| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:17.298 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:17.489 | + 0,191 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:17.727 | + 0,429 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:17.821 | + 0,523 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:18.243 | + 0,945 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:18.272 | + 0,974 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:18.563 | + 1,265 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:18.637 | + 1,339 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:18.905 | + 1,607 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:18.962 | + 1,664 |
| 11 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:18.994 | + 1,696 |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:19.008 | + 1,710 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:19.238 | + 1,940 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:19.604 | + 2,306 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:19.751 | + 2,453 |
| 16 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:19.907 | + 2,609 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:20.585 | + 3,287 |
| 18 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:20.764 | + 3,466 |
| 19 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:20.871 | + 3,573 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:21.347 | + 4,049 |
| 21 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:22.173 | + 4,875 |
| 107% | 1:22,709 | |||