Pit Lane F1
Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1998-03-08
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 1998 con un crono de 1:30.010.
David Coulthard (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.043s de la pole, con Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Damon Hill (Jordan) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Alexander Wurz (Benetton) se quedó fuera por 0.327s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.389s — de la pole a P10 — con Damon Hill (Jordan) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:30.010 | — | — | 1:30.010 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:30.053 | — | — | +0.043 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:30.767 | — | — | +0.757 |
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| Williams |
| 1:30.919 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.909 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:31.384 | — | — | +1.374 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:31.397 | — | — | +1.387 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:31.733 | — | — | +1.723 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:31.767 | — | — | +1.757 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:32.392 | — | — | +2.382 |
| 10 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:32.399 | — | — | +2.389 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:32.726 | — | — | +2.716 |
| 12 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:33.240 | — | — | +3.230 |
| 13 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:33.291 | — | — | +3.281 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:33.383 | — | — | +3.373 |
| 15 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:33.739 | — | — | +3.729 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:33.927 | — | — | +3.917 |
| 17 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:34.646 | — | — | +4.636 |
| 18 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:34.906 | — | — | +4.896 |
| 19 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:35.119 | — | — | +5.109 |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:35.140 | — | — | +5.130 |
| 21 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:35.215 | — | — | +5.205 |
| 22 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:35.301 | — | — | +5.291 |