Not the fastest, yet satisfied

Published on 09 February 1999 by Verstappen Info Page

The first test session on the Barcelona circuit was succesfull for the Honda team. As in Jerez, Jos did not manage to be the fastest, but this was not the aim of the team today. During the day the team experimented with the set up of the car and Jos told us there are some new improvements to come. The team tested 52 laps with no technical problems. Jos's fastest laptime today 1:24.477 which took him on a 5th place. Fastest was Mika Häkkinen with 1:22.819 followed by Fisichella (1:23.945), Wurz (1:23.979), Herbert (1:24.394), Verstappen (1:24.477), Barrichello (1:24.540), Coulthard (1:25.536) and debutant Gene for Minardi in 1:27.346.

Jos today on the Barcelona circuit
Copyright 1999 by Bryn Williams of www.f1picturenet.com

Jos, with two camera dummy's on the Honda
Copyright 1999 by Bryn Williams of www.f1picturenet.com