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1998 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda441hr 43m 47.407s10
2+6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda44+0.932s6
3+7(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas44+7.240s4
4+5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome44+32.242s3
5+11(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows44+51.682s2
6+7(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot42+2 laps1
7-5(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes39+5 laps 
8+13(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth39+5 laps 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife26DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari25DNF 
R (GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari25DNF 
R (ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome16DNF 
R (JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (NLD) Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife0DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas0DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot   
  (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth   
  (FIN) Mika SaloArrows   
  (BRA) 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
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
3(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
5(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari
6(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda
9(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome
10(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas
11(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas
13(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot
14  
15  
16(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows
17(NLD) Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth
18  
19(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20  
21(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth
22(ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.682 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:48.8450.163
3(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:49.7281.046
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:50.0271.345
5(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:50.1891.507
6(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome1:50.2041.522
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:50.4621.780
8(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda1:50.5011.819
9(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome1:50.6862.004
10(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:51.1892.507
11(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:51.6482.966
12(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:51.8513.169
13(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:52.5723.890
14(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:52.6703.988
15(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:52.7844.102
16(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows1:53.0374.355
17(NLD) Jos VerstappenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:53.1494.467
18(FIN) Mika SaloArrows1:53.2074.525
19(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:53.2374.555
20(BRA) Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:54.8506.168
21(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:55.0846.402
22(ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:55.5206.838

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen77
2(DEU) Michael Schumacher70
3(GBR) David Coulthard48
4(GBR) Eddie Irvine32
5(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve20
6(AUT) Alexander Wurz17
7(GBR) Damon Hill16
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella15
9(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen13
10(DEU) Ralf Schumacher10
11(FRA) Jean Alesi7
12(BRA) Rubens Barrichello4
13(FIN) Mika Salo3
14(BRA) Pedro Diniz3
15(GBR) Johnny Herbert1
16(DNK) Jan Magnussen1
17(ITA) Jarno Trulli1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes125
2Ferrari102
3Williams-Mecachrome33
4Benetton-Playlife32
5Jordan-Mugen-Honda26
6Sauber-Petronas8
7Arrows6
8Stewart-Ford Cosworth5
9Prost-Peugeot1

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