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1999 / HÄKKINEN

A scrolling recap of 1999 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Mika Häkkinen closed the year on 76 points, a 2-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1999
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Mika Häkkinen	0	10	10	14	24	34	40	40	44	44	54	60	60	62	66	76
Eddie Irvine	10	12	12	18	21	25	26	32	42	52	56	59	60	60	70	74
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	10	10	13	13	13	23	26	29	33	36	40	50	50	51	54
David Coulthard	0	0	6	6	12	12	12	22	28	30	36	46	48	48	48	48
Michael Schumacher	0	6	16	26	30	30	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	38	44
Ralf Schumacher	4	7	7	7	9	12	15	19	19	22	22	24	30	33	33	35
Rubens Barrichello	2	2	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	12	12	15	19	21	21
Johnny Herbert	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	12	15	15
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	3	5	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Mika Salo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	10	10	10	10

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Ferrari ended on 128 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1999
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	FERRARI	128
P2	MCLAREN–MERCEDES	124
P3	JORDAN–MUGEN-HONDA	61
P4	STEWART–FORD	36
P5	WILLIAMS–SUPERTEC	35
P6	BENETTON–PLAYLIFE	16
P7	PROST–PEUGEOT	9
P8	SAUBER–PETRONAS	5
P9	ARROWS	1
P10	MINARDI–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1999
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Mika Häkkinen	—	P2	P3	P3	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1
Eddie Irvine	P1	P1	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P2	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P1	P2
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	P2	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3
David Coulthard	—	—	P6	P7	P5	P6	P7	P5	P5	P5	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4
Michael Schumacher	—	P5	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P3	P4	P5	P5	P5	P6	P5	P5
Ralf Schumacher	P3	P4	P5	P5	P6	P7	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P5	P6	P6
Rubens Barrichello	P5	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P7	P7	P7	P7
Johnny Herbert	—	—	—	—	—	P10	P10	P10	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P9	P8	P8
Giancarlo Fisichella	P4	P6	P8	P6	P7	P5	P6	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8	P9	P9
Mika Salo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P9	P9	P10	P9	P10	P10	P10
Jarno Trulli	—	—	—	—	P14	P15	P15	P16	P16	P17	P17	P17	P17	P11	P11	P11
Damon Hill	—	—	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P10	P10	P9	P10	P12	P12	P12
Alexander Wurz	—	—	—	P13	P13	P14	P14	P15	P10	P11	P11	P11	P11	P13	P13	P13
Pedro Diniz	—	—	—	—	—	P16	P16	P11	P11	P12	P12	P12	P12	P14	P14	P14
Olivier Panis	—	P9	P11	P11	P11	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P14	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

11 drivers stood on a podium.

6 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 AUSTRALI

1 IRVINE

2 FRENTZEN

3 SCHUMACHER

R02 BRAZIL

1 HÄKKINEN

2 SCHUMACHER

3 FRENTZEN

R03 SAN MARI

1 SCHUMACHER

2 COULTHARD

3 BARRICHELLO

R04 MONACO

1 SCHUMACHER

2 IRVINE

3 HÄKKINEN

R05 SPAIN

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 SCHUMACHER

R06 CANADA

1 HÄKKINEN

2 FISICHELLA

3 IRVINE

R07 FRANCE

1 FRENTZEN

2 HÄKKINEN

3 BARRICHELLO

R08 GREAT BR

1 COULTHARD

2 IRVINE

3 SCHUMACHER

R09 AUSTRIA

1 IRVINE

2 COULTHARD

3 HÄKKINEN

R10 GERMANY

1 IRVINE

2 SALO

3 FRENTZEN

R11 HUNGARY

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 IRVINE

R12 BELGIUM

1 COULTHARD

2 HÄKKINEN

3 FRENTZEN

R13 ITALY

1 FRENTZEN

2 SCHUMACHER

3 SALO

R14 EUROPE

1 HERBERT

2 TRULLI

3 BARRICHELLO

R15 MALAYSIA

1 IRVINE

2 SCHUMACHER

3 HÄKKINEN

R16 JAPAN

1 HÄKKINEN

2 SCHUMACHER

3 IRVINE

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

18

WINNERS

6

PODIUM·DRIVERS

11

POINTS·SHARED

416

CHAMPION

Mika Häkkinen

76 PTS · 5 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 1999 Qantas Australian Grand Prix	1999 Qantas Australian Grand Prix	IRVINE	FRENTZEN	SCHUMACHER
R02 · Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil 1999	Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil 1999	HÄKKINEN	SCHUMACHER	FRENTZEN
R03 · Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino 1999	Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino 1999	SCHUMACHER	COULTHARD	BARRICHELLO
R04 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1999	Grand Prix de Monaco 1999	SCHUMACHER	IRVINE	HÄKKINEN
R05 · Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1999	Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1999	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	SCHUMACHER
R06 · Grand Prix Air Canada 1999	Grand Prix Air Canada 1999	HÄKKINEN	FISICHELLA	IRVINE
R07 · Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 1999	Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France 1999	FRENTZEN	HÄKKINEN	BARRICHELLO
R08 · 1999 RAC British Grand Prix	1999 RAC British Grand Prix	COULTHARD	IRVINE	SCHUMACHER
R09 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1999	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1999	IRVINE	COULTHARD	HÄKKINEN
R10 · Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1999	Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1999	IRVINE	SALO	FRENTZEN
R11 · Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1999	Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1999	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	IRVINE
R12 · 1999 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix	1999 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix	COULTHARD	HÄKKINEN	FRENTZEN
R13 · Gran Premio Campari d'Italia 1999	Gran Premio Campari d'Italia 1999	FRENTZEN	SCHUMACHER	SALO
R14 · 1999 Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe	1999 Warsteiner Grand Prix of Europe	HERBERT	TRULLI	BARRICHELLO
R15 · 1999 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	1999 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	IRVINE	SCHUMACHER	HÄKKINEN
R16 · 1999 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	1999 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	HÄKKINEN	SCHUMACHER	IRVINE