Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1999-04-11
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:16.568 lap.
David Coulthard (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.147s shy of pole, with Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) third on the grid. Johnny Herbert (Stewart) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Ralf Schumacher (Williams) missed the cut by 0.132s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.806s — pole to P10 — with Johnny Herbert (Stewart) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — |