1998 Formula 1 World Championship

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Total races

Driver champion

Mika Häkkinen

Constructor champion

McLaren

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1998 Australian Grand Prix

First race

Mar 8, 1998

Date first race

1998 Japanese Grand Prix

Last race

Nov 1, 1998

Date last race

HAK (8)

Most wins

HAK (9)

Most pole positions

MSC (11), HAK (11)

Most podiums

HAK (13)

Most in points

HAK (6), MSC (6)

Most fastest laps

DIN (11), TUE (11)

Most DNF

1998 standings

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	8	11	100
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	11	86	-14
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1	9	56	-44
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	0	8	47	-53
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	0	2	21	-79
6	Damon Hill	Jordan	1	1	20	-80
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	0	1	17	-83
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	0	0	17	-83
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	0	2	16	-84
10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	0	2	14	-86
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	0	1	9	-91
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	0	0	4	-96
13	Mika Salo	Arrows	0	0	3	-97
14	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	0	0	3	-97
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	0	0	1	-99
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	0	0	1	-99
17	Jarno Trulli	Prost	0	0	1	-99

Pos.	Constructor	Engine	Wins	Podiums	Points	Gap
1	McLaren	Mercedes	9	20	156
2	Ferrari	Ferrari	6	19	133	-23
3	Williams	Mecachrome	0	3	38	-118
4	Jordan	Mugen-Honda	1	3	34	-122
5	Benetton	Playlife	0	2	33	-123
6	Sauber	Petronas	0	1	10	-146
7	Arrows	Arrows	0	0	6	-150
8	Stewart	Ford	0	0	5	-151
9	Prost	Peugeot	0	0	1	-155

1998 schedule

	Race	Date	Winner	2nd	3rd	Pole position
1	1998 Australian Grand Prix	Mar 8	#8 Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Mika Häkkinen
2	1998 Brazilian Grand Prix	Mar 29	#8 Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen
3	1998 Argentine Grand Prix	Apr 12	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard
4	1998 San Marino Grand Prix	Apr 26	#7 David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard
5	1998 Spanish Grand Prix	May 10	#8 Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen
6	1998 Monaco Grand Prix	May 24	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Giancarlo Fisichella	Eddie Irvine	Mika Häkkinen
7	1998 Canadian Grand Prix	Jun 7	#3 Michael Schumacher	Giancarlo Fisichella	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard
8	1998 French Grand Prix	Jun 28	#3 Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
9	1998 British Grand Prix	Jul 12	#3 Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	Mika Häkkinen
10	1998 Austrian Grand Prix	Jul 26	#8 Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Giancarlo Fisichella
11	1998 German Grand Prix	Aug 2	#8 Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Jacques Villeneuve	Mika Häkkinen
12	1998 Hungarian Grand Prix	Aug 16	#3 Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	Jacques Villeneuve	Mika Häkkinen
13	1998 Belgian Grand Prix	Aug 30	#9 Damon Hill	Ralf Schumacher	Jean Alesi	Mika Häkkinen
14	1998 Italian Grand Prix	Sep 13	#3 Michael Schumacher	Eddie Irvine	Ralf Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
15	1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix	Sep 27	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher
16	1998 Japanese Grand Prix	Nov 1	#8 Mika Häkkinen	Eddie Irvine	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher

Position heatmap

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
HAK	576	173	87	12	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSC	268	187	208	81	81	22	16	5	5	7	3	15	8	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
COU	120	385	95	98	9	35	44	8	8	9	2	7	4	8	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
IRV	1	132	301	176	85	50	47	61	14	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
VIL	0	4	92	174	160	193	93	74	40	17	51	10	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HIL	26	21	13	68	70	69	75	105	148	102	20	34	46	34	5	10	1	2	9	0	0	0
FRE	0	0	77	55	167	145	104	52	63	18	23	32	6	8	10	0	5	3	1	19	0	0
WUR	0	11	27	113	56	137	129	101	115	40	23	24	14	8	11	14	8	0	5	4	8	0
FIS	24	83	56	55	59	80	116	159	71	110	22	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RSC	0	18	26	51	43	68	70	63	55	41	48	26	45	17	11	20	20	6	18	25	0	0
ALE	0	1	23	73	138	84	79	111	103	128	60	18	16	5	1	1	9	3	6	0	0	0
BAR	0	0	8	11	60	7	38	10	41	41	108	81	114	22	16	24	2	7	5	7	1	6
SAL	0	0	0	24	16	21	8	10	5	14	66	48	22	91	48	51	39	23	12	6	2	0
DIN	0	0	0	0	18	6	37	11	42	49	44	71	25	24	32	30	13	25	15	14	23	0
HER	0	0	0	6	19	26	66	76	121	69	129	124	29	33	4	7	0	7	1	1	2	0
MAG	0	0	0	12	2	28	3	19	4	4	8	28	62	29	29	2	1	11	4	11	0	0
TRU	0	0	0	0	13	16	11	30	42	121	32	97	71	67	37	17	29	21	14	11	3	14
PAN	0	0	1	4	11	2	29	37	46	46	125	86	101	61	60	45	31	10	27	7	15	2
ROS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	30	1	42	53	45	34	58	64	38	34	3	14	17
TAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	25	38	30	51	95	146	90	81	56	24	6	0	0
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	17	25	36	66	62	88	39	32	8	8	0	0	0
TUE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	20	30	18	34	28	69	65	57	65	74	95	21	19
NAK	0	0	0	0	1	8	31	28	19	36	63	26	15	61	64	133	94	95	35	37	28	0

Laps in the lead

Pos.	Driver	Laps
1	Mika Häkkinen	576
2	Michael Schumacher	268
3	David Coulthard	120
4	Damon Hill	26
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	24
6	Eddie Irvine	1

Mika Häkkinen is the 1998 Formula 1 World Champion. Häkkinen won 8 out of 16 races and scored a total of 100 points. With 14 points behind Michael Schumacher finished the season in second place and David Coulthard as third. McLaren won the 1998 Formula 1 constructor championship, with a total of 156 points.

The season started with the 1998 Australian Grand Prix on March 8. The last race of the season was the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix on November 1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
HAK	576	173	87	12	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSC	268	187	208	81	81	22	16	5	5	7	3	15	8	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
COU	120	385	95	98	9	35	44	8	8	9	2	7	4	8	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
IRV	1	132	301	176	85	50	47	61	14	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
VIL	0	4	92	174	160	193	93	74	40	17	51	10	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HIL	26	21	13	68	70	69	75	105	148	102	20	34	46	34	5	10	1	2	9	0	0	0
FRE	0	0	77	55	167	145	104	52	63	18	23	32	6	8	10	0	5	3	1	19	0	0
WUR	0	11	27	113	56	137	129	101	115	40	23	24	14	8	11	14	8	0	5	4	8	0
FIS	24	83	56	55	59	80	116	159	71	110	22	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RSC	0	18	26	51	43	68	70	63	55	41	48	26	45	17	11	20	20	6	18	25	0	0
ALE	0	1	23	73	138	84	79	111	103	128	60	18	16	5	1	1	9	3	6	0	0	0
BAR	0	0	8	11	60	7	38	10	41	41	108	81	114	22	16	24	2	7	5	7	1	6
SAL	0	0	0	24	16	21	8	10	5	14	66	48	22	91	48	51	39	23	12	6	2	0
DIN	0	0	0	0	18	6	37	11	42	49	44	71	25	24	32	30	13	25	15	14	23	0
HER	0	0	0	6	19	26	66	76	121	69	129	124	29	33	4	7	0	7	1	1	2	0
MAG	0	0	0	12	2	28	3	19	4	4	8	28	62	29	29	2	1	11	4	11	0	0
TRU	0	0	0	0	13	16	11	30	42	121	32	97	71	67	37	17	29	21	14	11	3	14
PAN	0	0	1	4	11	2	29	37	46	46	125	86	101	61	60	45	31	10	27	7	15	2
ROS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	30	1	42	53	45	34	58	64	38	34	3	14	17
TAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	25	38	30	51	95	146	90	81	56	24	6	0	0
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	17	25	36	66	62	88	39	32	8	8	0	0	0
TUE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	20	30	18	34	28	69	65	57	65	74	95	21	19
NAK	0	0	0	0	1	8	31	28	19	36	63	26	15	61	64	133	94	95	35	37	28	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
HAK	576	173	87	12	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSC	268	187	208	81	81	22	16	5	5	7	3	15	8	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
COU	120	385	95	98	9	35	44	8	8	9	2	7	4	8	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
IRV	1	132	301	176	85	50	47	61	14	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
VIL	0	4	92	174	160	193	93	74	40	17	51	10	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HIL	26	21	13	68	70	69	75	105	148	102	20	34	46	34	5	10	1	2	9	0	0	0
FRE	0	0	77	55	167	145	104	52	63	18	23	32	6	8	10	0	5	3	1	19	0	0
WUR	0	11	27	113	56	137	129	101	115	40	23	24	14	8	11	14	8	0	5	4	8	0
FIS	24	83	56	55	59	80	116	159	71	110	22	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RSC	0	18	26	51	43	68	70	63	55	41	48	26	45	17	11	20	20	6	18	25	0	0
ALE	0	1	23	73	138	84	79	111	103	128	60	18	16	5	1	1	9	3	6	0	0	0
BAR	0	0	8	11	60	7	38	10	41	41	108	81	114	22	16	24	2	7	5	7	1	6
SAL	0	0	0	24	16	21	8	10	5	14	66	48	22	91	48	51	39	23	12	6	2	0
DIN	0	0	0	0	18	6	37	11	42	49	44	71	25	24	32	30	13	25	15	14	23	0
HER	0	0	0	6	19	26	66	76	121	69	129	124	29	33	4	7	0	7	1	1	2	0
MAG	0	0	0	12	2	28	3	19	4	4	8	28	62	29	29	2	1	11	4	11	0	0
TRU	0	0	0	0	13	16	11	30	42	121	32	97	71	67	37	17	29	21	14	11	3	14
PAN	0	0	1	4	11	2	29	37	46	46	125	86	101	61	60	45	31	10	27	7	15	2
ROS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	30	1	42	53	45	34	58	64	38	34	3	14	17
TAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	25	38	30	51	95	146	90	81	56	24	6	0	0
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	17	25	36	66	62	88	39	32	8	8	0	0	0
TUE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	20	30	18	34	28	69	65	57	65	74	95	21	19
NAK	0	0	0	0	1	8	31	28	19	36	63	26	15	61	64	133	94	95	35	37	28	0

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
HAK	576	173	87	12	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MSC	268	187	208	81	81	22	16	5	5	7	3	15	8	5	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
COU	120	385	95	98	9	35	44	8	8	9	2	7	4	8	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
IRV	1	132	301	176	85	50	47	61	14	4	2	2	0	0	4	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
VIL	0	4	92	174	160	193	93	74	40	17	51	10	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HIL	26	21	13	68	70	69	75	105	148	102	20	34	46	34	5	10	1	2	9	0	0	0
FRE	0	0	77	55	167	145	104	52	63	18	23	32	6	8	10	0	5	3	1	19	0	0
WUR	0	11	27	113	56	137	129	101	115	40	23	24	14	8	11	14	8	0	5	4	8	0
FIS	24	83	56	55	59	80	116	159	71	110	22	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RSC	0	18	26	51	43	68	70	63	55	41	48	26	45	17	11	20	20	6	18	25	0	0
ALE	0	1	23	73	138	84	79	111	103	128	60	18	16	5	1	1	9	3	6	0	0	0
BAR	0	0	8	11	60	7	38	10	41	41	108	81	114	22	16	24	2	7	5	7	1	6
SAL	0	0	0	24	16	21	8	10	5	14	66	48	22	91	48	51	39	23	12	6	2	0
DIN	0	0	0	0	18	6	37	11	42	49	44	71	25	24	32	30	13	25	15	14	23	0
HER	0	0	0	6	19	26	66	76	121	69	129	124	29	33	4	7	0	7	1	1	2	0
MAG	0	0	0	12	2	28	3	19	4	4	8	28	62	29	29	2	1	11	4	11	0	0
TRU	0	0	0	0	13	16	11	30	42	121	32	97	71	67	37	17	29	21	14	11	3	14
PAN	0	0	1	4	11	2	29	37	46	46	125	86	101	61	60	45	31	10	27	7	15	2
ROS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	1	30	1	42	53	45	34	58	64	38	34	3	14	17
TAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	25	38	30	51	95	146	90	81	56	24	6	0	0
VER	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	17	25	36	66	62	88	39	32	8	8	0	0	0
TUE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	20	30	18	34	28	69	65	57	65	74	95	21	19
NAK	0	0	0	0	1	8	31	28	19	36	63	26	15	61	64	133	94	95	35	37	28	0