1999 Pau Grand Prix

1999 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 23 May 1999
Official name LIX Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 25 laps, 69.000 km (42.874 miles)
Pole position
Driver Signature Team
Fastest lap
Driver France Sébastien Bourdais La Filière
Time 1:13.560
Podium
First Signature Team
Second
  • France Sébastien Dumez
ASM Fina
Third Prema Powerteam

The 1999 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Three motor race held on 23 May 1999 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Benoît Tréluyer, driving for Signature Team. Sébastien Dumez finished second and Peter Sundberg third.

Entry List

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Team No. Driver Chassis Engine
France ASM Fina 1 France Julien Beltoise Dallara F399 Renault
2 Portugal Tiago Monteiro
3 France Sébastien Dumez
France Signature Team 4 France Jonathan Cochet Dallara F399 Renault
5 France Benoît Tréluyer
Italy Team Ghinzani 6 Italy Michele Spoldi Dallara F399 BMW
7 Italy Davide Uboldi Fiat
Italy RC Benetton 8 Switzerland Gabriele Varano Dallara F399 Opel
9 Italy Gianluca Calcagni
France Graff Racing 10 Germany Alex Müller Dallara F399 Opel
11 France Jérémie Dufour Martini MK49
Italy Ravarotto Racing Team 12 Italy Enrico Toccacelo Dallara F399 BMW
United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport 14 United Kingdom Michael Bentwood Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda
15 India Narain Karthikeyan
Italy Target Racing 18 Italy Omar Galeffi Dallara F399 Opel
Italy Prema Powerteam 21 Argentina Juan Manuel López Dallara F399 Opel
22 Sweden Peter Sundberg
23 Italy Fulvio Cavicchi
France Promatecme 25 France Bruno Besson Dallara F399 Renault
France La Filière 56 Japan Ryō Fukuda Martini MK79 Opel
57 France Yannick Schroeder
72 France Sébastien Bourdais
Source: [1]

Classification

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Qualification Race

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Tréluyer lead a seemingly immaculate race to take the win in the first race of two and set himself up nicely for the feature race. He was followed by Calcagni and Dumez.

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 5 France Benoît Tréluyer Signature Team 25 30min 51.511sec 1
2 9 Italy Gianluca Calcagni RC Benetton 25 + 8.814 s 3
3 3 France Sébastien Dumez ASM Fina 25 + 12.954 s 5
4 22 Sweden Peter Sundberg Prema Powerteam 25 + 14.635 s 6
5 1 France Julien Beltoise ASM Fina 25 + 18.130 s 7
6 4 France Jonathan Cochet Signature Team 25 + 18.496 s 8
7 25 France Bruno Besson Promatecme 25 + 19.776 s 9
8 21 Argentina Juan Manuel López Prema Powerteam 25 + 31.260 s 11
9 6 Italy Michele Spoldi Team Ghinzani 25 + 31.962 s 14
10 15 India Narain Karthikeyan Carlin Motorsport 25 + 40.825 s 15
11 57 France Yannick Schroeder La Filière 25 + 41.591 s 13
12 18 Italy Omar Galeffi Target Racing 25 + 42.630 s 4
13 11 France Jérémie Dufour Graff Racing 25 + 43.996 s 17
14 12 Italy Enrico Toccacelo Ravarotto Racing Team 25 + 45.090 s 20
15 2 Portugal Tiago Monteiro ASM Fina 25 + 49.401 s 16
16 23 Italy Fulvio Cavicchi Prema Powerteam 25 + 53.345 s 21
17 7 Italy Davide Uboldi Team Ghinzani 25 + 55.509 s 19
18 10 Germany Alex Müller Graff Racing 24 + 1 lap 12
Ret 56 Japan Ryō Fukuda La Filière 21 Retired 10
Ret 72 France Sébastien Bourdais La Filière 15 Retired 2
Ret 8 Switzerland Gabriele Varano RC Benetton 13 Retired 18
Ret 14 United Kingdom Michael Bentwood Carlin Motorsport 2 Retired 22
Fastest Lap: France Benoît Tréluyer (Signature Team) – 1:12.990 (136.128 km/h)
Sources: [2][3]

Main Race

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An exceptional race by Tréluyer meant that he would lead from start-to-finish. Bourdais was seemingly the only person who could mount such a challenge, but after retiring on lap 15, it was a relatively easy run until the finish for Tréluyer. Although, Dumez did close up the gap considerably toward the end, with the winning margin being less than two seconds.

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 5 France Benoît Tréluyer Signature Team 25 30min 51.026sec 1
2 3 France Sébastien Dumez ASM Fina 25 + 1.711 s 3
3 22 Sweden Peter Sundberg Prema Powerteam 25 + 9.081 s 4
4 4 France Jonathan Cochet Signature Team 25 + 9.950 s 6
5 9 Italy Gianluca Calgani RC Benetton 25 + 10.873 s 2
6 25 France Bruno Besson Promatecme 25 + 15.291 s 7
7 21 Argentina Juan Manuel López Prema Powerteam 25 + 17.300 s 8
8 12 Italy Enrico Toccacelo Prema Powerteam 25 + 17.840 s 14
9 6 Italy Michele Spoldi Team Ghinzani 25 + 18.206 s 9
10 11 France Jérémie Dufour Graff Racing 25 + 18.898 s 13
11 72 France Sébastien Bourdais La Filière 25 + 19.296 s 20
12 2 Portugal Tiago Monteiro ASM Fina 25 + 22.070 s 15
13 57 France Yannick Schroeder La Filière 25 + 23.179 s 11
14 10 Germany Alex Müller Graff Racing 25 + 23.952 s 18
15 18 Italy Omar Galeffi Target Racing 25 + 24.462 s 12
16 56 Japan Ryō Fukuda La Filière 25 + 25.302 s 19
17 23 Italy Fulvio Cavicchi Prema Powerteam 25 + 35.891 s 16
18 8 Switzerland Gabriele Varano RC Benetton 23 + 2 laps 21
19 1 France Julien Beltoise ASM Fina 22 + 3 laps 5
Ret 15 India Narain Karthikeyan Carlin Motorsport 17 Retired 10
Ret 14 United Kingdom Michael Bentwood Carlin Motorsport 15 Retired 22
Ret 7 Italy Davide Uboldi Team Ghinzani 10 Retired 17
Fastest Lap: France Sébastien Bourdais (La Filière) – 1:13.560 (135.073 km/h)
Sources: [4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "59ème GRAND PRIX DE PAU - FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPE CUP - ENTRY LIST" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  2. ^ "59ème GRAND PRIX DE PAU - FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPE CUP - RACE 1" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  3. ^ "1999 Pau Grand Prix". juniorformulamotorsport.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  4. ^ "59ème GRAND PRIX DE PAU - FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPE CUP - RACE 2" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  5. ^ "1999 Pau Grand Prix". juniorformulamotorsport.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2017-03-01.


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1999
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