| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:34,726 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:35,409 | + 0,683 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:35,575 | + 0,849 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:36,431 | + 1,705 |
| 5 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:37,102 | + 2,376 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:38,012 | + 3,286 |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:38,727 | + 4,001 |
| 8 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:39,044 | + 4,318 |
| 9 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:39,110 | + 4,384 |
| 10 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:39,384 | + 4,658 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:39,567 | + 4,841 |
| 12 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:39,669 | + 4,943 |
| 13 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:40,240 | + 5,514 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:40,452 | + 5,726 |
| 15 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:40,601 | + 5,875 |
| 16 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:42,831 | + 8,105 |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:43,509 | + 8,783 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:46,057 | + 11,331 |
| 19 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:48,789 | + 14,063 |
| 20 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:53,195 | + 18,469 |
| 107% | 1:41,357 | |||