1998 Argentine Grand Prix

Round

3/16

Date

Apr 12, 1998 at 00:00 CEST

Location

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Circuit

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Circuit length

4.259 m (19 turns)

Race distance

306.648 km (72 laps)

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Schumacher

Winner

1:48:36.175

Winning time

Coulthard

Pole position

Wurz

Fastest lap

1:28.179

Fastest lap time

Results

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps	Points
1	#3 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:48:36.175	2nd	72	10
2	#8 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	+22.899	3rd	72	6
3	#4 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	+57.745	4th	72	4
4	#6 Alexander Wurz	Benetton	+1:08.134	8th	72	3
5	#14 Jean Alesi	Sauber	+1:18.286	11th	72	2
6	#7 David Coulthard	McLaren	+1:19.751	1st	72	1
7	#5 Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	+1:28.438	10th	72
8	#9 Damon Hill	Jordan	+1 lap	9th	71
9	#2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	+1 lap	6th	71
10	#18 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	+2 laps	14th	70
11	#12 Jarno Trulli	Prost	+2 laps	16th	70
12	#21 Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	+2 laps	13th	70
13	#22 Shinji Nakano	Minardi	+3 laps	19th	69
14	#20 Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	+4 laps	21st	68
15	#11 Olivier Panis	Prost	Engine	15th	65
DNF	#23 Esteban Tuero	Minardi	Spun off	20th	63
DNF	#1 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	Collision	7th	52
DNF	#15 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	Collision	12th	46
DNF	#10 Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	Suspension	5th	22
DNF	#17 Mika Salo	Arrows	Gearbox	17th	18
DNF	#19 Jan Magnussen	Stewart	Transmission	22nd	17
DNF	#16 Pedro Diniz	Arrows	Gearbox	18th	13

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#14 Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:47.594		13
2	#8 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:48.025	+0.431	12
3	#3 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:48.501	+0.907	12
4	#5 Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:49.030	+1.436	11
5	#4 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:49.046	+1.452	12
6	#1 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:49.224	+1.630	13
7	#17 Mika Salo	Arrows	1:49.314	+1.720	13
8	#7 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:49.435	+1.841	11
9	#18 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:49.568	+1.974	11
10	#11 Olivier Panis	Prost	1:49.673	+2.079	13
11	#6 Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:49.735	+2.141	11
12	#12 Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:50.607	+3.013	11
13	#21 Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:51.150	+3.556	11
14	#2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:51.159	+3.565	10
15	#9 Damon Hill	Jordan	1:51.240	+3.646	10
16	#19 Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:51.257	+3.663	12
17	#10 Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:52.048	+4.454	12
18	#22 Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:52.483	+4.889	11
19	#23 Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:52.824	+5.230	8
20	#20 Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:53.166	+5.572	11
21	#16 Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:53.294	+5.700	4
22	#15 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	9:19.807	+7:32.213	3

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#7 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:25.852		12
2	#3 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.251	+0.399	12
3	#8 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:26.632	+0.780	12
4	#4 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:26.780	+0.928	11
5	#10 Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:26.827	+0.975	12
6	#2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:26.876	+1.024	12
7	#1 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:26.941	+1.089	12
8	#6 Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:27.198	+1.346	12
9	#9 Damon Hill	Jordan	1:27.483	+1.631	12
10	#5 Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:27.836	+1.984	12
11	#14 Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:27.839	+1.987	11
12	#15 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:28.016	+2.164	11
13	#21 Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:28.811	+2.959	12
14	#18 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:29.249	+3.397	12
15	#11 Olivier Panis	Prost	1:29.320	+3.468	12
16	#12 Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:29.352	+3.500	10
17	#17 Mika Salo	Arrows	1:29.617	+3.765	12
18	#16 Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:30.022	+4.170	11
19	#22 Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:30.054	+4.202	12
20	#23 Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:30.158	+4.306	12
21	#20 Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:30.437	+4.585	12
22	#19 Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:31.178	+5.326	11

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#3 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:27.737		20
2	#7 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:28.289	+0.552	19
3	#2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:28.347	+0.610	30
4	#8 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:28.501	+0.764	24
5	#9 Damon Hill	Jordan	1:28.701	+0.964	32
6	#4 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:28.987	+1.250	30
7	#14 Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:29.151	+1.414	30
8	#1 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:29.614	+1.877	29
9	#10 Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:29.633	+1.896	30
10	#5 Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:29.781	+2.044	36
11	#6 Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:29.842	+2.105	16
12	#12 Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:30.402	+2.665	28
13	#18 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:30.432	+2.695	18
14	#11 Olivier Panis	Prost	1:30.722	+2.985	24
15	#15 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:30.808	+3.071	19
16	#19 Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:31.283	+3.546	21
17	#16 Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:31.509	+3.772	28
18	#20 Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:31.975	+4.238	26
19	#17 Mika Salo	Arrows	1:32.563	+4.826	14
20	#23 Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:32.883	+5.146	28
21	#21 Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:33.299	+5.562	24
22	#22 Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:33.675	+5.938	21

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Laps
1	#7 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:28.130		16
2	#3 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:29.114	+0.984	22
3	#8 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:29.488	+1.358	15
4	#1 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:29.610	+1.480	20
5	#4 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:29.781	+1.651	29
6	#10 Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:29.845	+1.715	24
7	#21 Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:30.054	+1.924	27
8	#2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:30.317	+2.187	16
9	#9 Damon Hill	Jordan	1:30.645	+2.515	35
10	#14 Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:30.859	+2.729	14
11	#5 Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:30.963	+2.833	22
12	#15 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:31.081	+2.951	16
13	#11 Olivier Panis	Prost	1:31.297	+3.167	16
14	#12 Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:31.428	+3.298	24
15	#18 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:31.727	+3.597	20
16	#20 Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:31.761	+3.631	25
17	#6 Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:31.850	+3.720	23
18	#17 Mika Salo	Arrows	1:32.257	+4.127	22
19	#16 Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:32.660	+4.530	18
20	#22 Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:33.390	+5.260	19
21	#23 Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:33.731	+5.601	18
22	#19 Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:34.829	+6.699	18

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Lap
1	#6 Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:28.179		39
2	#8 Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:28.261	+0.082	32
3	#3 Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:28.272	+0.093	23
4	#7 David Coulthard	McLaren	1:28.468	+0.289	57
5	#5 Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:28.507	+0.328	69
6	#4 Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:28.933	+0.754	27
7	#14 Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:29.000	+0.821	44
8	#11 Olivier Panis	Prost	1:29.201	+1.022	57
9	#9 Damon Hill	Jordan	1:29.310	+1.131	46
10	#2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:29.592	+1.413	37
11	#1 Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:29.694	+1.515	35
12	#15 Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:29.857	+1.678	30
13	#18 Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:30.408	+2.229	36
14	#12 Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:30.876	+2.697	25
15	#23 Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:30.992	+2.813	27
16	#21 Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:31.057	+2.878	41
17	#22 Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:31.168	+2.989	36
18	#10 Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:31.541	+3.362	17
19	#17 Mika Salo	Arrows	1:32.519	+4.340	12
20	#19 Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:32.808	+4.629	16
21	#20 Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:33.091	+4.912	42
22	#16 Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:33.350	+5.171	8

Standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	3	26
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	2	14	-12
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	0	2	13	-13
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	0	1	7	-19
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	0	1	6	-20
6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	0	0	6	-20
7	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	0	0	2	-24
8	Jean Alesi	Sauber	0	0	2	-24
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	0	0	1	-25
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	0	0	1	-25

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	McLaren	Mercedes	2	5	39
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	1	3	21	-18
3	Williams	Mecachrome	0	1	8	-31
4	Benetton	Playlife	0	0	7	-32
5	Sauber	Petronas	0	0	3	-36

More Argentine GP

Year	Winner	2nd	3rd	Fastest lap	Pole position
1997	#3 Jacques Villeneuve	Eddie Irvine	Ralf Schumacher	1:27.981 - Gerhard Berger	Jacques Villeneuve
1996	#5 Damon Hill	Jacques Villeneuve	Jean Alesi	1:29.413 - Jean Alesi	Damon Hill
1995	#5 Damon Hill	Jean Alesi	Michael Schumacher	1:30.522 - Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard
1981	#5 Nelson Piquet	Carlos Reutemann	Alain Prost	1:45.287 - Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet
1980	#27 Alan Jones	Nelson Piquet	Keke Rosberg	1:50.450 - Alan Jones	Alan Jones
1979	#26 Jacques Laffite	Carlos Reutemann	John Watson	1:46.910 - Jacques Laffite	Jacques Laffite
1978	#5 Mario Andretti	Niki Lauda	Patrick Depailler	1:49.760 - Gilles Villeneuve	Mario Andretti
1977	#20 Jody Scheckter	Carlos Pace	Carlos Reutemann	1:51.060 - James Hunt	James Hunt
1975	#1 Emerson Fittipaldi	James Hunt	Carlos Reutemann	1:50.910 - James Hunt	Jean-Pierre Jarier
1974	#6 Denny Hulme	Niki Lauda	Clay Regazzoni	1:52.100 - Clay Regazzoni	Ronnie Peterson
1973	#2 Emerson Fittipaldi	François Cevert	Jackie Stewart	1:11.220 - Emerson Fittipaldi	Clay Regazzoni
1972	#21 Jackie Stewart	Denny Hulme	Jacky Ickx	1:13.660 - Jackie Stewart	Carlos Reutemann
1960	#16 Bruce McLaren	Cliff Allison	Maurice Trintignant	1:38.900 - Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss
1958	#14 Stirling Moss	Luigi Musso	Mike Hawthorn	1:41.800 - Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio
1957	#2 Juan Manuel Fangio	Jean Behra	Carlos Menditéguy	1:44.700 - Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss
1956	#34 Luigi Musso	Jean Behra	Mike Hawthorn	1:45.300 - Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio
1955	#2 Juan Manuel Fangio	José Froilán González	Nino Farina	1:48.300 - Juan Manuel Fangio	José Froilán González
1954	#2 Juan Manuel Fangio	Nino Farina	José Froilán González	1:48.200 - José Froilán González	Nino Farina
1953	#10 Alberto Ascari	Luigi Villoresi	José Froilán González	1:48.400 - Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari

The 1998 Argentine Grand Prix started Apr 12, 1998 on Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina. David Coulthard started from pole position with Michael Schumacher next to him. Mika Häkkinen started from third place.

In 1 hour, 48 minutes and 36 seconds Michael Schumacher finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Mika Häkkinen in second and Eddie Irvine in third place.

After the 1998 Argentine Grand Prix, Mika Häkkinen is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 26 points. Häkkinen is 12 points ahead of Michael Schumacher.