| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:20,466 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:20,815 | + 0,349 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:21,425 | + 0,959 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:21,658 | + 1,192 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:21,749 | + 1,283 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:21,902 | + 1,436 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:22,017 | + 1,551 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:22,094 | + 1,628 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:22,103 | + 1,637 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:22,376 | + 1,910 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:22,397 | + 1,931 |
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:22,472 | + 2,006 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:22,517 | + 2,051 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:22,872 | + 2,406 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:23,152 | + 2,686 |
| 16 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:23,540 | + 3,074 |
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:23,713 | + 3,247 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:23,790 | + 3,324 |
| 19 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:23,926 | + 3,460 |
| 20 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:24,004 | + 3,538 |
| 21 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:24,261 | + 3,795 |
| 22 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:24,730 | + 4,264 |
| 107% | 1:26,099 | |||