Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Individual Thusday Morning Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.830 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 215.889 | 347.365 | n/a |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.879 | -0.049 | -0.049 | 215.480 | 346.707 | n/a |
| 3 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.913 | -0.083 | -0.034 | 215.197 | 346.252 | 100.23% |
| 4 | 4 | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 25.923 | -0.093 | -0.010 | 215.114 | 346.118 | 100.27% |
| 5 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.983 | -0.153 | -0.060 | 214.617 | 345.319 | 100.50% |
| 6 | 7 | Max Papis | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.990 | -0.160 | -0.007 | 214.559 | 345.226 | 100.52% |
| 7 | 20 | PJ Jones | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.996 | -0.166 | -0.006 | 214.510 | 345.146 | 100.55% |
| 8 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Toyota/RI/F | 26.026 | -0.196 | -0.030 | 214.263 | 344.749 | 100.66% |
| 9 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 26.173 | -0.343 | -0.147 | 213.059 | 342.812 | 101.23% |
| 10 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 26.198 | -0.368 | -0.025 | 212.856 | 342.485 | 101.33% |
| 11 | 18 | Mark Blundell | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.199 | -0.369 | -0.001 | 212.848 | 342.472 | 101.33% |
| 12 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Honda/RI/F | 26.211 | -0.381 | -0.012 | 212.750 | 342.315 | 101.38% |
| 13 | 44X | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 26.341 | -0.511 | -0.130 | 211.700 | 340.626 | 101.88% |
| 14 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.425 | -0.595 | -0.084 | 211.027 | 339.543 | 102.21% |
| 15 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 26.467 | -0.637 | -0.042 | 210.693 | 339.004 | 102.37% |
| 16 | 99 | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.484 | -0.654 | -0.017 | 210.557 | 338.787 | 102.43% |
| 17 | 36 | Alex Barron | Toyota/EA/G | 26.540 | -0.710 | -0.056 | 210.113 | 338.072 | 102.65% |
| 18 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 26.588 | -0.758 | -0.048 | 209.734 | 337.462 | 102.84% |
| 19 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.604 | -0.774 | -0.016 | 209.608 | 337.259 | 102.90% |
| 20 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 26.699 | -0.869 | -0.095 | 208.862 | 336.059 | 103.27% |
| 21 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 26.757 | -0.927 | -0.058 | 208.409 | 335.330 | 103.49% |
| 22 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 26.809 | -0.979 | -0.052 | 208.005 | 334.680 | 103.69% |
| 23 | 10X | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.854 | -1.024 | -0.045 | 207.656 | 334.119 | 103.87% |
| 24 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.883 | -1.053 | -0.029 | 207.432 | 333.758 | 103.98% |
| 25 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 27.248 | -1.418 | -0.365 | 204.654 | 329.288 | 105.39% |
| 26 | 24X | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 27.267 | -1.437 | -0.019 | 204.511 | 329.058 | 105.46% |
| 27 | 26X | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 27.416 | -1.586 | -0.149 | 203.399 | 327.270 | 106.04% |
| 28 | 12X | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 27.457 | -1.627 | -0.041 | 203.096 | 326.781 | 106.20% |
| 29 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 27.618 | -1.788 | -0.161 | 201.912 | 324.876 | 106.82% |
| 30 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 27.685 | -1.855 | -0.067 | 201.423 | 324.090 | 107.08% |
| 31 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 27.811 | -1.981 | -0.126 | 200.511 | 322.622 | 107.57% |
| 32 | 9 | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 27.849 | -2.019 | -0.038 | 200.237 | 322.181 | 107.71% |
| 33 | 4X | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 28.132 | -2.302 | -0.283 | 198.223 | 318.940 | 108.81% |
| 34 | 99X | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 28.376 | -2.546 | -0.244 | 196.518 | 316.198 | 109.75% |
| 35 | 25X | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 28.476 | -2.646 | -0.100 | 195.828 | 315.087 | 110.14% |
| 36 | 40X | Adrian Fernandez | Ford Cos/RI/F | 29.010 | -3.180 | -0.534 | 192.223 | 309.287 | 112.20% |
| 37 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 29.133 | -3.303 | -0.123 | 191.412 | 307.982 | 112.68% |
| 38 | 17X | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 33.770 | -7.940 | -4.637 | 165.129 | 265.692 | 130.62% |
| 39 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 38.347 | -12.517 | -4.577 | 145.419 | 233.980 | 148.32% |
| 40 | 2X | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 40.211 | -14.381 | -1.864 | 138.678 | 223.134 | 155.53% |