Third day of testing in Barcelona
Published on 10 February 1999 by Thorsten Hendriks
At the third day of testing in Barcelona it remained dry but windy. Nevertheless, all drivers were able to improve their times of yesterday. Jos was Verstappen also improved his time with almost one second but did not come any further then position 8 of the day. Mika Häkkinen was fastest followed by David Coulthard. Gene was surprising fourth on his third day in the Minardi. The team of Stewart left the circuit yesterday. Tomorrow will be the last day of testing but the weather forecast is not so good.
| Driver | Lap time | Number of laps | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen (in de '99 McLaren) | 1:21.98 | 44 |
| 2 | David Coulthard (in de '98 McLaren) | 1:22.28 | 74 |
| 3 | Damon Hill | 1:22.52 | 33 |
| 4 | Marc Gene | 1:22.82 | 64 |
| 5 | Olivier Panis | 1:22.99 | 34 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 1:23.40 | 37 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | 1:23.45 | 39 |
| 8 | Jos Verstappen | 1:23.50 | 55 |
| 9 | Pedro de la Rosa (in de '98 Arrows) | 1:23.60 | 32 |
| 10 | Heinz Harald Frentzen | 1:23.96 | 72 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | 1:24.28 | 27 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | 1:24.53 | 45 |
| 13 | Mika Salo (in de '99 Arrows) | 1:24.54 | 18 |
