MARCH 22, 1999
McLaren dominates at Silverstone
Fisichella and Alexander Wurz managed to complete only 110 laps between them with the Italian setting a best time of 1m27.198s and the Austrian 1m27.746s. Wurz would probably have gone faster if he had completed more than 36 laps in the course of the two days.
As a result Ricardo Zonta was able to beat his time in the BAR. The Brazilian managed 86 laps with a best of 1m27.746s as he worked on reliability and set-up. He also did a lot of pit stop practice after a race simulation ended in gearbox failure.
The Arrows team was also in action with Pedro de la Rosa completing 73 laps with a best of 1m28.224s and Tora Takagi 20 laps with a best of 1m29.185s.