Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Individual Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 25.463 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 219.000 | 352.371 | n/a |
| 2 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.530 | -0.067 | -0.067 | 218.425 | 351.446 | n/a |
| 3 | 7 | Max Papis | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.547 | -0.084 | -0.017 | 218.280 | 351.213 | 100.20% |
| 4 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.555 | -0.092 | -0.008 | 218.212 | 351.103 | 100.23% |
| 5 | 6X | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.566 | -0.103 | -0.011 | 218.118 | 350.952 | 100.27% |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.593 | -0.130 | -0.027 | 217.888 | 350.581 | 100.38% |
| 7 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Ford Cos/SW/F | 25.608 | -0.145 | -0.015 | 217.760 | 350.376 | 100.44% |
| 8 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.612 | -0.149 | -0.004 | 217.726 | 350.321 | 100.45% |
| 9 | 20 | PJ Jones | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.630 | -0.167 | -0.018 | 217.573 | 350.075 | 100.52% |
| 10 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 25.637 | -0.174 | -0.007 | 217.514 | 349.980 | 100.55% |
| 11 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Honda/RI/F | 25.641 | -0.178 | -0.004 | 217.480 | 349.925 | 100.57% |
| 12 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 25.649 | -0.186 | -0.008 | 217.412 | 349.816 | 100.60% |
| 13 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.689 | -0.226 | -0.040 | 217.073 | 349.271 | 100.76% |
| 14 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Toyota/RI/F | 25.703 | -0.240 | -0.014 | 216.955 | 349.081 | 100.81% |
| 15 | 4X | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 25.895 | -0.432 | -0.192 | 215.347 | 346.493 | 101.56% |
| 16 | 18 | Mark Blundell | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.912 | -0.449 | -0.017 | 215.205 | 346.265 | 101.63% |
| 17 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 25.922 | -0.459 | -0.010 | 215.122 | 346.132 | 101.67% |
| 18 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 25.954 | -0.491 | -0.032 | 214.857 | 345.705 | 101.79% |
| 19 | 36 | Alex Barron | Toyota/EA/G | 26.055 | -0.592 | -0.101 | 214.024 | 344.365 | 102.19% |
| 20 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 26.057 | -0.594 | -0.002 | 214.008 | 344.338 | 102.20% |
| 21 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.151 | -0.688 | -0.094 | 213.238 | 343.101 | 102.57% |
| 22 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.241 | -0.778 | -0.090 | 212.507 | 341.924 | 102.92% |
| 23 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 26.684 | -1.221 | -0.443 | 208.979 | 336.247 | 104.66% |
| 24 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 26.698 | -1.235 | -0.014 | 208.870 | 336.071 | 104.71% |
| 25 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.716 | -1.253 | -0.018 | 208.729 | 335.845 | 104.78% |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 26.955 | -1.492 | -0.239 | 206.878 | 332.867 | 105.72% |