Tuesday July 18th, 2000

Several teams resumed testing today at Silverstone, where the McLaren drivers ended fastest of the day - test driver Olivier Panis ahead of David Coulthard.

Testing, however, was not successful for Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella - his car stopped on his first outlap with a gearbox failure and he was unable to set a time for the rest of the day.

Making a debut in a Formula One car today was Dario Franchitti, seen as a possible replacement for Johnny Herbert in Jaguar next season. Jaguar said the 27-year-old Scot, runner-up in last season's CART series in the United States, spent the morning getting used to the car but still put in a fastest lap only two seconds slower than regular Brazilian tester Luciano Burti.

Franchitti and others are due to continue testing at Silverstone tomorrow.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                Time   
 1.  Panis         McLaren-Mercedes    1:25.20
 2.  Coulthard     McLaren-Mercedes    1:25.55
 3.  Trulli        Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:26.88
 4.  Zonta         BAR-Honda           1:27.31
 5.  Burti         Jaguar-Cosworth     1:27.40
 6.  Salo          Sauber-Petronas     1:27.64
 7.  Wurz          Benetton-Playlife   1:28.34
 8.  Lemarie       BAR-Honda           1:28.53
 9.  Franchitti    Jaguar-Cosworth     1:29.40
10.  R.Schumacher  Williams-BMW        1:31.35
11.  Fisichella    Benetton-Playlife   No time

All Timing Unofficial