Friday December 17th, 1999

Arrows driver Pedro de la Rosa was fastest today on the last day of testing at Barcelona.

In cold conditions, de la Rosa went over a second faster than yesterday, while continuing to work on parts for the 2000 car, especially the electronics systems and gearbox. F3000 driver Tom Coronel worked on a similar program and was a much-improved third fastest. Between them, they completed just over a race distance, bringing Arrows' total during the December tests to over 2,500 km.

After Tom Coronel's Formula One testing debut with Arrows the previous day, 19 year old British Formula 3 driver Jenson Button made his testing debut for Prost, setting a respectable time which was faster than Jean Alesi's best yesterday, and just over a second slower than Nick Heidfeld's time today.

Pos  Driver       Team                Time    

 1.  de la Rosa   Arrows-Supertec     1:22.6

 2.  Heidfeld     Prost-Peugeot       1:23.2

 3.  Coronel      Arrows-Supertec     1:24.3

 4.  Button       Prost-Peugeot       1:24.5