Häkkinen, using his uprated Mercedes engine for the first time, set the session's fastest time with a lap of 1:29.685.
Coulthard je bil s časom 1:29,752 najhitrejši, sledili so mu Schumacher, Alesi, Salo, Hill, Barrichello, Brundle, Badoer, Irvine in Frentzen do desetega mesta.