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Australian Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 7th March 1999 Local
Sun 7th March 1999 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1999

Round
1

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Location
Albert Park Circuit

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The 1999 Australian Grand Prix (formally the LXIV Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 7 March 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia. The race, contested over 57 laps, was the first round of the 1999 Formula One season – the 50th World Championship season in the history of Formula One.

Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard dominated in practice and the opening stage of the race but retired with technical problems; the new McLaren MP4/14 proved to be very fast but not yet reliable, a trait shared by a number of Adrian Newey designed cars. Michael Schumacher also had problems during this eventful race, which gave his Ferrari teammate Eddie Irvine the opportunity to take his first Grand Prix victory. He made no mistakes and beat Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher to the finish by a few seconds. It was Frentzen's first race at Jordan-Mugen-Honda.

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Result List

01	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:35:01.659
02	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	+0:01.027
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams Racing	+0:07.012
04	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Formula	+0:33.418
05	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	+0:54.698
06	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1:24.317
07	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1:26.288
08	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
09	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	DNF
10	Luca Badoer	Minardi	DNF
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Formula	DNF
12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	DNF
13	Marc Gené	Minardi	DNF
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	DNF
15	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	DNF
16	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
17	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams Racing	DNF
18	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
19	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	DNF
20	Damon Hill	Jordan	DNF
21	Jean Alesi	Sauber	DNF
22	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	DNF

Result Description

1. E. Irvine - Ferrari
2. H-H. Frentzen - Jordan
3. R. Schumacher - Williams
4. G. Fisichella - Benetton
5. R. Barrichello - Stewart
6. P. de la Rosa - Arrows
7. T. Takagi - Arrows
8. M. Schumacher - Ferrari
9. R. Zonta - BAR
10. L. Badoer - Minardi
11. A. Wurz - Benetton
12. P. Diniz - Sauber
13. M. Gene - Minardi
14. J. Trulli - Prost
15. O. Panis - Prost
16. M. Häkkinen - McLaren
17. A. Zanardi - Williams
18. D. Coulthard - McLaren
19. J. Villeneuve - BAR
20. D. Hill - Jordan
21. J. Alesi - Sauber
22. J. Herbert - Stewart

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