Pit Lane F1
Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1998-07-26
Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) took pole for the 1998 Austrian Grand Prix with a 1:29.598 lap.
Jean Alesi (Sauber) joined the front row, 0.719s shy of pole, with Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) third on the grid. Olivier Panis (Prost) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) missed the cut by 0.002s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.483s — pole to P10 — with Olivier Panis (Prost) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |