Australian Grand Prix
1998 · Round 1 · Melbourne, Australia · Mar 8, 1998Race summary
Victory went to Häkkinen (from 1st on the grid), with a 0.702s margin. Panis made the biggest gain, from 21st on the grid to 9th (up 12 places). Villeneuve had a difficult race, dropping from 4th to 5th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| – | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 7 | 43 | Broken wing | 0 |
| – | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 12 | 41 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 15 | 26 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 19 | 25 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Mika Salo | Arrows | 16 | 23 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 17 | 22 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 22 | 8 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| – | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | 5 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 20 | 2 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 9 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 18 | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 13 | 1 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 14 | 0 | Gearbox | 0 |