| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:13,883 | - |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:14,220 | + 0,337 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:14,241 | + 0,358 |
| 4 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:14,604 | + 0,721 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:14,895 | + 1,012 |
| 6 | Mika Salo | Ferrari | 1:14,896 | + 1,013 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:15,035 | + 1,152 |
| 8 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:15,043 | + 1,160 |
| 9 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:15,173 | + 1,290 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:15,259 | + 1,376 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:15,286 | + 1,403 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:15,288 | + 1,405 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:15,358 | + 1,475 |
| 14 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:15,443 | + 1,560 |
| 15 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:15,493 | + 1,610 |
| 16 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:16,067 | + 2,184 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:16,083 | + 2,200 |
| 18 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:16,182 | + 2,299 |
| 19 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:16,357 | + 2,474 |
| 20 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:16,417 | + 2,534 |
| 21 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:16,643 | + 2,760 |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:17,538 | + 3,655 |
| 107% | 1:19,055 | |||