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Revision as of 12:19, 7 February 2021
1999 F1 Management Series | |
Previous: 1998 | Next: 2000 |
The 1999 F1 Management Series season is the second season of the rebooted management series run by Ataxia.
Drivers and teams
Changes
Teams
- Williams lost their Mecachrome engine supply opting instead for works Peugeots.
- Jordan accepted a major new Repsol sponsorship deal, also switching to Mugen-Honda engines from Peugeot.
- Stewart gained a new Telefonica title sponsorship.
- Tyrrell Racing left Formula One, with their entry purchased by the new British American Racing team.
- Arrows and Lola both upgraded to Supertec engines.
- Dome lost their Mugen Honda engine supply, and will use Ford power instead.
- Minardi secured Ferrari customer engines, and will brand them as "Fondmetal".
Drivers
- Heinz Harald Frentzen joined McLaren, replacing Dario Franchitti.
- Dario Franchitti joined Stewart, replacing Barrichello.
- Rubens Barrichello joined the new BAR team alongside rookie Nick Heidfeld, replacing the retiring Damon Hill and Pedro Diniz.
- Juan Pablo Montoya took Frentzen's vacant Williams seat.
- Mika Salo replaced Jos Verstappen in the second Benetton seat.
- Pedro de la Rosa joined Jordan, replacing Alessandro Zanardi.
- Zanardi moved to Minardi alongside Alessandro Zampedri; Gonzalo Rodriguez became the reserve driver.
- Sauber replaced Irvine and Alesi with the Italian pairing of Jarno Trulli and Vincenzo Sospiri.
- Arrows hired Bruno Junqueira to replace de la Rosa.
- David Coulthard returned to F1 with Dome after a year in CART.