British Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 11th July 1999 12:00am Local
Sun 11th July 1999 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1999

Round
8

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Location
Silverstone Circuit

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The 1999 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 11 July 1999 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England. It was the eighth race of the 1999 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won by McLaren driver David Coulthard after he started from third position. Eddie Irvine finished second for the Ferrari team and Williams driver Ralf Schumacher came in third.

Jacques Villeneuve and Alessandro Zanardi both stalled on the grid. The race was red flagged due to Race Director Charlie Whiting accidentally hitting the red flag button instead of the pit exit open button. While the red flags were out, Michael Schumacher crashed at Stowe corner due to brake failure, breaking his leg. This would keep him out of Formula One until the Malaysian Grand Prix, ending his championship hopes.

Following a difficult season Damon Hill performed well to finish 5th in his home race and seemed happy enough to carry on for the rest of the season. He had also briefly led the race for a lap, which was the last time he would lead a Grand Prix.

This was Toranosuke Takagi's final classified Formula One race finish. He failed to finish each of his subsequent eight races.

This was McLaren team's first British Grand Prix victory since 1989. The podiums of Coulthard and Irvine (for 1st and 2nd) also marked the last time two drivers racing under a British flag would stand together on the podium at their home event at until the 2023 British Grand Prix where Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton finished second and third.

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Result List

01	David Coulthard	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:32:30.144
02	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:01.829
03	Ralf Schumacher	Williams Racing	+0:27.411
04	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan	+0:27.789
05	Damon Hill	Jordan	+0:38.606
06	Pedro Diniz	Sauber	+0:53.643
07	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Formula	+0:54.614
08	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	+1:08.590
09	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	+1:12.045
10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Formula	+1:12.123
11	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams Racing	+1:17.124
12	Johnny Herbert	Stewart Grand Prix	+1:17.709
13	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	+1:20.492
14	Jean Alesi	Sauber	+1 Lap
15	Marc Gené	Minardi	+2 Laps
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
17	Ricardo Zonta	BAR	DNF
18	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
19	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR	DNF
20	Luca Badoer	Minardi	DNF
21	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
22	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF