1999 Pau Grand Prix

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.

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 mi)
Distance 25 laps, 69.000 km (42.874 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Signature Team
Fastest lap
Driver Sébastien Bourdais La Filière
Time 1:13.560
Podium
First
Signature Team
Second
  • Sébastien Dumez
 ASM Fina
Third
Prema Powerteam

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
5 Benoît Tréluyer
Team Ghinzani 6 Michele Spoldi Dallara F399 BMW
7 Davide Uboldi Fiat
RC Benetton 8 Gabriele Varano Dallara F399 Opel
9 Gianluca Calcagni
Graff Racing 10 Alex Müller Dallara F399 Opel
11 Jérémie Dufour Martini MK49
Ravarotto Racing Team 12 Enrico Toccacelo Dallara F399 BMW
Carlin Motorsport 14 Michael Bentwood Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda
15 Narain Karthikeyan
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 an 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: Benoît Tréluyer (Signature Team) – 1:12.990 (136.128 km/h)
Sources: [2][3]

Main Race

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: Sébastien Bourdais (La Filière) – 1:13.560 (135.073 km/h)
Sources: [4][5]

References
  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. 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. Retrieved 2017-03-01.


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