| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:23,039 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:23,397 | + 0,358 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:23,457 | + 0,418 |
| 4 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:23,783 | + 0,744 |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:24,341 | + 1,302 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Prost | 1:24,607 | + 1,568 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:24,649 | + 1,610 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | Williams | 1:24,768 | + 1,729 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:25,095 | + 2,056 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Sauber | 1:25,183 | + 2,144 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:25,464 | + 2,425 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:26,181 | + 3,142 |
| 13 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:26,627 | + 3,588 |
| 14 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:26,708 | + 3,669 |
| 15 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:26,779 | + 3,740 |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert | Jaguar | 1:26,870 | + 3,831 |
| 17 | Gaston Mazzacane | Minardi | 1:27,031 | + 3,992 |
| 18 | Nick Heidfeld | Prost | 1:27,074 | + 4,035 |
| 19 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:27,431 | + 4,392 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:27,475 | + 4,436 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:27,493 | + 4,454 |
| 22 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:40,863 | + 17,824 |
| 107% | 1:28,852 | |||