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Australian Grand Prix 1998

Round 1 of 16  · 8 March 1998  · Melbourne  · 58 laps

Fastest Lap Mika Häkkinen 1:31.649 (lap 38)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 HAK Mika Häkkinen FL McLaren 1 1:31:45.996 10
2 COU David Coulthard McLaren 2 +0.702 6
3 FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 6 +1 lap 4
4 IRV Eddie Irvine Ferrari 8 +1 lap 3
5 VIL Jacques Villeneuve Williams 4 +1 lap 2
6 HER Johnny Herbert Sauber 5 +1 lap 1
7 WUR Alexander Wurz Benetton 11 +1 lap
8 HIL Damon Hill Jordan 10 +1 lap
9 PAN Olivier Panis Prost 21 +1 lap
DNF FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 7 Broken wing
DNF ALE Jean Alesi Sauber 12 Engine
DNF TRU Jarno Trulli Prost 15 Gearbox
DNF ROS Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 19 Gearbox
DNF SAL Mika Salo Arrows 16 Gearbox
DNF TUE Esteban Tuero Minardi 17 Engine
DNF NAK Shinji Nakano Minardi 22 Halfshaft
DNF MSC Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 Engine
DNF DIN Pedro Diniz Arrows 20 Gearbox
DNF RSC Ralf Schumacher Jordan 9 Collision
DNF MAG Jan Magnussen Stewart 18 Collision
DNF TAK Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 13 Spun off
DNF BAR Rubens Barrichello Stewart 14 Gearbox

Qualifying — One-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 HAK Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:30.010
2 COU David Coulthard McLaren 1:30.053
3 MSC Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:30.767
4 VIL Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:30.919
5 HER Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:31.384
6 FRE Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 1:31.397
7 FIS Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 1:31.733
8 IRV Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:31.767
9 RSC Ralf Schumacher Jordan 1:32.392
10 HIL Damon Hill Jordan 1:32.399
11 WUR Alexander Wurz Benetton 1:32.726
12 ALE Jean Alesi Sauber 1:33.240
13 TAK Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 1:33.291
14 BAR Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1:33.383
15 TRU Jarno Trulli Prost 1:33.739
16 PAN Olivier Panis Prost 1:33.851
17 SAL Mika Salo Arrows 1:33.927
18 TUE Esteban Tuero Minardi 1:34.646
19 MAG Jan Magnussen Stewart 1:34.906
20 ROS Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 1:35.119
21 DIN Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:35.140
22 NAK Shinji Nakano Minardi 1:35.301