The race was delayed due to rain, and the drivers had to wait for the track to dry out. On the second attempt to start, Juan Pablo Montoya dived past front-row starters Christian Fittipaldi and Dario Franchitti to take the lead. The trio quickly pulled away from the rest of the field with Franchitti taking second from Fittipaldi at the first round of pit stops, only for Fittipaldi to reverse the order a few laps later by passing Franchitti on the track. Neither, despite staying within two seconds of Montoya, were able to give a serious challenge to him, the Colombian taking his third successive win. The battle for second eventually went to Franchitti who beat Fittipaldi with a quicker second pitstop.
1999, grand, prix, telemar, fifth, round, 1999, cart, world, series, season, held, 1999, autódromo, internacional, nelson, piquet, janeiro, brazil, christian, fittipaldi, first, only, pole, position, career, 1999, riorace, detailsrace, 1999, cart, seasondatema. The 1999 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 was the fifth round of the 1999 CART World Series Season held on May 15 1999 on the Autodromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Rio de Janeiro Brazil Christian Fittipaldi won his first and only Pole Position of his career 1999 RioRace detailsRace 5 of 20 in the 1999 CART seasonDateMay 15 1999Official name1999 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200LocationEmerson Fittipaldi Speedway Rio de Janeiro BrazilCoursePermanent racing facility1 864 mi 3 000 kmDistance108 laps201 312 mi 323 978 kmWeatherLight rainPole positionDriverChristian Fittipaldi Newman Haas Racing Time38 565Fastest lapDriverJuan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Time38 891 on lap 107 of 108 PodiumFirstJuan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing SecondDario Franchitti Team KOOL Green ThirdChristian Fittipaldi Newman Haas Racing Contents 1 Report 1 1 Race 2 Classification 2 1 Race 3 Caution flags 4 Lap Leaders 5 Point standings after race 6 ReferencesReport EditRace Edit The race was delayed due to rain and the drivers had to wait for the track to dry out On the second attempt to start Juan Pablo Montoya dived past front row starters Christian Fittipaldi and Dario Franchitti to take the lead The trio quickly pulled away from the rest of the field with Franchitti taking second from Fittipaldi at the first round of pit stops only for Fittipaldi to reverse the order a few laps later by passing Franchitti on the track Neither despite staying within two seconds of Montoya were able to give a serious challenge to him the Colombian taking his third successive win The battle for second eventually went to Franchitti who beat Fittipaldi with a quicker second pitstop Classification EditRace Edit Pos No Driver Team Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 4 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 108 1 36 32 233 3 20 12 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 108 1 736 2 163 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman Haas Racing 108 3 954 1 14 14 7 Max Papis Team Rahal 108 4 930 13 125 44 Tony Kanaan Forsythe Racing 108 7 036 7 106 33 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 108 7 618 9 87 20 P J Jones Patrick Racing 108 8 057 16 68 99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing 108 8 304 10 59 3 Tarso Marques Team Penske 108 10 688 8 410 5 Gil de Ferran Walker Racing 108 11 241 4 311 18 Roberto Moreno PacWest Racing 108 11 717 23 212 2 Al Unser Jr Team Penske 108 12 215 19 113 8 Bryan Herta Team Rahal 108 14 138 514 22 Robby Gordon Team Gordon 108 17 470 2615 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 108 20 214 1216 19 Michel Jourdain Jr Payton Coyne Racing 107 1 Lap 2417 16 Gualter Salles Bettenhausen Racing 107 1 Lap 2118 71 Luiz Garcia Jr Payton Coyne Racing 102 6 Laps 2719 10 Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports 101 Cooling 1820 40 Adrian Fernandez Patrick Racing 83 Contact 1721 25 Cristiano da Matta Arciero Wells Racing 81 Turbo 1422 17 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing 61 Cooling 2523 36 Alex Barron All American Racing 58 Overheating 2224 24 Scott Pruett Arciero Wells Racing 49 Turbo 2025 9 Helio Castro Neves Hogan Racing 32 Turbo 1126 6 Michael Andretti Newman Haas Racing 28 Engine 1527 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 23 Electrical 6Caution flags EditLaps Cause1 Field not aligned30 36 Andretti 6 engine blow up50 55 Pruett 24 engine blow up85 90 Fernandez 40 contact91 95 Rain98 102 Gordon 22 Jourdain Jr 19 contactLap Leaders EditLaps Leader1 Christian Fittipaldi2 72 Juan Pablo Montoya73 Christian Fittipaldi74 76 Dario Franchitti77 86 Al Unser Jr 87 108 Juan Pablo Montoya Driver Laps ledJuan Pablo Montoya 93Al Unser Jr 10Dario Franchitti 3Christian Fittipaldi 2Point standings after race EditPos Driver Points1 Juan Pablo Montoya 662 Dario Franchitti 513 Christian Fittipaldi 494 Greg Moore 455 Adrian Fernandez 43References EditPrevious race 1999 Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix CART FedEx Championship Series1999 season Next race 1999 Motorola 300Previous race 1998 Rio 400 Rio 200 Next race 2000 Rio 200 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1999 Grand Prix Telemar Rio 200 amp oldid 1096665948, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
