Round 1

Australia

Weekend schedule

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	7	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:30.456	—	24
02	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:31.178	+0.722	23
03	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.432	+0.976	33
04	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:31.436	+0.980	25
05	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:31.581	+1.125	28
06	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:31.624	+1.168	30
07	15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:31.870	+1.414	29
08	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:32.465	+2.009	25
09	14	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:32.514	+2.058	26
10	9	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:32.518	+2.062	29
11	10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:32.667	+2.211	20
12	6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:33.588	+3.132	12
13	18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:33.965	+3.509	23
14	19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:34.543	+4.087	16
15	21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:34.600	+4.144	17
16	12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:34.837	+4.381	22
17	20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:35.010	+4.554	29
18	22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:35.069	+4.613	25
19	17	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:35.539	+5.083	8
20	23	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:35.850	+5.394	33
21	11	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:35.913	+5.457	14
22	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:36.351	+5.895	4