| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:24,644 | - |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:26,386 | + 1,742 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:27,613 | + 2,969 |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:29,449 | + 4,805 |
| 5 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:29,474 | + 4,830 |
| 6 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:30,094 | + 5,450 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:30,623 | + 5,979 |
| 8 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:31,015 | + 6,371 |
| 9 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:31,330 | + 6,686 |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:31,909 | + 7,265 |
| 11 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:32,229 | + 7,585 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:32,459 | + 7,815 |
| 13 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:32,509 | + 7,865 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:32,690 | + 8,046 |
| 15 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:34,192 | + 9,548 |
| 16 | Stephane Sarrazin | Minardi | 1:34,271 | + 9,627 |
| 17 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:34,869 | + 10,225 |
| 18 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:35,350 | + 10,706 |
| 19 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:36,568 | + 11,924 |
| 20 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:39,844 | + 15,200 |
| 21 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:41,892 | + 17,248 |
| 107% | 1:30,569 | |||