Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1999-05-02
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 1999 San Marino Grand Prix with a 1:26.362 lap.
David Coulthard (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.022s shy of pole, with Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) third on the grid. Alessandro Zanardi (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Olivier Panis (Prost) missed the cut by 0.063s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.780s — pole to P10 — with Alessandro Zanardi (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:26.362 | — | — | 1:26.362 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:26.384 | — | — | +0.022 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:26.538 | — | — | +0.176 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.993 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.631 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:27.313 | — | — | +0.951 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:27.409 | — | — | +1.047 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:27.613 | — | — | +1.251 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:27.708 | — | — | +1.346 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:27.770 | — | — | +1.408 |
| 10 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:28.142 | — | — | +1.780 |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:28.205 | — | — | +1.843 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:28.246 | — | — | +1.884 |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:28.253 | — | — | +1.891 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:28.403 | — | — | +2.041 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:28.599 | — | — | +2.237 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:28.750 | — | — | +2.388 |
| 17 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:28.765 | — | — | +2.403 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:29.293 | — | — | +2.931 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | BAR | 1:29.451 | — | — | +3.089 |
| 20 | Toranosuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:29.656 | — | — | +3.294 |
| 21 | Marc Gené | Minardi | 1:30.035 | — | — | +3.673 |
| 22 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:30.945 | — | — | +4.583 |