Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Friday Individual 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 | 25.398 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 219.561 | 353.273 | n/a |
| 2 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.444 | -0.046 | -0.046 | 219.164 | 352.634 | n/a |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 25.498 | -0.100 | -0.054 | 218.700 | 351.888 | 100.30% |
| 4 | 99 | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.590 | -0.192 | -0.092 | 217.913 | 350.622 | 100.66% |
| 5 | 20 | PJ Jones | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.593 | -0.195 | -0.003 | 217.888 | 350.581 | 100.68% |
| 6 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 25.594 | -0.196 | -0.001 | 217.879 | 350.568 | 100.68% |
| 7 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.601 | -0.203 | -0.007 | 217.820 | 350.472 | 100.71% |
| 8 | 7 | Max Papis | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.615 | -0.217 | -0.014 | 217.701 | 350.280 | 100.76% |
| 9 | 6X | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.631 | -0.233 | -0.016 | 217.565 | 350.062 | 100.83% |
| 10 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Honda/RI/F | 25.639 | -0.241 | -0.008 | 217.497 | 349.952 | 100.86% |
| 11 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Toyota/RI/F | 25.657 | -0.259 | -0.018 | 217.344 | 349.707 | 100.93% |
| 12 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 25.680 | -0.282 | -0.023 | 217.150 | 349.394 | 101.02% |
| 13 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 25.683 | -0.285 | -0.003 | 217.124 | 349.353 | 101.03% |
| 14 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 25.687 | -0.289 | -0.004 | 217.090 | 349.298 | 101.05% |
| 15 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.707 | -0.309 | -0.020 | 216.921 | 349.027 | 101.13% |
| 16 | 18 | Mark Blundell | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.724 | -0.326 | -0.017 | 216.778 | 348.796 | 101.19% |
| 17 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.726 | -0.328 | -0.002 | 216.761 | 348.769 | 101.20% |
| 18 | 4X | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 25.824 | -0.426 | -0.098 | 215.939 | 347.445 | 101.59% |
| 19 | 36 | Alex Barron | Toyota/EA/G | 25.836 | -0.438 | -0.012 | 215.838 | 347.284 | 101.63% |
| 20 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 25.892 | -0.494 | -0.056 | 215.372 | 346.533 | 101.85% |
| 21 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 25.951 | -0.553 | -0.059 | 214.882 | 345.745 | 102.08% |
| 22 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.079 | -0.681 | -0.128 | 213.827 | 344.048 | 102.59% |
| 23 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.104 | -0.706 | -0.025 | 213.622 | 343.718 | 102.69% |
| 24 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.268 | -0.870 | -0.164 | 212.289 | 341.573 | 103.33% |
| 25 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 26.477 | -1.079 | -0.209 | 210.613 | 338.876 | 104.15% |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 31.264 | -5.866 | -4.787 | 178.365 | 286.989 | 122.99% |
| 27 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 31.878 | -6.480 | -0.614 | 174.929 | 281.461 | 125.40% |