| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:28,267 | - |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:28,634 | + 0,367 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:28,888 | + 0,621 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:29,013 | + 0,746 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:29,160 | + 0,893 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:29,250 | + 0,983 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:29,737 | + 1,470 |
| 8 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:29,753 | + 1,486 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:29,801 | + 1,534 |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:30,386 | + 2,119 |
| 12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:30,410 | + 2,143 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:30,794 | + 2,527 |
| 14 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:30,826 | + 2,559 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:31,495 | + 3,228 |
| 16 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:31,550 | + 3,283 |
| 17 | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | 1:31,592 | + 3,325 |
| 18 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:32,422 | + 4,155 |
| 19 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 1:32,478 | + 4,211 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 1:32,552 | + 4,285 |
| 107% | 1:34,446 | |||