| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:53,398 | - |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:54,226 | + 0,828 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:54,665 | + 1,267 |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:54,666 | + 1,268 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:54,714 | + 1,316 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:54,840 | + 1,442 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:54,943 | + 1,545 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:55,155 | + 1,757 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:55,209 | + 1,811 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | Williams | 1:55,270 | + 1,872 |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert | Jaguar | 1:55,347 | + 1,949 |
| 12 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:55,645 | + 2,247 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | Sauber | 1:56,301 | + 2,903 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:56,607 | + 3,209 |
| 15 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:56,795 | + 3,397 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Prost | 1:56,857 | + 3,459 |
| 17 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:56,998 | + 3,600 |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:57,174 | + 3,776 |
| 19 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:57,293 | + 3,895 |
| 20 | Gaston Mazzacane | Minardi | 1:58,663 | + 5,265 |
| 21 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 2:09,768 | + 16,370 |
| 107% | 2:01,336 | |||