| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:41,746 | - |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:41,894 | + 0,148 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:42,215 | + 0,469 |
| 4 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:43,235 | + 1,489 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:43,375 | + 1,629 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:43,399 | + 1,653 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:43,916 | + 2,170 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:43,948 | + 2,202 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:44,034 | + 2,288 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:44,126 | + 2,380 |
| 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:44,154 | + 2,408 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Stewart | 1:44,179 | + 2,433 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:44,259 | + 2,513 |
| 14 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:44,882 | + 3,136 |
| 15 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:45,364 | + 3,618 |
| 16 | Alessandro Zanardi | Williams | 1:45,519 | + 3,773 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:45,839 | + 4,093 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:45,924 | + 4,178 |
| 19 | Toransuke Takagi | Arrows | 1:46,535 | + 4,789 |
| 20 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:46,943 | + 5,197 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:47,033 | + 5,287 |
| 22 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 17:30,100 | + 15:48,354 |
| 107% | 1:48,868 | |||