Friday February 25th, 2000

Jaguar's Eddie Irvine set the fastest lap time on the third and final day of testing at Jerez, with a time of 1:23.24 - less than a tenth of a second faster than teammate Johnny Herbert, who ended the day second fastest. Irvine's time is also the fastest so far in 2000, just under two tenths slower than last year's fastest time, which was recorded by Rubens Barrichello in the then Stewart-Ford car.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                Time     Laps
 1.  Irvine        Jaguar-Cosworth     1:23.24   35 
 2.  Herbert       Jaguar-Cosworth     1:23.32   48 
 3.  Fisichella    Benetton-Playlife   1:23.41   87 
 4.  Trulli        Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:23.71   48 
 5.  R.Schumacher  Williams-BMW        1:23.89   37 
 6.  Diniz         Sauber-Petronas     1:24.06   41 
 7.  Coulthard     McLaren-Mercedes    1:24.10   64 
 8.  Wurz          Benetton-Playlife   1:24.26   50 
 9.  Heidfeld      Prost-Peugeot       1:24.39   58 
10.  Junqueira     Williams-BMW        1:24.46   73 
11.  Villeneuve    BAR-Honda           1:24.75   67 
12.  Panis         McLaren-Mercedes    1:25.29   74 

The Jerez lap record is 1:23.072 (R. Barrichello)