1998 - Australian Grand Prix
Date : 08 March 1998
Hour : Z
Round : 1
Circuit : Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
Locality : Melbourne
Winner : Mika Häkkinen(McLaren)
Polesitter : Mika Häkkinen(McLaren)
Fastest lap : Damon Hill(Jordan)
| P. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:30.010 | ||
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:30.053 | ||
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:30.767 | ||
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:30.919 | ||
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:31.384 | ||
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:31.397 | ||
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:31.733 | ||
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:31.767 | ||
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:32.392 | ||
| 10 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:32.399 | ||
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:32.726 | ||
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:33.240 | ||
| 13 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:33.291 | ||
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:33.383 | ||
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:33.739 | ||
| 16 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:33.927 | ||
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:34.646 | ||
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:34.906 | ||
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:35.119 | ||
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:35.140 | ||
| 21 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:35.215 | ||
| 22 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:35.301 |
| P. | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Time | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | 58 | 1:31:46.0 | Finished | 10 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | 58 | +0.702 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 6 | 57 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | 57 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 4 | 57 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 5 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 10 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 21 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 7 | 43 | Broken wing | 0 | ||
| Jean Alesi | Sauber | 12 | 41 | Engine | 0 | ||
| Jarno Trulli | Prost | 15 | 26 | Gearbox | 0 | ||
| Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 19 | 25 | Gearbox | 0 | ||
| Mika Salo | Arrows | 16 | 23 | Gearbox | 0 | ||
| Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 17 | 22 | Engine | 0 | ||
| Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 22 | 8 | Halfshaft | 0 | ||
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | 5 | Engine | 0 | ||
| Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 20 | 2 | Gearbox | 0 | ||
| Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 9 | 1 | Collision | 0 | ||
| Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 18 | 1 | Collision | 0 | ||
| Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 13 | 1 | Spun off | 0 | ||
| Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 14 | 0 | Gearbox | 0 |