Round 1

Australia

Weekend schedule

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	5	Damon Hill	Williams	1:32.159	—	30
02	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:32.396	+0.237	28
03	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:32.475	+0.316	27
04	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.007	+0.848	30
05	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	1:33.480	+1.321	30
06	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:33.528	+1.369	26
07	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:33.592	+1.433	28
08	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork	1:33.640	+1.481	27
09	8	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:33.846	+1.687	30
10	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:33.935	+1.776	25
11	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:33.992	+1.833	30
12	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber	1:34.068	+1.909	26
13	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan	1:34.077	+1.918	30
14	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier	1:34.156	+1.997	29
15	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:34.664	+2.505	29
16	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	1:34.857	+2.698	26
17	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork	1:35.011	+2.852	28
18	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier	1:35.121	+2.962	29
19	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi	1:35.145	+2.986	29
20	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi	1:35.477	+3.318	22
21	22	Luca Badoer	Forti	1:39.141	+6.982	12
22	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti	1:43.506	+11.347	6