Season
1998
Race
1. Australian Grand Prix
1998 Australian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -37.8497, 144.968
- Altitude
- 10 m
- Race number
- 615
R
08/03/1998 00:00 · Australia/Melbourne · 58 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | = | 58 | 1:31:46.000 | 10 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | = | 58 | 1:31:46.702 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 6 | +3 | 57 | — | 4 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | +4 | 57 | — | 3 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 4 | -1 | 57 | — | 2 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 5 | -1 | 57 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | +4 | 57 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 10 | +2 | 57 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 21 | +12 | 57 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 7 | -3 | 43 | — | 0 | Broken wing | — | |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 12 | +1 | 41 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 15 | +3 | 26 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 13 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 19 | +6 | 25 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 16 | +2 | 23 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 15 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 17 | +2 | 22 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 16 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 22 | +6 | 8 | — | 0 | Halfshaft | — | |
| 17 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | -14 | 5 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 20 | +2 | 2 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 19 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 9 | -10 | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 20 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 18 | -2 | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 21 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 13 | -8 | 1 | — | 0 | Spun off | — | |
| 22 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 14 | -8 | 0 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — |