Race · Round 7 of 16 · 27 June 1999

1999 French Grand Prix

Heinz-Harald Frentzen won for Jordan from 5th on the grid at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 22 °C, 7.7 mm of 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: Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner: Heinz-Harald FrentzenJordan
Pole: Rubens Barrichello
Fastest lap: David Coulthard
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	199	5	72	Finished	10
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/14	14	72	Finished	6
3	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	1	72	Finished	4
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	FW21	16	72	Finished	3
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F399	6	72	Finished	2
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F399	17	72	Finished	1
7	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	8	72	Finished	0
8	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP02	3	72	Finished	0
9	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	1	10	72	Finished	0
10	Luca Badoer	Minardi	M01	21	71	Finished	0
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	A20	19	71	Finished	0
DSQ	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	A20	20	71	Wrong tyres	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B199	7	42	Spun off	0
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	199	18	31	Electrical	0
DNF	Alex Zanardi	Williams	FW21	15	26	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	1	12	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B199	13	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Marc Gené	Minardi	M01	22	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C18	2	24	Spun off	0
DNF	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/14	4	9	Electrical	0	fastest lap
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	C18	11	6	Transmission	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	SF3	9	4	Gearbox	0

F1DB layout magny-cours-2 · 4.25 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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	1	72
Mika Hakkinen	14	2	72
Rubens Barrichello	1	3	72
Ralf Schumacher	16	4	72
Michael Schumacher	6	5	72
Eddie Irvine	17	6	72
Jarno Trulli	8	7	72
Olivier Panis	3	8	72
Ricardo Zonta	10	9	72
Luca Badoer	21	10	71
Pedro de la Rosa	19	11	71
Toranosuke Takagi	20	DSQ	71
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	DNF	42
Damon Hill	18	DNF	31
Alex Zanardi	15	DNF	26
Jacques Villeneuve	12	DNF	25
Alexander Wurz	13	DNF	25
Marc Gené	22	DNF	25
Jean Alesi	2	DNF	24
David Coulthard	4	DNF	9
Pedro Diniz	11	DNF	6
Johnny Herbert	9	DNF	4

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:38.441	—	0 m	—
2	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:38.881	+0.440	19 m	+0.440
3	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:40.400	+1.959	85 m	+1.519
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:40.403	+1.962	85 m	+0.003
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:40.690	+2.249	97 m	+0.287
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:41.127	+2.686	116 m	+0.437
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:41.825	+3.384	146 m	+0.698
8	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:42.096	+3.655	158 m	+0.271
9	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:42.199	+3.758	162 m	+0.103
10	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:42.228	+3.787	163 m	+0.029
11	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:42.942	+4.501	194 m	+0.714
12	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:43.748	+5.307	229 m	+0.806
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:44.319	+5.878	254 m	+0.571
14	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:44.368	+5.927	256 m	+0.049
15	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:44.912	+6.471	279 m	+0.544
16	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:45.189	+6.748	291 m	+0.277
17	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:45.218	+6.777	293 m	+0.029
NC	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:45.334	+6.893	298 m	+0.116
NC	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:48.215	+9.774	422 m	+1.431
NC	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:46.784	+8.343	360 m	+0.460
NC	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:46.324	+7.883	340 m	+0.990
NC	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:48.322	+9.881	427 m	+0.107

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)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	72	1	22	32.8
Mika Hakkinen	2	72	2	22, 65	28.8, 25.5
Rubens Barrichello	3	72	2	22, 65	31.1, 26.0
Ralf Schumacher	4	72	2	22, 52	32.6, 25.9
Michael Schumacher	5	72	2	22, 54	27.9, 31.6
Eddie Irvine	6	72	2	21, 50	63.8, 25.5
Jarno Trulli	7	72	2	22, 59	27.5, 24.3
Olivier Panis	8	72	2	21, 57	27.1, 25.0
Ricardo Zonta	9	72	2	22, 61	32.9, 30.4
Luca Badoer	10	71	2	22, 67	30.8, 23.5
Pedro de la Rosa	11	71	2	21, 60	32.2, 32.8
Toranosuke Takagi	DSQ	71	2	21, 28	60.8, 36.0
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	42	1	21	33.8
Damon Hill	DNF	31	2	21, 22	46.9, 49.7
Alex Zanardi	DNF	26	1	22	34.1
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	25	2	21, 25	32.0, 28.3
Alexander Wurz	DNF	25	1	21	55.8
Marc Gené	DNF	25	1	21	31.3
Jean Alesi	DNF	24	1	22	30.3
David Coulthard	DNF	9	0	None recorded	—
Pedro Diniz	DNF	6	0	None recorded	—
Johnny Herbert	DNF	4	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
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Mika Hakkinen	5 · 14	1 · 2	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Michael Schumacher	5 · 6	1 · 5	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Mika Hakkinen	1 · 14	3 · 2	22 · 22	Same lap	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Ralf Schumacher	1 · 16	3 · 4	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Ralf Schumacher	6 · 16	5 · 4	22 · 22	Same lap	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	16 · 17	4 · 6	22 · 21	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	6 · 17	5 · 6	22 · 21	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Eddie Irvine	8 · 17	7 · 6	22 · 21	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Jarno Trulli	3 · 8	8 · 7	21 · 22	Olivier Panis	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Ricardo Zonta	3 · 10	8 · 9	21 · 22	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Ricardo Zonta · Luca Badoer	10 · 21	9 · 10	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Pedro de la Rosa · Luca Badoer	19 · 21	11 · 10	21 · 22	Pedro de la Rosa	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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:17.912	—	0 m	—	9
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:18.199	+0.287	16 m	+0.287	10
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:18.251	+0.339	18 m	+0.052	18
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:18.468	+0.556	30 m	+0.217	21
5	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:18.746	+0.834	45 m	+0.278	35
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:18.779	+0.867	47 m	+0.033	31
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:18.908	+0.996	54 m	+0.129	13
8	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:18.950	+1.038	57 m	+0.042	20
9	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:19.069	+1.157	63 m	+0.119	15
10	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:19.266	+1.354	74 m	+0.197	24
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:19.491	+1.579	86 m	+0.225	22
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:19.591	+1.679	92 m	+0.100	26
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:19.651	+1.739	95 m	+0.060	34
14	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:20.002	+2.090	114 m	+0.351	40
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:20.121	+2.209	120 m	+0.119	39
16	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:20.285	+2.373	129 m	+0.164	34
17	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:20.528	+2.616	143 m	+0.243	24
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:20.655	+2.743	150 m	+0.127	38
19	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:20.681	+2.769	151 m	+0.026	22
20	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:21.418	+3.506	191 m	+0.737	26
21	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:21.506	+3.594	196 m	+0.088	33
22	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:21.928	+4.016	219 m	+0.422	44

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	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:17.232	—	0 m	—	18
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	1:17.283	+0.051	3 m	+0.051	21
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:17.386	+0.154	8 m	+0.103	21
4	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:17.496	+0.264	15 m	+0.110	14
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:17.520	+0.288	16 m	+0.024	19
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:17.698	+0.466	26 m	+0.178	20
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:18.030	+0.798	44 m	+0.332	23
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:18.170	+0.938	52 m	+0.140	20
9	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:18.255	+1.023	56 m	+0.085	27
10	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:18.484	+1.252	69 m	+0.229	22
11	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:18.516	+1.284	71 m	+0.032	13
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:18.595	+1.363	75 m	+0.079	15
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:18.671	+1.439	79 m	+0.076	20
14	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:18.777	+1.545	85 m	+0.106	20
15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:18.887	+1.655	91 m	+0.110	19
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:19.075	+1.843	101 m	+0.188	24
17	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:19.171	+1.939	107 m	+0.096	27
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:19.214	+1.982	109 m	+0.043	19
19	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:19.375	+2.143	118 m	+0.161	16
20	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:19.403	+2.171	119 m	+0.028	22
21	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:20.388	+3.156	174 m	+0.985	20
22	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:20.681	+3.449	190 m	+0.293	29

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	1:32.091	—	0 m	—	13
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:32.111	+0.020	1 m	+0.020	15
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:32.449	+0.358	17 m	+0.338	12
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	8	1:32.621	+0.530	24 m	+0.172	16
5	Ralf Schumacher	Williams	6	1:33.465	+1.374	63 m	+0.844	12
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	1	1:33.613	+1.522	70 m	+0.148	11
7	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	18	1:34.003	+1.912	88 m	+0.390	13
8	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	1:34.022	+1.931	89 m	+0.019	12
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	16	1:34.355	+2.264	104 m	+0.333	13
10	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	19	1:34.478	+2.387	110 m	+0.123	14
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	1:34.892	+2.801	129 m	+0.414	12
12	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	17	1:34.924	+2.833	131 m	+0.032	11
13	Jacques Villeneuve	British American Racing	22	1:34.951	+2.860	132 m	+0.027	12
14	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	10	1:35.099	+3.008	139 m	+0.148	13
15	Damon Hill	Jordan	7	1:35.484	+3.393	157 m	+0.385	12
16	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	12	1:35.611	+3.520	162 m	+0.127	13
17	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	15	1:36.830	+4.739	219 m	+1.219	11
18	Alex Zanardi	Williams	5	1:37.288	+5.197	240 m	+0.458	14
19	Ricardo Zonta	British American Racing	23	1:37.415	+5.324	246 m	+0.127	12
20	Luca Badoer	Minardi	20	1:38.415	+6.324	292 m	+1.000	13
21	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	14	1:38.636	+6.545	302 m	+0.221	10
22	Marc Gené	Minardi	21	1:38.824	+6.733	311 m	+0.188	12

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.

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

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

Ferrari F399
Eddie Irvine 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

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

Benetton B199
Giancarlo Fisichella 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

Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 1999
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Jun 1999
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Jordan
Entrant: Jordan-Mugen-Honda
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.