1998 season/ Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. Sun, 8 Mar 1998. 58 laps.

Winner: HÄKMcLaren
Pole: HÄKMcLaren
Fastest lap: HÄK1:31.649

Weekend

Race

David CoulthardMcLaren+0.7022
Mika HäkkinenMcLaren1:31:46.0001
Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams+1 Lap3

Overtakes

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No overtake data

Biggest mover

PRPAN

+12 places, P21 to P9

Beat our forecast

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No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

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No pit stop data

Fastest lap

HÄK

1:31.649, lap 38

DNFs

FIS, ALE, TRU, ROS, SAL, TUE, NAK, MSC, DIN, SCH, MAG, TAK, BAR

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HÄKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1	58	1:31:46.000	10	1:31.649L38
2	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	2	58	+0.702	6	1:32.356L24
3	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	6+3	57	+1 Lap	4	1:33.554L33
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	8+4	57	+1 Lap	3	1:33.790L33
5	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	4-1	57	+1 Lap	2	1:35.661L53
6	SAHERJohnny Herbert	SASauber	5-1	57	+1 Lap	1	1:35.624L24
7	BEWURAlexander Wurz	BEBenetton	11+4	57	+1 Lap		1:34.738L54
8	JOHILDamon Hill	JOJordan	10+2	57	+1 Lap		1:34.196L55
9	PRPANOlivier Panis	PRProst	21+12	57	+1 Lap		1:34.319L55
DNF	BEFISGiancarlo Fisichella	BEBenetton	7	43	Broken wing		1:34.319L40
DNF	SAALEJean Alesi	SASauber	12	41	Engine		1:34.878L28
DNF	PRTRUJarno Trulli	PRProst	15	26	Gearbox		1:34.885L25
DNF	TYROSRicardo Rosset	TYTyrrell	19	25	Gearbox		1:38.116L20
DNF	ARSALMika Salo	ARArrows	16	23	Gearbox		1:36.032L18
DNF	MITUEEsteban Tuero	MIMinardi	17	22	Engine		1:36.475L19
DNF	MINAKShinji Nakano	MIMinardi	22	8	Halfshaft		1:39.676L3
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	5	Engine		1:35.774L3
DNF	ARDINPedro Diniz	ARArrows	20	2	Gearbox		1:39.916L2
DNF	JOSCHRalf Schumacher	JOJordan	9	1	Collision
DNF	STMAGJan Magnussen	STStewart	18	1	Collision
DNF	TYTAKToranosuke Takagi	TYTyrrell	13	1	Spun off
DNF	STBARRubens Barrichello	STStewart	14	0	Gearbox

Lap chart

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Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58
HÄK	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
COU	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
FRE	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
IRV	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
VIL	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
HER	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
WUR	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
HIL	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
PAN	19	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
FIS	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	7	7
ALE	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8
TRU	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
ROS	18	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13
SAL	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
TUE	17	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
NAK	20	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
MSC	3	3	3	3	3
DIN	21	18
SCH	14
MAG	15
TAK	16

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	38	1:31.649
2	David Coulthard	24	1:32.356	+0.707
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	33	1:33.554	+1.905
4	Eddie Irvine	33	1:33.790	+2.141
5	JODamon Hill	55	1:34.196	+2.547
6	BEGiancarlo Fisichella	40	1:34.319	+2.670
7	PROlivier Panis	55	1:34.319	+2.670
8	BEAlexander Wurz	54	1:34.738	+3.089
9	SAJean Alesi	28	1:34.878	+3.229
10	PRJarno Trulli	25	1:34.885	+3.236