Wednesday September 1st, 1999

Amidst the turmoil of Michael Schumacher's first public testing, almost all Formula One teams showed up for the first day of testing at the Monza circuit, in preparation for the uncoming Italian Grand Prix. The sunny and humid session saw Championship leader Mika Hakkinen head the time sheet, with a lap of 1:25.15s. He was closely followed by a surprisingly fast Ralf Schumacher at second and teammate David Coulthard at third.

Testing at Monza will resume tomorrow.

Pos  Driver        Team                Time     Laps
 1.  Hakkinen      McLaren-Mercedes    1:25.152  65 
 2.  R.Schumacher  Williams-Supertec   1:25.222  58 
 3.  Coulthard     McLaren-Mercedes    1:25.314  72 
 4.  Salo          Ferrari             1:25.584  38 
 5.  Fisichella    Benetton-Playlife   1:25.882  67 
 6.  Panis         Prost-Peugeot       1:26.148  43 
 7.  Trulli        Prost-Peugeot       1:26.178  33 
 8.  Zanardi       Williams-Supertec   1:26.188  48 
 9.  Barrichello   Stewart-Ford        1:26.261  44 
10.  Irvine        Ferrari             1:26.304  40 
11.  Diniz         Sauber-Petronas     1:26.342  68 
12.  Herbert       Stewart-Ford        1:26.373  38 
13.  Wurz          Benetton-Playlife   1:26.842  90 
14.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             1:26.894  25 
15.  Hill          Jordan Mugen-Honda  1:27.215  61 
16.  Alesi         Sauber-Petronas     1:27.336  37 
17.  Badoer        Minardi-Ford        1:27.800  48