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1998 Belgian Grand Prix

Round
13/16
Date
Aug 30, 1998 at 00:00 CEST
Location
Spa, Belgium
Circuit length
6.968 m
Race distance
306.592 km (44 laps)
Race: 1998 Belgian GP
Hill
Winner
1:43:47.407
Winning time
Häkkinen
Pole position
Schumacher
Fastest lap
2:03.766
Fastest lap time
Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Retired Grid Laps Points
1 #9 Damon Hill Jordan 1:43:47.407 3rd 44 10
2 #10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan +0.932 8th 44 6
3 #14 Jean Alesi Sauber +7.240 10th 44 4
4 #2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams +32.242 9th 44 3
5 #16 Pedro Diniz Arrows +51.682 16th 44 2
6 #12 Jarno Trulli Prost +2 laps 13th 42 1
7 #7 David Coulthard McLaren +5 laps 2nd 39
8 #22 Shinji Nakano Minardi +5 laps 21st 39
DNF #5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Collision 7th 26
DNF #3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Collision 4th 25
DNF #4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari Spun off 5th 25
DNF #23 Esteban Tuero Minardi Gearbox 22nd 17
DNF #1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Spun off 6th 16
DNF #21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell Spun off 19th 10
DNF #19 Jos Verstappen Stewart Engine 17th 8
DNF #8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Collision 1st 0
DNF #6 Alexander Wurz Benetton Collision 11th 0
DNF #15 Johnny Herbert Sauber Collision 12th 0
DNS #18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart Collision 14th
DNS #11 Olivier Panis Prost Collision 15th
DNS #17 Mika Salo Arrows Collision 18th
DNS #20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell Collision 20th
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap Laps
1 #3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 2:07.839 11
2 #4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 2:08.608 +0.769 12
3 #8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 2:09.120 +1.281 11
4 #5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 2:09.127 +1.288 11
5 #10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 2:09.539 +1.700 12
6 #9 Damon Hill Jordan 2:10.076 +2.237 11
7 #7 David Coulthard McLaren 2:10.258 +2.419 7
8 #6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 2:10.917 +3.078 12
9 #18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 2:11.374 +3.535 12
10 #14 Jean Alesi Sauber 2:11.546 +3.707 11
11 #2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 2:11.860 +4.021 10
12 #1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 2:13.781 +5.942 9
13 #16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 2:13.853 +6.014 10
14 #21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 2:14.038 +6.199 8
15 #15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 2:14.147 +6.308 10
16 #12 Jarno Trulli Prost 2:14.680 +6.841 9
17 #17 Mika Salo Arrows 2:16.139 +8.300 8
18 #20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 2:16.174 +8.335 11
19 #22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 2:16.217 +8.378 9
20 #19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 2:17.733 +9.894 7
21 #23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 2:20.842 +13.003 5
22 #11 Olivier Panis Prost 2:26.065 +18.226 4
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap Laps
1 #8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:48.682 11
2 #7 David Coulthard McLaren 1:48.845 +0.163 12
3 #9 Damon Hill Jordan 1:49.728 +1.046 11
4 #3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:50.027 +1.345 12
5 #4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:50.189 +1.507 12
6 #1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:50.204 +1.522 12
7 #5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 1:50.462 +1.780 12
8 #10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 1:50.501 +1.819 12
9 #2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 1:50.686 +2.004 11
10 #14 Jean Alesi Sauber 1:51.189 +2.507 11
11 #6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 1:51.648 +2.966 12
12 #15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:51.851 +3.169 11
13 #12 Jarno Trulli Prost 1:52.572 +3.890 10
14 #18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1:52.670 +3.988 12
15 #11 Olivier Panis Prost 1:52.784 +4.102 12
16 #16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:53.037 +4.355 12
17 #19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 1:53.149 +4.467 12
18 #17 Mika Salo Arrows 1:53.207 +4.525 8
19 #21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 1:53.237 +4.555 12
20 #20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 1:54.850 +6.168 11
21 #22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 1:55.084 +6.402 12
22 #23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 1:55.520 +6.838 12
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap Laps
1 #8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:50.319 21
2 #7 David Coulthard McLaren 1:50.702 +0.383 23
3 #9 Damon Hill Jordan 1:51.368 +1.049 27
4 #1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:51.859 +1.540 23
5 #4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:51.972 +1.653 22
6 #3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:52.058 +1.739 23
7 #14 Jean Alesi Sauber 1:52.102 +1.783 24
8 #2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 1:52.136 +1.817 22
9 #10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 1:52.346 +2.027 25
10 #5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 1:52.542 +2.223 25
11 #6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 1:53.020 +2.701 21
12 #15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:53.379 +3.060 28
13 #21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 1:53.898 +3.579 22
14 #11 Olivier Panis Prost 1:53.933 +3.614 17
15 #18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1:54.071 +3.752 25
16 #17 Mika Salo Arrows 1:54.814 +4.495 9
17 #12 Jarno Trulli Prost 1:55.049 +4.730 11
18 #16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:55.302 +4.983 16
19 #19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 1:55.451 +5.132 15
20 #22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 1:56.329 +6.010 22
21 #20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 1:56.604 +6.285 23
22 #23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 1:57.000 +6.681 23
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap Laps
1 #3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:51.895 24
2 #8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1:51.906 +0.011 21
3 #7 David Coulthard McLaren 1:52.629 +0.734 23
4 #9 Damon Hill Jordan 1:53.100 +1.205 25
5 #2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 1:53.534 +1.639 32
6 #1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 1:53.589 +1.694 19
7 #4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:53.601 +1.706 28
8 #14 Jean Alesi Sauber 1:53.660 +1.765 30
9 #10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 1:54.116 +2.221 18
10 #15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 1:54.130 +2.235 29
11 #6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 1:54.158 +2.263 29
12 #5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 1:54.171 +2.276 30
13 #18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 1:54.433 +2.538 26
14 #12 Jarno Trulli Prost 1:54.878 +2.983 33
15 #11 Olivier Panis Prost 1:55.182 +3.287 32
16 #19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 1:55.263 +3.368 28
17 #17 Mika Salo Arrows 1:55.730 +3.835 29
18 #21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 1:56.080 +4.185 33
19 #16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:56.431 +4.536 29
20 #23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 1:57.014 +5.119 33
21 #22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 1:57.682 +5.787 30
22 #20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 1:58.178 +6.283 34
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap Lap
1 #3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 2:03.766 9
2 #9 Damon Hill Jordan 2:05.630 +1.864 7
3 #2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 2:06.284 +2.518 7
4 #4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 2:06.561 +2.795 6
5 #14 Jean Alesi Sauber 2:07.597 +3.831 7
6 #1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 2:07.825 +4.059 8
7 #10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 2:08.399 +4.633 7
8 #5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 2:09.528 +5.762 5
9 #7 David Coulthard McLaren 2:10.950 +7.184 33
10 #16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 2:11.331 +7.565 5
11 #12 Jarno Trulli Prost 2:11.701 +7.935 13
12 #21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 2:12.327 +8.561 6
13 #19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 2:12.425 +8.659 8
14 #22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 2:13.230 +9.464 12
15 #23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 2:19.996 +16.230 5

Standings

Driver standings
Pos. Driver Constructor Wins Podiums Points Gap
1 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 6 9 77
2 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 5 9 70 -7
3 David Coulthard McLaren 1 7 48 -29
4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 0 6 32 -45
5 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 0 2 20 -57
6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 0 0 17 -60
7 Damon Hill Jordan 1 1 16 -61
8 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 0 2 15 -62
9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 0 1 13 -64
10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 0 1 10 -67
11 Jean Alesi Sauber 0 1 7 -70
12 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 0 0 4 -73
13 Mika Salo Arrows 0 0 3 -74
14 Pedro Diniz Arrows 0 0 3 -74
15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 0 0 1 -76
16 Jan Magnussen Stewart 0 0 1 -76
17 Jarno Trulli Prost 0 0 1 -76
Pos. Constructor Engine Wins Podiums Points Gap
1 McLaren Mercedes 7 16 125
2 Ferrari Ferrari 5 15 102 -23
3 Williams Mecachrome 0 3 33 -92
4 Benetton Playlife 0 2 32 -93
5 Jordan Mugen-Honda 1 2 26 -99
6 Sauber Petronas 0 1 8 -117
7 Arrows Arrows 0 0 6 -119
8 Stewart Ford 0 0 5 -120
9 Prost Peugeot 0 0 1 -124

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The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix started Aug 30, 1998 on Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. Mika Häkkinen started from pole position with David Coulthard next to him. Damon Hill started from third place.

In 1 hour, 43 minutes and 47 seconds Damon Hill finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Ralf Schumacher in second and Jean Alesi in third place.

After the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, Mika Häkkinen is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 77 points. Häkkinen is 7 points ahead of Michael Schumacher.