Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Thursday Practice Combined
| 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 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.879 | -0.147 | -0.077 | 215.480 | 346.707 | 100.55% |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.907 | -0.175 | -0.028 | 215.247 | 346.332 | 100.66% |
| 7 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.913 | -0.181 | -0.006 | 215.197 | 346.252 | 100.68% |
| 8 | 4 | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 25.923 | -0.191 | -0.010 | 215.114 | 346.118 | 100.72% |
| 9 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 25.940 | -0.208 | -0.017 | 214.973 | 345.892 | 100.79% |
| 10 | 7 | Max Papis | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.990 | -0.258 | -0.050 | 214.559 | 345.226 | 100.98% |
| 11 | 20 | PJ Jones | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.996 | -0.264 | -0.006 | 214.510 | 345.146 | 101.01% |
| 12 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Honda/RI/F | 26.007 | -0.275 | -0.011 | 214.419 | 345.000 | 101.05% |
| 13 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Toyota/RI/F | 26.026 | -0.294 | -0.019 | 214.263 | 344.749 | 101.12% |
| 14 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 26.035 | -0.303 | -0.009 | 214.189 | 344.629 | 101.16% |
| 15 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.074 | -0.342 | -0.039 | 213.868 | 344.114 | 101.31% |
| 16 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.085 | -0.353 | -0.011 | 213.778 | 343.969 | 101.35% |
| 17 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 26.103 | -0.371 | -0.018 | 213.631 | 343.732 | 101.42% |
| 18 | 18 | Mark Blundell | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.147 | -0.415 | -0.044 | 213.271 | 343.153 | 101.59% |
| 19 | 36 | Alex Barron | Toyota/EA/G | 26.250 | -0.518 | -0.103 | 212.434 | 341.807 | 101.99% |
| 20 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 26.278 | -0.546 | -0.028 | 212.208 | 341.443 | 102.10% |
| 21 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.287 | -0.555 | -0.009 | 212.135 | 341.326 | 102.14% |
| 22 | 44X | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 26.341 | -0.609 | -0.054 | 211.700 | 340.626 | 102.35% |
| 23 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.594 | -0.862 | -0.253 | 209.686 | 337.385 | 103.33% |
| 24 | 9 | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 26.631 | -0.899 | -0.037 | 209.395 | 336.917 | 103.47% |
| 25 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 26.757 | -1.025 | -0.126 | 208.409 | 335.330 | 103.96% |
| 26 | 10X | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.807 | -1.075 | -0.050 | 208.020 | 334.705 | 104.16% |
| 27 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 27.148 | -1.416 | -0.341 | 205.407 | 330.501 | 105.48% |
| 28 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 27.248 | -1.516 | -0.100 | 204.654 | 329.288 | 105.87% |
| 29 | 24X | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 27.267 | -1.535 | -0.019 | 204.511 | 329.058 | 105.94% |
| 30 | 26X | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 27.416 | -1.684 | -0.149 | 203.399 | 327.270 | 106.52% |
| 31 | 12X | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 27.457 | -1.725 | -0.041 | 203.096 | 326.781 | 106.68% |
| 32 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 27.618 | -1.886 | -0.161 | 201.912 | 324.876 | 107.31% |
| 33 | 4X | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 28.132 | -2.400 | -0.514 | 198.223 | 318.940 | 109.31% |
| 34 | 99X | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 28.376 | -2.644 | -0.244 | 196.518 | 316.198 | 110.25% |
| 35 | 25X | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 28.476 | -2.744 | -0.100 | 195.828 | 315.087 | 110.64% |
| 36 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 28.988 | -3.256 | -0.512 | 192.369 | 309.522 | 112.63% |
| 37 | 40X | Adrian Fernandez | Ford Cos/RI/F | 29.010 | -3.278 | -0.022 | 192.223 | 309.287 | 112.72% |
| 38 | 17X | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 33.770 | -8.038 | -4.760 | 165.129 | 265.692 | 131.21% |
| 39 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 38.347 | -12.615 | -4.577 | 145.419 | 233.980 | 149.00% |
| 40 | 2X | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 40.211 | -14.479 | -1.864 | 138.678 | 223.134 | 156.24% |