Ronda 10 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1998-07-26
Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) firmó la pole del Austrian Grand Prix de 1998 con un crono de 1:29.598.
Jean Alesi (Sauber) completó la primera fila a 0.719s de la pole, con Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Olivier Panis (Prost) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) se quedó fuera por 0.002s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.483s — de la pole a P10 — con Olivier Panis (Prost) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:29.598 | — | — | 1:29.598 |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:30.317 | — | — | +0.719 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:30.517 | — | — | +0.919 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:30.551 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.953 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:31.005 | — | — | +1.407 |
| 6 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:31.028 | — | — | +1.430 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:31.515 | — | — | +1.917 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:31.651 | — | — | +2.053 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:31.917 | — | — | +2.319 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:32.081 | — | — | +2.483 |
| 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:32.083 | — | — | +2.485 |
| 12 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:32.099 | — | — | +2.501 |
| 13 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:32.206 | — | — | +2.608 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:32.399 | — | — | +2.801 |
| 15 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:32.718 | — | — | +3.120 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:32.906 | — | — | +3.308 |
| 17 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:33.185 | — | — | +3.587 |
| 18 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:33.205 | — | — | +3.607 |
| 19 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:33.399 | — | — | +3.801 |
| 20 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:34.090 | — | — | +4.492 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:34.536 | — | — | +4.938 |
| 22 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:34.910 | — | — | +5.312 |