| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:22,147 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:22,965 | + 0,818 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:24,257 | + 2,110 |
| 4 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:24,272 | + 2,125 |
| 5 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:24,311 | + 2,164 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:24,432 | + 2,285 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:24,524 | + 2,377 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:24,624 | + 2,477 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:24,705 | + 2,558 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:24,728 | + 2,581 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:24,876 | + 2,729 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:24,963 | + 2,816 |
| 13 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:25,336 | + 3,189 |
| 14 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:25,525 | + 3,378 |
| 15 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:25,767 | + 3,620 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:25,900 | + 3,753 |
| 17 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:26,024 | + 3,877 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:26,284 | + 4,137 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:26,285 | + 4,138 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:26,371 | + 4,224 |
| 21 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:26,490 | + 4,343 |
| 22 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:26,606 | + 4,459 |
| 107% | 1:27,897 | |||