Race No. 2
1999 Firestone Firehawk 500
Twin Ring Motegi — Motegi, Japan
April 8-10, 1999
Saturday Warmup Report
| pos | car | driver | chassis engine tire | laptime | gap to leader | gap to next | mph | km/h | 110% rule |
| 1 | 4X | Juan Montoya | Honda/RI/F | 25.813 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 216.031 | 347.593 | n/a |
| 2 | 18 | Mark Blundell | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.848 | -0.035 | -0.035 | 215.738 | 347.123 | n/a |
| 3 | 40 | Adrian Fernandez | Ford Cos/RI/F | 25.898 | -0.085 | -0.050 | 215.322 | 346.453 | 100.26% |
| 4 | 26X | Paul Tracy | Honda/RI/F | 25.900 | -0.087 | -0.002 | 215.305 | 346.426 | 100.27% |
| 5 | 22 | Robby Gordon | Toyota/RI/F | 25.930 | -0.117 | -0.030 | 215.056 | 346.025 | 100.39% |
| 6 | 44 | Tony Kanaan | Honda/RI/F | 25.972 | -0.159 | -0.042 | 214.708 | 345.465 | 100.55% |
| 7 | 99 | Greg Moore | Mercedes/RI/F | 25.997 | -0.184 | -0.025 | 214.502 | 345.133 | 100.64% |
| 8 | 9X | Helio Castro-Neves | Mercedes/LT/F | 26.033 | -0.220 | -0.036 | 214.205 | 344.656 | 100.78% |
| 9 | 20 | PJ Jones | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.104 | -0.291 | -0.071 | 213.622 | 343.718 | 101.06% |
| 10 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Honda/RI/F | 26.133 | -0.320 | -0.029 | 213.385 | 343.337 | 101.17% |
| 11 | 8 | Bryan Herta | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.166 | -0.353 | -0.033 | 213.116 | 342.904 | 101.30% |
| 12 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.222 | -0.409 | -0.056 | 212.661 | 342.172 | 101.52% |
| 13 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 26.234 | -0.421 | -0.012 | 212.564 | 342.015 | 101.56% |
| 14 | 7 | Max Papis | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.239 | -0.426 | -0.005 | 212.523 | 341.950 | 101.58% |
| 15 | 2 | Tarso Marques | Mercedes/PC/G | 26.261 | -0.448 | -0.022 | 212.345 | 341.664 | 101.67% |
| 16 | 10 | Richie Hearn | Toyota/SW/F | 26.267 | -0.454 | -0.006 | 212.297 | 341.586 | 101.69% |
| 17 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Honda/RI/F | 26.291 | -0.478 | -0.024 | 212.103 | 341.274 | 101.78% |
| 18 | 36 | Alex Barron | Toyota/EA/G | 26.312 | -0.499 | -0.021 | 211.934 | 341.001 | 101.86% |
| 19 | 33X | Patrick Carpentier | Mercedes/RI/F | 26.358 | -0.545 | -0.046 | 211.564 | 340.406 | 102.04% |
| 20 | 24 | Scott Pruett | Toyota/RI/F | 26.405 | -0.592 | -0.047 | 211.187 | 339.800 | 102.22% |
| 21 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Ford Cos/SW/F | 26.407 | -0.594 | -0.002 | 211.171 | 339.775 | 102.23% |
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Ford Cos/LT/F | 26.412 | -0.599 | -0.005 | 211.131 | 339.710 | 102.25% |
| 23 | 25 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota/RI/F | 26.416 | -0.603 | -0.004 | 211.099 | 339.659 | 102.27% |
| 24 | 6X | Michael Andretti | Ford Cos/SW/F | 26.643 | -0.830 | -0.227 | 209.301 | 336.765 | 103.15% |
| 25 | 71 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Ford Cos/RI/F | 26.673 | -0.860 | -0.030 | 209.065 | 336.386 | 103.26% |
| 26 | 16 | Shigeaki Hattori | Mercedes/RI/G | 27.019 | -1.206 | -0.346 | 206.388 | 332.078 | 104.60% |
| 27 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | Honda/RI/G | 29.420 | -3.607 | -2.401 | 189.545 | 304.977 | 113.90% |