1999 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review

The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th FIA Formula One World Championship season It commenced on March 7 1999 and ended on October 31 after sixteen races The season saw the introduction of a new event to the World Championship calendar the Malaysian Grand Prix The drivers World Championship was won by Mika Häkkinen although Eddie Irvine David Coulthard and HeinzHarald Frentzen all had a chance of clinching it Ferrari won the constructors World Championship which paved the way for the Michael Schumacherera of Ferrari dominance at the start of the 21st century Schumacher was injured during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone suffering a broken leg in a crash but returned before the end of the season