Melbourne, Albert Park
8 March 1998
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Australia | Qantas Australian Grand Prix Melbourne, Albert Park 8 March 1998 |
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| Results | Pedro Diniz started from the pits. |
| driver | tyres | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes | Bridgestone | 1:31:45.996 | 10 |
| 2 |  | David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes | Bridgestone | + 0.702 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome | Goodyear | + 1 lap | 4 |
| 4 |  | Eddie Irvine Ferrari Ferrari | Goodyear | + 1 lap | 3 |
| 5 |  | Jacques Villeneuve Williams Mecachrome | Goodyear | + 1 lap | 2 |
| 6 |  | Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas | Goodyear | + 1 lap | 1 |
| 7 |  | Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife | Bridgestone | + 1 lap | |
| 8 |  | Damon Hill Jordan Mugen-Honda | Goodyear | + 1 lap | |
| 9 |  | Olivier Panis Prost Peugeot | Bridgestone | + 1 lap |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | Playlife | 43 | broken rearwing |
| Jean Alesi | Sauber | Petronas | 41 | engine |
| Jarno Trulli | Prost | Peugeot | 26 | gearbox |
| Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Ford | 25 | gearbox |
| Mika Salo | Arrows | Hart | 23 | gearbox |
| Esteban Tuero | Minardi | Ford | 22 | engine |
| Shinji Nakano | Minardi | Ford | 8 | driveshaft |
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 5 | engine |
| Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Hart | 2 | gearbox |
| Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1 | collision |
| Jan Magnussen | Stewart | Ford | 1 | collision |
| Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | Ford | 1 | spin |
| Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 0 | gearbox |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:30.010 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:30.053 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:30.767 |
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Mecachrome | 1:20.919 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 1:31.384 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | Mecachrome | 1:31.397 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | Playlife | 1:31.733 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:31.767 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:32.392 |
| 10 | Damon Hill | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:32.399 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | Playlife | 1:32.726 |
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | Petronas | 1:33.240 |
| 13 | Toronosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:33.291 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:33.383 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | Peugeot | 1:33.739 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | Arrows | Hart | 1:33.927 |
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | Ford | 1:34.646 |
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | Ford | 1:34.906 |
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:35.119 |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Hart | 1:35.140 |
| 21 | Olivier Panis * | Prost | Peugeot | 1:35.215 |
| 22 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | Ford | 1:35.301 |
