1999 European Grand Prix
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Marc Gene claimed Minardi's first point since Pedro Lamy's sixth place in the 1995 Australian GP
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Thanks for joining the coverage of the 1999 European Grand Prix - here's the full race report as it appeared in Autosport 21 years ago: 
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1. Herbert
2. Trulli
3. Barrichello
4. R Schumacher
5. Hakkinen
6. Gene
7. Irvine
8. Zonta
9. Panis
DNF - everyone else
2. Trulli
3. Barrichello
4. R Schumacher
5. Hakkinen
6. Gene
7. Irvine
8. Zonta
9. Panis
DNF - everyone else
It's your race winner - Johnny Herbert for the Stewart Ford team
And Gene claims a point for Minardi!
Schumacher clinches fourth, and Hakkinen should be set to clinch fifth.
Trulli holds second, and Barrichello has third to make it two Stewarts on the podium!
Checkered flag
And Johnny Herbert wins the 1999 European Grand Prix! Unbelievable!
Barrichello has one more lap to clear Trulli, but just can't find the space...
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It's the final lap.
Indeed, Hakkinen sweeps around Gene to double his points haul for this race.
Hakkinen's caught up to Gene now! The Minardi is currently in fifth place - but that might soon be Hakkinen's place.
Herbert, meanwhile, is streets ahead of everyone else. He's about to begin the penultimate lap, as Barrichello still can't clear Trulli!
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Hakkinen passes Irvine for sixth! Irvine goes off at the chicane, locking up to let Hakkinen through.
Barrichello is still over Trulli like a rash, but the Italian absorbs every ounce of pressure.
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And that's Villeneuve out! The BAR team won't score today, and Gene shuffles up to fifth!
Barrichello, meanwhile, decides to have a look at Trulli - but Trulli holds form into the chicane.
Hakkinen is still attempting to throw a move on Irvine - but he just can't make it happen!
Trulli is now very under fire from Barrichello, as Panis has disappeared from the picture. Will it be a Stewart 1-2?
Crash
Zonta, meanwhile, had a spin at the chicane - but he's so far ahead of Panis that he keeps ninth place.
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Top six - an improbable top six - is: Herbert, Trulli, Barrichello, Schumacher, Villeneuve, Gene.
Hakkinen has a stab at Irvine, but that wasn't really on - Irvine held the line into the chicane and Hakkinen ran wide.
Helpfully for Trulli, he has Panis to play tail-gunner to protect second from Barrichello. The Brazilian won't be im-prost with that.
Meanwhile, Hakkinen is closing in on seventh-placed Irvine - his main title rival - as he smells possible points.
Badoer's loss is Gene's gain, and the Spanish rookie is up to sixth place - behind Villeneuve in fifth.
Badoer, having lost fourth place, lets out an anguished cry. An absolute shame.
No! That's Badoer, out of the race from fourth place...he throws the steering wheel out of the car, and that's a possible three points out of Minardi's grasp. Another heartbreak.
Schumacher has clear track, and he's pushing for all his worth to try and get back into the top three.
Trulli has Panis all over him, but Panis is a lap down and Prost will have to carefully manage that - especially with Barrichello closing in on the Italian driver.
As we say that, Herbert lets Hakkinen go. He's still got some chance at a result here, and could theoretically even extend his championship lead.
Hakkinen attempts to unlap himself from race leader Herbert, but Herbert doesn't want to yield. He doesn't really need to, either.
Schumacher rejoins in fifth, ahead of Villeneuve and Gene - but look at that, Badoer is up to fourth place!
Ralf Schumacher loses his chance of victory with an ill-timed puncture
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And Johnny Herbert leads! The Stewart driver now takes the lead, as Trulli now moves up to second - who expected that?!
Crash
Ralf Schumacher goes off from the lead! As soon as the Williams driver collects the lead, he gets a puncture! What a shame for him...
Crash
And Fisichella's out! The Benetton driver spins it, and loses his shot at a win. That's another heartbreaking moment for a race leader here.
Fisichella now laps Irvine, who makes that much more difficult than it perhaps needed to be, to give himself some clear track.
A second downpour shook up the order - here's Trulli bearing wet tyres.
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Herbert pits from second, opting for the slicks to presumably go to the end. He drops to P3 behind Schumacher.
Fisichella puts a lap on Gene, and he's about to shuffle Villeneuve down a lap too.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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