| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:29,336 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:29,442 | + 0,106 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:29,610 | + 0,274 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:30,149 | + 0,813 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:30,317 | + 0,981 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:30,545 | + 1,209 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:30,798 | + 1,462 |
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:30,885 | + 1,549 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:31,245 | + 1,909 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:31,660 | + 2,324 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:32,086 | + 2,750 |
| 12 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:32,245 | + 2,909 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:32,458 | + 3,122 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:32,739 | + 3,403 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:32,797 | + 3,461 |
| 16 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:33,007 | + 3,671 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:33,389 | + 4,053 |
| 18 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:33,731 | + 4,395 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:33,994 | + 4,658 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:34,348 | + 5,012 |
| 21 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:34,988 | + 5,652 |
| 22 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | - | DNS |
| 107% | 1:35,590 | |||