| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:20,965 | - |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:21,505 | + 0,540 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:21,636 | + 0,671 |
| 4 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:21,815 | + 0,850 |
| 5 | Mika Salo | Ferrari | 1:22,099 | + 1,134 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:22,337 | + 1,372 |
| 7 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:22,432 | + 1,467 |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:22,529 | + 1,564 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:22,629 | + 1,664 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:22,629 | + 1,664 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:22,747 | + 1,782 |
| 12 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:22,846 | + 1,881 |
| 13 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:22,966 | + 2,001 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:23,053 | + 2,088 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:23,429 | + 2,464 |
| 16 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:23,443 | + 2,478 |
| 17 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:23,604 | + 2,639 |
| 18 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:23,935 | + 2,970 |
| 19 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:24,466 | + 3,501 |
| 20 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:24,766 | + 3,801 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 2:53,695 | + 1:32,730 |
| 22 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 13:37,977 | + 12:17,012 |
| 107% | 1:26,633 | |||