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1998 Australian Grand Prix: race pace

True race pace at the 1998 Australian Grand Prix: each driver's typical lap time with the first lap, pit laps and safety car laps removed.

Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) won the 1998 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne on 8 March 1998, starting from P1. David Coulthard and Heinz-Harald Frentzen completed the podium. Mika Häkkinen took pole position.

Result · Qualifying · Lap chart · Race pace · All 1998 races

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

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