1998 Belgian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 30 August 1998
Winner	Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Pole position	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Circuit	Spa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round	13 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	44	1hr 43m 47.407s	10
2	+6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	44	+0.932s	6
3	+7	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	44	+7.240s	4
4	+5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	44	+32.242s	3
5	+11	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	44	+51.682s	2
6	+7	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	42	+2 laps	1
7	-5	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	39	+5 laps
8	+13	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	39	+5 laps
R		Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	26	DNF
R		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	25	DNF
R		Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	25	DNF
R		Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	17	DNF
R		Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	16	DNF
R		Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	10	DNF
R		Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	8	DNF
R		Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	0	DNF
R		Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	0	DNF
R		Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	0	DNF
Did not start
		Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot
		Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth
		Mika Salo	Arrows
		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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.682
2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.845	0.163
3	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:49.728	1.046
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.027	1.345
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:50.189	1.507
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	1:50.204	1.522
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:50.462	1.780
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:50.501	1.819
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	1:50.686	2.004
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:51.189	2.507
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:51.648	2.966
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:51.851	3.169
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:52.572	3.890
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:52.670	3.988
15	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:52.784	4.102
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:53.037	4.355
17	Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:53.149	4.467
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:53.207	4.525
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:53.237	4.555
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:54.850	6.168
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:55.084	6.402
22	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:55.520	6.838

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

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