Tuesday April 11th, 2000

Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello set the fastest time of the first day of testing at Silverstone, where almost all teams will be running their preparations for the British Grand Prix next week.

The first day was marked with intermittent rain, the track damp for most of the day, allowing all drivers to test in the conditions that are expected for the Grand Prix itself.

Testing will continue tomorrow at Silverstone.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver       Team                Time      Laps
 1.  Barrichello  Ferrari             1:35.337   42 
 2.  Trulli       Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:35.845   23 
 3.  Panis        McLaren-Mercedes    1:36.315   29 
 4.  Wurz         Benetton-Playlife   1:36.869   31 
 5.  Button       Williams-BMW        1:36.882   24 
 6.  Zonta        BAR-Honda           1:37.045   22 
 7.  de la Rosa   Arrows-Supertec     1:37.051   39 
 8.  Herbert      Jaguar-Cosworth     1:37.229   32 
 9.  Irvine       Jaguar-Cosworth     1:37.467   23 
10.  Fisichella   Benetton-Playlife   1:37.613   12 
11.  Diniz        Sauber-Petronas     1:38.554   11 

The 2000 fastest testing time is 1:24.84 (O. Panis)
The 1999 fastest testing time is 1:25.670 (G. Fisichella)