Pit Lane F1
Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1998-08-02
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 1998 German Grand Prix with a 1:41.838 lap.
David Coulthard (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.509s shy of pole, with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) third on the grid. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jean Alesi (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.196s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.629s — pole to P10 — with Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:41.838 | — | — | 1:41.838 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:42.347 | — | — | +0.509 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:42.365 | — | — | +0.527 |
| 4 | Ralf Schumacher |
| Jordan |
| 1:42.994 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.156 |
| 5 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:43.183 | — | — | +1.345 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:43.270 | — | — | +1.432 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:43.341 | — | — | +1.503 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:43.369 | — | — | +1.531 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:43.459 | — | — | +1.621 |
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:43.467 | — | — | +1.629 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:43.663 | — | — | +1.825 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:44.599 | — | — | +2.761 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:44.776 | — | — | +2.938 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:44.844 | — | — | +3.006 |
| 15 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:44.961 | — | — | +3.123 |
| 16 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:45.197 | — | — | +3.359 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:45.276 | — | — | +3.438 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:45.588 | — | — | +3.750 |
| 19 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:45.623 | — | — | +3.785 |
| 20 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:46.713 | — | — | +4.875 |
| 21 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:47.265 | — | — | +5.427 |