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1998 Qantas Australian Grand Prix Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 16 Sunday, March 8, 1998 at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, South Melbourne, Victoria 58 laps on a 5.303 kilometer road course (307.574 kilometers) Time of race: 1:31:45.996 Average speed: 201.102 kph Pole time: 90.01 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: .702 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1998 Formula One results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 8   Mika Hakkinen West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-13 / Mercedes-Benz FO110G 58 1:31:45.996 37 10 2 2 7   David Coulthard West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-13 / Mercedes-Benz FO110G 58 +0.702 21 6 3 6 2   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Winfield Williams F1 Mecachrome Williams FW20 / Mecachrome GC37-01 57 +1 lap 0 4 4 8 4   Eddie Irvine Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F300 / Ferrari Type 047 57 +1 lap 0 3 5 4 1   Jacques Villeneuve Winfield Williams F1 Mecachrome Williams FW20 / Mecachrome GC37-01 57 +1 lap 0 2 6 5 15   Johnny Herbert Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C17 / Petronas SPE-01D 57 +1 lap 0 1 7 11 6   Alexander Wurz Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B198 / Playlife GC37-01 57 +1 lap 0 0 8 10 9   Damon Hill Benson and Hedges Total Jordan Jordan 198 / Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC 57 +1 lap 0 0 9 21 11   Olivier Panis Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost AP01 / Peugeot A16 57 +1 lap 0 0 ret 7 5   Giancarlo Fisichella Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B198 / Playlife GC37-01 43 broken wing 0 0 ret 12 14   Jean Alesi Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C17 / Petronas SPE-01D 41 engine 0 0 ret 11 12   Jarno Trulli Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost AP01 / Peugeot A16 26 gearbox 0 0 ret 19 20   Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 026 / Ford JD Zetec-R 25 gearbox 0 0 ret 16 17   Mika Salo Danka Zepter Arrows Arrows A19 / Arrows T2-F1 23 gearbox 0 0 ret 17 23   Esteban Tuero Minardi Team SpA Minardi M198 / Ford JD Zetec-R 22 engine 0 0 ret 22 22   Shinji Nakano Minardi Team SpA Minardi M198 / Ford JD Zetec-R 8 halfshaft 0 0 ret 3 3   Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F300 / Ferrari Type 047 5 engine 0 0 ret 20 16   Pedro Diniz Danka Zepter Arrows Arrows A19 / Arrows T2-F1 2 gearbox 0 0 ret 9 10   Ralf Schumacher Benson and Hedges Total Jordan Jordan 198 / Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC 1 crash 0 0 ret 18 19   Jan Magnussen Stewart Ford Stewart SF02 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 1 crash 0 0 ret 13 21   Tora Takagi Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 026 / Ford JD Zetec-R 1 spun off 0 0 ret 14 18   Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford Stewart SF02 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 0 gearbox 0 0

Fastest Lap: 208.303 kph by Mika Hakkinen Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mika Hakkinen 1 23 23   David Coulthard 24 24 1   Mika Hakkinen 25 35 11   David Coulthard 36 55 20   Mika Hakkinen 56 58 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mika Hakkinen 10     2   David Coulthard 6   -4   3   Heinz-Harald Frentzen 4   -6   4   Eddie Irvine 3   -7   5   Jacques Villeneuve 2   -8   6   Johnny Herbert 1   -9