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

1998 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 30 August 1998
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill
  • Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Pole position
  • Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 627th World Championship race
  • 45th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 33rd World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
More 1998 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda441hr 43m 47.407s10
2+6Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda44+0.932s6
3+7France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas44+7.240s4
4+5Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome44+32.242s3
5+11Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows44+51.682s2
6+7Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot42+2 laps1
7-5United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes39+5 laps 
8+13Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth39+5 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife26DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari25DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari25DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome16DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas0DNF 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot   
  Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth   
  Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloArrows   
  Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetTyrrell-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

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.682 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.8450.163
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:49.7281.046
4Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherFerrari1:50.0271.345
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie IrvineFerrari1:50.1891.507
6Canada flag lazyload Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome1:50.2041.522
7Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:50.4621.780
8Germany flag lazyload Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda1:50.5011.819
9Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome1:50.6862.004
10France flag lazyload Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:51.1892.507
11Austria flag lazyload Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:51.6482.966
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:51.8513.169
13Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:52.5723.890
14Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:52.6703.988
15France flag lazyload Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:52.7844.102
16Brazil flag lazyload Pedro DinizArrows1:53.0374.355
17Netherlands flag lazyload Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:53.1494.467
18Finland flag lazyload Mika SaloArrows1:53.2074.525
19Japan flag lazyload Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:53.2374.555
20Brazil flag lazyload Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:54.8506.168
21Japan flag lazyload Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:55.0846.402
22Argentina flag lazyload Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:55.5206.838

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen77
2Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher70
3United Kingdom flag lazyload David Coulthard48
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Eddie Irvine32
5Canada flag lazyload Jacques Villeneuve20
6Austria flag lazyload Alexander Wurz17
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Damon Hill16
8Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Fisichella15
9Germany flag lazyload Heinz-Harald Frentzen13
10Germany flag lazyload Ralf Schumacher10
11France flag lazyload Jean Alesi7
12Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello4
13Finland flag lazyload Mika Salo3
14Brazil flag lazyload Pedro Diniz3
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert1
16Denmark flag lazyload Jan Magnussen1
17Italy flag lazyload Jarno Trulli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes125
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari102
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mecachrome33
4Italy flag lazyload Benetton-Playlife32
5Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Mugen-Honda26
6Switzerland flag Sauber-Petronas8
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows6
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Stewart-Ford Cosworth5
9France flag lazyload Prost-Peugeot1

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

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1998 World Championship season

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