Season 1999 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1999-07-11 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 60Lap · 308.296km
2 David Coulthard
McLaren 1:32:30.144
Team win 10pt P1 · P18
4 Eddie Irvine
Ferrari +1.829
6 Ralf Schumacher
Williams +27.411
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Ricardo Zonta L41 Mika Häkkinen L35 Jacques Villeneuve L29 Luca Badoer L6 Pedro de la Rosa L0 Michael Schumacher L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
60Lap 308.296km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P9 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Hill HIL Hill HIL Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Zanardi ZAN Zanardi ZAN Herbert HER Herbert HER Panis PAN Panis PAN Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Gené GEN Gené GEN Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Zonta · retired L41 Zonta ZON Zonta ZON Häkkinen · retired L35 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Villeneuve · retired L29 Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Badoer · retired L6 Badoer BAD Badoer BAD de la Rosa · retired L0 de la Rosa DLR de la Rosa DLR Schumacher · retired L0 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 David Coulthard McLaren 3 60 1:32:30.144 10
2 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 4 60 +1.829 6
3 6 Ralf Schumacher Williams 8 60 +27.411 4
4 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jordan 5 60 +27.789 3
5 7 Damon Hill Jordan 6 60 +38.606 2
6 12 Pedro Diniz Sauber 12 60 +53.643 1
7 9 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 17 60 +54.614
8 16 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 7 60 +1:08.590
9 19 Jarno Trulli Prost 14 60 +1:12.045
10 10 Alexander Wurz Benetton 18 60 +1:12.123
11 5 Alessandro Zanardi Williams 13 60 +1:17.124
12 17 Johnny Herbert Stewart 11 60 +1:17.709
13 18 Olivier Panis Prost 15 60 +1:20.492
14 11 Jean Alesi Sauber 10 59 +1 Lap
15 21 Marc Gené Minardi 22 58 +2 Laps
16 15 Toranosuke Takagi Arrows 19 58 +2 Laps
R 23 Ricardo Zonta BAR 16 41 Suspension
R 1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1 35 Wheel
R 22 Jacques Villeneuve BAR 9 29 Halfshaft
R 20 Luca Badoer Minardi 21 6 Gearbox
R 14 Pedro de la Rosa Arrows 20 0 Gearbox
R 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 2 0 Brakes
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Mika Häkkinen
2
3 Michael Schumacher
3
2 David Coulthard
4
4 Eddie Irvine
5
8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
6
7 Damon Hill
7
16 Rubens Barrichello
8
6 Ralf Schumacher
9
22 Jacques Villeneuve
10
11 Jean Alesi
11
17 Johnny Herbert
12
12 Pedro Diniz
13
5 Alessandro Zanardi
14
19 Jarno Trulli
15
18 Olivier Panis
16
23 Ricardo Zonta
17
9 Giancarlo Fisichella
18
10 Alexander Wurz
19
15 Toranosuke Takagi
20
14 Pedro de la Rosa
21
20 Luca Badoer
22
21 Marc Gené
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 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:28.309 L28
2 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:28.722 L33
3 4 Eddie Irvine 1:28.782 L54
4 4 Eddie Irvine 1:28.786 L55
5 2 David Coulthard 1:28.846 L47
6 2 David Coulthard 1:28.859 L55
7 2 David Coulthard 1:28.867 L48
8 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:28.873 L4
9 4 Eddie Irvine 1:28.886 L43
10 1 Mika Häkkinen 1:28.890 L12
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
18
Olivier Panis
+15
P15→P13
17
Johnny Herbert
+14
P11→P12
9
Giancarlo Fisichella
+13
P17→P7
12
Pedro Diniz
+12
P12→P6
16
Rubens Barrichello
+12
P7→P8
19
Jarno Trulli
+12
P14→P9
10
Alexander Wurz
+12
P18→P10
23
Ricardo Zonta
+10
P16→P—
Most positions lost
Mika Häkkinen −17 Johnny Herbert −16 Jean Alesi −15
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