1998 Belgian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Spa-Francorchamps, 44 laps |
Round | 13 of 16 |
Race numbers | The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +2 | (GBR) Damon Hill | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 44 | 1hr 43m 47.407s | 10 |
2 | +6 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 44 | +0.932s | 6 |
3 | +7 | (FRA) Jean Alesi | Sauber-Petronas | 44 | +7.240s | 4 |
4 | +5 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Mecachrome | 44 | +32.242s | 3 |
5 | +11 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 44 | +51.682s | 2 |
6 | +7 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Prost-Peugeot | 42 | +2 laps | 1 |
7 | -5 | (GBR) David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes | 39 | +5 laps | |
8 | +13 | (JPN) Shinji Nakano | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 39 | +5 laps | |
R | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton-Playlife | 26 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 25 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 25 | DNF | ||
R | (ARG) Esteban Tuero | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 17 | DNF | ||
R | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Mecachrome | 16 | DNF | ||
R | (JPN) Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 10 | DNF | ||
R | (NLD) Jos Verstappen | Stewart-Ford Cosworth | 8 | DNF | ||
R | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Alexander Wurz | Benetton-Playlife | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas | 0 | DNF | ||
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(FRA) Olivier Panis | Prost-Peugeot | |||||
(BRA) Rubens Barrichello | Stewart-Ford Cosworth | |||||
(FIN) Mika Salo | Arrows | |||||
(BRA) Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
Notes
- The race was red flagged on lap 1 after a major crash after turn 1. The first start was declared null and void.
- Michael Schumacher ended lap 25 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
- Olivier Panis did not take the restart as Prost‘s spare car was used by Jarno Trulli.
- Rubens Barrichello did not take the restart as Stewart‘s spare car was used by Jos Verstappen.
- Mika Salo did not take the restart as Arrows‘ spare car was used by Pedro Diniz.
- Ricardo Rosset did not take the restart as Tyrrell‘s spare car was used by Toranosuke Takagi.
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen | McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | (GBR) David Coulthard | McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | (GBR) Damon Hill | Jordan-Mugen-Honda |
4 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | Ferrari |
5 | (GBR) Eddie Irvine | Ferrari |
6 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Mecachrome |
7 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton-Playlife |
8 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | Jordan-Mugen-Honda |
9 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams-Mecachrome |
10 | (FRA) Jean Alesi | Sauber-Petronas |
11 | (AUT) Alexander Wurz | Benetton-Playlife |
12 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | Sauber-Petronas |
13 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | Prost-Peugeot |
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16 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz | Arrows |
17 | (NLD) Jos Verstappen | Stewart-Ford Cosworth |
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19 | (JPN) Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
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21 | (JPN) Shinji Nakano | Minardi-Ford Cosworth |
22 | (ARG) Esteban Tuero | Minardi-Ford Cosworth |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen | 77 |
2 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher | 70 |
3 | (GBR) David Coulthard | 48 |
4 | (GBR) Eddie Irvine | 32 |
5 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve | 20 |
6 | (AUT) Alexander Wurz | 17 |
7 | (GBR) Damon Hill | 16 |
8 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella | 15 |
9 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 13 |
10 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher | 10 |
11 | (FRA) Jean Alesi | 7 |
12 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello | 4 |
13 | (FIN) Mika Salo | 3 |
14 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz | 3 |
15 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | 1 |
16 | (DNK) Jan Magnussen | 1 |
17 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli | 1 |
Stats & milestones
- Milestone race start
- 600th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 600 races)
- Wins
- 22nd and last for Damon Hill (first win since 1996; only win for Jordan)
- 1st for Jordan (29th different winner)
- Race 1-2
- 1st and only for Jordan (19th different constructor to finish 1-2)
- Podiums
- 42nd and last for Damon Hill (only podium for Jordan)
- 32nd and last for Jean Alesi (only podium for Sauber, last French driver to finish on the podium until 2012)
- 2nd for Ralf Schumacher
- 7th & 8th for Jordan
- 4th for Sauber (last until 2001)
- Poles
- 10th for Mika Hakkinen (23rd driver to take ten pole positions, 1st Finnish driver)
- 92nd for McLaren
- 1-2 start
- 42nd for McLaren
- Fastest laps
- 33rd for Michael Schumacher
- 132nd for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 17th for David Coulthard
- 14th for Mika Hakkinen
- Points finishes
- 50th for Damon Hill