Thursday March 30th, 2000

Williams' Ralf Schumacher set the fastest time of the day and of the three-day session, today at Silverstone. Schumacher could not set a timed lap yesterday due to bad weather and an oil leak, but ended the testing on top. Also present today was Jordan's Heinz Harald Frentzen, who set the fourth fastest time of the day.

Testing at Silverstone will resume after the San Marino Grand Prix next week.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver         Team                Time   
 1.  R.Schumacher  Williams-BMW        1:25.99
 2.  Panis         McLaren-Mercedes    1:26.42
 3.  Irvine        Jaguar-Cosworth     1:26.58
 4.  Frentzen      Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:27.32
 5.  Zonta         BAR-Honda           1:27.35
 6.  Salo          Sauber-Petronas     1:27.36
 7.  Villeneuve    BAR-Honda           1:27.38
 8.  de La Rosa    Arrows-Supertec     1:27.42
 9.  Alesi         Prost-Peugeot       1:28.06

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