Australian Grand Prix 1998

Albert Park
Melbourne
8 March 1998
58 laps
307.6 km
5.303 km a lap

Pole positionMika HäkkinenMcLaren · 1:30.010
Fastest lapMika Häkkinen1:31.649 · lap 38
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mika Häkkinenfastest lap	8	McLaren · Mercedes	1	58	1:31:45.996	10
2	David Coulthard	7	McLaren · Mercedes	2	58	+0.702	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	Williams · Mecachrome	6	57	+1 lap	4
4	Eddie Irvine	4	Ferrari	8	57	+1 lap	3
5	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams · Mecachrome	4	57	+1 lap	2
6	Johnny Herbert	15	Sauber · Petronas	5	57	+1 lap	1
7	Alexander Wurz	6	Benetton · Playlife	11	57	+1 lap
8	Damon Hill	9	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	10	57	+1 lap
9	Olivier Panis	11	Prost · Peugeot	21	57	+1 lap
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	5	Benetton · Playlife	7	43	Broken wing
DNF	Jean Alesi	14	Sauber · Petronas	12	41	Engine
DNF	Jarno Trulli	12	Prost · Peugeot	15	26	Gearbox
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	20	Tyrrell · Ford	19	25	Gearbox
DNF	Mika Salo	17	Arrows	16	23	Gearbox
DNF	Esteban Tuero	23	Minardi · Ford	17	22	Engine
DNF	Shinji Nakano	22	Minardi · Ford	22	8	Halfshaft
DNF	Michael Schumacher	3	Ferrari	3	5	Engine
DNF	Pedro Diniz	16	Arrows	20	2	Gearbox
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	10	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	9	1	Collision
DNF	Jan Magnussen	19	Stewart · Ford	18	1	Collision
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	21	Tyrrell · Ford	13	1	Spun off
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	18	Stewart · Ford	14	0	Gearbox

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Mika Häkkinen 37, David Coulthard 21. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Finish	Laps led
Mika Häkkinen	1	1	1	2	1	37
David Coulthard	2	2	2	1	2	21
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	6	3	3	3
Eddie Irvine	8	7	4	4	4
Jacques Villeneuve	4	3	6	5	5
Johnny Herbert	5	5	7	6	6
Alexander Wurz	11	9	8	7	7
Damon Hill	10	8	9	8	8
Olivier Panis	21	13	11	9	9
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	4	5	–	out
Jean Alesi	12	12	10	–	out
Jarno Trulli	15	10	–	–	out
Ricardo Rosset	19	14	–	–	out
Mika Salo	16	11	–	–	out
Esteban Tuero	17	15	–	–	out
Shinji Nakano	22	–	–	–	out
Michael Schumacher	3	–	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	20	–	–	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	9	–	–	–	out
Jan Magnussen	18	–	–	–	out
Toranosuke Takagi	13	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Last lap
Mika Häkkinen	0.0	0.0	+12.5	0.0
David Coulthard	+2.4	+4.7	0.0	+0.7
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+56.4	+63.5	+89.6	+101.8
Eddie Irvine	+57.1	+64.6	+90.2	+102.9
Jacques Villeneuve	+48.7	+90.7	+109.5	+137.7
Johnny Herbert	+49.6	+92.1	+109.9	+138.1
Alexander Wurz	+58.5	+92.8	+128.2	+140.8
Damon Hill	+57.8	+104.1	+130.4	+142.1
Olivier Panis	+89.1	+133.7	+152.1	+159.6
Giancarlo Fisichella	+48.9	+84.3	–	out
Jean Alesi	+65.7	+106.6	–	out
Jarno Trulli	+59.1	–	–	out
Ricardo Rosset	+109.5	–	–	out
Mika Salo	+59.5	–	–	out
Esteban Tuero	+109.8	–	–	out
Shinji Nakano	–	–	–	out
Michael Schumacher	–	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	–	–	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	–	–	–	out
Jan Magnussen	–	–	–	out
Toranosuke Takagi	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:30.010
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:30.053	+0.043
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:30.767	+0.757
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:30.919	+0.909
5	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:31.384	+1.374
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:31.397	+1.387
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:31.733	+1.723
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:31.767	+1.757
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:32.392	+2.382
10	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:32.399	+2.389
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:32.726	+2.716
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:33.240	+3.230
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:33.291	+3.281
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:33.383	+3.373
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:33.739	+3.729
16	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:33.851	+3.841
17	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:33.927	+3.917
18	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:34.646	+4.636
19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:34.906	+4.896
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:35.119	+5.109
21	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:35.140	+5.130
22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:35.301	+5.291

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	33	24.314 s
Mika Salo	1	19	25.448 s
Jacques Villeneuve	1	28	26.102 s
Ricardo Rosset	1	18	26.533 s
Olivier Panis	1	28	27.245 s
Jean Alesi	1	29	27.278 s
Johnny Herbert	1	27	27.977 s
Eddie Irvine	1	33	29.968 s
Shinji Nakano	1	8	1:07.593 s
David Coulthard	2	25, 42	21.931 s
Alexander Wurz	2	20, 36	22.398 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	22, 41	22.885 s
Damon Hill	2	19, 39	24.907 s
Esteban Tuero	2	12, 18	26.182 s
Mika Häkkinen	3	24, 36, 40	11.242 s

Every stop, lap by lap (22)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
8	Shinji Nakano	1	1:07.593 s
12	Esteban Tuero	1	26.182 s
18	Ricardo Rosset	1	26.533 s
18	Esteban Tuero	2	31.836 s
19	Mika Salo	1	25.448 s
19	Damon Hill	1	26.976 s
20	Alexander Wurz	1	22.398 s
22	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	22.885 s
24	Mika Häkkinen	1	23.546 s
25	David Coulthard	1	23.319 s
27	Johnny Herbert	1	27.977 s
28	Jacques Villeneuve	1	26.102 s
28	Olivier Panis	1	27.245 s
29	Jean Alesi	1	27.278 s
33	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	24.314 s
33	Eddie Irvine	1	29.968 s
36	Mika Häkkinen	2	11.242 s
36	Alexander Wurz	2	25.529 s
39	Damon Hill	2	24.907 s
40	Mika Häkkinen	3	26.981 s
41	Giancarlo Fisichella	2	23.775 s
42	David Coulthard	2	21.931 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	38	1:31.649
2	David Coulthard	24	1:32.356	+0.707
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	33	1:33.554	+1.905
4	Eddie Irvine	33	1:33.790	+2.141
5	Damon Hill	55	1:34.196	+2.547
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	40	1:34.319	+2.670
7	Olivier Panis	55	1:34.319	+2.670
8	Alexander Wurz	54	1:34.738	+3.089
9	Jean Alesi	28	1:34.878	+3.229
10	Jarno Trulli	25	1:34.885	+3.236

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	10
2	David Coulthard	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4
4	Eddie Irvine	3
5	Jacques Villeneuve	2
6	Johnny Herbert	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	16
2	Williams	6
3	Ferrari	3
4	Sauber	1