1999 Korea Super Prix Explained

The 1999 Korea Super Prix was the inaugural Korea Super Prix race held on the streets of Changwon on November 28, 1999. It was won by British driver Darren Manning for TOM'S.

Drivers and teams

1999 Entry List^[1]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Main series
TOM'S	1	Darren Manning	Dallara 399	Toyota	All-Japan Formula Three
	2	Seiji Ara	Dallara 399	Toyota
Manor Motorsport	3	Marc Hynes	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula Three
Prema Powerteam	5	Peter Sundberg	Dallara 399	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	6	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Dallara 399	Opel	All-Japan Formula Three
La Filiere	7	Ryo Fukuda	Martini MK79	Opel	French Formula Three
Stewart Racing	9	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula Three
	10	Luciano Burti	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda
RC Benetton Junior Team	11	Michele Spoldi	Dallara 399	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	12	Matthew Davies	Dallara 399	Opel	British Formula Three
Opel Team BSR	14	André Couto	Dallara 399	Opel	International Formula 3000
	15	Christijan Albers	Dallara 399	Opel	German Formula Three
Signature Competition	17	Benoît Tréluyer	Dallara 399	Renault	French Formula Three
	18	Jonathan Cochet	Dallara 399	Renault
Promatecme	19	Bruno Besson	Dallara 399	Renault	French Formula Three
	20	Jenson Button	Dallara 399	Renault	British Formula Three
Skill Speed	21	Daisuke Ito	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	All-Japan Formula Three
Carlin Motorsport	22	Myung Mok Lee	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda
	23	Paolo Montin	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	Italian Formula 3000
Eagle Racing Team	28	Jungsoo Kim	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda
Indigo	29	Alan Cho	Dallara 399	Opel
ASM Fina	30	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara 399	Renault	French Formula Three
	31	Julien Beltoise	Dallara 399	Renault
JB Motorsport	33	Nicolas Stelandre	Dallara 399	Opel	German Formula Three
	34	Yves Olivier	Dallara 399	Opel	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Alan Docking Racing	36	Alex Yoong	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula Three
	37	Andrew Kirkaldy	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda
Speedsport F3 Racing Team	38	Toby Scheckter	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula Three
Nakajima Racing	64	Tsugio Matsuda	Dallara 399	Mugen-Honda	All-Japan Formula Three

Classification

Qualifying

• Qualifying was split into two sessions, for even-numbered cars and odd-numbered cars. The fastest car from the two sessions lined up on pole position, with the fastest from the other session lining up second. The rest of the cars lined up in session order, regardless of which session produced faster times than the other.

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time
1	1	Darren Manning	TOM'S	1:12.961
2	6	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Prema Powerteam	1:13.520
3	15	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	1:13.611
4	20	Jenson Button	Promatecme	1:13.705
5	5	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	1:13.811
6	18	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	1:13.724
7	17	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	1:13.976
8	10	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing	1:13.731
9	9	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing	1:14.025
10	30	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	1:14.084
11	31	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	1:14.031
12	64	Tsugio Matsuda	Nakajima Racing	1:14.244
13	3	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport	1:14.037
14	34	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	1:14.352
15	23	Paolo Montin	Carlin Motorsport	1:14.242
16	14	André Couto	Opel Team BSR	1:14.502
17	19	Bruno Besson	Promatecme	1:14.254
18	36	Alex Yoong	Alan Docking Racing	1:14.693
19	37	Andrew Kirkaldy	Alan Docking Racing	1:14.255
20	38	Toby Scheckter	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	1:14.726
21	7	Ryo Fukuda	La Filiere	1:14.420
22	12	Matthew Davies	RC Benetton Junior Team	1:14.736
23	21	Daisuke Ito	Skill Speed	1:15.164
24	2	Seiji Ara	TOM'S	1:15.162
25	33	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	1:15.211
26	22	Myung Mok Lee	Carlin Motorsport	1:19.121
27	11	Michele Spoldi	RC Benetton Junior Team	1:15.434
28	28	Jungsoo Kim	Eagle Racing Team	no time
29	29	Alan Cho	Indigo	1:17.795

Race

Leg 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Darren Manning	TOM'S	21	26:19.354	1
2	20	Jenson Button	Promatecme	21	+ 1.042	4
3	6	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Prema Powerteam	21	+ 26.386	2
4	18	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	21	+ 29.117	6
5	17	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	21	+ 30.308	7
6	30	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	21	+ 38.665	10
7	3	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport	21	+ 42.961	13
8	5	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	21	+ 46.029	5
9	34	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	21	+ 51.892	14
10	38	Toby Scheckter	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	21	+ 53.459	20
11	21	Daisuke Ito	Skill Speed	21	+ 59.783	23
12	11	Michele Spoldi	RC Benetton Junior Team	21	+ 1:01.684	27
13	2	Seiji Ara	TOM'S	21	+ 1:02.286	24
14	19	Bruno Besson	Promatecme	21	+ 1:04.816	17
15	37	Andrew Kirkaldy	Alan Docking Racing	21	+ 1:14.780	19
16	33	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	21	+ 1:20.159	25
17	29	Alan Cho	Indigo	21	+ 1:55.291	29
18	23	Paolo Montin	Carlin Motorsport	20	+ 1 Lap	15
19	12	Matthew Davies	RC Benetton Junior Team	20	+ 1 Lap	22
20	29	Myung Mok Lee	Carlin Motorsport	20	+ 1 Lap	26
NC	22	Jungsoo Kim	Eagle Racing Team	17	+ 4 Laps	28
Ret	36	Alex Yoong	Alan Docking Racing	15	Accident	18
Ret	15	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	6	Accident	3
Ret	10	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing	6	Accident	8
Ret	9	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing	6	Accident	9
Ret	31	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	6	Accident	11
Ret	64	Tsugio Matsuda	Nakajima Racing	6	Accident	12
Ret	14	André Couto	Opel Team BSR	6	Accident	16
Ret	7	Ryo Fukuda	La Filiere	6	Accident	21
Fastest lap and lap record: Darren Manning, 1:13.466, 149.163km/h on lap 8
The race was stopped on lap seven, due to an accident. The race was restarted and run to aggregate times.

Leg 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Darren Manning	TOM'S	25	38:22.451	1
2	20	Jenson Button	Promatecme	25	+ 0.035	2
3	17	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	25	+ 4.991	5
4	3	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport	25	+ 6.472	7
5	18	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	25	+ 9.814	4
6	30	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	25	+ 10.103	6
7	34	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	25	+ 10.879	9
8	11	Michele Spoldi	RC Benetton Junior Team	25	+ 11.521	12
9	38	Toby Scheckter	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	25	+ 13.965	10
10	36	Alex Yoong	Alan Docking Racing	25	+ 14.641	22
11	12	Matthew Davies	RC Benetton Junior Team	25	+ 15.979	19
12	6	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Prema Powerteam	25	+ 16.105	3
13	29	Alan Cho	Indigo	25	+ 29.176	17
14	21	Daisuke Ito	Skill Speed	24	+ 1 Lap	11
15	22	Jungsoo Kim	Eagle Racing Team	23	+ 2 Laps	21
Ret	2	Seiji Ara	TOM'S	19	Spin	13
Ret	14	André Couto	Opel Team BSR	15	Accident	24
Ret	23	Paolo Montin	Carlin Motorsport	15	Accident	18
Ret	33	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	14	Accident	16
Ret	29	Myung Mok Lee	Carlin Motorsport	13	Accident	20
Ret	15	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	10	Spin	23
Ret	5	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	9	Accident damage	8
Ret	19	Bruno Besson	Promatecme	8	Accident	14
Ret	37	Andrew Kirkaldy	Alan Docking Racing	7	Wheel	15
DNS	10	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing		Accident damage	25
DNS	9	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing		Accident damage	26
DNS	31	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina		Accident damage	27
DNS	64	Tsugio Matsuda	Nakajima Racing		Accident damage	28
DNS	7	Ryo Fukuda	La Filiere		Accident damage	29
Fastest lap: Darren Manning, 1:13.884, 148.319km/h on lap 9^[2]

Combined

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired
1	1	Darren Manning	TOM'S	46	1:04:41.805
2	20	Jenson Button	Promatecme	46	+ 1.077
3	17	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	46	+ 35.299
4	18	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	46	+ 38.931
5	6	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Prema Powerteam	46	+ 42.491
6	30	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	46	+ 48.768
7	3	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport	46	+ 49.433
8	34	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	46	+ 1:02.771
9	38	Toby Scheckter	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	46	+ 1:07.424
10	11	Michele Spoldi	RC Benetton Junior Team	46	+ 1:13.205
11	29	Alan Cho	Indigo	46	+ 2:24.467
12	12	Matthew Davies	RC Benetton Junior Team	45	+ 1 Lap
13	21	Daisuke Ito	Skill Speed	45	+ 1 Lap
Ret	2	Seiji Ara	TOM'S	40	Spin
NC	36	Alex Yoong	Alan Docking Racing	40	+ 6 Laps
NC	22	Jungsoo Kim	Eagle Racing Team	40	+ 6 Laps
Ret	33	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	35	Accident
Ret	23	Paolo Montin	Carlin Motorsport	35	Accident
Ret	29	Myung Mok Lee	Carlin Motorsport	33	Accident
Ret	5	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	30	Accident damage
Ret	19	Bruno Besson	Promatecme	29	Accident
Ret	37	Andrew Kirkaldy	Alan Docking Racing	28	Wheel
Ret	14	André Couto	Opel Team BSR	21	Accident
Ret	15	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	16	Spin
Ret	10	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing	6	Accident
Ret	9	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing	6	Accident
Ret	31	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	6	Accident
Ret	64	Tsugio Matsuda	Nakajima Racing	6	Accident
Ret	7	Ryo Fukuda	La Filiere	6	Accident
Fastest lap: Darren Manning, 1:13.466, 149.163km/h on lap 8

See also

• Korea Super Prix

Notes and References

1. News: 1999 starting grid. formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. 2009-12-26.
2. News: International F3 Korea Grand Prix: Provisional Second Leg. formula3info.com. Formula-3-Online Redaktion. 1999-11-28. 2009-12-26.