Gridpedia1998 Australian Grand Prix
- Date
- 8 Mar 1998
- Circuit
- Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
- Round
- 1 of 16
- Winner
- Mika Häkkinen (McLaren)
- Pole position
- Mika Häkkinen (1:30.010)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | 58 | 1:31:45.996 | 1:31.649 | 10 |
| 2 | 7 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | 58 | +0.702 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 6 | 57 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | 57 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 4 | 57 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 15 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 5 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 6 | WURAlexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 9 | HILDamon Hill | Jordan | 10 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | 11 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 21 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| R | 5 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 7 | 43 | Broken wing | 0 | |
| R | 14 | ALEJean Alesi | Sauber | 12 | 41 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 12 | TRUJarno Trulli | Prost | 15 | 26 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 20 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 19 | 25 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 17 | SALMika Salo | Arrows | 16 | 23 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 23 | TUEEsteban Tuero | Minardi | 17 | 22 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 22 | NAKShinji Nakano | Minardi | 22 | 8 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| R | 3 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | 5 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 16 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 20 | 2 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 10 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 9 | 1 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 19 | MAGJan Magnussen | Stewart | 18 | 1 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 21 | TAKToranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 13 | 1 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 18 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 14 | 0 | Gearbox | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Mika Häkkinen: 3 stops (laps 24, 36, 40), stints of 24, 12, 4, 18 laps
- 2nd
- David Coulthard: 2 stops (laps 25, 42), stints of 25, 17, 16 laps
- 3rd
- Heinz-Harald Frentzen: 1 stop (lap 33), stints of 33, 24 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 5 · 2 stops: 3 · 3 or more: 1
- First stops
- median lap 27 of 58
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 3 | 24 (23.5 s), 36 (11.2 s), 40 (27.0 s) | 2412418 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 2 | 25 (23.3 s), 42 (21.9 s) | 251716 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 1 | 33 (24.3 s) | 3324 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 1 | 33 (30.0 s) | 3324 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 1 | 28 (26.1 s) | 2829 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 1 | 27 (28.0 s) | 2730 |
| WURAlexander Wurz | 2 | 20 (22.4 s), 36 (25.5 s) | 201621 |
| HILDamon Hill | 2 | 19 (27.0 s), 39 (24.9 s) | 192018 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 1 | 28 (27.2 s) | 2829 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 22 (22.9 s), 41 (23.8 s) | 2219 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 1 | 29 (27.3 s) | 2912 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 1 | 18 (26.5 s) | 187 |
| SALMika Salo | 1 | 19 (25.4 s) | 194 |
| TUEEsteban Tuero | 2 | 12 (26.2 s), 18 (31.8 s) | 1264 |
| NAKShinji Nakano | 1 | 8 (67.6 s) | 8 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:30.010 | fastest Q1 | ||
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:30.053 | +0.043 Q1 | ||
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:30.767 | +0.757 Q1 | ||
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:30.919 | +0.909 Q1 | ||
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:31.384 | +1.374 Q1 | ||
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:31.397 | +1.387 Q1 | ||
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:31.733 | +1.723 Q1 | ||
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:31.767 | +1.757 Q1 | ||
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:32.392 | +2.382 Q1 | ||
| 10 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:32.399 | +2.389 Q1 | ||
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:32.726 | +2.716 Q1 | ||
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:33.240 | +3.230 Q1 | ||
| 13 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:33.291 | +3.281 Q1 | ||
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:33.383 | +3.373 Q1 | ||
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:33.739 | +3.729 Q1 | ||
| 16 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:33.927 | +3.917 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:34.646 | +4.636 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:34.906 | +4.896 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:35.119 | +5.109 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:35.140 | +5.130 Q1 | ||
| 21 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:35.215 | +5.205 Q1 | ||
| 22 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:35.301 | +5.291 Q1 |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 0 | 0 |