Round 1

Australia

Weekend schedule

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:33.826	—	15
02	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:34.432	+0.606	12
03	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:35.023	+1.197	24
04	6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:35.270	+1.444	21
05	7	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:35.409	+1.583	14
06	10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:35.708	+1.882	14
07	15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:35.876	+2.050	10
08	14	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:36.095	+2.269	9
09	12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:36.231	+2.405	17
10	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:36.741	+2.915	17
11	17	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:36.897	+3.071	16
12	18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:37.023	+3.197	12
13	9	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:37.102	+3.276	19
14	11	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:37.102	+3.276	15
15	20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:37.144	+3.318	25
16	19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:37.605	+3.779	8
17	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:37.891	+4.065	14
18	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:37.928	+4.102	8
19	21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:38.817	+4.991	26
20	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:38.860	+5.034	17
21	22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:39.044	+5.218	8
22	23	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	2:16.609	+42.783	5