Round 1

Australia

Weekend schedule

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:28.594	—	26
02	4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:30.026	+1.432	23
03	10	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:30.305	+1.711	26
04	6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:30.651	+2.057	26
05	9	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:30.674	+2.080	23
06	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:30.682	+2.088	30
07	11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:31.071	+2.477	22
08	16	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:31.197	+2.603	30
09	17	Nicola Larini	Sauber	1:31.281	+2.687	21
10	14	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:31.303	+2.709	26
11	8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:31.389	+2.795	21
12	7	Jean Alesi	Benetton	1:31.635	+3.041	27
13	12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan	1:32.027	+3.433	16
14	20	Ukyo Katayama	Minardi	1:32.264	+3.670	24
15	22	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:32.826	+4.232	16
16	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell	1:33.194	+4.600	30
17	15	Shinji Nakano	Prost	1:33.415	+4.821	27
18	21	Jarno Trulli	Minardi	1:33.588	+4.994	29
19	18	Jos Verstappen	Tyrrell	1:33.679	+5.085	30
20	2	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:33.693	+5.099	18
21	23	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:33.767	+5.173	21
22	1	Damon Hill	Arrows	1:34.640	+6.046	9
23	25	Ricardo Rosset	Lola	1:41.416	+12.822	5
24	24	Vincenzo Sospiri	Lola	1:44.286	+15.692	8