| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:18,900 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:19,452 | + 0,552 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:20,380 | + 1,480 |
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:20,870 | + 1,970 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:20,882 | + 1,982 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:20,919 | + 2,019 |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:21,250 | + 2,350 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:21,474 | + 2,574 |
| 9 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:21,604 | + 2,704 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:21,819 | + 2,919 |
| 11 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:21,891 | + 2,991 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:21,953 | + 3,053 |
| 13 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:22,271 | + 3,371 |
| 14 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:22,342 | + 3,442 |
| 15 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:22,488 | + 3,588 |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:23,288 | + 4,388 |
| 17 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:23,355 | + 4,455 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:23,426 | + 4,526 |
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:24,182 | + 5,282 |
| 20 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:24,861 | + 5,961 |
| 21 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:26,431 | + 7,531 |
| 22 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 2:06,081 | + 47,181 |
| 107% | 1:24,423 | |||