1998 French Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 28 June 1998
Winner	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Pole position	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit	Magny-Cours, 71 laps
Round	8 of 16
Race numbers	The 1998 French Grand Prix was the: 622nd World Championship race 48th World Championship French Grand Prix 8th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	71	1hr 34m 45.026s	10
2	+2	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	71	+19.575s	6
3	-2	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+19.747s	4
4	+1	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	71	+1m 06.965s	3
5	+5	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	70	+1 lap	2
6	-3	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	1
7	+4	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	70	+1 lap
8	+5	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	70	+1 lap
9		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	70	+1 lap
10	+4	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	69	+2 laps
11	+5	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	69	+2 laps
12	+3	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	69	+2 laps
13	+6	(FIN) Mika Salo	Arrows	69	+2 laps
14	+3	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows	69	+2 laps
15	-7	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	68	DNF
16	-10	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	68	+3 laps
17	+4	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	65	DNF
R		(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	60	DNF
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	55	DNF
R		(ARG) Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	41	DNF
R		(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	19	DNF
R		(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF

Notes

Heinz-Harald Frentzen ended lap 68 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
Shinji Nakano ended lap 65 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.929
2	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.159	0.230
3	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:15.333	0.404
4	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:15.527	0.598
5	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	1:15.630	0.701
6	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:15.925	0.996
7	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:16.245	1.316
8	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	1:16.319	1.390
9	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:16.375	1.446
10	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:16.460	1.531
11	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.627	1.698
12	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:16.892	1.963
13	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.977	2.048
14	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:17.024	2.095
15	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:17.604	2.675
16	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:17.671	2.742
17	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:17.880	2.951
18	(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:17.908	2.979
19	(FIN) Mika Salo	Arrows	1:17.970	3.041
20	(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:18.221	3.292
21	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:18.273	3.344
22	(ARG) Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:19.146	4.217

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 30th for Michael Schumacher (4th driver to win 30 races, 1st German driver); 116th for Ferrari
Race 1-2: 42nd for Ferrari
Podiums: 60th for Michael Schumacher (4th driver to score 60 podiums, 1st German driver); 22nd for Mika Hakkinen; 12th for Eddie Irvine; 410th & 411th for Ferrari; 279th for McLaren
Poles: 6th for Mika Hakkinen; 88th for McLaren
Fastest laps: 6th for David Coulthard; 76th for McLaren
Front row starts: 37th for Michael Schumacher; 10th for Mika Hakkinen (43rd driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd Finnish driver)