| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:23,685 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:23,855 | + 0,170 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:25,319 | + 1,634 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:25,683 | + 1,998 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:26,511 | + 2,826 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:26,668 | + 2,983 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:26,979 | + 3,294 |
| 8 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:26,982 | + 3,297 |
| 9 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:27,194 | + 3,509 |
| 10 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:27,322 | + 3,637 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:27,793 | + 4,108 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:27,863 | + 4,178 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:28,051 | + 4,366 |
| 14 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:28,270 | + 4,585 |
| 15 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:28,275 | + 4,590 |
| 16 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:28,563 | + 4,878 |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:28,750 | + 5,065 |
| 18 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:29,581 | + 5,896 |
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:30,133 | + 6,448 |
| 20 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:30,755 | + 7,070 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:34,021 | + 10,336 |
| 22 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:47,445 | + 23,760 |
| 107% | 1:29,543 | |||