1998 German Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 2 August 1998
Winner	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit	Hockenheim, 45 laps
Round	11 of 16
Race numbers	The 1998 German Grand Prix was the: 625th World Championship race 46th World Championship German Grand Prix 22nd World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	45	1hr 20m 47.984s	10
2		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	45	+0.427s	6
3		(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	45	+2.578s	4
4	+1	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	45	+7.185s	3
5	+4	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	45	+12.613s	2
6	-2	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	45	+29.739s	1
7	+1	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	45	+31.027s
8	-2	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	45	+31.650s
9	+1	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	45	+32.785s
10	+1	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	45	+48.372s
11	-4	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	45	+57.995s
12	+2	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	44	+1 lap
13	+2	(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	44	+1 lap
14	+3	(FIN) Mika Salo	Arrows	44	+1 lap
15	+1	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	44	+1 lap
16	+5	(ARG) Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	43	+2 laps
R		(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	37	DNF
R		(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	36	DNF
R		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	24	DNF
R		(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows	2	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:41.838
2	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:42.347	0.509
3	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	1:42.365	0.527
4	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:42.994	1.156
5	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:43.183	1.345
6	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:43.270	1.432
7	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:43.341	1.503
8	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:43.369	1.531
9	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:43.459	1.621
10	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	1:43.467	1.629
11	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:43.663	1.825
12	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:44.599	2.761
13	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:44.776	2.938
14	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:44.844	3.006
15	(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:44.961	3.123
16	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:45.197	3.359
17	(FIN) Mika Salo	Arrows	1:45.276	3.438
18	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:45.588	3.750
19	(NLD) Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:45.623	3.785
20	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:46.713	4.875
21	(ARG) Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:47.265	5.427
Did not qualify
22	(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 7th for Mika Hakkinen; 114th for McLaren
Race 1-2: 32nd for McLaren
Podiums: 25th for Mika Hakkinen; 21st for David Coulthard; 20th for Jacques Villeneuve (34th driver to score 20 podiums, 1st Canadian driver); 283rd & 284th for McLaren; 244th for Williams
Poles: 8th for Mika Hakkinen; 90th for McLaren (4th constructor to take 90 pole positions)
1-2 start: 40th for McLaren (3rd constructor to start 1-2 in 40 races)
Fastest laps: 8th for David Coulthard; 78th for McLaren
Front row starts: 15th for David Coulthard; 12th for Mika Hakkinen
Pole & win: 5th for Mika Hakkinen