- 1999 Formula One season
F1 season
Previous = 1998
Current = 1999
Next = 2000The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th FIA
Formula One World Championship season. It commenced onMarch 7 ,1999 , and ended onOctober 31 after sixteen races. The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Championship calendar, theMalaysian Grand Prix . The drivers World Championship was won byMika Häkkinen , althoughEddie Irvine ,David Coulthard andHeinz-Harald Frentzen all had a chance of clinching it. Ferrari won the constructors World Championship, which paved the way for theMichael Schumacher -era of Ferrari dominance at the start of the century. Schumacher was injured after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, suffering a broken leg in a crash, but returned before the end of the season.Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1999 FIA
Formula One World Championship.Drivers
Constructors
Notes
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Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) was replaced due to a broken leg byMika Salo at the Austrian, German, Hungarian, Belgian, Italian and European Grands Prix.
*Ricardo Zonta (BAR) was replaced byMika Salo at the San Marino, Monaco and Spanish Grands Prix.
*Luca Badoer (Minardi -Ford) was replaced by Prost test driverStephane Sarrazin at the Brazilian Grand Prix due to injury.
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