Round 1 of the 1998 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Germany on 11 April 1998. Juan Pablo Montoya started on pole position and Stéphane Sarrazin was the race winner.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Stéphane Sarrazin | France | Apomatox | Avon | 56 | 1:24:52.384 | - | - | 1:21.987 | 145.171 |
| 2 | 30 | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | West Competition Team | Avon | 56 | 1:25:03.667 | +11.283 | +11.283 | 1:20.859 | 144.850 |
| 3 | 7 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon | 56 | 1:25:29.870 | +37.486 | +26.203 | 1:22.203 | 144.110 |
| 4 | 19 | Thomas Biagi | Italy | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 56 | 1:25:32.885 | +40.501 | +3.015 | 1:22.022 | 144.025 |
| 5 | 36 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | GP Racing | Avon | 56 | 1:25:42.857 | +50.473 | +9.972 | 1:21.635 | 143.746 |
| 6 | 11 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Team Astromega | Avon | 56 | 1:25:46.684 | +54.300 | +3.827 | 1:22.326 | 143.639 |
| 7 | 3 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 56 | 1:26:12.806 | +1:20.422 | +26.122 | 1:21.044 | 142.914 |
| 8 | 20 | Bertrand Godin | Canada | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 56 | 1:26:14.742 | +1:22.358 | +1.936 | 1:22.677 | 142.860 |
| 9 | 9 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:22.199 | ||
| 10 | 17 | Brian Smith | Argentina | Nordic Racing | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1:21.452 | |||
| 11 | 2 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1:20.799 | |||
| 12 | 24 | Jonny Kane | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1:21.898 | |||
| 13 | 16 | Fabrice Walfisch | France | Nordic Racing | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1:21.979 | |||
| 14 | 33 | Dominik Schwager | Germany | Oreca | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1:21.534 | |||
| 15 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 55 | 1 lap | 1:20.387 | |||
| 16 | 10 | Oliver Martini | Italy | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 54 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.358 | ||
| DSQ | 35 | Paolo Ruberti | Italy | Prema Racing | Avon | 56 | 1:25:25.602 | 144.230 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 47 | 1:21.007 | ||||
| DNF | 31 | Nicolas Minassian | France | West Competition Team | Avon | 44 | 1:21.918 | ||||
| DNF | 22 | Christian Horner | Great Britain | Arden International | Avon | 29 | 1:32.380 | ||||
| DNF | 25 | Mark Shaw | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | 28 | 1:36.578 | ||||
| DNF | 6 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 19 | 1:35.670 | ||||
| DNF | 12 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Uruguay | Team Astromega | Avon | 19 | 1:32.958 | ||||
| DNF | 32 | Alex Müller | Germany | Oreca | Avon | 12 | 1:35.869 | ||||
| DNF | 21 | Soheil Ayari | France | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 11 | 1:35.856 | ||||
| DNF | 4 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 11 | 1:35.996 | ||||
| DNF | 23 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | 3 | 1:35.216 | ||||
| DNF | 34 | André Couto | Portugal | Prema Racing | Avon | 2 | 1:37.069 | ||||
| DNF | 14 | Bruno Junqueira | Brazil | International Draco Racing | Avon | 2 | |||||
| DNF | 15 | Giovanni Montanari | Italy | International Draco Racing | Avon |