Australian Grand Prix
Round 1 · 8 March 1998 ·Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Coulthard
McLaren
2
Häkkinen
McLaren
1
Frentzen
Williams
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen |  Finnish | McLaren | 58 | 1:31:46.0 | 10 |
| 2 | David Coulthard |  British | McLaren | 58 | +0.702 | 6 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |  German | Williams | 57 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | British | Ferrari | 57 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve |  Canadian | Williams | 57 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | British | Sauber | 57 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz |  Austrian | Benetton | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | British | Jordan | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis |  French | Prost | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| R | Giancarlo Fisichella |  Italian | Benetton | 43 | Broken wing | 0 |
| R | Jean Alesi | French | Sauber | 41 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jarno Trulli | Italian | Prost | 26 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Ricardo Rosset |  Brazilian | Tyrrell | 25 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Mika Salo | Finnish | Arrows | 23 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Esteban Tuero |  Argentine | Minardi | 22 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Shinji Nakano |  Japanese | Minardi | 8 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| R | Michael Schumacher | German | Ferrari | 5 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Pedro Diniz | Brazilian | Arrows | 2 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Ralf Schumacher | German | Jordan | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Jan Magnussen |  Danish | Stewart | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Toranosuke Takagi | Japanese | Tyrrell | 1 | Spun off | 0 |
| R | Rubens Barrichello | Brazilian | Stewart | 0 | Gearbox | 0 |
- R
- Retired