Ronda 3 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1998-04-12
David Coulthard (McLaren) firmó la pole del Argentine Grand Prix de 1998 con un crono de 1:25.852.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.399s de la pole, con Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jean Alesi (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.003s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.984s — de la pole a P10 — con Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:25.852 | — | — | 1:25.852 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:26.251 | — | — | +0.399 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:26.632 | — | — | +0.780 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.780 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.928 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:26.827 | — | — | +0.975 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:26.876 | — | — | +1.024 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:26.941 | — | — | +1.089 |
| 8 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:27.198 | — | — | +1.346 |
| 9 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:27.483 | — | — | +1.631 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:27.836 | — | — | +1.984 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:27.839 | — | — | +1.987 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:28.016 | — | — | +2.164 |
| 13 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:28.811 | — | — | +2.959 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:29.249 | — | — | +3.397 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:29.320 | — | — | +3.468 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:29.352 | — | — | +3.500 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:29.617 | — | — | +3.765 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:29.617 | — | — | +3.765 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:30.054 | — | — | +4.202 |
| 20 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:30.158 | — | — | +4.306 |
| 21 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:30.437 | — | — | +4.585 |
| 22 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 1:31.178 | — | — | +5.326 |