Saturday June 24th, 2000

Mika Hakkinen was fastest in testing at Magny-Cours yesterday.

Hakkinen was just two-thousandths faster than Rubens Barrichello around the Magny-Cours circuit, which saw most of the eleven Formula One teams continue testing.

Both Ferraris were testing yesterday, with Rubens Barrichello just missing out on the fastest time of the day during his 86 laps which passed without any problems. Both Barrichello and Michael Schumacher tested tyres, with Schumacher setting a fastest time of 1:15.895 despite at one stage stopping his car due to a problem with the engine, which was replaced before Schumacher returned to the circuit.

Jordan completed their testing with both drivers setting almost identical times, as both drivers continued working on set-up for the upcoming race, Heinz-Harald Frentzen completing 86 laps with a best time of 1:15.993, while Jarno Trulli completed 58 laps which included an engine change setting a best time of 1:16.059.

Arrows continued with Pedro de la Rosa while Verstappen continued his recovery. de la Rosa ran 83 laps which enabled him to run through the maximum amount of race set-up data, involving tyre evaluation, aerodynamic testing and chassis set-up. The team were pleased with the results that they and de la Rosa were able to achieve.

Yesterday's times:

Pos  Driver        Team                Time      Laps 
 1.  Hakkinen      McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.575  44 
 2.  Barrichello   Ferrari             1:15.577  86 
 3.  Panis         McLaren-Mercedes    1:15.610  81 
 4.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari             1:15.895  58 
 5.  Frentzen      Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:15.993  86 
 6.  Trulli        Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:16.059  58 
 7.  Heidfeld      Prost-Peugeot       1:16.457  40 
 8.  Herbert       Jaguar-Cosworth     1:16.633  38 
 9.  Fisichella    Benetton-Playlife   1:16.692  72 
10.  Salo          Sauber-Petronas     1:16.738  76 
11.  R.Schumacher  Williams-BMW        1:16.805  55 
12.  de la Rosa    Arrows-Supertec     1:16.923  85 
13.  Wurz          Benetton-Playlife   1:17.099  61 
14.  Button        Williams-BMW        1:17.111  72 
15.  Villeneuve    BAR-Honda           1:17.472  65 
16.  Bernoldi      Sauber-Petronas     1:17.662  65 
17.  Irvine        Jaguar-Cosworth     1:18.991   8 
18.  Sarrazin      Prost-Peugeot       1:19.043  45 
19.  Lemarie       BAR-Honda           1:19.332  74