1998 Belgian Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 30 August 1998 |
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Fastest lap |
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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 | ![]() | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 44 | 1hr 43m 47.407s | 10 |
2 | +6 | ![]() | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 44 | +0.932s | 6 |
3 | +7 | ![]() | Sauber-Petronas | 44 | +7.240s | 4 |
4 | +5 | ![]() | Williams-Mecachrome | 44 | +32.242s | 3 |
5 | +11 | ![]() | Arrows | 44 | +51.682s | 2 |
6 | +7 | ![]() | Prost-Peugeot | 42 | +2 laps | 1 |
7 | -5 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 39 | +5 laps | |
8 | +13 | ![]() | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 39 | +5 laps | |
R | ![]() | Benetton-Playlife | 26 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 25 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 25 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 17 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Williams-Mecachrome | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 10 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Stewart-Ford Cosworth | 8 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Benetton-Playlife | 0 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Sauber-Petronas | 0 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
![]() | Prost-Peugeot | |||||
![]() | Stewart-Ford Cosworth | |||||
![]() | Arrows | |||||
![]() | 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 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes |
3 | ![]() | Jordan-Mugen-Honda |
4 | ![]() | Ferrari |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari |
6 | ![]() | Williams-Mecachrome |
7 | ![]() | Benetton-Playlife |
8 | ![]() | Jordan-Mugen-Honda |
9 | ![]() | Williams-Mecachrome |
10 | ![]() | Sauber-Petronas |
11 | ![]() | Benetton-Playlife |
12 | ![]() | Sauber-Petronas |
13 | ![]() | Prost-Peugeot |
14 | ||
15 | ||
16 | ![]() | Arrows |
17 | ![]() | Stewart-Ford Cosworth |
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19 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth |
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21 | ![]() | Minardi-Ford Cosworth |
22 | ![]() | Minardi-Ford Cosworth |
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.682 | |
2 | ![]() | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.845 | 0.163 |
3 | ![]() | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 1:49.728 | 1.046 |
4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:50.027 | 1.345 |
5 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:50.189 | 1.507 |
6 | ![]() | Williams-Mecachrome | 1:50.204 | 1.522 |
7 | ![]() | Benetton-Playlife | 1:50.462 | 1.780 |
8 | ![]() | Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 1:50.501 | 1.819 |
9 | ![]() | Williams-Mecachrome | 1:50.686 | 2.004 |
10 | ![]() | Sauber-Petronas | 1:51.189 | 2.507 |
11 | ![]() | Benetton-Playlife | 1:51.648 | 2.966 |
12 | ![]() | Sauber-Petronas | 1:51.851 | 3.169 |
13 | ![]() | Prost-Peugeot | 1:52.572 | 3.890 |
14 | ![]() | Stewart-Ford Cosworth | 1:52.670 | 3.988 |
15 | ![]() | Prost-Peugeot | 1:52.784 | 4.102 |
16 | ![]() | Arrows | 1:53.037 | 4.355 |
17 | ![]() | Stewart-Ford Cosworth | 1:53.149 | 4.467 |
18 | ![]() | Arrows | 1:53.207 | 4.525 |
19 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 1:53.237 | 4.555 |
20 | ![]() | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 1:54.850 | 6.168 |
21 | ![]() | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 1:55.084 | 6.402 |
22 | ![]() | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 1:55.520 | 6.838 |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1998 Belgian Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 77 |
2 | ![]() | 70 |
3 | ![]() | 48 |
4 | ![]() | 32 |
5 | ![]() | 20 |
6 | ![]() | 17 |
7 | ![]() | 16 |
8 | ![]() | 15 |
9 | ![]() | 13 |
10 | ![]() | 10 |
11 | ![]() | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 3 |
15 | ![]() | 1 |
16 | ![]() | 1 |
17 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 125 |
2 | ![]() | 102 |
3 | ![]() | 33 |
4 | ![]() | 32 |
5 | ![]() | 26 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 1 |
Statistics & 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
- Qualifying 1-2
- 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