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1998 San Marino Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitImola, 62 laps
Round4 of 16
Race numbers

The 1998 San Marino Grand Prix was the:

  • 618th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Imola
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes621hr 34m 24.593s10
2+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari62+4.554s6
3+1(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari62+51.776s4
4+2(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome62+54.590s3
5+3(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome62+1m 17.477s2
6+6(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas61+1 lap1
7+2(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda60+2 laps 
8+11(ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth60+2 laps 
9+5(FIN) Mika SaloArrows60+2 laps 
10-3(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda57DNF 
11+2(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot56DNF 
R (BRA) Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot34DNF 
R (JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (BRA) Pedro DinizArrows18DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes17DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife17DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife17DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas12DNF 
R (DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Damon Hill ended lap 57 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Olivier Panis ended lap 56 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) David CoulthardMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.973 
2(FIN) Mika HakkinenMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.0750.102
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:26.4370.464
4(GBR) Eddie IrvineFerrari1:27.1691.196
5(AUT) Alexander WurzBenetton-Playlife1:27.2731.300
6(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveWilliams-Mecachrome1:27.3901.417
7(GBR) Damon HillJordan-Mugen-Honda1:27.5921.619
8(DEU) Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams-Mecachrome1:27.6451.672
9(DEU) Ralf SchumacherJordan-Mugen-Honda1:27.8661.893
10(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Playlife1:27.9371.964
11(GBR) Johnny HerbertSauber-Petronas1:28.1112.138
12(FRA) Jean AlesiSauber-Petronas1:28.1912.218
13(FRA) Olivier PanisProst-Peugeot1:28.2702.297
14(FIN) Mika SaloArrows1:28.7982.825
15(JPN) Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.0733.100
16(ITA) Jarno TrulliProst-Peugeot1:29.5843.611
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloStewart-Ford Cosworth1:29.6413.668
18(BRA) Pedro DinizArrows1:29.9323.959
19(ARG) Esteban TueroMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:30.6494.676
20(DNK) Jan MagnussenStewart-Ford Cosworth1:31.0175.044
21(JPN) Shinji NakanoMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:31.2555.282
22(BRA) Ricardo RossetTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:31.4825.509

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FIN) Mika Hakkinen26
2(GBR) David Coulthard23
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher20
4(GBR) Eddie Irvine11
5(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen8
6(AUT) Alexander Wurz6
7(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve5
8(FRA) Jean Alesi3
9(GBR) Johnny Herbert1
10(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes49
2Ferrari31
3Williams-Mecachrome13
4Benetton-Playlife7
5Sauber-Petronas4

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Mika Hakkinen (40th driver to start 100 races, 2nd Finnish driver)
Wins
4th for David Coulthard
110th for McLaren
Podiums
57th for Michael Schumacher
18th for David Coulthard
9th for Eddie Irvine
404th & 405th for Ferrari
275th for McLaren
Poles
7th for David Coulthard
84th for McLaren
1-2 start
36th for McLaren
Fastest laps
29th for Michael Schumacher
128th for Ferrari
Front row starts
11th for David Coulthard
6th for Mika Hakkinen
Pole & win
2nd and last for David Coulthard (first since 1995; last British driver to win from pole until 2007; only win from pole for McLaren)