Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Thursday/Friday Practice
Combined 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 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.879 | -0.481 | -0.043 | 215.480 | 346.707 | 101.80% |
| 21 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 25.892 | -0.494 | -0.013 | 215.372 | 346.533 | 101.85% |
| 22 | 4 | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 25.923 | -0.525 | -0.031 | 215.114 | 346.118 | 101.97% |
| 23 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 25.951 | -0.553 | -0.028 | 214.882 | 345.745 | 102.08% |
| 24 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.079 | -0.681 | -0.128 | 213.827 | 344.048 | 102.59% |
| 25 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.104 | -0.706 | -0.025 | 213.622 | 343.718 | 102.69% |
| 26 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.268 | -0.870 | -0.164 | 212.289 | 341.573 | 103.33% |
| 27 | 44X | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 26.341 | -0.943 | -0.073 | 211.700 | 340.626 | 103.62% |
| 28 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 26.477 | -1.079 | -0.136 | 210.613 | 338.876 | 104.15% |
| 29 | 9 | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 26.631 | -1.233 | -0.154 | 209.395 | 336.917 | 104.76% |
| 30 | 10X | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.807 | -1.409 | -0.176 | 208.020 | 334.705 | 105.45% |
| 31 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 27.248 | -1.850 | -0.441 | 204.654 | 329.288 | 107.19% |
| 32 | 24X | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 27.267 | -1.869 | -0.019 | 204.511 | 329.058 | 107.26% |
| 33 | 26X | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 27.416 | -2.018 | -0.149 | 203.399 | 327.270 | 107.85% |
| 34 | 12X | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 27.457 | -2.059 | -0.041 | 203.096 | 326.781 | 108.01% |
| 35 | 33 | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 27.618 | -2.220 | -0.161 | 201.912 | 324.876 | 108.64% |
| 36 | 99X | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 28.376 | -2.978 | -0.758 | 196.518 | 316.198 | 111.62% |
| 37 | 25X | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 28.476 | -3.078 | -0.100 | 195.828 | 315.087 | 112.02% |
| 38 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 28.988 | -3.590 | -0.512 | 192.369 | 309.522 | 114.03% |
| 39 | 40X | Adrian Fernandez | Ford Cos/RI/F | 29.010 | -3.612 | -0.022 | 192.223 | 309.287 | 114.12% |
| 40 | 17X | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 33.770 | -8.372 | -4.760 | 165.129 | 265.692 | 132.84% |
| 41 | 2X | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 40.211 | -14.813 | -6.441 | 138.678 | 223.134 | 158.18% |