Jordan 199
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The Jordan 199 was the car with which the Jordan
Formula One
team used to compete in the 1999 Formula One season
. It was driven by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill
, who had won the team's first Grand Prix in Belgium the previous season
, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen
, who was swapped with Williams
in favour of Ralf Schumacher
. The car was also driven by test drivers Tomáš Enge
and Shinji Nakano
. It was designed by technical director Mike Gascoyne
and his assistant Tim Holloway.
The 199 proved to be Jordan's most successful car in its fifteen-year history, scoring two wins, a pole position and third place in the Constructors' Championship. Frentzen also had a realistic shot of winning the Drivers' Championship, in what would prove to be his most successful season as well.
For Hill the year was not so good. Comprehensively out-performed throughout the season by Frentzen, he decided to retire during the course of the year and could only score seven points towards the team's eventual tally of 61.
The car used a mid-mounted, naturally aspirated Mugen-Honda MF-301HD 3.0 L V10 engine
, Elf
fuel and oil, Penske shock absorbers, Brembo
carbon disc brake
s, Bridgestone
tyres and their own six-speed sequential semi-automatic
gearbox.
, which had brought Eddie Jordan
's team their first win at the Belgian Grand Prix. The car had finished fourth in the championship.
The season began well in Australia
, as Frentzen and Hill qualified fifth and ninth. Hill made a brilliant start, but a collision with Jarno Trulli
's Prost
ended his race at turn 3. Frentzen was up to fourth after Rubens Barrichello
's Stewart
caught fire on the grid. As the leading McLaren
s of David Coulthard
and Mika Häkkinen
dropped out with technical problems, Frentzen was left in 2nd behind Ferrari
's Eddie Irvine
. The German had a chance to take the lead during the pitstops but the Ferrari crew got Irvine out in front. Frentzen finished second, ahead of Ralf Schumacher
's Williams
.
Hill out qualified Frentzen at the next race in Brazil
, as the Jordans were 7th and 8th. Frentzen had the better start, however, and was up to 6th, while Hill was down to 8th. The Englishman was eliminated by a collision early on again, but this one was his fault. As he tried to overtake Alexander Wurz
's Benetton
at the first corner, he hit the Austrian on the inside, eliminating them both. Frentzen, meanwhile, was passed by Jean Alesi
in the Sauber
on lap 19 but took his 6th place back when the Frenchman retired with a gearbox failure. The German continued to make up places, profiting from Giancarlo Fisichella
's clutch failure. He was able to pass Irvine during the pitstops and then inherited Barrichello's third place when the Brazilian's engine failed. This second consecutive podium left Frentzen and Jordan in 2nd place in both championships, behind Irvine and Ferrari and equal with Häkkinen and McLaren.
Round three was the San Marino Grand Prix
at Imola
. The Jordans once again qualified 7th and 8th, this time with Frentzen ahead of Hill. They left the grid in 6th and 8th, after Frentzen passed the stricken BAR
of Jacques Villeneuve
. Hill was passed by the flying Ralf Schumacher and so remained 8th. They moved up to 5th and 7th on lap 18 after race leader Mika Häkkinen crashed at the final corner. After the pitstops they were 5th and 6th due to the retirement of Ralf Schumacher with an engine failure. They also passed Barrichello, as the Brazilian was on a different strategy. On lap 47, Eddie Irvine had an engine failure, seemingly a good thing for Jordan. However, Frentzen spun on the Irishman's oil and his race was over. Hill then inherited 3rd place, but was quickly passed by a recovering Barrichello and finished a respectable 4th for his first points of the year. This left Frentzen and Jordan each in 3rd, with Hill now 9th in the championship.
Qualifying was not such a success around the twisty streets of Monaco
, with Hill only managing 17th. Frentzen was upholding the Irish team's honour with 6th on the grid. Hill suffered yet another early collision, making contact with Ralf Schumacher at the chicane on lap 4. The German carried on, but Hill was out. Frentzen benefited from Coulthard's gearbox issues on lap 37 and took 5th place. The German passed Rubens Barrichello for 4th on lap 50 but the Brazilian continued to put him under pressure until he had a heavy accident seven laps from the finish. This left Frentzen free to finish in 4th. After that result, he was down to 4th in the driver's championship.
Frentzen and Hill started 8th and 11th in Spain
, but both dropped places off the grid, with Ralf Schumacher passing countryman Frentzen and Hill losing out to Pedro Diniz
in the Sauber and the Stewart of Johnny Herbert
. There was contact between Frentzen and Barrichello, but the German was able to hold onto 9th place. Frentzen ran as high as fifth during the pitstops, and emerged in 8th after Jean Alesi's transmission failure. However, it was not to last and he retired with a differential problem on lap 36. Hill had also gained places, having also benefited from Alesi's retirement and jumped Herbert in the stops. His teammate's problems allowed him to move up to 10th. Retirements on lap 41 of Villeneuve (gearbox) and Diniz (transmission) allowed him to move up to 8th, and he ran as high as 5th before his second stop put him back in 8th. He gained one further place late on, with a pass on Barrichello, but 7th was not enough to score points.
The Jordans started 6th and 14th (Frentzen ahead of Hill) at round 6 in Canada
, and the first corner clash between Trulli, Barrichello and Alesi allowed Hill to move up to 12th. The Englishman benefited from Alex Zanardi
's problems on lap 4 and moved up to 11th. He became the first victim of the now infamous "Wall of Champions", however, and was out on lap 15. Michael Schumacher
crashed his Ferrari in the same spot on lap 30, allowing Frentzen to move up to 5th. He climbed to 2nd after the collision between Irvine and Coulthard and a pass on Fisichella's Benetton. However, the Jordan's brakes failed with four laps to go and it was a heavy brush with the barrier which ended the German's promising race. Interestingly, this made the race the first ever to finish under the safety car
.
Wet qualifying for the French Grand Prix
left a very odd grid, with Barrichello on pole, Frentzen 5th and Hill down in 18th. They each made up a place from the start, with Frentzen passing the slow starting Prost of Olivier Panis
and Hill doing the same to Eddie Irvine. Frentzen picked up another place after Coulthard's electrical problems on lap 10, and was in the podium positions. Hill, meanwhile, was having an exciting time, locked in a battle with Irvine, he was up to 15th having gained places after the retirements of Herbert, Diniz and Coulthard. He finally lost out to the Irishman on lap 10 and the Ferrari driver then started his charge up the field. As the skies darkened again, Frentzen was passed by the charging Häkkinen, up from 14th on the grid. Track conditions were becoming treacherous by the time Häkkinen passed Alesi four laps later and all the front runners, led by Barrichello, jumped into the pits for wet tyres. Hill and Alesi both spun off even while the safety car was out. This left Frentzen back in third behind Barrichello and Häkkinen. The Finn spun soon after the restart when trying to pass Barrichello at the hairpin. This put Frentzen into 2nd. He was soon passed by Michael Schumacher, however, and was back to 3rd. After the Ferrari man passed Barrichello for the lead, his gearbox had trouble and he dropped back down the field, putting Frentzen in 2nd once again. He was soon passed again though by a recovering Häkkinen. However, both the Finn and Barrichello had to pit again and dropped to 2nd and 3rd respectively, leaving Frentzen clear to take his and Jordan's second career victory.
Following this excellent result, the Jordans locked out the third row of the grid in Britain
, with Frentzen ahead of Hill. After Michael Schumacher's crash on the first start, they were 4th and 5th. Hill was passed by Michael's brother Ralf on the second start. Frentzen lost out to Ralf Schumacher in the stops, but the wheel problems for Mika Häkkinen meant that after the stops the Jordans were 4th and 5th again. There was a glorious three lap period during the second round of pitstops when the Jordans were running 1st and 2nd, but with normal order resumed they were back to 4th and 5th. Despite Frentzen harrying Schumacher right to the bitter end, this was how they finished.
Frentzen qualified well in Austria
, 4th on the grid behind only Häkkinen, Coulthard and Irvine. Hill did less well, he was down in 11th. Coulthard spun his teammate Häkkinen at turn 2, gifting both Jordans a place, but Frentzen lost out to Barrichello and Hill to Fisichella, Trulli and Ricardo Zonta
's BAR, leaving them 4th and 13th. A recovering Häkkinen passed Hill on lap 8, but he gained the place back when Ralf Schumacher spun out of the race a lap later. Häkkinen was making a remarkable recovery, and passed Frentzen on lap 34 for 4th. Meanwhile, Hill was gaining places due to a pass on Zonta, the misfortune of Villeneuve (retiring with a transmission failure) and being out of synch with the pitstops. This left him 9th. After things settled down, Hill was up to 10th, thanks to Jean Alesi running out of fuel. He then gained another place when Barrichello's engine blew. This left the Jordans 4th and 9th, and Hill gained another place with three laps to go when Fisichella also suffered an engine failure, but it was too late for the Englishman to add to his measly points tally.
Frentzen was right up at the front in Germany
as well, sharing the front row with polesitter Mika Häkkinen. Hill was back in 8th. Both drivers dropped two places on the first lap, Frentzen losing out to Coulthard and Mika Salo
, deputising for the injured Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari, and Hill falling prey to Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher. Frentzen was passed by Barrichello going into the stadium section on lap 3, but Hill was gaining a place at the same time due to Fisichella's suspension problems. This left them 5th and 9th. They both gained one further place when Barrichello's Stewart suffered a hydraulic failure three laps later. Coulthard had to pit after damaging his front wing trying to overtake Salo, gifting the Jordans another place. Shortly afterwards, however, Hill suffered a brake failure and was out. Frentzen lost out to Irvine in the pitstops, and was down to 4th. Häkkinen had problems in the pitstops, and dropped back behind Frentzen, but soon passed him again. However, not long after that the McLaren driver had a tyre blow out at a very heavy impact with the barrier. Frentzen was back to 3rd. That was also where he finished, his fourth podium of the season, and it moved him up to 3rd in the drivers' world championship. Meanwhile, teammate Hill was down to 10th.
The Hungaroring
was the venue for round 11, the Hungarian Grand Prix
. The Jordans once again qualified well, with Frentzen 5th and Hill 6th. Frentzen gained a place on the start, taking advantage of a slow starting David Coulthard. During the stops, Frentzen was jumped by Coulthard, but retained 4th place after Fisichella's engine failure. Hill was pushed back down to 6th as Barrichello jumped ahead of him. This was how they finished, then, with Jordan's first double points since Silverstone
. This allowed Hill to move back to 9th in the drivers' championship.
Round 12 took the team back to the site of their maiden victory the previous year, Spa-Francorchamps
in Belgium
. Frentzen was on top form again, qualifying third, and Hill had his best qualifying of the year, he shared the second row with his teammate. Hill had a disastrous start, dropping behind Irvine, Ralf Schumacher and Zanardi, but Frentzen maintained 3rd. Despite Hill harrying Zanardi, the Englishman was unable to find a way past the Williams man on one of his favourite circuits. After the stops, Hill moved up to 5th having jumped both the Williams cars. He dropped behind Ralf Schumacher again in the second pitstops, but was able to secure 6th place and another double points finish for Jordan. Another podium finish for Heinz-Harald Frentzen wasn't enough to prevent him from dropping back to 4th in the world championship, behind race winner David Coulthard.
Frentzen once again qualified on the front row, behind Häkkinen, for the Italian Grand Prix
at Monza
. Hill was down in 9th, but they both retained their places from the start despite a fast starting Alex Zanardi giving him a run for his money into turn 3. Things remained fairly static until Häkkinen spun out from the lead on lap 30, gifting the lead to Frentzen. Soon after, the pitstops arrived, and Frentzen emerged in the lead, ahead of his closest challengers Salo and Coulthard. Hill was still in 9th, as Villeneuve had jumped him in the stops. Hill was knocked down a further place by an overtake from Alesi with 4 laps to go, but despite pressure right to the end from Ralf Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen was able to take his and Jordan's second win of the year. This allowed him to move back to 3rd in the championship, but Hill was overtaken by Mika Salo, who had finished third in the race, and dropped to 10th.
The Nürburgring
was the venue for round 14, the European Grand Prix
. Frentzen did fantastically in qualifying and took pole for the second time in his career, and his first for Jordan. Hill was back in 7th, but failed to make the end of the first lap after being caught up in Pedro Diniz's huge accident along with Alexander Wurz. This brought out the safety car, and gave Frentzen six laps of comfort in the lead, which he had kept despite pressure from Häkkinen at turn one. The rain began to fall on lap 20, but Eddie Jordan did not appear to be unduly worried on the Jordan pit wall. It was looking very good for a second consecutive victory for Frentzen as he emerged from his one and only pitstop still ahead of nearest challenger David Coulthard. It was not to be, however, as ten points went up in smoke along with Frentzen's electrics on lap 33. This race was Jordan's first double retirement of the season, and Damon Hill dropped a further place in the world championship, to 11th as he was overtaken by race winner Johnny Herbert.
Frentzen was still only 12 points off Mika Häkkinen, the championship leader, so going into the penultimate round, the inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix
, there was still a theoretical chance of him becoming world champion. Hill out qualified his teammate for a change, he was 9th while Frentzen was an uncharacteristically lowly 14th. Frentzen had a wonderful start, though, and was up to 11th by the end of the first lap. Hill, meanwhile, was in first lap trouble yet again, he spun when he touched Jacques Villeneuve in turn 2, and his race was over. The retirements of Ralf Schumacher (accident) and David Coulthard (fuel pressure) allowed Frentzen to move up to 9th, but it was still looking bad for the championship. The pitstops worked out well for him, though, and he managed to jump Wurz, Villeneuve and Alesi. He came home 6th, to salvage 1 championship point, but his challenge was now over, 19 points behind Eddie Irvine with one race to go.
The season finale was, as always, staged at Suzuka
in Japan
. This was to be Damon Hill's final race before retirement, and as such he wanted to do well. However, he could only qualify 12th, far bettered by Frentzen, who was 4th. Both drivers dropped two places on the opening lap, with Irvine and Panis passing Frentzen and Hill falling victim to Barrichello and Wurz. Hill gained a place when Trulli retired with an engine failure, but his illustrious career ended in a disappointing fashion when he pulled into the pits complaining of fatigue. Frentzen also gained a place when Trulli's Prost teammate Olivier Panis retired with an electrical failure. The German gained another position when David Coulthard had a dramatic spin in his McLaren and was forced to return to the pits. He was now running fourth, and this was how he finished the season, despite late pressure from year-long rival, Ralf Schumacher. This meant that he ended the year in a fantastic 3rd place, the same as the Jordan team, and Hill was a disappointing 11th.
The car was replaced in 2000
by Gascoyne and Holloway's new brainchild, the EJ10
. Hill was replaced by Jarno Trulli, fresh from Prost, but the car was much less successful. It, and its mid-season successor the EJ10B
gave the team two podiums, both for Frentzen, but could only manage 6th in the championship.
Jordan Grand Prix
Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. The team is named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan...
Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
team used to compete in the 1999 Formula One season
1999 Formula One season
The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 7, 1999, and ended on October 31 after sixteen races. The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Championship calendar, the Malaysian Grand Prix...
. It was driven by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill
Damon Hill
Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE is a retired British racing driver. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship. As the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title...
, who had won the team's first Grand Prix in Belgium the previous season
1998 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 30, 1998, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps; contested over 44 laps, it was the 13th race of the 1998 Formula One season. The race was won by Damon Hill driving for the Jordan team...
, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a German racing driver most famous for his career in Formula One. At various times driving for Williams, Jordan, Sauber, Prost, and Arrows, he achieved three race wins before his retirement from F1 in 2003.-Early career:He was born in the West German city of...
, who was swapped with Williams
WilliamsF1
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head...
in favour of Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher...
. The car was also driven by test drivers Tomáš Enge
Tomáš Enge
Tomáš Enge is a motor racing driver from the Czech Republic, who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One.-Career:...
and Shinji Nakano
Shinji Nakano
Shinji Nakano is a racing driver from Japan.His father, Tsuneharu was also a racing driver who competed in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship etc.-Pre Formula One Career:-Formula One Career:...
. It was designed by technical director Mike Gascoyne
Mike Gascoyne
Michael "Mike" Gascoyne is a designer of Formula One cars. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer of Team Lotus....
and his assistant Tim Holloway.
The 199 proved to be Jordan's most successful car in its fifteen-year history, scoring two wins, a pole position and third place in the Constructors' Championship. Frentzen also had a realistic shot of winning the Drivers' Championship, in what would prove to be his most successful season as well.
For Hill the year was not so good. Comprehensively out-performed throughout the season by Frentzen, he decided to retire during the course of the year and could only score seven points towards the team's eventual tally of 61.
The car used a mid-mounted, naturally aspirated Mugen-Honda MF-301HD 3.0 L V10 engine
V10 engine
A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five with a distinct exhaust note.- Mechanics :The V10 is essentially the result of mating two even-firing straight-5 engines together. The straight-5 engine shows first and second order rocking motion...
, Elf
Elf Aquitaine
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fuel and oil, Penske shock absorbers, Brembo
Brembo
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carbon disc brake
Disc brake
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s, Bridgestone
Bridgestone
The is a multinational rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese....
tyres and their own six-speed sequential semi-automatic
Semi-automatic transmission
A semi-automatic transmission is an automobile transmission that does not change gears automatically, but rather facilitates manual gear changes by dispensing with the need to press...
gearbox.
1999 Season
The 199 replaced the 198Jordan 198
The Jordan 198 was the car with which the Jordan Formula One team used to compete in the 1998 Formula One season. It was driven by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill, who had moved from Arrows, and Ralf Schumacher, who was in his second season with the team....
, which had brought Eddie Jordan
Eddie Jordan
Edmund "Eddie" Jordan also known as "EJ" founded and owned Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005...
's team their first win at the Belgian Grand Prix. The car had finished fourth in the championship.
The season began well in Australia
1999 Australian Grand Prix
The 1999 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 7 March 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 1999 Formula One season – the 50th World Championship season in the history of Formula One....
, as Frentzen and Hill qualified fifth and ninth. Hill made a brilliant start, but a collision with Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He has been a regular in Formula One since 1997, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault and Toyota. He won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix for Renault, his only Grand Prix victory to date. He is known for being a qualification expert...
's Prost
Prost Grand Prix
Prost Grand Prix was a Formula One racing team managed by former world champion Alain Prost. The team participated in five seasons from 1997 to 2001.-Purchase of Ligier:...
ended his race at turn 3. Frentzen was up to fourth after Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable...
's Stewart
Stewart Grand Prix
Stewart Grand Prix is a former Formula One constructor and racing team. The team was formed by three times Formula One champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul Stewart in 1996. The team competed in F1, as the Ford works-supported team, for only three seasons, from 1997 to 1999...
caught fire on the grid. As the leading McLaren
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup...
s of David Coulthard
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, MBE, , sometimes known as DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.Coulthard, who was born in Dumfries and raised nearby in Twynholm, made his Formula One debut in 1994 and won 13 Grands Prix in a career spanning 15 seasons...
and Mika Häkkinen
Mika Häkkinen
Mika Pauli Häkkinen is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion...
dropped out with technical problems, Frentzen was left in 2nd behind Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
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's Eddie Irvine
Eddie Irvine
Edmund "Eddie" Irvine, Jr. is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He grew up in Conlig, County Down, and was influenced by his parents, who were also involved in motor racing...
. The German had a chance to take the lead during the pitstops but the Ferrari crew got Irvine out in front. Frentzen finished second, ahead of Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher...
's Williams
WilliamsF1
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head...
.
Hill out qualified Frentzen at the next race in Brazil
1999 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 11, 1999 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the second race of the 1999 Formula One season....
, as the Jordans were 7th and 8th. Frentzen had the better start, however, and was up to 6th, while Hill was down to 8th. The Englishman was eliminated by a collision early on again, but this one was his fault. As he tried to overtake Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz is an Austrian racing driver. He competed in Formula One from until , and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours....
's Benetton
Benetton Formula
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at the first corner, he hit the Austrian on the inside, eliminating them both. Frentzen, meanwhile, was passed by Jean Alesi
Jean Alesi
Jean Alesi is a French racing driver of Italian origin. His Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell, Benetton, Sauber, Prost, Jordan and most notably Ferrari where he proved very popular among the tifosi...
in the Sauber
Sauber
Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993....
on lap 19 but took his 6th place back when the Frenchman retired with a gearbox failure. The German continued to make up places, profiting from Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari. Nowadays, he drives for AF Corse's GT2 Ferrari in various sportscar events...
's clutch failure. He was able to pass Irvine during the pitstops and then inherited Barrichello's third place when the Brazilian's engine failed. This second consecutive podium left Frentzen and Jordan in 2nd place in both championships, behind Irvine and Ferrari and equal with Häkkinen and McLaren.
Round three was the San Marino Grand Prix
1999 San Marino Grand Prix
The 1999 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 2, 1999 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, Italy. It was the third race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after Grand Prix:...
at Imola
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari is an auto racing circuit near the Italian town of Imola, east of Bologna and east of the Ferrari factory in Maranello....
. The Jordans once again qualified 7th and 8th, this time with Frentzen ahead of Hill. They left the grid in 6th and 8th, after Frentzen passed the stricken BAR
British American Racing
British American Racing was a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. BAR began by acquiring Tyrrell, and used Supertec engines for their first year...
of Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, , is a Canadian musician and automobile racing driver. He is the son of the late Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle...
. Hill was passed by the flying Ralf Schumacher and so remained 8th. They moved up to 5th and 7th on lap 18 after race leader Mika Häkkinen crashed at the final corner. After the pitstops they were 5th and 6th due to the retirement of Ralf Schumacher with an engine failure. They also passed Barrichello, as the Brazilian was on a different strategy. On lap 47, Eddie Irvine had an engine failure, seemingly a good thing for Jordan. However, Frentzen spun on the Irishman's oil and his race was over. Hill then inherited 3rd place, but was quickly passed by a recovering Barrichello and finished a respectable 4th for his first points of the year. This left Frentzen and Jordan each in 3rd, with Hill now 9th in the championship.
Qualifying was not such a success around the twisty streets of Monaco
1999 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1999 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 16, 1999 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the fourth race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after Grand Prix:...
, with Hill only managing 17th. Frentzen was upholding the Irish team's honour with 6th on the grid. Hill suffered yet another early collision, making contact with Ralf Schumacher at the chicane on lap 4. The German carried on, but Hill was out. Frentzen benefited from Coulthard's gearbox issues on lap 37 and took 5th place. The German passed Rubens Barrichello for 4th on lap 50 but the Brazilian continued to put him under pressure until he had a heavy accident seven laps from the finish. This left Frentzen free to finish in 4th. After that result, he was down to 4th in the driver's championship.
Frentzen and Hill started 8th and 11th in Spain
1999 Spanish Grand Prix
The 1999 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 30, 1999 at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth race of the 1999 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:...
, but both dropped places off the grid, with Ralf Schumacher passing countryman Frentzen and Hill losing out to Pedro Diniz
Pedro Diniz
Pedro Paulo Diniz is a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 99 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 26, 1995...
in the Sauber and the Stewart of Johnny Herbert
Johnny Herbert
John Paul Herbert is a British racing driver from England. He competed in Formula One, winning three races, and also in sports cars winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1991 driving a Mazda 787B...
. There was contact between Frentzen and Barrichello, but the German was able to hold onto 9th place. Frentzen ran as high as fifth during the pitstops, and emerged in 8th after Jean Alesi's transmission failure. However, it was not to last and he retired with a differential problem on lap 36. Hill had also gained places, having also benefited from Alesi's retirement and jumped Herbert in the stops. His teammate's problems allowed him to move up to 10th. Retirements on lap 41 of Villeneuve (gearbox) and Diniz (transmission) allowed him to move up to 8th, and he ran as high as 5th before his second stop put him back in 8th. He gained one further place late on, with a pass on Barrichello, but 7th was not enough to score points.
The Jordans started 6th and 14th (Frentzen ahead of Hill) at round 6 in Canada
1999 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1999 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 13, 1999 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
, and the first corner clash between Trulli, Barrichello and Alesi allowed Hill to move up to 12th. The Englishman benefited from Alex Zanardi
Alex Zanardi
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi is an Italian racing driver and paracyclist.He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver...
's problems on lap 4 and moved up to 11th. He became the first victim of the now infamous "Wall of Champions", however, and was out on lap 15. Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time...
crashed his Ferrari in the same spot on lap 30, allowing Frentzen to move up to 5th. He climbed to 2nd after the collision between Irvine and Coulthard and a pass on Fisichella's Benetton. However, the Jordan's brakes failed with four laps to go and it was a heavy brush with the barrier which ended the German's promising race. Interestingly, this made the race the first ever to finish under the safety car
Safety car
In motorsport, a safety car or pace car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track. During a caution period the safety car enters the track ahead of the leader...
.
Wet qualifying for the French Grand Prix
1999 French Grand Prix
The 1999 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 27, 1999 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours near Magny-Cours, France. It was the seventh race of the 1999 Formula One season....
left a very odd grid, with Barrichello on pole, Frentzen 5th and Hill down in 18th. They each made up a place from the start, with Frentzen passing the slow starting Prost of Olivier Panis
Olivier Panis
Olivier Panis is a French racing driver. Panis is best known in F1 not only as a test driver for the McLaren team but for his win at the eventful Monaco Grand Prix in 1996 for the Ligier team after starting 14th...
and Hill doing the same to Eddie Irvine. Frentzen picked up another place after Coulthard's electrical problems on lap 10, and was in the podium positions. Hill, meanwhile, was having an exciting time, locked in a battle with Irvine, he was up to 15th having gained places after the retirements of Herbert, Diniz and Coulthard. He finally lost out to the Irishman on lap 10 and the Ferrari driver then started his charge up the field. As the skies darkened again, Frentzen was passed by the charging Häkkinen, up from 14th on the grid. Track conditions were becoming treacherous by the time Häkkinen passed Alesi four laps later and all the front runners, led by Barrichello, jumped into the pits for wet tyres. Hill and Alesi both spun off even while the safety car was out. This left Frentzen back in third behind Barrichello and Häkkinen. The Finn spun soon after the restart when trying to pass Barrichello at the hairpin. This put Frentzen into 2nd. He was soon passed by Michael Schumacher, however, and was back to 3rd. After the Ferrari man passed Barrichello for the lead, his gearbox had trouble and he dropped back down the field, putting Frentzen in 2nd once again. He was soon passed again though by a recovering Häkkinen. However, both the Finn and Barrichello had to pit again and dropped to 2nd and 3rd respectively, leaving Frentzen clear to take his and Jordan's second career victory.
Following this excellent result, the Jordans locked out the third row of the grid in Britain
1999 British Grand Prix
The 1999 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 11, 1999 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England. It was the eighth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
, with Frentzen ahead of Hill. After Michael Schumacher's crash on the first start, they were 4th and 5th. Hill was passed by Michael's brother Ralf on the second start. Frentzen lost out to Ralf Schumacher in the stops, but the wheel problems for Mika Häkkinen meant that after the stops the Jordans were 4th and 5th again. There was a glorious three lap period during the second round of pitstops when the Jordans were running 1st and 2nd, but with normal order resumed they were back to 4th and 5th. Despite Frentzen harrying Schumacher right to the bitter end, this was how they finished.
Frentzen qualified well in Austria
1999 Austrian Grand Prix
The 1999 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 25, 1999 at the A1-Ring in Spielberg, Austria. It was the ninth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
, 4th on the grid behind only Häkkinen, Coulthard and Irvine. Hill did less well, he was down in 11th. Coulthard spun his teammate Häkkinen at turn 2, gifting both Jordans a place, but Frentzen lost out to Barrichello and Hill to Fisichella, Trulli and Ricardo Zonta
Ricardo Zonta
Ricardo Luiz Zonta is a Brazilian racing driver.-Early career:Born in Curitiba, Brazil, Zonta began karting in 1987, winning his first race shortly thereafter. The following year, he was runner-up for the Curitiba Karting Championship, and in 1991, he won the title...
's BAR, leaving them 4th and 13th. A recovering Häkkinen passed Hill on lap 8, but he gained the place back when Ralf Schumacher spun out of the race a lap later. Häkkinen was making a remarkable recovery, and passed Frentzen on lap 34 for 4th. Meanwhile, Hill was gaining places due to a pass on Zonta, the misfortune of Villeneuve (retiring with a transmission failure) and being out of synch with the pitstops. This left him 9th. After things settled down, Hill was up to 10th, thanks to Jean Alesi running out of fuel. He then gained another place when Barrichello's engine blew. This left the Jordans 4th and 9th, and Hill gained another place with three laps to go when Fisichella also suffered an engine failure, but it was too late for the Englishman to add to his measly points tally.
Frentzen was right up at the front in Germany
1999 German Grand Prix
The 1999 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 1, 1999 at the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim, Germany. It was the tenth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
as well, sharing the front row with polesitter Mika Häkkinen. Hill was back in 8th. Both drivers dropped two places on the first lap, Frentzen losing out to Coulthard and Mika Salo
Mika Salo
Mika Juhani Salo is a Finnish racing driver. He competed in Formula One between and . His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999. He also won the GT2 class in the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans....
, deputising for the injured Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari, and Hill falling prey to Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher. Frentzen was passed by Barrichello going into the stadium section on lap 3, but Hill was gaining a place at the same time due to Fisichella's suspension problems. This left them 5th and 9th. They both gained one further place when Barrichello's Stewart suffered a hydraulic failure three laps later. Coulthard had to pit after damaging his front wing trying to overtake Salo, gifting the Jordans another place. Shortly afterwards, however, Hill suffered a brake failure and was out. Frentzen lost out to Irvine in the pitstops, and was down to 4th. Häkkinen had problems in the pitstops, and dropped back behind Frentzen, but soon passed him again. However, not long after that the McLaren driver had a tyre blow out at a very heavy impact with the barrier. Frentzen was back to 3rd. That was also where he finished, his fourth podium of the season, and it moved him up to 3rd in the drivers' world championship. Meanwhile, teammate Hill was down to 10th.
The Hungaroring
Hungaroring
The Hungaroring is a racing circuit in Mogyoród, near Budapest, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone wanted a race in the USSR, but a Hungarian friend of his...
was the venue for round 11, the Hungarian Grand Prix
1999 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 1999 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 15 August 1999 at the Hungaroring near Budapest, Hungary. It was the eleventh race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Classification :-Standings after Grand Prix:...
. The Jordans once again qualified well, with Frentzen 5th and Hill 6th. Frentzen gained a place on the start, taking advantage of a slow starting David Coulthard. During the stops, Frentzen was jumped by Coulthard, but retained 4th place after Fisichella's engine failure. Hill was pushed back down to 6th as Barrichello jumped ahead of him. This was how they finished, then, with Jordan's first double points since Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...
. This allowed Hill to move back to 9th in the drivers' championship.
Round 12 took the team back to the site of their maiden victory the previous year, Spa-Francorchamps
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. It is one of the most challenging race tracks in the world, mainly due to its...
in Belgium
1999 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1999 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 29, 1999 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Classification :-Standings after Grand Prix:...
. Frentzen was on top form again, qualifying third, and Hill had his best qualifying of the year, he shared the second row with his teammate. Hill had a disastrous start, dropping behind Irvine, Ralf Schumacher and Zanardi, but Frentzen maintained 3rd. Despite Hill harrying Zanardi, the Englishman was unable to find a way past the Williams man on one of his favourite circuits. After the stops, Hill moved up to 5th having jumped both the Williams cars. He dropped behind Ralf Schumacher again in the second pitstops, but was able to secure 6th place and another double points finish for Jordan. Another podium finish for Heinz-Harald Frentzen wasn't enough to prevent him from dropping back to 4th in the world championship, behind race winner David Coulthard.
Frentzen once again qualified on the front row, behind Häkkinen, for the Italian Grand Prix
1999 Italian Grand Prix
The 1999 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 12, 1999 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
at Monza
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a race track located near the town of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. The circuit's biggest event is the Formula One Italian Grand Prix, which has been hosted there since the sport's inception....
. Hill was down in 9th, but they both retained their places from the start despite a fast starting Alex Zanardi giving him a run for his money into turn 3. Things remained fairly static until Häkkinen spun out from the lead on lap 30, gifting the lead to Frentzen. Soon after, the pitstops arrived, and Frentzen emerged in the lead, ahead of his closest challengers Salo and Coulthard. Hill was still in 9th, as Villeneuve had jumped him in the stops. Hill was knocked down a further place by an overtake from Alesi with 4 laps to go, but despite pressure right to the end from Ralf Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen was able to take his and Jordan's second win of the year. This allowed him to move back to 3rd in the championship, but Hill was overtaken by Mika Salo, who had finished third in the race, and dropped to 10th.
The Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...
was the venue for round 14, the European Grand Prix
1999 European Grand Prix
The 1999 European Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 26, 1999 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. It was the fourteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
. Frentzen did fantastically in qualifying and took pole for the second time in his career, and his first for Jordan. Hill was back in 7th, but failed to make the end of the first lap after being caught up in Pedro Diniz's huge accident along with Alexander Wurz. This brought out the safety car, and gave Frentzen six laps of comfort in the lead, which he had kept despite pressure from Häkkinen at turn one. The rain began to fall on lap 20, but Eddie Jordan did not appear to be unduly worried on the Jordan pit wall. It was looking very good for a second consecutive victory for Frentzen as he emerged from his one and only pitstop still ahead of nearest challenger David Coulthard. It was not to be, however, as ten points went up in smoke along with Frentzen's electrics on lap 33. This race was Jordan's first double retirement of the season, and Damon Hill dropped a further place in the world championship, to 11th as he was overtaken by race winner Johnny Herbert.
Frentzen was still only 12 points off Mika Häkkinen, the championship leader, so going into the penultimate round, the inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix
1999 Malaysian Grand Prix
The 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 17, 1999 at the Sepang International Circuit near Sepang, Malaysia. It was the fifteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season....
, there was still a theoretical chance of him becoming world champion. Hill out qualified his teammate for a change, he was 9th while Frentzen was an uncharacteristically lowly 14th. Frentzen had a wonderful start, though, and was up to 11th by the end of the first lap. Hill, meanwhile, was in first lap trouble yet again, he spun when he touched Jacques Villeneuve in turn 2, and his race was over. The retirements of Ralf Schumacher (accident) and David Coulthard (fuel pressure) allowed Frentzen to move up to 9th, but it was still looking bad for the championship. The pitstops worked out well for him, though, and he managed to jump Wurz, Villeneuve and Alesi. He came home 6th, to salvage 1 championship point, but his challenge was now over, 19 points behind Eddie Irvine with one race to go.
The season finale was, as always, staged at Suzuka
Suzuka Circuit
, Suzuka Circuit for short, is a motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Mobilityland Corporation, the subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd..-Introduction:...
in Japan
1999 Japanese Grand Prix
The 1999 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 31, 1999 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Japan. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1999 Formula One season, and the final race of former World Champion Damon Hill....
. This was to be Damon Hill's final race before retirement, and as such he wanted to do well. However, he could only qualify 12th, far bettered by Frentzen, who was 4th. Both drivers dropped two places on the opening lap, with Irvine and Panis passing Frentzen and Hill falling victim to Barrichello and Wurz. Hill gained a place when Trulli retired with an engine failure, but his illustrious career ended in a disappointing fashion when he pulled into the pits complaining of fatigue. Frentzen also gained a place when Trulli's Prost teammate Olivier Panis retired with an electrical failure. The German gained another position when David Coulthard had a dramatic spin in his McLaren and was forced to return to the pits. He was now running fourth, and this was how he finished the season, despite late pressure from year-long rival, Ralf Schumacher. This meant that he ended the year in a fantastic 3rd place, the same as the Jordan team, and Hill was a disappointing 11th.
The car was replaced in 2000
2000 Formula One season
The 2000 Formula One season was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2000 FIA Formula One World Championship which commenced on March 12, 2000, and ended on October 22 after seventeen races...
by Gascoyne and Holloway's new brainchild, the EJ10
Jordan EJ10
The Jordan EJ10, and an updated version, the EJ10B, was the car with which the Jordan team competed in the 2000 Formula One season. The chassis number was changed from its traditional format of, say, Jordan 199 for 1999, to EJ10 to celebrate the team's tenth season in Formula One under Eddie...
. Hill was replaced by Jarno Trulli, fresh from Prost, but the car was much less successful. It, and its mid-season successor the EJ10B
Jordan EJ10
The Jordan EJ10, and an updated version, the EJ10B, was the car with which the Jordan team competed in the 2000 Formula One season. The chassis number was changed from its traditional format of, say, Jordan 199 for 1999, to EJ10 to celebrate the team's tenth season in Formula One under Eddie...
gave the team two podiums, both for Frentzen, but could only manage 6th in the championship.
Complete Formula One results
(results in bold indicate pole position)| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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| 1999 1999 Formula One season The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 7, 1999, and ended on October 31 after sixteen races. The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Championship calendar, the Malaysian Grand Prix... |
Jordan Jordan Grand Prix Jordan Grand Prix was a Formula One constructor that competed from 1991 to 2005. The team is named after Irish businessman and founder Eddie Jordan... |
Mugen Honda MF301HD V10 V10 engine A V10 engine is a V engine with 10 cylinders in two banks of five with a distinct exhaust note.- Mechanics :The V10 is essentially the result of mating two even-firing straight-5 engines together. The straight-5 engine shows first and second order rocking motion... |
AUS 1999 Australian Grand Prix The 1999 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 7 March 1999 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 1999 Formula One season – the 50th World Championship season in the history of Formula One.... |
BRA 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on April 11, 1999 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the second race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
SMR 1999 San Marino Grand Prix The 1999 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 2, 1999 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, Italy. It was the third race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after Grand Prix:... |
MON 1999 Monaco Grand Prix The 1999 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 16, 1999 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the fourth race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after Grand Prix:... |
ESP 1999 Spanish Grand Prix The 1999 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 30, 1999 at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona, Spain. It was the fifth race of the 1999 Formula One season.- Qualifying :- Race :-Standings after the race:... |
CAN 1999 Canadian Grand Prix The 1999 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 13, 1999 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
FRA 1999 French Grand Prix The 1999 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 27, 1999 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours near Magny-Cours, France. It was the seventh race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
GBR 1999 British Grand Prix The 1999 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 11, 1999 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England. It was the eighth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
AUT 1999 Austrian Grand Prix The 1999 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 25, 1999 at the A1-Ring in Spielberg, Austria. It was the ninth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
GER 1999 German Grand Prix The 1999 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 1, 1999 at the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim, Germany. It was the tenth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
HUN 1999 Hungarian Grand Prix The 1999 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 15 August 1999 at the Hungaroring near Budapest, Hungary. It was the eleventh race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Classification :-Standings after Grand Prix:... |
BEL 1999 Belgian Grand Prix The 1999 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on August 29, 1999 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the twelfth race of the 1999 Formula One season.__FORCETOC__- Classification :-Standings after Grand Prix:... |
ITA 1999 Italian Grand Prix The 1999 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 12, 1999 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
EUR 1999 European Grand Prix The 1999 European Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 26, 1999 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. It was the fourteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
MAL 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix The 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 17, 1999 at the Sepang International Circuit near Sepang, Malaysia. It was the fifteenth race of the 1999 Formula One season.... |
JPN 1999 Japanese Grand Prix The 1999 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 31, 1999 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Japan. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1999 Formula One season, and the final race of former World Champion Damon Hill.... |
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| Heinz-Harald Frentzen Heinz-Harald Frentzen Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a German racing driver most famous for his career in Formula One. At various times driving for Williams, Jordan, Sauber, Prost, and Arrows, he achieved three race wins before his retirement from F1 in 2003.-Early career:He was born in the West German city of... |
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