1999 Belgian Grand Prix

1999 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (last modified in 1996)
Race details
Date	29 August 1999
Official name	LVII Foster's Belgian Grand Prix
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[1]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.968 km (4.330 miles)
Distance	44 laps, 306.592 km (190.507 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:50.329
Fastest lap
Driver	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:53.955 on lap 23
Podium
First	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1999 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LVII Foster's Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 August 1999 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 1999 Formula One World Championship.

The 44-lap race was won by British driver David Coulthard, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, after he started from second position. Finn Mika Häkkinen took pole position in the other McLaren-Mercedes, but Coulthard overtook him at the first corner and went on to lead all 44 laps. Häkkinen finished second, some 10 seconds behind, with German Heinz-Harald Frentzen third in a Jordan-Mugen-Honda.

Häkkinen took back the lead of the Drivers' Championship by one point from Eddie Irvine, who finished fourth in his Ferrari, while McLaren moved into the lead of the Constructors' Championship, nine points ahead of Ferrari.

Former world Champion Damon Hill scored his last points at this race.