Friday January 14th, 2000
McLaren's David Coulthard topped today's time sheet at Jerez, where a three-day test session commenced, with McLaren, BAR, Jaguar, Williams and Sauber present.
Due to wet weather most of the day, coupled with technical problems for some teams, not all drivers managed to produce a fast lap.
Today's test times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.817 48
2. Burti Jaguar-Cosworth 1:25.010 41
3. Panis McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.324 28
4. Irvine Jaguar-Cosworth 1:25.605 38
5. Diniz Sauber-Petronas 1:25.968 60
6. Zonta BAR-Honda 1:26.623 50
7. Button Williams-BMW - 2
1999 fastest Jerez testing time: 1:24.276 (R. Schumacher, Williams Supertec)