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1998 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 78 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1998 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 620th World Championship race
  • 45th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 45th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes781hr 51m 23.595s10
2+1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife78+11.475s6
3+4(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari78+41.378s4
4+4(FIN) Mika SaloArrows78+1m 00.363s3
5+8(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome77+1 lap2
6+6(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows77+1 lap1
7+2(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas77+1 lap 
8+7(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda76+2 laps 
9+10(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
10-6(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari76+2 laps 
11+9(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
12-1(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas72DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot56DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot49DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda44DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife42DNF 
R (DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth30DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes17DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome9DNF 
R (ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Jean Alesi ended lap 72 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes
3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome
6(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife
7(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari
8(FIN) Mika SaloArrows
9(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas
10(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot
11(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas
12(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome
14(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda
16(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda
17(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth
18(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot
19(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth
20(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21(ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.798 
2(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.1370.339
3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:20.3680.570
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:20.7020.904
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome1:20.7290.931
6(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:20.9551.157
7(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:21.7121.914
8(FIN) Mika SaloArrows1:22.1442.346
9(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:22.1572.359
10(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:22.2382.440
11(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:22.2572.459
12(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows1:22.3552.557
13(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome1:22.4682.670
14(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:22.5402.742
15(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:23.1513.353
16(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda1:23.2633.465
17(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:23.4113.613
18(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:23.5363.738
19(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:23.9574.159
20(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:24.0244.226
21(ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:24.0314.233
Did not qualify
22(BRA) Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:25.7375.939

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen46
2(GBR) David Coulthard29
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher24
4(GBR) Eddie Irvine15
5(AUT) Alexander Wurz9
6(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen8
7(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve8
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella7
9(FIN) Mika Salo3
10(FRA) Jean Alesi3
11(BRA) Rubens Barrichello2
12(GBR) Johnny Herbert1
13(BRA) Pedro Diniz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes75
2Ferrari39
3Benetton-Playlife16
4Williams-Mecachrome16
5Arrows4
6Sauber-Petronas4
7Stewart-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Benetton (10th constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
5th for Mika Hakkinen
112th for McLaren
Podiums
21st for Mika Hakkinen
10th for Eddie Irvine (55th driver to score ten podiums, 13th British driver)
3rd for Giancarlo Fisichella (first for Benetton)
407th for Ferrari
278th for McLaren
96th for Benetton
Poles
5th for Mika Hakkinen
86th for McLaren
1-2 start
38th for McLaren
Fastest laps
5th for Mika Hakkinen
75th for McLaren
Front row starts
13th for David Coulthard
8th for Mika Hakkinen
Pole & win
4th for Mika Hakkinen
Win & fastest lap
4th for Mika Hakkinen
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
4th for Mika Hakkinen