Wednesday March 15th, 2000

McLaren's test driver, Olivier Panis, set the fastest time at Silverstone today - improving on the 1999 fastest testing time by almost a second.

Panis was driving at Silverstone yesterday, along with Jarno Trulli, who shook down the EJ10 chassis 01. On Tuesday, Panis set a time of 1:26.97 whereas Trulli did not put in a timed lap.

Today, with five drivers on the British track, Panis set a fastest time of 1:24.84, ahead of Trulli, with a 1:25.41. Both Panis and Trulli were under Giancarlo Fisichella's fastest testing time of 1999 of 1:25.670.

Today's times:

Pos  Driver  Team                Time   
 1.  Panis   McLaren-Mercedes    1:24.84
 2.  Trulli  Jordan-Mugen Honda  1:25.41
 3.  Alesi   Prost-Peugeot       1:26.67
 4.  Button  Williams-BMW        1:27.20
 5.  Burti   Jaguar-Cosworth     1:27.82

The 1999 fastest testing time is 1:25.670 (G. Fisichella)