| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:20,133 | - |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:20,450 | + 0,317 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:21,032 | + 0,899 |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:21,062 | + 0,929 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:21,481 | + 1,348 |
| 6 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:21,773 | + 1,640 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:21,898 | + 1,765 |
| 8 | Mika Salo | Ferrari | 1:21,961 | + 1,828 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:22,012 | + 1,879 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:22,375 | + 2,242 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:22,455 | + 2,322 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:22,523 | + 2,390 |
| 13 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:22,586 | + 2,453 |
| 14 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:22,731 | + 2,598 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:22,734 | + 2,601 |
| 16 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:22,810 | + 2,677 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:23,216 | + 3,083 |
| 18 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:23,310 | + 3,177 |
| 19 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:23,389 | + 3,256 |
| 20 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:24,064 | + 3,931 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:24,364 | + 4,231 |
| 22 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:24,638 | + 4,505 |
| 107% | 1:25,742 | |||