Ronda 2 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1998-03-29
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) firmó la pole del Brazilian Grand Prix de 1998 con un crono de 1:17.092.
David Coulthard (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.665s de la pole, con Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Damon Hill (Jordan) se quedó fuera por 0.227s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.669s — de la pole a P10 — con Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:17.092 | — | — | 1:17.092 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:17.757 | — | — | +0.665 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:18.109 | — | — | +1.017 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:18.250 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.158 |
| 5 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:18.261 | — | — | +1.169 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:18.449 | — | — | +1.357 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:18.652 | — | — | +1.560 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:18.735 | — | — | +1.643 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:18.753 | — | — | +1.661 |
| 10 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:18.761 | — | — | +1.669 |
| 11 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:18.988 | — | — | +1.896 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:19.069 | — | — | +1.977 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:19.344 | — | — | +2.252 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:19.375 | — | — | +2.283 |
| 15 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:19.449 | — | — | +2.357 |
| 16 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:19.644 | — | — | +2.552 |
| 17 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:20.203 | — | — | +3.111 |
| 18 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:20.390 | — | — | +3.298 |
| 19 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:20.459 | — | — | +3.367 |
| 20 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:20.481 | — | — | +3.389 |
| 21 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:20.748 | — | — | +3.656 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:20.847 | — | — | +3.755 |