1999 Hungarian Grand Prix

1999 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 11 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Hungaroring (modified this year)
Race details
Date	15 August 1999
Official name	XV Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[1]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.973 km (2.469 miles)
Distance	77 laps, 305.921 km (190.090 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy, hot, dry, Air: 25 °C (77 °F), Track 37 °C (99 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:18.156
Fastest lap
Driver	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:20.699 on lap 69
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1999 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XV Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 August 1999 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the eleventh race of the 1999 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 77-lap race was won from pole position by Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard finished second, while Drivers' Championship rival Eddie Irvine finished third in his Ferrari. The top six was completed by Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Jordan, Rubens Barrichello in the Stewart, and Damon Hill in the other Jordan.

The win, Häkkinen's fourth of the season, moved him to within two points of Irvine in the Drivers' Championship, while McLaren reduced Ferrari's lead in the Constructors' Championship to four points.