| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:44,979 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:45,383 | + 0,404 |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:45,412 | + 0,433 |
| 4 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:45,810 | + 0,831 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:45,987 | + 1,008 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:46,099 | + 1,120 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:46,138 | + 1,159 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:46,343 | + 1,364 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:46,455 | + 1,476 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:46,762 | + 1,783 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:46,864 | + 1,885 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:46,903 | + 1,924 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:46,941 | + 1,962 |
| 14 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:47,212 | + 2,233 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:47,240 | + 2,261 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:47,408 | + 2,429 |
| 17 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:47,450 | + 2,471 |
| 18 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:48,175 | + 3,196 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:48,832 | + 3,853 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:49,515 | + 4,536 |
| 21 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:50,504 | + 5,525 |
| 22 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:50,518 | + 5,539 |
| 107% | 1:52,328 | |||