Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1998-03-29
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:17.092 lap.
David Coulthard (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.665s shy of pole, with Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) third on the grid. Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Damon Hill (Jordan) missed the cut by 0.227s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.669s — pole to P10 — with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |