| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:20,836 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:20,937 | + 0,101 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:20,302 | - 0,534 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:21,310 | + 0,474 |
| 5 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:21,748 | + 0,912 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:21,818 | + 0,982 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:21,891 | + 1,055 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:22,312 | + 1,476 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:22,348 | + 1,512 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:22,378 | + 1,542 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:22,450 | + 1,614 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:22,623 | + 1,787 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:22,654 | + 1,818 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:22,830 | + 1,994 |
| 15 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:23,036 | + 2,200 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:23,038 | + 2,202 |
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:23,587 | + 2,751 |
| 18 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:23,627 | + 2,791 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:23,645 | + 2,809 |
| 20 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:23,685 | + 2,849 |
| 21 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:23,969 | + 3,133 |
| 107% | 1:26,495 | |||