| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:25.246 | - |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:25.320 | + 0,074 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:25.690 | + 0,444 |
| 4 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:26.159 | + 0,913 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:26.528 | + 1,282 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:26.711 | + 1,465 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:26.838 | + 1,592 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:26.885 | + 1,639 |
| 9 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:26.886 | + 1,640 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:27.063 | + 1,817 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:27.079 | + 1,833 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:27.541 | + 2,295 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:27.676 | + 2,430 |
| 14 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:28.098 | + 2,852 |
| 15 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:28.135 | + 2,889 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:28.367 | + 3,121 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:28.606 | + 3,360 |
| 18 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:28.921 | + 3,675 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:29.544 | + 4,298 |
| 20 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 18:20.632 | + 16:55,386 |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 42:16.878 | + 40:51,632 |
| 107% | 1:31,213 | |||