| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:11.527 | - |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:11.638 | + 0,111 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:12.265 | + 0,738 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:12.548 | + 1,021 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:12.620 | + 1,093 |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:12.951 | + 1,424 |
| 7 | Gianni Morbidelli | Sauber | 1:12.966 | + 1,439 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Arrows | 1:13.074 | + 1,547 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:13.176 | + 1,649 |
| 10 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:13.286 | + 1,759 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:13.440 | + 1,913 |
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:13.563 | + 2,036 |
| 13 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:13.635 | + 2,108 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:13.991 | + 2,464 |
| 15 | Shinji Nakano | Prost | 1:14.151 | + 2,624 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:14.535 | + 3,008 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:14.661 | + 3,134 |
| 18 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:14.848 | + 3,321 |
| 19 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:14.937 | + 3,410 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | Tyrrell | 1:15.542 | + 4,015 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 1:15.672 | + 4,145 |
| 22 | Ukyo Katayama | Minardi | 1:15.917 | + 4,390 |
| 107% | 1:16,534 | |||