Melbourne, Albert Park
7 March 1999
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Australia | Qantas Australian Grand Prix Melbourne, Albert Park 7 March 1999 |
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| Results | Race reduced by one lap to 57. |
| driver | team | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari Ferrari | 1:35:01.659 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan Mugen-Honda | + 1.026 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Ralf Schumacher | Williams Supertec | + 7.012 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton Playlife | + 33.418 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart Ford | + 54.697 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows Arrows | + 1:24.316 | 1 |
| 7 |  | Toranosuke Takagi | Arrows Arrows | + 1:26.288 | |
| 8 |  | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari Ferrari | + 1 lap |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Ricardo Zonta | B.A.R | Supertec | 48 | overheating / gearbox |
| Luca Badoer | Minardi | Ford | 42 | gearbox |
| Alexander Wurz | Benetton | Playlife | 28 | suspension |
| Pedro Diniz | Sauber | Petronas | 27 | gearbox / transmission |
| Marc Gene | Minardi | Ford | 25 | collision Trulli |
| Jarno Trulli | Prost | Peugeot | 25 | collision Gene |
| Olivier Panis | Prost | Peugeot | 23 | suspension |
| Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 21 | throttle / leakage |
| Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | Supertec | 20 | crash |
| David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 13 | hydraulics |
| Jacques Villeneuve | B.A.R | Supertec | 13 | rear wing / crash |
| Damon Hill | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 0 | collision / spin |
| Jean Alesi | Sauber | Petronas | -- | gearbox |
| Johnny Herbert | Stewart | Ford | -- | didn't start |
| Saturday's qualifying times |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:30.462 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:30.946 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:31.781 |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:32.148 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:32.276 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:32.289 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | Playlife | 1:32.540 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | Supertec | 1:32.691 |
| 9 | Damon Hill | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:32.695 |
| 10 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | Playlife | 1:32.789 |
| 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | B.A.R | Supertec | 1:32.888 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | Peugeot | 1:32.971 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | Ford | 1:32.991 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | Petronas | 1:33.374 |
| 15 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | Supertec | 1:33.549 |
| 16 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | Petronas | 1:33.910 |
| 17 | Toranosuke Takagi | Arrows | Arrows | 1:34.182 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | Arrows | 1:34.244 |
| 19 | Ricardo Zonta | B.A.R | Supertec | 1:34.412 |
| 20 | Olivier Panis | Prost | Peugeot | 1:35.068 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | Ford | 1:35.316 |
| Did not qualify (107%) [but will start - benefit of the doubt] | ||||
| 22 | Marc Gene | Minardi | Ford | 1:37.013 |
| Friday's practice times |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:31.971 |
| 2 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:31.985 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:32.947 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:33.029 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | Ford | 1:33.166 |
| 6 | Damon Hill | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:33.420 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:33.576 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | Peugeot | 1:33.870 |
| 9 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | Supertec | 1:33.951 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | Supertec | 1:33.957 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | Playlife | 1:34.046 |
| 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | Playlife | 1:34.135 |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | Petronas | 1:34.541 |
| 14 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:34.595 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | Peugeot | 1:34.693 |
| 16 | Jacques Villeneuve | B.A.R | Supertec | 1:34.695 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | Petronas | 1:35.253 |
| 18 | Toranosuke Takagi | Arrows | Arrows | 1:35.699 |
| 19 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | Arrows | 1:35.756 |
| 20 | Marc Gene | Minardi | Ford | 1:36.481 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | Ford | 1:37.958 |
| 22 | Ricardo Zonta | B.A.R | Supertec | 1:38.075 |
