Etapa 2 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1999-04-11
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) cravou a pole do Brazilian Grand Prix de 1999 com uma volta de 1:16.568.
David Coulthard (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.147s da pole, com Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) em terceiro no grid. Johnny Herbert (Stewart) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Ralf Schumacher (Williams) ficou de fora por 0.132s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.806s — da pole ao P10 — com Johnny Herbert (Stewart) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:16.568 | — | — | 1:16.568 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:16.715 | — | — | +0.147 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:17.305 | — | — | +0.737 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:17.578 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.010 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:17.810 | — | — | +1.242 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:17.843 | — | — | +1.275 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:17.884 | — | — | +1.316 |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:17.902 | — | — | +1.334 |
| 9 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:18.334 | — | — | +1.766 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:18.374 | — | — | +1.806 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:18.506 | — | — | +1.938 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:18.636 | — | — | +2.068 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:18.684 | — | — | +2.116 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:18.716 | — | — | +2.148 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:19.194 | — | — | +2.626 |
| 16 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:19.452 | — | — | +2.884 |
| 17 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Minardi | 1:20.016 | — | — | +3.448 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:20.075 | — | — | +3.507 |
| 19 | Toranosuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:20.096 | — | — | +3.528 |
| 20 | Marc Gené | Minardi | 1:20.710 | — | — | +4.142 |
| 21 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | — | — | — | — |