1999 Brazilian Grand Prix

1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 11 April 1999
Official name XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil
Location Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Interlagos, São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.309 km (2.667 miles)
Distance 72 laps, 310.248 km (192.024 miles)
Weather Sunny, hot, dry 25 °C (77 °F)[1]
Attendance 80,000
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:16.568
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:18.448 on lap 70
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second Ferrari
Third Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the XXVIII Grande Prêmio Marlboro 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.[2]

  1. ^ Weather info for the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix at Weather Underground
  2. ^ [1] Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - article written by Ian Gordon. Published by Sporting Life. "Round Two - Brazil | Sporting Life - F1 News | Live lap-by-lap, British GP, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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