert	5	4	56
Rubens Barrichello	6	5	56
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	14	6	56
Jean Alesi	15	7	56
Alexander Wurz	7	8	56
Marc Gené	19	9	55
Alex Zanardi	16	10	55
Giancarlo Fisichella	11	11	52
Jacques Villeneuve	10	DNF	48
Pedro Diniz	17	DNF	44
Pedro de la Rosa	20	DNF	30
Luca Badoer	21	DNF	15
David Coulthard	3	DNF	14
Ralf Schumacher	8	DNF	7
Toranosuke Takagi	22	DNF	7
Ricardo Zonta	13	DNF	6
Olivier Panis	12	DNF	5
Damon Hill	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:39.688	—	0 m	—
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:40.635	+0.947	53 m	+0.947
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:40.806	+1.118	62 m	+0.171
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:40.866	+1.178	66 m	+0.060
5	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:40.937	+1.249	69 m	+0.071
6	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:41.351	+1.663	92 m	+0.414
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:41.444	+1.756	98 m	+0.093
8	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:41.558	+1.870	104 m	+0.114
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:42.050	+2.362	131 m	+0.492
10	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:42.087	+2.399	133 m	+0.037
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:42.110	+2.422	135 m	+0.023
12	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:42.208	+2.520	140 m	+0.098
13	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:42.310	+2.622	146 m	+0.102
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:42.380	+2.692	150 m	+0.070
15	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:42.522	+2.834	158 m	+0.142
16	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:42.885	+3.197	178 m	+0.363
17	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:42.933	+3.245	180 m	+0.048
18	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:42.948	+3.260	181 m	+0.015
19	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:43.563	+3.875	215 m	+0.615
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:43.579	+3.891	216 m	+0.016
21	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:44.321	+4.633	258 m	+0.742
22	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:44.637	+4.949	275 m	+0.316

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	56	2	25, 41	28.9, 28.2
Michael Schumacher	2	56	1	28	32.5
Mika Hakkinen	3	56	2	27, 47	29.1, 28.4
Johnny Herbert	4	56	1	28	35.1
Rubens Barrichello	5	56	2	19, 39	30.3, 30.0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	56	1	30	30.6
Jean Alesi	7	56	2	21, 41	30.4, 29.3
Alexander Wurz	8	56	2	20, 38	30.5, 28.8
Marc Gené	9	55	1	27	32.6
Alex Zanardi	10	55	3	3, 28, 48	29.1, 32.5, 27.4
Giancarlo Fisichella	11	52	3	1, 20, 37	410.6, 29.8, 29.2
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	48	2	22, 38	30.5, 30.8
Pedro Diniz	DNF	44	2	22, 39	29.7, 29.0
Pedro de la Rosa	DNF	30	1	24	32.4
Luca Badoer	DNF	15	1	12	35.4
David Coulthard	DNF	14	0	None recorded	—
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	7	0	None recorded	—
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	7	0	None recorded	—
Ricardo Zonta	DNF	6	0	None recorded	—
Olivier Panis	DNF	5	0	None recorded	—
Damon Hill	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
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	1 · 2	2 · 1	28 · 25	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	1 · 4	2 · 3	28 · 27	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Johnny Herbert	4 · 5	3 · 4	27 · 28	Mika Hakkinen	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Rubens Barrichello	5 · 6	4 · 5	28 · 19	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6 · 14	5 · 6	19 · 30	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Alexander Wurz	6 · 7	5 · 8	19 · 20	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jean Alesi	14 · 15	6 · 7	30 · 21	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Jean Alesi	7 · 15	8 · 7	20 · 21	Alexander Wurz	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Alex Zanardi	15 · 16	7 · 10	21 · 3	Alex Zanardi	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Marc Gené	7 · 19	8 · 9	20 · 27	Alexander Wurz	Kept their order
Alex Zanardi · Marc Gené	16 · 19	10 · 9	3 · 27	Alex Zanardi	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Alex Zanardi	11 · 16	11 · 10	1 · 3	Giancarlo Fisichella	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	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:42.407	—	0 m	—	28
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:42.519	+0.112	6 m	+0.112	38
3	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:42.701	+0.294	16 m	+0.182	35
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:42.725	+0.318	17 m	+0.024	40
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:42.875	+0.468	25 m	+0.150	37
6	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:43.006	+0.599	32 m	+0.131	35
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:43.042	+0.635	34 m	+0.036	40
8	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:43.153	+0.746	40 m	+0.111	34
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:43.311	+0.904	49 m	+0.158	42
10	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:43.349	+0.942	51 m	+0.038	37
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:43.403	+0.996	54 m	+0.054	27
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:43.417	+1.010	55 m	+0.014	38
13	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:43.500	+1.093	59 m	+0.083	22
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:43.677	+1.270	69 m	+0.177	44
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:43.793	+1.386	75 m	+0.116	34
16	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:44.818	+2.411	131 m	+1.025	17
17	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:44.968	+2.561	139 m	+0.150	15
18	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:45.164	+2.757	149 m	+0.196	26
19	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:45.397	+2.990	162 m	+0.233	28
20	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:45.833	+3.426	185 m	+0.436	40
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:46.690	+4.283	232 m	+0.857	37
22	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:49.451	+7.044	381 m	+2.761	22

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:40.424	—	0 m	—	28
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:40.506	+0.082	5 m	+0.082	24
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:41.107	+0.683	38 m	+0.601	24
4	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:41.111	+0.687	38 m	+0.004	32
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:41.269	+0.845	47 m	+0.158	31
6	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:41.560	+1.136	63 m	+0.291	29
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:41.608	+1.184	65 m	+0.048	29
8	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:42.042	+1.618	89 m	+0.434	25
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:42.153	+1.729	95 m	+0.111	26
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:42.282	+1.858	103 m	+0.129	26
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:42.292	+1.868	103 m	+0.010	25
12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:42.473	+2.049	113 m	+0.181	15
13	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:42.578	+2.154	119 m	+0.105	24
14	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:42.755	+2.331	129 m	+0.177	27
15	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:42.861	+2.437	135 m	+0.106	30
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:42.946	+2.522	139 m	+0.085	24
17	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:43.108	+2.684	148 m	+0.162	26
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:43.729	+3.305	182 m	+0.621	30
19	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:43.981	+3.557	196 m	+0.252	24
20	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:44.032	+3.608	199 m	+0.051	12
21	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:44.937	+4.513	249 m	+0.905	15
22	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:44.978	+4.554	251 m	+0.041	22

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	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:41.679	—	0 m	—	13
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:41.765	+0.086	5 m	+0.086	13
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:41.818	+0.139	8 m	+0.053	11
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:42.243	+0.564	31 m	+0.425	14
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:42.563	+0.884	48 m	+0.320	13
6	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:42.681	+1.002	55 m	+0.118	13
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:42.745	+1.066	58 m	+0.064	11
8	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:42.846	+1.167	64 m	+0.101	14
9	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:43.540	+1.861	101 m	+0.694	14
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:43.686	+2.007	109 m	+0.146	10
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:43.725	+2.046	112 m	+0.039	13
12	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:43.835	+2.156	118 m	+0.110	9
13	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:43.894	+2.215	121 m	+0.059	11
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:43.950	+2.271	124 m	+0.056	11
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:44.032	+2.353	128 m	+0.082	10
16	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:44.079	+2.400	131 m	+0.047	11
17	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:44.347	+2.668	145 m	+0.268	15
18	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:44.663	+2.984	163 m	+0.316	12
19	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:44.677	+2.998	163 m	+0.014	11
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:44.941	+3.262	178 m	+0.264	12
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:45.288	+3.609	197 m	+0.347	12
22	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:45.341	+3.662	200 m	+0.053	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

McLaren MP4/14
Mika Hakkinen 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

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

Sauber C18
Jean Alesi 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

BAR 01
Jacques Villeneuve 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

Where this comes from

Round: 15 of 1999
Grand Prix: Malaysian Grand Prix
Dates: 17 Oct 1999
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.