The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 1

Australian Grand Prix

1998  ·  Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit  ·  8 March 1998  ·  58 laps

  1. 1st Mika Häkkinen McLaren · 01:31:46
  2. 2nd David Coulthard McLaren · +0.702
  3. 3rd Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Mika Häkkinen

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 5

Michael Schumacher

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

03 Lap 41

Jean Alesi

Retirement Sauber  —  Engine

04 Lap 43

Giancarlo Fisichella

Retirement Benetton  —  Broken wing

05 On the Charge

Olivier Panis

Prost  —  P21 → P9

06 Victory

Mika Häkkinen

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1 58 01:31:46 10
2 David Coulthard McLaren 2 58 +0.702 6
3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 6 57 +1 Lap 4
4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 8 57 +1 Lap 3
5 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 4 57 +1 Lap 2
6 Johnny Herbert Sauber 5 57 +1 Lap 1
7 Alexander Wurz Benetton 11 57 +1 Lap
8 Damon Hill Jordan 10 57 +1 Lap
9 Olivier Panis Prost 21 57 +1 Lap
10 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 7 43 Broken wing
11 Jean Alesi Sauber 12 41 Engine
12 Jarno Trulli Prost 15 26 Gearbox
13 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 19 25 Gearbox
14 Mika Salo Arrows 16 23 Gearbox
15 Esteban Tuero Minardi 17 22 Engine
16 Shinji Nakano Minardi 22 8 Halfshaft
17 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 5 Engine
18 Pedro Diniz Arrows 20 2 Gearbox
19 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 9 1 Collision
20 Jan Magnussen Stewart 18 1 Collision
21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 13 1 Spun off
22 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 14 0 Gearbox

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