Australian Grand Prix 1998 Results – won by Mika Häkkinen

Race result

Race results
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1	58	1:31	10
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	58	+0.702	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
R	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7	43	Broken wing	0
R	Jean Alesi	Sauber	12	41	Engine	0
R	Jarno Trulli	Prost	15	26	Gearbox	0
R	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	19	25	Gearbox	0
R	Mika Salo	Arrows	16	23	Gearbox	0
R	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	17	22	Engine	0
R	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	8	Halfshaft	0
R	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	5	Engine	0
R	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	20	2	Gearbox	0
R	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	9	1	Collision	0
R	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	18	1	Collision	0
R	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	13	1	Spun off	0
R	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	14	0	Gearbox	0

Qualifying

Qualifying results
Pos	Driver	Team	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	–	–

About the Grand Prix

The 1998 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Albert Park street circuit in inner Melbourne on 8 March 1998 at 14:00 AEDT (UTC+10). It was the 63rd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix that dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928. It was the first of the sixteen races of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship and held over 58 laps of the 5.3 kilometre street circuit and the sixth to be held on the Albert Park venue first used in 1953, or the third since the new circuit first hosted the race in 1996.