Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Second Individual Friday 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 | 25.732 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 216.711 | 348.688 | n/a |
| 2 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.742 | -0.010 | -0.010 | 216.627 | 348.552 | n/a |
| 3 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 25.801 | -0.069 | -0.059 | 216.131 | 347.755 | 100.25% |
| 4 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 25.802 | -0.070 | -0.001 | 216.123 | 347.742 | 100.25% |
| 5 | 99 | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.907 | -0.175 | -0.105 | 215.247 | 346.332 | 100.66% |
| 6 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 25.940 | -0.208 | -0.033 | 214.973 | 345.892 | 100.79% |
| 7 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Honda/RI/F | 26.007 | -0.275 | -0.067 | 214.419 | 345.000 | 101.05% |
| 8 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 26.035 | -0.303 | -0.028 | 214.189 | 344.629 | 101.16% |
| 9 | 20 | PJ Jones | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.057 | -0.325 | -0.022 | 214.008 | 344.338 | 101.24% |
| 10 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.074 | -0.342 | -0.017 | 213.868 | 344.114 | 101.31% |
| 11 | 7 | Max Papis | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.080 | -0.348 | -0.006 | 213.819 | 344.035 | 101.33% |
| 12 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.085 | -0.353 | -0.005 | 213.778 | 343.969 | 101.35% |
| 13 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 26.103 | -0.371 | -0.018 | 213.631 | 343.732 | 101.42% |
| 14 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Toyota/RI/F | 26.140 | -0.408 | -0.037 | 213.328 | 343.245 | 101.57% |
| 15 | 18 | Mark Blundell | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.147 | -0.415 | -0.007 | 213.271 | 343.153 | 101.59% |
| 16 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Ford Cos/SW/F | 26.154 | -0.422 | -0.007 | 213.214 | 343.061 | 101.62% |
| 17 | 36 | Alex Barron | Toyota/EA/G | 26.250 | -0.518 | -0.096 | 212.434 | 341.807 | 101.99% |
| 18 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 26.278 | -0.546 | -0.028 | 212.208 | 341.443 | 102.10% |
| 19 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.287 | -0.555 | -0.009 | 212.135 | 341.326 | 102.14% |
| 20 | 4 | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 26.451 | -0.719 | -0.164 | 210.820 | 339.209 | 102.77% |
| 21 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.594 | -0.862 | -0.143 | 209.686 | 337.385 | 103.33% |
| 22 | 9 | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 26.631 | -0.899 | -0.037 | 209.395 | 336.917 | 103.47% |
| 23 | 10X | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.807 | -1.075 | -0.176 | 208.020 | 334.705 | 104.16% |
| 24 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 27.106 | -1.374 | -0.299 | 205.726 | 331.013 | 105.32% |
| 25 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 27.148 | -1.416 | -0.042 | 205.407 | 330.501 | 105.48% |
| 26 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 27.796 | -2.064 | -0.648 | 200.619 | 322.796 | 108.00% |
| 27 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 28.988 | -3.256 | -1.192 | 192.369 | 309.522 | 112.63% |