| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:27,832 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:27,940 | + 0,108 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:29,294 | + 1,462 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:29,470 | + 1,638 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:30,123 | + 2,291 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:30,127 | + 2,295 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:30,163 | + 2,331 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:30,370 | + 2,538 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:30,625 | + 2,793 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:30,869 | + 3,037 |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:31,090 | + 3,258 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:31,183 | + 3,351 |
| 13 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:31,240 | + 3,408 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:31,450 | + 3,618 |
| 15 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:31,538 | + 3,706 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:31,960 | + 4,128 |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:32,065 | + 4,233 |
| 18 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:32,126 | + 4,294 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:32,971 | + 5,139 |
| 20 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:33,085 | + 5,253 |
| 21 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:33,720 | + 5,888 |
| 22 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:39,965 | + 12,133 |
| 107% | 1:33,980 | |||