1999 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1999 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 June 1999 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 1999 Formula One season.
| 1999 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 6 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship | |||
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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (last modified in 1996) | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 13 June 1999 | ||
| Official name | XXXVII Grand Prix Air Canada | ||
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.421 km (2.747 miles) | ||
| Distance | 69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 miles) | ||
| Weather |
Hot with temperatures approaching 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) Wind speeds up to 5.1 km/h (3.2 mph) Track 41–43 °C (106–109 °F) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:19.298 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:20.382 on lap 62 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Benetton-Playlife | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The race was notable for the four crashes that occurred in turn 13 and for the number of times the safety car was deployed. Turn 13, the final chicane, had four separate crashes in which a driver either went wide or spun into the wall. Three of the drivers who crashed there had previously won the Drivers' Championship, leading to the wall becoming known as the "Wall of Champions". The safety car was deployed four times in the race, a record at the time, and was the first Formula One race to finish behind the safety car following Heinz-Harald Frentzen's crash with four laps to go.