Season 1999 · Round 16

Japanese Grand Prix

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1999-10-31 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 53Lap · 310.596km
1 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren 1:31:18.785
Team win 10pt P1 · P17
3 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari +5.015
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
4 Eddie Irvine
Ferrari +1:35.688
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
8
Toranosuke Takagi L43 Luca Badoer L43 David Coulthard L39 Marc Gené L31 Damon Hill L21 Olivier Panis L19 Jarno Trulli L3 Alessandro Zanardi L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
53Lap 310.596km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Mika Häkkinen 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Damon Hill 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P2 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P7 David Coulthard 14 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -3
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Herbert HER Herbert HER Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Zonta ZON Zonta ZON de la Rosa DLR de la Rosa DLR Fisichella · stopped L47 · classified P14 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Takagi · retired L43 Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Badoer · retired L43 Badoer BAD Badoer BAD Coulthard · retired L39 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Gené · retired L31 Gené GEN Gené GEN Hill · retired L21 Hill HIL Hill HIL Panis · retired L19 Panis PAN Panis PAN Trulli · retired L3 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Zanardi · retired L0 Zanardi ZAN Zanardi ZAN
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 2 53 1:31:18.785 10
2 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 53 +5.015 6
3 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 5 53 +1:35.688 4
4 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan 4 53 +1:38.635 3
5 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams 9 53 +1:39.494 2
6 11 Jean Alesi Sauber 10 52 +1 Lap 1
7 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart 8 52 +1 Lap
8 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 13 52 +1 Lap
9 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR 11 52 +1 Lap
10 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton 15 52 +1 Lap
11 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber 17 52 +1 Lap
12 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR 18 52 +1 Lap
13 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 21 51 +2 Laps
14 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 14 47 Engine
R 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 19 43 Gearbox
R 20 Luca Badoer Minardi 22 43 Engine
R 2 David Coulthard McLaren 3 39 Hydraulics
R 21 Marc Gené Minardi 20 31 Gearbox
R 7 Damon Hill Jordan 12 21 Physical
R 18 Olivier Panis Prost 6 19 Alternator
R 19 Jarno Trulli Prost 7 3 Engine
R 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams 8 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
3 Michael Schumacher
2
1 Mika Häkkinen
3
2 David Coulthard
4
8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
5
4 Eddie Irvine
6
18 Olivier Panis
7
19 Jarno Trulli
8
17 Johnny Herbert
8
5 Alessandro Zanardi
9
6 Ralf Schumacher
10
11 Jean Alesi
11
22 Jacques Villeneuve
12
7 Damon Hill
13
16 Rubens Barrichello
14
9 Giancarlo Fisichella
15
10 Alexander Wurz
17
12 Pedro Diniz
18
23 Ricardo Zonta
19
15 Toranosuke Takagi
20
21 Marc Gené
21
14 Pedro de la Rosa
22
20 Luca Badoer
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 3 Michael Schumacher 1:41.319 L31
2 3 Michael Schumacher 1:41.426 L32
3 3 Michael Schumacher 1:41.569 L29
4 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:41.577 L31
5 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:41.590 L43
6 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:41.592 L32
7 3 Michael Schumacher 1:41.608 L25
8 3 Michael Schumacher 1:41.619 L30
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:41.625 L33
10 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:41.625 L7
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
14
Pedro de la Rosa
+11
P21→P13
15
Toranosuke Takagi
+11
P19→P—
20
Luca Badoer
+11
P22→P—
17
Johnny Herbert
+10
P8→P7
9
Giancarlo Fisichella
+10
P14→P14
16
Rubens Barrichello
+8
P13→P8
12
Pedro Diniz
+8
P17→P11
8
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
+6
P4→P4
Most positions lost
Olivier Panis −13 David Coulthard −8 Johnny Herbert −7
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15