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1998 Qantas Australian Grand Prix

08 Mar 1998Melbourne307.574 km (5303 m x 58 Laps)

 Pole Position: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes, 1:30.010 (212.096 km/h) Fastest Lap: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes, 1:31.649 (208.303 km/h lap 39) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:31:45.996 201.102 km/h 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:31:46.698 201.076 km/h 3 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome -1 Lap 4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 -1 Lap 5 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome -1 Lap 6 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas -1 Lap 7 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife -1 Lap 8 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda -1 Lap 9 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot -1 Lap Did Not Finish: 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 43 Rear wing 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 41 Engine 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 26 Gearbox 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 25 Gearbox 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 23 Gearbox 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 22 Engine 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 8 Halfshaft 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 5 Engine 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 2 Gearbox 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1 Collision with Magnussen 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF2-Ford 1 Collision with R.Schumacher 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1 Spun off 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 0 Gearbox Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1-23 37 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 24 21 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 25-35 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 36-55 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 56-58 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:31.649 208.303 39 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:32.356 206.709 23 3 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:33.554 204.062 32 4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:33.790 203.548 32 5 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:34.196 202.671 56 6 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:34.319 202.407 55 7 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:34.319 202.407 40 8 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:34.738 201.512 55 9 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:34.878 201.214 27 10 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:34.885 201.199 24 11 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:35.624 199.644 23 12 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:35.661 199.567 53 13 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:35.774 199.332 2 14 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:36.032 198.796 17 15 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:36.475 197.883 20 16 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:38.116 194.574 20 17 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:39.676 191.529 2 18 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:39.916 191.068 2 19 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:50.966 172.042 1 20 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:52.353 169.918 1 21 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:53.124 168.760 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:30.010 212.096 West McLaren Mercedes 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:30.053 211.995 West McLaren Mercedes 3 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:30.767 210.328 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 4 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:30.919 209.976 Winfield Williams 5 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:31.384 208.907 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 6 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:31.397 208.878 Winfield Williams 7 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:31.733 208.113 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 8 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:31.767 208.036 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 9 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:32.392 206.628 Benson&Hedges Jordan 10 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:32.399 206.613 Benson&Hedges Jordan 11 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:32.726 205.884 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 12 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:33.240 204.749 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 13 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:33.291 204.637 PIAA Tyrrell 14 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:33.383 204.435 HSBC Stewart Ford 15 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:33.739 203.659 Gauloises Prost Peugeot 16 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:33.927 203.251 Danka Zepter Arrows 17 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:34.646 201.707 Fondmetal Minardi Team 18 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:34.906 201.155 HSBC Stewart Ford 19 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:35.119 200.704 PIAA Tyrrell 20 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:35.140 200.660 Danka Zepter Arrows 21 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:35.215 200.502 Gauloises Prost Peugeot 22 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:35.301 200.321 Fondmetal Minardi Team Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:33.826 203.470 2 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:34.432 202.165 3 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:35.023 200.907 4 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:35.270 200.386 5 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:35.409 200.094 6 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:35.708 199.469 7 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:35.876 199.120 8 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:36.095 198.666 9 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:36.231 198.385 10 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:36.741 197.339 11 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:36.897 197.022 12 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:37.023 196.766 13 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:37.102 196.606 14 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:37.102 196.606 15 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:37.144 196.521 16 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:37.605 195.592 17 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:37.891 195.021 18 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:37.928 194.947 19 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:38.817 193.193 20 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:38.860 193.109 21 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:39.044 192.751 22 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 2:16.609 139.748 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:30.456 211.051 2 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:31.178 209.379 3 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:31.432 208.798 4 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:31.436 208.789 5 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:31.581 208.458 6 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:31.624 208.360 7 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:31.870 207.802 8 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:32.465 206.465 9 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:32.514 206.356 10 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:32.518 206.347 11 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:32.667 206.015 12 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:33.588 203.988 13 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:33.965 203.169 14 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:34.543 201.927 15 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:34.600 201.805 16 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:34.837 201.301 17 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:35.010 200.935 18 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:35.069 200.810 19 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:35.539 199.822 20 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:35.850 199.174 21 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:35.913 199.043 22 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:36.351 198.138 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:34.126 202.822 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:34.257 202.540 3 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:34.346 202.349 4 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:35.030 200.892 5 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:35.033 200.886 6 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:35.081 200.785 7 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:35.192 200.550 8 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:35.215 200.502 9 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:35.401 200.111 10 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:35.411 200.090 11 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:35.497 199.910 12 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:36.021 198.819 13 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:36.081 198.695 14 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:36.160 198.532 15 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:36.246 198.354 16 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:36.257 198.332 17 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:36.690 197.443 18 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:36.868 197.081 19 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:37.215 196.377 20 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:37.482 195.839 21 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:37.772 195.258 22 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:38.487 193.841 Notes:
  • Panis's best qualifying time was deleted (...).
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.
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