Morning practice times:
| Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap To 1st | ||
| Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1:24.456 | |||
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:24.457 | 0.001 0.001 | ||
| Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:25.081 | 0.624 0.625 | ||
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows-Hart | 1:25.225 | 0.144 0.769 | ||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber-Ford | 1:25.715 | 0.490 1.259 | ||
| Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Ford | 1:25.774 | 0.059 1.318 | ||
| Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:25.858 | 0.084 1.402 | ||
| Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:25.945 | 0.087 1.489 | ||
| Pedro Diniz | Ligier-Mugen | 1:25.961 | 0.016 1.505 | ||
| Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:26.215 | 0.254 1.759 | ||
| Olivier Panis | Ligier-Mugen | 1:26.300 | 0.085 1.844 | ||
| Martin Brundle | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:26.343 | 0.043 1.887 | ||
| Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:26.517 | 0.174 2.061 | ||
| Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:26.690 | 0.173 2.234 | ||
| Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.882 | 0.192 2.426 | ||
| David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.522 | 0.640 3.066 | ||
| Ricardo Rosset | Arrows-Hart | 1:27.623 | 0.101 3.167 | ||
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi-Ford ED | 1:28.109 | 0.486 3.653 | ||
| Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford ED | 1:28.464 | 0.355 4.008 | ||
| Luca Badoer | Forti Corse-Ford | 1:28.868 | 0.404 4.412 | ||
| Andrea Montermini | Forti Corse-Ford | 1:30.138 | 1.270 5.682 | ||
| Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:54.104 | 23.966 29.648 |
Combined Practice Times:
| Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap to 1st | ||
| Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | 1:21.041 | |||
| Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1:21.376 | 0.335 0.335 | ||
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:21.521 | 0.145 0.480 | ||
| Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:22.501 | 0.980 1.460 | ||
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber-Ford | 1:22.760 | 0.259 1.719 | ||
| Olivier Panis | Ligier-Mugen | 1:23.014 | 0.254 1.973 | ||
| Martin Brundle | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:23.126 | 0.112 2.085 | ||
| Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.172 | 0.046 2.131 | ||
| Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Peugeot | 1:23.197 | 0.025 2.156 | ||
| Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Ford | 1:23.215 | 0.018 2.174 | ||
| Jean Alesi | Benetton-Renault | 1:23.260 | 0.045 2.219 | ||
| Mika Salo | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:23.534 | 0.274 2.493 | ||
| Gerhard Berger | Benetton-Renault | 1:23.558 | 0.024 2.517 | ||
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows-Hart | 1:23.664 | 0.106 2.623 | ||
| David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.682 | 0.018 2.641 | ||
| Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:24.078 | 0.396 3.037 | ||
| Pedro Diniz | Ligier-Mugen | 1:24.836 | 0.758 3.795 | ||
| Ricardo Rosset | Arrows-Hart | 1:24.983 | 0.147 3.942 | ||
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi-Ford ED | 1:25.245 | 0.262 4.204 | ||
| Pedro Lamy | Minardi-Ford ED | 1:26.515 | 1.270 5.474 | ||
| Luca Badoer | Forti Corse-Ford | 1:26.644 | 0.129 5.603 | ||
| Andrea Montermini | Forti Corse-Ford | 1:27.593 | 0.949 6.552 |