1999 Formula One season

1999 Formula One season

F1 season
Previous = 1998
Current = 1999
Next = 2000

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. The drivers World Championship was won by Mika Häkkinen, although Eddie Irvine, David Coulthard and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all had a chance of clinching it. Ferrari won the constructors World Championship, which paved the way for the Michael Schumacher-era of Ferrari dominance at the start of the century. Schumacher was injured after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, suffering a broken leg in a crash, but returned before the end of the season.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1999 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Drivers

Constructors

Notes

*Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) was replaced due to a broken leg by Mika Salo at the Austrian, German, Hungarian, Belgian, Italian and European Grands Prix.
*Ricardo Zonta (BAR) was replaced by Mika Salo at the San Marino, Monaco and Spanish Grands Prix.
*Luca Badoer (Minardi-Ford) was replaced by Prost test driver Stephane Sarrazin at the Brazilian Grand Prix due to injury.


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