Third day of testing on a wet circuit

Published on 24 February 1999 by Verstappen Info Page

It was very, very wet today at the circuit of Silverstone. Nevertheless, Jos went out on the circuit to show his potential with the Honda under wet circumstances where high driver skills are required. Although Damon Hill set the fastest time today in 1:35.65, Jos Verstappen was the only driver who could follow the Englishman in 1:36.38. At the end of the day, the track dried up a bit, but the testing conditions were far from ideal. The weather forecast for Tomorrow is much better, so the Honda time has decided to remain one extra day of testing tomorrow. It was surprising to see that Toranosuke Takagi drove the TWR Arrows in stead of Mika Salo, but he remained 4 seconds behind Pedro de la Rosa.