Pit Lane F1
Round 13 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1998-08-30
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:48.682 lap.
David Coulthard (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.163s shy of pole, with Damon Hill (Jordan) third on the grid. Jean Alesi (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Alexander Wurz (Benetton) missed the cut by 0.459s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.507s — pole to P10 — with Jean Alesi (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:48.682 | — | — | 1:48.682 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:48.845 | — | — | +0.163 |
| 3 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:49.728 | — | — | +1.046 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:50.027 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.345 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:50.189 | — | — | +1.507 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:50.204 | — | — | +1.522 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:50.462 | — | — | +1.780 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 1:50.501 | — | — | +1.819 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:50.686 | — | — | +2.004 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:51.189 | — | — | +2.507 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:51.648 | — | — | +2.966 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:51.851 | — | — | +3.169 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:52.572 | — | — | +3.890 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:52.670 | — | — | +3.988 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 1:52.784 | — | — | +4.102 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:53.037 | — | — | +4.355 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:53.149 | — | — | +4.467 |
| 18 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:53.207 | — | — | +4.525 |
| 19 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:53.237 | — | — | +4.555 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:54.850 | — | — | +6.168 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:55.084 | — | — | +6.402 |
| 22 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:55.520 | — | — | +6.838 |