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Race · Round 1 of 16 ·

1998 Australian Grand Prix

Mika Hakkinen won for McLaren from pole at Albert Park. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 22 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
Winner
Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Fastest lap
Mika Hakkinen
Entries
229 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Mika HakkinenMcLarenMP4/13158Finished10fastest lap
2David CoulthardMcLarenMP4/13258Finished6
3Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliamsFW20657Finished4
4Eddie IrvineFerrariF300857Finished3
5Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsFW20457Finished2
6Johnny HerbertSauberC17557Finished1
7Alexander WurzBenettonB1981157Finished0
8Damon HillJordan1981057Finished0
9Olivier PanisProst Grand PrixAP012157Finished0
DNFGiancarlo FisichellaBenettonB198743Broken wing0
DNFJean AlesiSauberC171241Engine0
DNFJarno TrulliProst Grand PrixAP011526Gearbox0
DNFRicardo RossetTyrrell221925Gearbox0
DNFMika SaloArrowsA191623Gearbox0
DNFEsteban TueroMinardiM1981722Engine0
DNFShinji NakanoMinardiM198228Halfshaft0
DNFMichael SchumacherFerrariF30035Engine0
DNFPedro DinizArrowsA19202Gearbox0
DNFRalf SchumacherJordan19891Collision0
DNFJan MagnussenStewart Grand PrixSF02181Collision0
DNFToranosuke TakagiTyrrell22131Spun off0
DNFRubens BarrichelloStewart Grand PrixSF02140Gearbox0
F1DB layout melbourne-1 · 5.303 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0510152025303540455055Laps completedGridResult11Mika Hakkinen22David Coulthard63Heinz-Harald Frentzen84Eddie Irvine45Jacques Villeneuve56Johnny Herbert117Alexander Wurz108Damon Hill219Olivier Panis7DNFGiancarlo Fisichella12DNFJean Alesi15DNFJarno Trulli19DNFRicardo Rosset16DNFMika Salo17DNFEsteban Tuero22DNFShinji Nakano3DNFMichael Schumacher20DNFPedro Diniz9DNFRalf Schumacher18DNFJan Magnussen13DNFToranosuke Takagi14DNFRubens Barrichello

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Mika Hakkinen1158
David Coulthard2258
Heinz-Harald Frentzen6357
Eddie Irvine8457
Jacques Villeneuve4557
Johnny Herbert5657
Alexander Wurz11757
Damon Hill10857
Olivier Panis21957
Giancarlo Fisichella7DNF43
Jean Alesi12DNF41
Jarno Trulli15DNF26
Ricardo Rosset19DNF25
Mika Salo16DNF23
Esteban Tuero17DNF22
Shinji Nakano22DNF8
Michael Schumacher3DNF5
Pedro Diniz20DNF2
Ralf Schumacher9DNF1
Jan Magnussen18DNF1
Toranosuke Takagi13DNF1
Rubens Barrichello14DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:30.010—0 m—
2David CoulthardMcLaren71:30.053+0.0433 m+0.043
3Michael SchumacherFerrari31:30.767+0.75745 m+0.714
4Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:30.919+0.90954 m+0.152
5Johnny HerbertSauber151:31.384+1.37481 m+0.465
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:31.397+1.38782 m+0.013
7Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:31.733+1.723102 m+0.336
8Eddie IrvineFerrari41:31.767+1.757104 m+0.034
9Ralf SchumacherJordan101:32.392+2.382140 m+0.625
10Damon HillJordan91:32.399+2.389141 m+0.007
11Alexander WurzBenetton61:32.726+2.716160 m+0.327
12Jean AlesiSauber141:33.240+3.230190 m+0.514
13Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:33.291+3.281193 m+0.051
14Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:33.383+3.373199 m+0.092
15Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:33.739+3.729220 m+0.356
16Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:33.851+3.841226 m+0.112
17Mika SaloArrows171:33.927+3.917231 m+0.076
18Esteban TueroMinardi231:34.646+4.636273 m+0.719
19Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix191:34.906+4.896288 m+0.260
20Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:35.119+5.109301 m+0.213
21Pedro DinizArrows161:35.140+5.130302 m+0.021
22Shinji NakanoMinardi221:35.301+5.291312 m+0.161
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

0510152025303540455055LapStops on each lap (up to 2)1Mika HakkinenLap 24: pit lane 23.5 sLap 36: pit lane 11.2 sLap 40: pit lane 27.0 s2David CoulthardLap 25: pit lane 23.3 sLap 42: pit lane 21.9 s3Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 33: pit lane 24.3 s4Eddie IrvineLap 33: pit lane 30.0 s5Jacques VilleneuveLap 28: pit lane 26.1 s6Johnny HerbertLap 27: pit lane 28.0 s7Alexander WurzLap 20: pit lane 22.4 sLap 36: pit lane 25.5 s8Damon HillLap 19: pit lane 27.0 sLap 39: pit lane 24.9 s9Olivier PanisLap 28: pit lane 27.2 sDNFGiancarlo FisichellaLap 22: pit lane 22.9 sLap 41: pit lane 23.8 sDNFJean AlesiLap 29: pit lane 27.3 sDNFJarno TrulliDNFRicardo RossetLap 18: pit lane 26.5 sDNFMika SaloLap 19: pit lane 25.4 sDNFEsteban TueroLap 12: pit lane 26.2 sLap 18: pit lane 31.8 sDNFShinji NakanoLap 8: pit lane 67.6 sDNFMichael SchumacherDNFPedro DinizDNFRalf SchumacherDNFJan MagnussenDNFToranosuke TakagiDNFRubens Barrichello

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
DriverResultLapsStops recordedStopped on lapPit-lane time (s)
Mika Hakkinen158324, 36, 4023.5, 11.2, 27.0
David Coulthard258225, 4223.3, 21.9
Heinz-Harald Frentzen35713324.3
Eddie Irvine45713330.0
Jacques Villeneuve55712826.1
Johnny Herbert65712728.0
Alexander Wurz757220, 3622.4, 25.5
Damon Hill857219, 3927.0, 24.9
Olivier Panis95712827.2
Giancarlo FisichellaDNF43222, 4122.9, 23.8
Jean AlesiDNF4112927.3
Jarno TrulliDNF260None recorded—
Ricardo RossetDNF2511826.5
Mika SaloDNF2311925.4
Esteban TueroDNF22212, 1826.2, 31.8
Shinji NakanoDNF81867.6
Michael SchumacherDNF50None recorded—
Pedro DinizDNF20None recorded—
Ralf SchumacherDNF10None recorded—
Jan MagnussenDNF10None recorded—
Toranosuke TakagiDNF10None recorded—
Rubens BarrichelloDNF00None recorded—
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid orderGridResultFirst recorded stop, lapStopped firstGrid to flag
Mika Hakkinen · David Coulthard1 · 21 · 224 · 25Mika HakkinenKept their order
David Coulthard · Heinz-Harald Frentzen2 · 62 · 325 · 33David CoulthardKept their order
Johnny Herbert · Heinz-Harald Frentzen5 · 66 · 327 · 33Johnny HerbertSwapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Eddie Irvine6 · 83 · 433 · 33Same lapKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Eddie Irvine4 · 85 · 428 · 33Jacques VilleneuveSwapped places
Jacques Villeneuve · Johnny Herbert4 · 55 · 628 · 27Johnny HerbertKept their order
Johnny Herbert · Alexander Wurz5 · 116 · 727 · 20Alexander WurzKept their order
Damon Hill · Alexander Wurz10 · 118 · 719 · 20Damon HillSwapped places
Damon Hill · Olivier Panis10 · 218 · 919 · 28Damon HillKept their order
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Michael SchumacherFerrari31:33.826—0 m—15
2Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:34.432+0.60634 m+0.60612
3Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:35.023+1.19768 m+0.59124
4Alexander WurzBenetton61:35.270+1.44482 m+0.24721
5David CoulthardMcLaren71:35.409+1.58389 m+0.13914
6Ralf SchumacherJordan101:35.708+1.882106 m+0.29914
7Johnny HerbertSauber151:35.876+2.050116 m+0.16810
8Jean AlesiSauber141:36.095+2.269128 m+0.2199
9Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:36.231+2.405136 m+0.13617
10Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:36.741+2.915165 m+0.51017
11Mika SaloArrows171:36.897+3.071174 m+0.15616
12Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:37.023+3.197181 m+0.12612
13Damon HillJordan91:37.102+3.276185 m+0.07919
14Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:37.102+3.276185 m+0.00015
15Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:37.144+3.318188 m+0.04225
16Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix191:37.605+3.779214 m+0.4618
17Eddie IrvineFerrari41:37.891+4.065230 m+0.28614
18Pedro DinizArrows161:37.928+4.102232 m+0.0378
19Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:38.817+4.991282 m+0.88926
20Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:38.860+5.034285 m+0.04317
21Shinji NakanoMinardi221:39.044+5.218295 m+0.1848
22Esteban TueroMinardi232:16.609+42.7832,418 m+37.5655
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1David CoulthardMcLaren71:30.456—0 m—24
2Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:31.178+0.72242 m+0.72223
3Michael SchumacherFerrari31:31.432+0.97657 m+0.25433
4Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:31.436+0.98057 m+0.00425
5Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:31.581+1.12566 m+0.14528
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:31.624+1.16868 m+0.04330
7Johnny HerbertSauber151:31.870+1.41483 m+0.24629
8Eddie IrvineFerrari41:32.465+2.009118 m+0.59525
9Jean AlesiSauber141:32.514+2.058121 m+0.04926
10Damon HillJordan91:32.518+2.062121 m+0.00429
11Ralf SchumacherJordan101:32.667+2.211130 m+0.14920
12Alexander WurzBenetton61:33.588+3.132184 m+0.92112
13Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:33.965+3.509206 m+0.37723
14Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix191:34.543+4.087240 m+0.57816
15Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:34.600+4.144243 m+0.05717
16Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:34.837+4.381257 m+0.23722
17Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:35.010+4.554267 m+0.17329
18Shinji NakanoMinardi221:35.069+4.613270 m+0.05925
19Mika SaloArrows171:35.539+5.083298 m+0.4708
20Esteban TueroMinardi231:35.850+5.394316 m+0.31133
21Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:35.913+5.457320 m+0.06314
22Pedro DinizArrows161:36.351+5.895346 m+0.4384
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:34.126—0 m—12
2David CoulthardMcLaren71:34.257+0.1317 m+0.13111
3Michael SchumacherFerrari31:34.346+0.22012 m+0.08912
4Ralf SchumacherJordan101:35.030+0.90451 m+0.68415
5Damon HillJordan91:35.033+0.90751 m+0.00312
6Johnny HerbertSauber151:35.081+0.95554 m+0.04812
7Eddie IrvineFerrari41:35.192+1.06660 m+0.11111
8Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:35.215+1.08961 m+0.02314
9Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:35.401+1.27572 m+0.18612
10Mika SaloArrows171:35.411+1.28572 m+0.01013
11Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:35.497+1.37177 m+0.0869
12Esteban TueroMinardi231:36.021+1.895107 m+0.52410
13Jean AlesiSauber141:36.081+1.955110 m+0.06011
14Jan MagnussenStewart Grand Prix191:36.160+2.034115 m+0.0798
15Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:36.246+2.120119 m+0.08615
16Alexander WurzBenetton61:36.257+2.131120 m+0.01113
17Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:36.690+2.564144 m+0.4337
18Pedro DinizArrows161:36.868+2.742154 m+0.1789
19Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:37.215+3.089174 m+0.34711
20Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:37.482+3.356189 m+0.26715
21Shinji NakanoMinardi221:37.772+3.646205 m+0.29012
22Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:38.487+4.361246 m+0.71511
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/13
McLaren MP4/13
Mercedes-Benz, Techno-Classica 2018, Essen (IMG 9896) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW20
Williams FW20
Williams FW20 front-right 2017 Williams Conference Centre 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ferrari F300
Ferrari F300
Ferrari F300 front-right1 2019 Michael Schumacher Private Collection · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sauber C17
Sauber C17
Sauber C17 · Raoul van Wijk · CC BY-SA 2.0
Benetton B198
Benetton B198
Benetton B198 schraeg vorne · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jordan 198
Jordan 198
Jordan 198 front-left Donington Grand Prix Collection · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

5 more photographs
Prost AP01
Prost AP01
Prost AP01 2 · xavier romero · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A19
Arrows A19
Mika Salo Arrows A19 Sinsheim Baden-Württemberg · danishevskiy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Minardi M198
Minardi M198
Minardi M198 2025-09-06 Italian Grand Prix mod · Quelle: Eustace Bagge / Bildbearbeitung & Retusche von Auge=mit · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stewart SF02
Stewart SF02
Stewart SF02 4 · Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0
Tyrrell 026
Tyrrell 026
Takagi 1998 Spanish GP · Formulanone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
1 of 1998
Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
McLaren
Entrant
McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence
reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.