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Home / Seasons / 1998 F1 World Championship Season / 1998 Austrian Grand Prix

1998 Austrian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 26 July 1998
Winner
  • Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella
  • Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Playlife
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitSpielberg, 71 laps
Round10 of 16
Race numbers

The 1998 Austrian Grand Prix was the

  • 624th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Spielberg
More 1998 season
More Austrian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes711hr 30m 44.086s10
2+12United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes71+5.289s6
3+1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari71+39.093s4
4+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari71+43.977s3
5+4Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda71+50.655s2
6+5Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome71+53.202s1
7+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda71+1m 13.624s 
8+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas70+1 lap 
9+8Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife70+1 lap 
10+6Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot70+1 lap 
11+10Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
12+10Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth69+2 laps 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth51DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife21DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas21DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome16DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows3DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloArrows1DNF 
R France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot0DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife
2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas
3Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
4Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari
5Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth
6Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloArrows
7Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari
9Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda
10France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot
11Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome
12Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth
13Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda
16Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot
17Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas
19Argentina flag lazyload Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth
20Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth
22Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:29.598 
2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:30.3170.719
3Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:30.5170.919
4Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:30.5510.953
5Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:31.0051.407
6Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloArrows1:31.0281.430
7Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome1:31.5151.917
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:31.6512.053
9Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda1:31.9172.319
10France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:32.0812.483
11Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome1:32.0832.485
12Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:32.0992.501
13Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows1:32.2062.608
14United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.3992.801
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:32.7183.120
16Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:32.9063.308
17Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:33.1853.587
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:33.2053.607
19Argentina flag lazyload Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:33.3993.801
20Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:34.0904.492
21Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:34.5364.938
22Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:34.9105.312

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1998 Austrian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen66
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher58
3United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard36
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine32
5Austria flag lazyload Alexander Wurz17
6Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella15
7Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve12
8Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen8
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello4
10Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo3
11France flag lazyload Jean Alesi3
12Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher3
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert1
14Brazil flag lazyload Pedro Diniz1
15Denmark flag lazyload Jan Magnussen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes102
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari90
3Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Playlife32
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mecachrome20
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth5
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows4
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas4
8Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Mugen-Honda3

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Jos Verstappen (95th driver to start 50 races, 1st Dutch driver)
Wins
6th for Mika Hakkinen
113th for McLaren
Race 1-2
31st for McLaren
Podiums
62nd for Michael Schumacher, 24th for Mika Hakkinen, 20th for David Coulthard (33rd driver to score 20 podiums, 10th British driver)
414th for Ferrari, 281st & 282nd for McLaren
Poles
1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (80th different polesitter, 12th Italian driver; last until 2005; first Italian polesitter since 1992 and last until 2004; only pole for Benetton)
15th and last for Benetton
Fastest laps
7th for David Coulthard
77th for McLaren
Front row starts
9th for Jean Alesi (first for Sauber), 2nd for Giancarlo Fisichella (last until 2005; only front row start for Benetton)
Points finishes
75th for Michael Schumacher

See also

  • Austrian Grand Prix
  • Spielberg circuit
  • 1998 World Championship season

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