At the start of the season, pre-qualifying was needed for five teams: both cars of the Jordan, Dallara and Modena teams and the single entrants of the Fondmetal and Coloni teams.
Ao comezo da tempada, a pre-cualificación era necesaria para cinco equipos: ambos coches dos equipos Jordan, Dallara e Modena e os participantes únicos dos equipos de Fondmetal e Coloni.