| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:25.984 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:26.076 | + 0,092 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:26.884 | + 0,900 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:27.507 | + 1,523 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:27.809 | + 1,825 |
| 6 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:27.815 | + 1,831 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:27.899 | + 1,915 |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:28.117 | + 2,133 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:28.253 | + 2,269 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:28.373 | + 2,389 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:28.685 | + 2,701 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:29.296 | + 3,312 |
| 13 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:29.375 | + 3,391 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:29.379 | + 3,395 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:29.863 | + 3,879 |
| 16 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:30.037 | + 4,053 |
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:30.555 | + 4,571 |
| 18 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:30.721 | + 4,737 |
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:30.923 | + 4,939 |
| 20 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:31.029 | + 5,045 |
| 107% | 1:32,003 | |||