1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 2 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season | |||
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
(last modified in 1997) |
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| Date | April 11, 1999 | ||
| Official name | XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil | ||
| Location | Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.292 km (2.667 mi) | ||
| Distance | 72 laps, 309.024 km (192.019 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, hot, dry 25 °C (77 °F) | ||
| Attendance | 80,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1.16.568 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mika Häkkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:18.448 on lap 70 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | ||
The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXVIII Grande Prêmio Malboro do Brasil) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 April 1999 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the second race of the 1999 Formula One season. The 71-lap race was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen after starting from pole position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari with Heinz-Harald Frentzen third for the Jordan team.
Ricardo Zonta did not qualify for the race, after he had injured his left foot in a big crash during Saturday's practice.
The race marked the debut for Stéphane Sarrazin, who drove the Minardi for an injured Luca Badoer. Badoer had injured his hand in a testing accident, and Sarrazin - then the test driver for Prost - was drafted in to Minardi.
As Luca Badoer returned for the following race, and he was still the test driver for Prost, it was Stéphane Sarrazin's only entry in Formula One.
At the start of the race, pole sitter Mika Häkkinen raced off with the lead, while his McLaren teammate David Coulthard stalled on the grid. McLaren at this point had been reeling from a double-DNF at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and Coulthard's failure raised eyebrows at the team. Coulthard's car was pushed into the pit lane, where it was restarted as the leaders began lap 4.
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