1999 Molson Indy Toronto
Race details | |
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Race 11 of 20 in the 1999 CART season | |
![]() Exhibition Place track layout | |
Date | July 18, 1999 |
Official name | Molson Indy Toronto |
Location | Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Course | Temporary Street Course 1.755 mi / 2.824 km |
Distance | 95 laps 166.725 mi / 268.318 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 31 °C (88 °F); wind speeds up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Gil de Ferran (Walker Racing) |
Time | 57.143 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
Time | 59.361 (on lap 88 of 95) |
Podium | |
First | Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green) |
Second | Paul Tracy (Team KOOL Green) |
Third | Christian Fittipaldi (Newman-Haas Racing) |
The 1999 Molson Indy Toronto was the eleventh round of the 1999 CART season and took place on July 18, 1999, at the 2.824-kilometre (1.755 mi) Exhibition Place temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Report[]
Race[]
Gil de Ferran took pole in qualifying by a considerable margin, but his lead did not last long as Dario Franchitti passed him at Turn 3 on the first lap. It was a lead which he was not going to relinquish. De Ferran ran second and Jimmy Vasser third early on, but the latter suffered from tire problems and dropped down the order, with Christian Fittipaldi taking third. After the first pitstop, Roberto Moreno ran second behind Franchitti by following an alternate strategy, but it meant that he had to make his second stop earlier than others, and after the second round of stops, de Ferran took the place, with Fittipaldi being jumped by Paul Tracy. De Ferran however was sent to the back of the lead lap for hitting a tire in the pit lane, putting him out of contention. Franchitti had no such problems and took his first win of the season ahead of teammate Tracy, with Fittipaldi taking the final step on the podium.
Classification[]
Race[]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 27 | ![]() |
Team Green | 95 | 1:56:27.550 | 2 | 20+1 |
2 | 26 | ![]() |
Team Green | 95 | +2.624 | 6 | 16 |
3 | 11 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing | 95 | +6.987 | 5 | 14 |
4 | 18 | ![]() |
PacWest Racing | 95 | +10.735 | 17 | 12 |
5 | 7 | ![]() |
Team Rahal | 95 | +15.480 | 18 | 10 |
6 | 40 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 95 | +22.903 | 23 | 8 |
7 | 24 | ![]() |
Arciero-Wells Racing | 95 | +24.256 | 11 | 6 |
8 | 12 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 95 | +33.394 | 4 | 5 |
9 | 2 | ![]() |
Team Penske | 95 | +35.109 | 25 | 4 |
10 | 20 | ![]() |
Patrick Racing | 95 | +36.015 | 20 | 3 |
11 | 33 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 95 | +36.478 | 12 | 2 |
12 | 15 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 95 | +42.111 | 15 | 1 |
13 | 22 | ![]() |
Team Gordon | 95 | +48.163 | 22 | |
14 | 17 | ![]() |
PacWest Racing | 95 | +51.827 | 16 | |
15 | 8 | ![]() |
Team Rahal | 93 | +2 Laps | 9 | |
16 | 10 | ![]() |
Della Penna Motorsports | 93 | +2 Laps | 21 | |
17 | 44 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 92 | Contact | 7 | |
18 | 71 | ![]() |
Payton/Coyne Racing | 82 | Transmission | 27 | |
19 | 5 | ![]() |
Walker Racing | 71 | Contact | 1 | 1 |
20 | 99 | ![]() |
Forsythe Racing | 66 | Cooling | 10 | |
21 | 19 | ![]() |
Payton/Coyne Racing | 59 | Contact | 19 | |
22 | 4 | ![]() |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 59 | Contact | 8 | |
23 | 16 | ![]() |
Bettenhausen Racing | 56 | Spun off | 26 | |
24 | 25 | ![]() |
Arciero-Wells Racing | 29 | Contact | 13 | |
25 | 36 | ![]() |
All American Racing | 25 | Engine | 24 | |
26 | 6 | ![]() |
Newman-Haas Racing | 11 | Contact | 3 | |
27 | 9 | ![]() |
Hogan Racing | 10 | Transmission | 14 |
Caution flags[]
Laps | Cause |
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13-17 | Moore (99), Andretti (6) contact |
31-35 | da Matta (25), Hearn (10) contact |
38-40 | Unser, Jr. (2), Moore (99) contact |
61-67 | Jourdain, Jr. (19), Montoya (4) contact |
72-76 | de Ferran (5) contact |
Lap Leaders[]
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Point standings after race[]
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
113 |
2 | ![]() |
106 |
3 | ![]() |
96 |
4 | ![]() |
95 |
5 | ![]() |
88 |
References[]
- ^ "1999 Molson Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
- 1999 in CART
- Indy Toronto
- 1999 in Canadian motorsport
- 1999 in Toronto