Silverstone Test - Day Two: 30 June 1999.

Mika Hakkinen and McLaren topped the times as the pre-British GP test got in to full swing at Silverstone.


After a quieter, less populated opening session, day two saw 18 drivers take to the track in good conditions. Hakkinen posted fastest time of the day, ahead of the surprising Jacques Villeneuve and Rubens Barrichello, as day one leader Michael Schumacher struggled to find the pace.


Separating Hakkinen from Schumacher in sixth, David Coulthard and Giancarlo Fisichella pointed to a promising race for McLaren and Benetton respectively, while Eddie Irvine (8th) was surprised to find his time almost matched by the Arrows of Pedro de la Rosa.


Jordan stand-ins Jos Verstappen and Shinji Nakano were disappointed to be some three seconds off Hakkinen's pace, in 15th and 16th positions, and the local team will hope that regular drivers Damon Hill and Heinz-Harald Frentzen can find the latter's French GP form when they join the test on Thursday and Friday.


Leading performances (30 June):


Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1min 25.938secs

Jacques Villeneuve BAR-Supertec 1min 26.102secs

Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1min 26.666secs

David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1min 26.679secs

Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1min 26.829secs

Michael Schumacher Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 27.141secs

Alex Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1min 27.188secs

Eddie Irvine Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 27.243secs

Pedro de la Rosa Arrows-Arrows 1min 27.528secs

Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1min 27.780secs

Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1min 27.829secs

Ralf Schumacher Williams-Supertec 1min 27.917secs

Johnny Herbert Stewart-Ford 1min 27.922secs

Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1min 28.059secs

Jos Verstappen Jordan-Mugen 1min 28.334secs

Shinji Nakano Jordan-Mugen 1min 28.613secs

Tora Takagi Arrows-Arrows 1min 28.795secs

Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1min 29.275secs