Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1998-04-12
David Coulthard (McLaren) took pole for the 1998 Argentine Grand Prix with a 1:25.852 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.399s shy of pole, with Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) third on the grid. Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jean Alesi (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.003s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.984s — pole to P10 — with Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |