| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:19.288 | - |
| 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:20.132 | + 0,844 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:20.462 | + 1,174 |
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:20.512 | + 1,224 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:20.522 | + 1,234 |
| 6 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:20.583 | + 1,295 |
| 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:20.803 | + 1,515 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:20.856 | + 1,568 |
| 9 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:21.058 | + 1,770 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:21.288 | + 2,000 |
| 11 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:21.480 | + 2,192 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:21.516 | + 2,228 |
| 13 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:21.549 | + 2,261 |
| 14 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:21.953 | + 2,665 |
| 15 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:22.136 | + 2,848 |
| 16 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:22.139 | + 2,851 |
| 17 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:22.264 | + 2,976 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:22.545 | + 3,257 |
| 19 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:22.665 | + 3,377 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:22.781 | + 3,493 |
| 21 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 1:23.548 | + 4,260 |
| 107% | 1:24,838 | |||