F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MCO | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | LUX | JPN | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) | 1 | 1 | 2 | R | 1 | 1 | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 2 | (DEU) Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | R | 1 | 2 | R | 86 |
| 3 | (GBR) David Coulthard (McLaren) | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | R | R | 6 | R | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | R | 3 | 3 | 56 |
| 4 | (GBR) Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | R | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | R | R | 2 | 4 | 2 | 47 |
| 5 | (CAN) Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) | 5 | 7 | R | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | R | R | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | (GBR) Damon Hill (Jordan) | 8 | DSQ | 8 | 10R | R | 8 | R | R | R | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | (DEU) Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Williams) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | R | R | 15R | R | R | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | (AUT) Alexander Wurz (Benetton) | 7 | 4 | 4 | R | 4 | R | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 16R | R | R | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | (ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) | R | 6 | 7 | R | R | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | R | 7 | 8 | R | 8 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | (DEU) Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) | R | R | R | 7 | 11 | R | R | 16 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | R | R | 14 |
| 11 | (FRA) Jean Alesi (Sauber) | R | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12R | R | 7 | R | R | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| 12 | (BRA) Rubens Barrichello (Stewart) | R | R | 10 | R | 5 | R | 5 | 10 | R | R | R | R | DNS | 10 | 11 | R | 4 |
| 13 | (FIN) Mika Salo (Arrows) | R | R | R | 9 | R | 4 | R | 13 | R | R | 14 | R | DNS | R | 14 | R | 3 |
| 14 | (BRA) Pedro Diniz (Arrows) | R | R | R | R | R | 6 | 9 | 14 | R | R | R | 11 | 5 | R | R | R | 3 |
| 15 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert (Sauber) | 6 | 11R | R | R | 7 | 7 | R | 8 | R | 8 | R | 10 | R | R | R | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | (ITA) Jarno Trulli (Prost) | R | R | 11 | R | 9 | R | R | R | R | 10 | 12 | R | 6 | 13 | R | 12R | 1 |
| 17 | (DNK) Jan Magnussen (Stewart) | R | 10 | R | R | 12 | R | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| (JPN) Shinji Nakano (Minardi) | R | R | 13 | R | 14 | 9 | 7 | 17R | 8 | 11 | R | 15 | 8 | R | 15 | R | ||
| (ARG) Esteban Tuero (Minardi) | R | R | R | 8 | 15 | R | R | R | R | R | 16 | R | R | 11 | R | R | ||
| (BRA) Ricardo Rosset (Tyrrell) | R | R | 14 | R | DNQ | DNQ | 8 | R | R | 12 | DNQ | DNQ | DNS | 12 | R | DNQ | ||
| (JPN) Toranosuke Takagi (Tyrrell) | R | R | 12 | R | 13 | 11 | R | R | 9 | R | 13 | 14 | R | 9 | 16 | R | ||
| (FRA) Olivier Panis (Prost) | 9 | R | 15R | 11R | 16R | R | R | 11 | R | R | 15 | 12 | DNS | R | 12 | 11 | ||
| (NLD) Jos Verstappen (Stewart) | 12 | R | R | R | 13 | R | R | 13 | R | |||||||||
| # | Driver | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MCO | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | LUX | JPN | Points |
Table key and points system
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (10)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1998.