Testing began late as the Mugello track was covered in fog. Both Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine worked principally on the handling of the car and they tried various settings. Both drivers also did some practice starts.

Driver        Time      Laps
Schumacher    1.27.685	35
Irvine        1.28.291	46

In Barcelona it were the McLarens again, where David Coulthard set not only the fastest time of the day, but also broke his teammate's Spanish Grand Prix pole time from earlier this year.

Driver       Team       Time      Laps 
Coulthard    McLaren    1:20.161  145
Hakkinen     Mclaren    1:21.801  123
Fisichella   Benetton   1:22.567  76
Wurz         Benetton   1:22.686  44
Trulli       Prost      1:23.461  65
Panis        Prost      1:23.677

Driver         Team      Time
de la Rosa     Jordan    1:25.37
R. Schumacher  Jordan    1:26.08
Verstappen     Stewart   1:27.03
Salo           Arrows    1:27.25
Diniz          Arrows    1:28.90
Boullion       BAR       1:29.91