| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:18,251 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:18,468 | + 0,217 |
| 3 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:18,746 | + 0,495 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:18,779 | + 0,528 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:18,908 | + 0,657 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:18,950 | + 0,699 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:19,260 | + 1,009 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:19,591 | + 1,340 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:19,677 | + 1,426 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:19,720 | + 1,469 |
| 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:20,155 | + 1,904 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:20,251 | + 2,000 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:20,285 | + 2,034 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:20,610 | + 2,359 |
| 15 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:20,681 | + 2,430 |
| 16 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:21,418 | + 3,167 |
| 17 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:21,506 | + 3,255 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:21,969 | + 3,718 |
| 19 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:22,444 | + 4,193 |
| 107% | 1:23,729 | |||