| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2:02,163 | - |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 2:02,345 | + 0,182 |
| 3 | Damon Hill | Williams | 2:02,956 | + 0,793 |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 2:03,073 | + 0,910 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 2:03,396 | + 1,233 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 2:03,795 | + 1,632 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 2:03,949 | + 1,786 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 2:03,949 | + 1,786 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 2:04,343 | + 2,180 |
| 11 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 2:04,869 | + 2,706 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2.05,289 | - 2:2,163 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 2:05,330 | + 3,167 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 2:05,351 | + 3,188 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 2:05,595 | + 3,432 |
| 16 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 2:06,890 | + 4,727 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 2:07,780 | + 5,617 |
| 18 | Giovanni Lavaggi | Minardi | 2:08,537 | + 6,374 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 2:09,374 | + 7,211 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | 2:09,776 | + 7,613 |
| 107% | 2:10,714 | |||