| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:27,683 | - |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:28,169 | + 0,486 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:28,525 | + 0,842 |
| 4 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:28,659 | + 0,976 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:28,705 | + 1,022 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:28,845 | + 1,162 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:29,083 | + 1,400 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:29,111 | + 1,428 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:29,214 | + 1,531 |
| 10 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:29,537 | + 1,854 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | Williams | 1:29,775 | + 2,092 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:30,214 | + 2,531 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:30,279 | + 2,596 |
| 14 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:30,313 | + 2,630 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | Sauber | 1:30,643 | + 2,960 |
| 16 | Jean Alesi | Prost | 1:30,656 | + 2,973 |
| 17 | Nick Heidfeld | Prost | 1:31,006 | + 3,323 |
| 18 | Gaston Mazzacane | Minardi | 1:31,250 | + 3,567 |
| 19 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:31,322 | + 3,639 |
| 20 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:36,425 | + 8,742 |
| 21 | Johnny Herbert | Jaguar | 11:37,940 | + 10:10,257 |
| 107% | 1:33,821 | |||