1999 Pau Grand Prix

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	Benoît Tréluyer;
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais
Time	1:13.560
Podium
First	Benoît Tréluyer;
Second	Sébastien Dumez;
Third	Peter Sundberg;

The 1999 Pau Grand Prix was a

Signature Team. Sébastien Dumez finished second and Peter Sundberg

third.

Entry List

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

Classification

Qualification Race

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	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Team	25	30min 51.511sec	1
2	9	Gianluca Calcagni	RC Benetton	25	+ 8.814 s	3
3	3	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	25	+ 12.954 s	5
4	22	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 14.635 s	6
5	1	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	25	+ 18.130 s	7
6	4	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Team	25	+ 18.496 s	8
7	25	Bruno Besson	Promatecme	25	+ 19.776 s	9
8	21	Juan Manuel López	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 31.260 s	11
9	6	Michele Spoldi	Team Ghinzani	25	+ 31.962 s	14
10	15	Narain Karthikeyan	Carlin Motorsport	25	+ 40.825 s	15
11	57	Yannick Schroeder	La Filière	25	+ 41.591 s	13
12	18	Omar Galeffi	Target Racing	25	+ 42.630 s	4
13	11	Jérémie Dufour	Graff Racing	25	+ 43.996 s	17
14	12	Enrico Toccacelo	Ravarotto Racing Team	25	+ 45.090 s	20
15	2	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	25	+ 49.401 s	16
16	23	Fulvio Cavicchi	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 53.345 s	21
17	7	Davide Uboldi	Team Ghinzani	25	+ 55.509 s	19
18	10	Alex Müller	Graff Racing	24	+ 1 lap	12
Ret	56	Ryō Fukuda	La Filière	21	Retired	10
Ret	72	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	15	Retired	2
Ret	8	Gabriele Varano	RC Benetton	13	Retired	18
Ret	14	Michael Bentwood	Carlin Motorsport	2	Retired	22
Fastest Lap: Signature Team ) – 1:12.990 (136.128 km/h)
Sources: ^[2]^[3]

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	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Team	25	30min 51.026sec	1
2	3	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	25	+ 1.711 s	3
3	22	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 9.081 s	4
4	4	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Team	25	+ 9.950 s	6
5	9	Gianluca Calgani	RC Benetton	25	+ 10.873 s	2
6	25	Bruno Besson	Promatecme	25	+ 15.291 s	7
7	21	Juan Manuel López	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 17.300 s	8
8	12	Enrico Toccacelo	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 17.840 s	14
9	6	Michele Spoldi	Team Ghinzani	25	+ 18.206 s	9
10	11	Jérémie Dufour	Graff Racing	25	+ 18.898 s	13
11	72	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	25	+ 19.296 s	20
12	2	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	25	+ 22.070 s	15
13	57	Yannick Schroeder	La Filière	25	+ 23.179 s	11
14	10	Alex Müller	Graff Racing	25	+ 23.952 s	18
15	18	Omar Galeffi	Target Racing	25	+ 24.462 s	12
16	56	Ryō Fukuda	La Filière	25	+ 25.302 s	19
17	23	Fulvio Cavicchi	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 35.891 s	16
18	8	Gabriele Varano	RC Benetton	23	+ 2 laps	21
19	1	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	22	+ 3 laps	5
Ret	15	Narain Karthikeyan	Carlin Motorsport	17	Retired	10
Ret	14	Michael Bentwood	Carlin Motorsport	15	Retired	22
Ret	7	Davide Uboldi	Team Ghinzani	10	Retired	17
Fastest Lap: La Filière ) – 1:13.560 (135.073 km/h)
Sources: ^[4]^[5]

References

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

Preceded by 1998 Pau Grand Prix	Pau Grand Prix 1999	Succeeded by 2000 Pau Grand Prix

[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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Entry List

Classification

Qualification Race

Main Race

References