1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami

The 1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami was the first and opening round of the 1999 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held March 21, 1999, on the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.

1999 Marlboro Grand Prix Miami

Race details
Race 1 of 20 in the 1999 CART season
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Date	March 21, 1999
Official name	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami
Location	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida, United States
Course	Permanent oval course 1.5 mi / 2.4 km
Distance	150 laps 225 mi / 360 km
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Time	24.886
Fastest lap
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)
Time	26.825 (on lap 149 of 150)
Podium
First	Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing)
Second	Michael Andretti (Newman-Haas Racing)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Team KOOL Green)

Report

Race

Greg Moore won the opening race of the season from pole, leading 96 out of the 150 laps, winning comfortably ahead of Michael Andretti and Dario Franchitti. It would turn out to be Moore's final pole and win.

Also, This was the first race since the 1993 Indianapolis 500 without 3-time champion Bobby Rahal.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	150	1:38:54.535	1	20+1+1
2	6	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	150	+1.110	5	16
3	27	Dario Franchitti	Team Green	150	+2.146	7	14
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	150	+9.178	9	12
5	7	Max Papis	Team Rahal	150	+21.411	15	10
6	5	Gil de Ferran	Walker Racing	150	+21.700	24	8
7	33	Patrick Carpentier	Forsythe Racing	150	+21.922	3	6
8	18	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	150	+24.862	13	5
9	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	150	+25.467	16	4
10	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	149	+1 Lap	8	3
11	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	149	+1 Lap	10	2
12	8	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	149	+1 Lap	11	1
13	20	P. J. Jones	Patrick Racing	149	+1 Lap	19
14	25	Cristiano da Matta	Arciero-Wells Racing	148	+2 Laps	6
15	36	Alex Barron	All American Racers	148	+2 Laps	23
16	34	Dennis Vitolo	Payton/Coyne Racing	142	+8 Laps	26
17	9	Hélio Castro-Neves	Hogan Racing	138	Electrical	4
18	19	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	136	+14 Laps	27
19	22	Robby Gordon	Team Gordon	112	Engine	18
20	40	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	110	Contact	2
21	44	Tony Kanaan	Forsythe Racing	98	Fuel system	17
22	24	Scott Pruett	Arciero-Wells Racing	79	Contact	22
23	10	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	36	Suspension	19
24	71	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	Payton/Coyne Racing	1	Contact	25
25	15	Naoki Hattori	Walker Racing	0	Contact	12
26	2	Al Unser, Jr.	Team Penske	0	Contact	14
27	26	Raul Boesel	Team Green	0	Contact	20
DNS	16	Shigeaki Hattori	Bettenhausen Racing		Injury
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Caution flags

Laps	Cause
2-17	Hattori (15), Unser, Jr. (2), Hearn (10), Boesel (26), Garcia, Jr. (71) contact
82-92	Pruett (24) contact
111-121	Fernández (40) contact

Lap Leaders

Laps Leader 1-59 Greg Moore 60 Patrick Carpentier 61-62 Adrián Fernández 63-64 Michael Andretti 65-66 Gil de Ferran 67-84 Dario Franchitti 85-113 Hélio Castro-Neves 114-150 Greg Moore

Driver Laps led Greg Moore 96 Hélio Castro-Neves 29 Dario Franchitti 18 Michael Andretti 2 Gil de Ferran 2 Adrián Fernández 2 Patrick Carpentier 1

Point standings after race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Greg Moore	22
2	Michael Andretti	16
3	Dario Franchitti	14
4	Jimmy Vasser	12
5	Max Papis	10

References

1. "1999 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota". Champ Car Stats. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
2. "Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami". Ultimate Racing History. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

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