The day would see both drivers continue their set-up work for both the British and French Grand Prix at Silverstone and Magny-Cours respectively. Traction control systems weer also looked at during the day.

Marc Gené would complete ninety laps, with a best lap time of 1m:19.790 good enough for seventh. For Antonio Pizzonia his day would start with an engine failure after a race simulation. Once his car was repaired it would suffer and exhaust fire which would see him forced to stay in the pits for the remainder of the day.

Pizzonia would complete sixty three laps with a best time of 1m:20.558, leaving him last in the times. Gené and Pizzonia are going to continue the test programme on Thursday.

Renault driver Jenson Button was the quickest man on the second day of testing with a best time of 1m:17.725. Button would focus on tyre evaluation and system work prior to the British Grand Prix. Second was McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz, who continued to set up the MP4/17 for the forthcoming races.

Sauber's Felipe Massa was third after a productive day covering more laps than any other driver. Arrows driver Enrique Bernoldi was fifth, with his day spent conducting tyre testing for Bridgestone tyres. Bernoldi would spin in the morning and suffered an engine failure in the afternoon.

The Jaguar team had intended to have their new R3B chassis at the circuit but it was delayed until Thursday. Eddie Irvine in his regular R3 chassis could only set the eighth fastest time.

1. J Button Renault Renault R202 M 1:17.725 83
2. A Wurz McLaren Mercedes MP4/17 M 1:18.854 25
3. F Massa Sauber Petronas C21 B 1:19.311 92
4. D Coulthard McLaren Mercedes MP4/17 M 1:19.381 66
5. E Bernoldi Arrows Cosworth A23 B 1:19.588 50
6. T Sato Jordan Honda EJ12 B 1:19.668 56
7. M Gene Williams BMW FW24 M 1:19.790 90
8. E Irvine Jaguar Cosworth R3 M 1:20.091 90
9. A Pizzonia Williams BMW FW24 M 1:20.558 63