Barcelona

McLaren showed their dominance today when Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard set the pace in Spain. Benetton's testing efforts were hindered when both of their cars had problems with gearbox sensors.

Driver         Car                Time      Laps 
Hakkinen       McLaren            1.21.910  42
Coulthard      McLaren            1.22.200  65
Hill           Jordan             1.22.465  31
Gené           Minardi            1.22.825  64
Panis          Prost              1.22.953  35
Fisichella     Benetton           1.23.354  38
Wurz           Benetton           1.23.409  39
Verstappen     Honda              1.23.503  54
de la Rosa     Arrows             1.23.549  32
Frentzen       Jordan             1.23.922  72
Alesi          Sauber             1.24.295  26
Diniz          Sauber             1.24.536  39
Salo           Arrows             1.24.504  18

Fiorano

Once again today, bad weather interrupted Scuderia Ferrari-Marlboro's testing schedule. Testing began at 09h50. On a track that was at first damp and then wet, Michael Schumacher did three long runs this morning, totaling 39 laps, with a best time of 1m 07.018s. Around 11h30 the snow began to fall with increasing strength, forcing the test to be abandoned at 12h00. Eddie Irvine only managed two runs for a total of 18 laps. His best time was 1m 07.331s. Because of the adverse weather conditions, the test schedule for the next few days is not confirmed.