Update Oct 6, 1999: Grand Prix of Europe at Nurburgring

(sorry, very busy. I'll get back to this later today if I can. For now, the bare bones. Team Stewart prevailed, in a race that can only be described as a mess. Congratulations to the winner, Johnny Herbert; to Jackie Stewart; and to 3rd place finisher Rubens Barichello. All I have to report at the moment is the up-to-date standings in the World Drivers' Championship:

points, name, nation
62 HAKKINEN Mika Finland
60 IRVINE Eddie Great Britain
50 FRENTZEN H-Harald Germany
48 COULTHARD David Great Britain
33 SCHUMACHER Ralf Germany
32 SCHUMACHER Michael Germany
19 BARICHELLO Rubens Brazil
13 FISICHELLA Giancarlo Italy
12 HERBERT Johnny Great Britain
10 SALO Mika Finland
07 HILL Damon Great Britain
07 TRULLI Jarno Italy
03 WURZ Alexander Austria
03 DINIZ Pedro Brazil
02 PANIS Olivier France
01 ALESI Jean France
01 DE LA ROSA Pedro Spain
01 GENE Marc Spain
Details, pictures, and full results at ITV-F1 or at Formula 1 dot com.

Sept. 14, 1999: Grand Prix of Italy at Monza

There will still be a party in progress at the Irish Jordan team, celebrating the victory of their driver HeinzHarald Frentzen in the Italian Grand Prix. Mika Hakkinen led much of the race in his McLaren/Mercedes, but threw it off the road at a chicane; the motor stalled. Frentzen was in second, running a very good race and expecting to finish that way. After Hakkinen's departure he drove exceedingly well and went on to win. Second was Ralf Schumacher, driving for Sir Frank Williams. Nice to see a Williams driver on the podium. Mika Salo finished third for Ferrari, while Eddie Irvine muddled through somehow to gain one point for himself and one for Ferrari in sixth, having the whole weekend never found the handling setup. Michael Schumacher is not fully recovered at all, as was reported earlier. Having tested and done some pre-qualifying reconnaisance laps, he found that his curb-climbing driving style (which would have served him very well at a track like Monza) was too stressful to his right leg, badly injured several weeks ago.

Eddie Irvine and Mika Hakkined are tied at 60 points in the contest for the World Driving Championship.
Details, pictures, and full results at ITV-F1 or at Formula 1 dot com.

Belgium report 30 August 1999

The nicest circuit in Formula 1: Spa-francorchamps
Spa-francorchamps in the Ardenne Forest of Belgium

Congratulations to McLaren drivers David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen, who placed 1st and 2nd. Kudos as well to Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who enjoyed a well-earned visit to the podium, and to Team Jordan, earlier in the season thought to be a "mid-pack" team, coming up to speed vigorously in recent races. Ferrari: Irvine and Salo were able to finish no better than 4th and 7th respectively, having started their Ferraris from 6th and 9th. Result: Irvine loses the lead in World Drivers' Championship points; and Ferrari loses its lead in the Constructors' Championship.

What about Michael Schuhmacher?


Hungary, August 15, 1999:
podium text Hungary podium start text Start It should not be forgotten that earlier in the season David took out his own teammate Mika Hakkinen, in his inability to curb his eagerness.

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