| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:46,496 | - |
| 2 | Mika Salo | Ferrari | 1:46,542 | + 0,046 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:46,877 | + 0,381 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:46,935 | + 0,439 |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:46,995 | + 0,499 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:47,070 | + 0,574 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:47,202 | + 0,706 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:47,305 | + 0,809 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:47,334 | + 0,838 |
| 10 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:47,380 | + 0,884 |
| 11 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:47,513 | + 1,017 |
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:47,551 | + 1,055 |
| 13 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:47,560 | + 1,064 |
| 14 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:47,666 | + 1,170 |
| 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:47,874 | + 1,378 |
| 16 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:47,946 | + 1,450 |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:47,985 | + 1,489 |
| 18 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:48,781 | + 2,285 |
| 19 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:48,953 | + 2,457 |
| 20 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:49,526 | + 3,030 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:49,603 | + 3,107 |
| 22 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:50,418 | + 3,922 |
| 107% | 1:53,951 | |||