Australia Grand Prix 1998: results

Round 1 of the 1998 season, 8 March 1998, at Albert Park Circuit. Mika Häkkinen won for McLaren from pole position. Fastest lap: Mika Häkkinen, 1:31.649 (lap 38).

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:31:45.996	10
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	+0.702	6
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	+1 lap	4
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+1 lap	3
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	+1 lap	2
6	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	+1 lap	1
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	+1 lap	0
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	+1 lap	0
9	Olivier Panis	Prost	+1 lap	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	Broken wing	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Sauber	Engine	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	Gearbox	0
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	Engine	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	Collision	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	Collision	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	Spun off	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	Gearbox	0

Pos	Driver	Team
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
2	David Coulthard	McLaren
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
5	Johnny Herbert	Sauber
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan
10	Damon Hill	Jordan
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost
16	Olivier Panis	Prost
17	Mika Salo	Arrows
18	Esteban Tuero	Minardi
19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell
21	Pedro Diniz	Arrows
22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi