| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:40,693 | - |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:40,767 | + 0,074 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:41,238 | + 0,545 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:41,938 | + 1,245 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:42,168 | + 1,475 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:42,212 | + 1,519 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:42,370 | + 1,677 |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:43,353 | + 2,660 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:43,578 | + 2,885 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:43,837 | + 3,144 |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:43,894 | + 3,201 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:44,214 | + 3,521 |
| 13 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:44,275 | + 3,582 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:45,025 | + 4,332 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:45,137 | + 4,444 |
| 16 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:45,177 | + 4,484 |
| 17 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:45,361 | + 4,668 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:45,464 | + 4,771 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:45,702 | + 5,009 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:45,708 | + 5,015 |
| 21 | Toransuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:45,916 | + 5,223 |
| 22 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:47,769 | + 7,076 |
| 107% | 1:47,742 | |||