Formula One 1999 World Championship
The 1999 season could be very good: after the good end to 1998 the Jordan
team seems to be very competitive, likewise the Mugen-Honda engine, next
to the official return. New team-mate of Damon is Heinz-Harald Frentzen,
who came after two disappointing seasons with Williams.
07th March 1999 - Grand Prix of Melbourne, Australia
PRACTICE
Some mistake during the practice, and in the official hour traffic prevented
him getting a good lap: at the end, he was only ninth.
RACE
The 100th GP of his career ended almost immediately: on the first turn
Trulli overtook Damon and and took him out.
- Practice: 9th Place (1.32.695)
- Race: dnf (retired 1st lap - accident)
Final Standing G.P. of Melbourne, Australia
1) Eddie Irvine 10 pts
2) H.H. Frentzen 06 pts
3) Ralf Schumacher 04 pts
4) Giancarlo Fisichella 03 pts
5) Rubens Barrichello 02 pts
6) Pedro De La Rosa 01 pts
7) Tora Takagi -
8) Michael Schumacher -
11th April 1999 - Grand Prix of Interlagos, Brasil
PRACTICE
On Friday morning Damon went well with the wet track, but on his Jordan
the engine broke up, so he couldn't run in the afternoon with the dry track.
So, during the official hour Hill had to find the right setup, and at the
end of the practice he got seventh place.
RACE
At the start Hill lost two places to Frentzen and Wurz, with whom he
continued fighting until the tenth lap, when he tried to overtake Wurz who
shut him off, running him out and damaging his suspension: end of the race.
- Practice: 7th Place (1.17.884)
- Race: dnf - (retired 10th lap - accident)
Final Standing G.P. of Interlagos, Brasil
1) Mika Hakkinen 10 pts
2) Michael Schumacher 06 pts
3) H.H. Frentzen 04 pts
4) Ralf Schumacher 03 pts
5) Eddie Irvine 02 pts
6) Olivier Panis 01 pts
7) Alexander Wurz -
8) Tora Takagi -
9) Marc Gene' -
02nd May 1999 - Grand Prix of Imola, San Marino
PRACTICE
A good session on Friday let Damon put his Jordan in fourth place. A good
start for Saturday, when he qualified in eighth position.
RACE
Back in Europe, and finally a good race: Hill started maintaining his
place, and gaining two before his first pit stop on the 29th lap when he
was sixth. Back on the track seventh; he made up ground until the virtual
podium when Damon made his second pit-stop very late in the race, on the
49th lap. Now he was fourth, and started a raging climb back to Barrichello,
third, that took him under the checkered flag fourth but after a long battle
with the Brazilian driver. Bravo Damon, a good race!
- Practice: 8th Place (1.27.708)
- Race: 4th place
Final Standing G.P. of Imola, San Marino
1) Michael Schumacher 10 pts
2) David Coulthard 06 pts
3) Rubens Barrichello 04 pts
4) Damon Hill 03 pts
5) Giancarlo Fisichella 02 pts
6) Jean Alesi 01 pts
7) Mika Salo -
8) Luca Badoer -
9) Marc Gene' -
10) Johnny Herbert -
16th May 1999 - Grand Prix of Monaco, Montecarlo
PRACTICE
The Monaco GP didn't start well for Damon: on Thursday he went in straight
and made a spintail in the chicane, so he could only do a few laps. And
on Saturday, during the free practice he went out and broke the car, so
he had to find the right setup during the official hour. But again a problem,
and the Jordan locked up due to a gearbox problem. Results: a bad 17th place.
RACE
Damon mantained his position, made three laps and tried an impossible
overtake on Ralf Schumacher, tring to overtake him on the inside of the
chicane, with an ensuing accident and retirement. Bad week end. Damon, this
is no good!
- Practice: 17th Place (1.22.832)
- Race: dnf (retired 4th lap - accident)
Final Standing G.P. of Monaco, Montecarlo
1) Michael Schumacher 10 pts
2) Eddie Irvine 06 pts
3) Mika Hakkinen 04 pts
4) H.H. Frentzen 03 pts
5) Giancarlo Fisichella 02 pts
6) Alexander Wurz 01 pts
7) Jarno Trulli -
8) Alessandro Zanardi -
9) Rubens Barrichello -
30th May 1999 - Grand Prix of Barcelona, Spain
PRACTICE
Both Damon and the Jordan team expected a lot from the practice. But the
decision to use the hard tyres, also in view of the race, didn't permit
the British ace to get more than eleventh place.
RACE
At the start Damon lost a couple of positions, probably again due to
the tyres, and then he mantained his place until the first pit stop, also
complicated by Zanardi's Williams blocked in front of the Jordan pit with
a broken gearbox. Back on the track Damon continued the race to reach 5th
place, 15 laps to the end, when he made his last pit stop. After he was
8th and started a good climb back: in short, he was behind Barrichello,
seventh, who was fighting with Trulli for sixth place. Unfortunately, however,
they were disturbed by the very first three drivers, who needed to overlap
the trio. So, Trulli gained sixth place, but Damon with a great manouvre
overtook Barrichello on the outside of the Seat bend, making probably the
only pass of the race on the track and not in the pits. Then, even if there
were no points, Damon did a good race.
- Practice: 11th Place (1.23.317)
- Race: 7th place
Final Standing G.P. of Barcelona, Spain
1) Mika Hakkinen 10 pts
2) David Coulthard 06 pts
3) Michael Schumacher 04 pts
4) Eddie Irvine 03 pts
5) Ralf Schumacher 02 pts
6) Jarno Trulli 01 pts
7) Damon Hill -
8) Rubens Barrichello -
9) Mika Salo -
10) Giancarlo Fisichella -
11) Alex Wurz -
12) Pedro de la Rosa -
13) Tora Takagi -
13th June 1999 - Grand Prix of Montreal, Canada
PRACTICE
Damon wasn't at his ease on this track, and the qualification showed it:
14th with a time of 1.21.094. The only good thing about it was the highest
speed in Friday's practice.
RACE
Hill didn't get off to a good start and he continued mantaining his
position until the 14th lap when in the chicane before the finish line he
made a mistake and went out hitting the wall; the same wall that became
the "world champion's parking spot" during the race, where both
Villeneuve and Schumacher went out.
- Practice: 14th Place (1.21.094)
- Race: dnf (retired 14th lap - accident)
Final Standing G.P. of Montreal, Canada
1) Mika Hakkinen 10 pts
2) Giancarlo Fisichella 06 pts
3) Eddie Irvine 04 pts
4) Ralf Schumacher 03 pts
5) Johnny Herbert 02 pts
6) Pedro Diniz 01 pts
7) David Coulthard -
8) Marc Gene' -
9) Olivier Panis -
10) Luca Badoer -
11) H.H. Frentzen -
27th June 1999 - Grand Prix of Magny-Course, France
PRACTICE
Usual Friday, with 12th place on the grid. Horrible Saturday, due to rain
and some mechanical trouble: 18th place and over the 107%. Obviously allowed
to start the race due the 'exceptional circumstances' of the official qualifier.
RACE
Damon gained a position thanks to Irvine's bad start. After that, Hill
followed the race until the 21st lap when it started to rain and he went
into the pits. Back on the track, he was immediately hit by an Arrows car,
that caused a puncture after that his Jordan went off the track. He made
a slow lap, changed tyres again, and continued the race after the safety
car, on the track due to the heavy rain. At the 31st lap Damon retired with
engine problem. The end of a horrible race for Hill.
- Practice: 18th Place (1.45.334)
- Race: dnf (retired 31th lap - engine)
- Practice: 18th Place (1.45.334)
- Race: dnf (retired 31th lap - engine)
Final Standing G.P. of Magny-Course, France
1) H.H. Frentzen 10 pts
2) Mika Hakkinen 06 pts
3) Rubens Barrichello 04 pts
4) Ralf Schumacher 03 pts
5) Micheal Schumacher 02 pts
6) Eddie Irvine 01 pts
7) Jarno Trulli -
8) Olivier Panis -
9) Ricardo Zonta -
10) Luca Badoer -
11) Tora Takagi -
12) Pedro de la Rosa -
11th July 1999 - Grand Prix of Silverstone, Great Britain
PRACTICE
The tension was all on Damon, anyway he did a good practice: Friday
he got seventh place, and Saturday he improved qualifying his Jordan in
sixth place. Good also the warm up, where he took fourth place.
RACE
The first Start was good, but it was cancelled by the red flag due to
two drivers that couldn't take the start. Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher
went out at Copse Curve and with a big crash he broke his right leg. (Michael,
best wishes!)
At the second start, Damon was overtaken by Ralf Schumacher, finding himself
sixth. Here he stayed for the rest of the race fighting with Barrichello
until the 24th lap, when Hill made his first pit stop. After that he went
back onto the track and, thanks to the other drivers' pit stops, on the
45th lap he was leading the race. Ok, it was only for a lap, but it was
a good moment ;-). Second pit stop and back on the track, Hill overtook
Barrichello and he was in fifth place where he stayed till the end of the
race.
- Practice: 6th Place (1.26.099)
- Race: 5th Pplace
Final Standing G.P. of Silverstone, Great Britain
1) David Coulthard 10 pts
2) Eddie Irvine 06 pts
3) Ralf Schumacher 04 pts
4) H.H. Frentzen 03 pts
5) Damon Hill 02 pts
6) P.P. Diniz 01 pts
7) Giancarlo Fisichella -
8) Rubens Barrichello -
9) Jarno Trulli -
10) Alexander Wurz -
11) Alex Zanardi -
12) Johnny Herbert -
13) Olivier Panis -
14) Jean Alesi -
15) Marc Gene' -
16) Tora Takagi -
25th July 1999 - Grand Prix of Zeltweg, Austria
PRACTICE
Friday was wonderful, and Damon opened his weekend taking first place
in the free practice. Unfortunately, Saturday he didn't find the right setup
and qualified only in 11th place.
RACE
Not a good race: Hill after the start lost two positions to become 13th.
And here he stayed, fighting with other drivers, but without pulling anything
out. After the pit stop at the 45th lap, Damon went on to end the race in
eighth place.
- Practice: 11th Place (1.12.901)
- Race: dnf (retired 31th lap - engine)
Final Standing G.P. of Zeltweg, Austria
1) Eddie Irvine 10 pts
2) David Coulthard 06 pts
3) Mika Hakkinen 04 pts
4) H.H. Frentzen 03 pts
5) Alexander Wurz 02 pts
6) P.P. Diniz 01 pts
7) Jarno Trulli -
8) Damon Hill -
9) Mika Salo -
10) Olivier Panis -
11) Marc Gene' -
12) Giancarlo Fisichella -
13) Luca Badoer -
14) Johnny Herbert -
01st August 1999 - Grand Prix of Hockenheim, Germany
PRACTICE
Eight place Friday, the same Saturday. Damon says that he expected something
better from the practice (and we expected it, too).
RACE
After the bad results of the practice, Hill chose to use the same kind
of brake used by his team-mate, who qualified second. But the race was a
mess: at the start Damon lost three places, regained something, fought with
Wurz, Fisichella and Barrichello, made two mistakes, the last one on the
13th lap: he slammed on his brakes and went out in the second chicane when
he was seventh. Hill went back into the pits and retired, maybe for brake
trouble.
- Practice: 8th Place (1.44.001)
- Race: dnf (retired 13th lap - technical trouble)
Final Standing G.P. of Hockenheim, Germany
1) Eddie Irvine 10 pts
2) Mika Salo 06 pts
3) H.H. Frentzen 04 pts
4) Ralf Schumacher 03 pts
5) David Coulthard 02 pts
6) Olivier Panis 01 pts
7) Alexander Wurz -
8) Jean Alesi -
9) Marc Gene' -
10) Luca Badoer -
15th August 1999 - Grand Prix of Budapest, Hungary
PRACTICE
On the magyar track Damon finds himself at ease, in fact he got sixth
place, only three thousandths behind his teammate. Note that Hill was one
of the few drivers using the ultra soft tyres.
RACE
Damon started sixth and finished sixth, but just describing his race
like this would be mininimizing it. In truth it was a good Grand Prix, fought
and raced at high level, at least 'til 5 laps to the end, when his engine
lost power, and forced Hill to end the race in a slow way. Two pit stops,
at the 29th and 48th lap, and attacking at the end, trying to overtake Barrichello,
but prevented by the engine trouble. When the track is difficult and technical,
Damon always shows his skill, and is always, not by chance, one of the best.
- Practice: 6th Place (1.18.667)
- Race: 6th Place
Final Standing G.P. of Budapest, Hungary
1) Mika Hakkinen 10 pts
2) David Coulthard 06 pts
3) Eddie Irvine 04 pts
4) H.H. Frentzen 03 pts
5) Rubens Barrichello 02 pts
6) Damon Hill 01 pts
7) Alexander Wurz -
8) Jarno Trulli -
9) Ralf Schumacher -
10) Olivier Panis -
11) Johnny Herbert -
12) Mika Salo -
13) Ricardo Zonta -
14) Luca Badoer -
15) Pedro De La Rosa -
16) Jean Alesi -
17) Marc Gene' -
29th August 1999 - Grand Prix of Spa, Belgium
PRACTICE
Damon did great practice: on that difficult track he got the fourth
place on the grid.
RACE
Race in contrast with the practice results: at start Damon lose
three places, and after that he went on in the race between seventh and
sixth place. Two pit stops, at 16th and 28th lap, and one point got at the
end of race. In spite of the good result, there still the feeling that
Damon could did something better.
- Practice: 4th Place (1.51.372)
- Race: 6th Place
Final Standing G.P. of Spa, Belgium
1) David Coulthard 10 pts
2) Mika Hakkinen 06 pts
3) H.H. Frentzen 04 pts
4) Eddie Irvine 03 pts
5) Ralf Schumacher 02 pts
6) Damon Hill 01 pts
7) Mika Salo -
8) Alex Zanardi -
9) Jean Alesi -
10) Rubens Barrichello -
11) Giancarlo Fisichella -
12) Jarno Trulli -
13) Olivier Panis -
14) Alexander Wurz -
15) Jacques Villeneuve -
16) Marc Gene' -
| Grand Prix: |
112 |
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| Victories: | 22 |
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| Pole Position: | 20 |
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| Fastest Laps: | 19 |
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| Total Points: | 361 |
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