| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:54,396 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:54,832 | + 0,436 |
| 3 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:54,889 | + 0,493 |
| 4 | Mika Salo | Ferrari | 1:55,032 | + 0,636 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:55,242 | + 0,846 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:55,777 | + 1,381 |
| 7 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:55,886 | + 1,490 |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:55,924 | + 1,528 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:56,150 | + 1,754 |
| 10 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:56,222 | + 1,826 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:56,232 | + 1,836 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:56,271 | + 1,875 |
| 13 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:56,429 | + 2,033 |
| 14 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:56,504 | + 2,108 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:56,765 | + 2,369 |
| 16 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:57,179 | + 2,783 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:57,429 | + 3,033 |
| 18 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:57,717 | + 3,321 |
| 19 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:58,145 | + 3,749 |
| 20 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:58,628 | + 4,232 |
| 21 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:58,806 | + 4,410 |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:59,152 | + 4,756 |
| 107% | 2:02,404 | |||