1998 San Marino Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 26 April 1998
Winner	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Fastest lap	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Circuit	Imola, 62 laps
Round	4 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

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	62	1hr 34m 24.593s	10
2	+1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	62	+4.554s	6
3	+1	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	62	+51.776s	4
4	+2	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	62	+54.590s	3
5	+3	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	62	+1m 17.477s	2
6	+6	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	61	+1 lap	1
7	+2	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	60	+2 laps
8	+11	(ARG) Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	60	+2 laps
9	+5	(FIN) Mika Salo	Arrows	60	+2 laps
10	-3	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	57	DNF
11	+2	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	56	DNF
R		(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	48	DNF
R		(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	40	DNF
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	34	DNF
R		(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	27	DNF
R		(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows	18	DNF
R		(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	17	DNF
R		(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	17	DNF
R		(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	17	DNF
R		(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	12	DNF
R		(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	8	DNF
R		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(GBR) David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.973
2	(FIN) Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.075	0.102
3	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.437	0.464
4	(GBR) Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:27.169	1.196
5	(AUT) Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:27.273	1.300
6	(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	1:27.390	1.417
7	(GBR) Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:27.592	1.619
8	(DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	1:27.645	1.672
9	(DEU) Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:27.866	1.893
10	(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:27.937	1.964
11	(GBR) Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:28.111	2.138
12	(FRA) Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:28.191	2.218
13	(FRA) Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:28.270	2.297
14	(FIN) Mika Salo	Arrows	1:28.798	2.825
15	(JPN) Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:29.073	3.100
16	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:29.584	3.611
17	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:29.641	3.668
18	(BRA) Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:29.932	3.959
19	(ARG) Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:30.649	4.676
20	(DNK) Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford Cosworth	1:31.017	5.044
21	(JPN) Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:31.255	5.282
22	(BRA) Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:31.482	5.509

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)