Round 1

Australia

Weekend schedule

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:32.496	—	27
02	4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:32.910	+0.414	27
03	7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:33.255	+0.759	27
04	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:33.371	+0.875	26
05	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:33.437	+0.941	28
06	6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:34.157	+1.661	21
07	8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:34.271	+1.775	17
08	10	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:34.432	+1.936	21
09	16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:34.593	+2.097	29
10	9	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:34.742	+2.246	19
11	12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:34.777	+2.281	27
12	14	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:34.927	+2.431	16
13	1	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:35.073	+2.577	26
14	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:36.142	+3.646	30
15	17	Nicola Larini	Sauber	1:36.223	+3.727	21
16	21	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	1:36.392	+3.896	16
17	18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:36.716	+4.220	24
18	23	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:37.023	+4.527	14
19	2	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:38.092	+5.596	9
20	15	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:39.652	+7.156	12
21	22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.002	+7.506	6
22	20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:40.947	+8.451	7
23	25	Ricardo Rosset	Lola	1:41.166	+8.670	14
24	24	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	1:42.590	+10.094	22