Who did what during the last tests. (For the Magny-Cours and Monza testing times see the Test-Time section.)

• Weather:
  • Sometimes rain and drizzle.

• Arrows
  • Muller: tested on a circuit in central France. He tested aerodynamic modifications. He ran at speeds of 120, 180 and 240 kph on the straight to gather data for the team.
  • Diniz: the revised Yamaha engine at Magny-Cours.

• Benetton
  • Alesi: mechanical set-up and a revised rear suspension configuration. Alesi also simulated a race distance, of which 43 were timed.
  • Wurz: mechanical and aerodynamic set-up.

• Ferrari (Monza)*
  • Irvine: tested the electronic differential and modified rollbar. He suffered a gearbox hydraulic problem and a spin.

• Jordan
  • Fisichella: new differential set-up, different gear ratios, front suspension geometry evaluation. He suffered a few spins of which one badly damaged the bottom of the car, which took some time to repair.
  • R. Schumacher: set-up, new front suspension geometry and some differential modifications.

• McLaren
  • Coulthard: testing the new Mercedes engine. He suffered some engine problems and broke a front suspension when going over a high kerb.
  • Hakkinen: testing the new Mercedes engine. Long runs were interrupted by rain.

• Minardi
  • Katayama and Trulli tested aerodynamic changes and a single damper set-up.

• Sauber (Monza)*
  • Herbert: tested new wings and a alteration of the gearbox.

• Stewart*
  • Stewart send their chassis to the Ford Advanced Technical centre. "It won't produce results immediately," J. Stewart said but the team will have a new low downforce front wing in Canada and a new two-plane rear wing.

• Williams
  • Both Villeneuve and Frentzen worked on the set-up for the French Grand Prix and did some Goodyear tyre testing.

* All other teams were testing at Magny-Cours (France).