| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:25,030 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:25,103 | + 0,073 |
| 3 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:25,182 | + 0,152 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:25,347 | + 0,317 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:25,500 | + 0,470 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:25,577 | + 0,547 |
| 7 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:25,628 | + 0,598 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:25,701 | + 0,671 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:25,785 | + 0,755 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:25,897 | + 0,867 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:25,910 | + 0,880 |
| 12 | Mika Salo | Ferrari | 1:25,931 | + 0,901 |
| 13 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:25,983 | + 0,953 |
| 14 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:26,069 | + 1,039 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:26,235 | + 1,205 |
| 16 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:26,254 | + 1,224 |
| 17 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:26,536 | + 1,506 |
| 18 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:26,853 | + 1,823 |
| 19 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:27,846 | + 2,816 |
| 20 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:28,038 | + 3,008 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:28,321 | + 3,291 |
| 22 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:28,988 | + 3,958 |
| 107% | 1:30,982 | |||