Pit Lane F1
1999 Season - Round 1 - 1999-03-07
Eddie Irvine won the 1999 Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Jordan) second and Ralf Schumacher (Williams) third. The win came from P6 on the grid.
Pedro de la Rosa (Arrows) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P18 on the grid to P6 at the flag — a 12-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 14 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1999 Australian Grand Prix, completing round 1 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 6 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 5 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 8 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 7 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 4 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 18 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Toranosuke Takagi | Arrows | 17 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 19 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 10 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 21 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 10 | Suspension | 0 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 14 | Transmission | 0 |
| 13 | Marc Gené | Minardi | 22 | Collision | 0 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 12 | Collision | 0 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 20 | Wheel | 0 |
| 16 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | Throttle | 0 |
| 17 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 15 | Spun off | 0 |
| 18 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | Hydraulics | 0 |
| 19 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 11 | Rear wing | 0 |
| 20 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 9 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 16 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 22 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 13 | Fire | 0 |
