| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:38,474 | - |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:38,893 | + 0,419 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:39,669 | + 1,195 |
| 4 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:40,000 | + 1,526 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:40,429 | + 1,955 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:40,699 | + 2,225 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jordan | 1:40,756 | + 2,282 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:41,054 | + 2,580 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:41,426 | + 2,952 |
| 10 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:41,481 | + 3,007 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Prost | 1:41,651 | + 3,177 |
| 12 | Jenson Button | Williams | 1:41,730 | + 3,256 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Jaguar | 1:41,929 | + 3,455 |
| 14 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:41,972 | + 3,498 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Prost | 1:42,024 | + 3,550 |
| 16 | Ricardo Zonta | BAR | 1:42,036 | + 3,562 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Sauber | 1:42,086 | + 3,612 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Arrows | 1:42,141 | + 3,667 |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Sauber | 1:42,844 | + 4,370 |
| 20 | Marc Gene | Minardi | 1:43,836 | + 5,362 |
| 21 | Gaston Mazzacane | Minardi | 1:45,238 | + 6,764 |
| 22 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:51,492 | + 13,018 |
| 107% | 1:45,367 | |||