1998 Japanese Grand Prix

All you want to know about 1998 Japanese Grand Prix

Flag of Japan  1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One season.

Date November 1 1998
Official name XXIV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
5.807 km (3.608 mi)
Distance 51 laps, 307.573 km (191.224 mi)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:36.293
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:40.190
Podium
First Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Second Flag of the United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari
Third Flag of the United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes

The 1998 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Suzuka on November 1, 1998.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 51 1:27:23.4 2 10
2 4 Flag of the United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 51 +6.491 4 6
3 7 Flag of the United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 51 +27.662 3 4
4 9 Flag of the United Kingdom Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 51 +1:13.491 8 3
5 2 Flag of Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 51 +1:13.857 5 2
6 1 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 51 +1:15.867 6 1
7 14 Flag of France Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 51 +1:36.053 12  
8 5 Flag of Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 51 +1:41.302 10  
9 6 Flag of Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 50 +1 Lap 9  
10 15 Flag of the United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 50 +1 Lap 11  
11 11 Flag of France Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 50 +1 Lap 13  
12 12 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 48 +3 Laps 14  
Ret 22 Flag of Japan Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 40 Throttle 20  
Ret 3 Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 31 Tyre 1  
Ret 21 Flag of Japan Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 28 Collision 17  
Ret 23 Flag of Argentina Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 28 Collision 21  
Ret 18 Flag of Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 25 Hydraulics 16  
Ret 19 Flag of the Netherlands Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 21 Gearbox 19  
Ret 17 Flag of Finland Mika Salo Arrows 14 Hydraulics 15  
Ret 10 Flag of Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 13 Engine 7  
Ret 16 Flag of Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows 2 Spun off 18  
DNQ 20 Flag of Brazil Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell

Standings after Grand Prix

Drivers

   * 1 Mika Häkkinen - McLaren-Mercedes - 100
   * 2 Michael Schumacher - Ferrari - 86
   * 3 David Coulthard - McLaren-Mercedes - 56
   * 4 Eddie Irvine - Ferrari - 47
   * 5 Jacques Villeneuve - Williams-Mecachrome - 22
   * 6 Damon Hill - Jordan-Mugen-Honda - 20
   * 7 Alexander Wurz - Benetton-Playlife - 17
   * 8 Giancarlo Fisichella - Benetton-Playlife - 16
   * 8= Heinz-Harald Frentzen - Williams-Mecachrome - 16
   * 10 Ralf Schumacher - Jordan-Honda - 14
   * 11 Jean Alesi - Sauber-Petronas - 9
   * 12 Rubens Barrichello - Stewart-Ford - 4
   * 13= Mika Salo - Arrows - 3
   * 13= Pedro Diniz - Arrows - 3
   * 15= Johnny Herbert - Sauber-Petronas - 1
   * 15= Jan Magnussen - Stewart-Ford - 1
   * 15= Jarno Trulli - Prost-Peugeot - 1

Constructors

   * 1 McLaren-Mercedes - 156
   * 2 Ferrari - 133
   * 3 Williams-Mecachrome - 38
   * 4 Jordan-Honda - 34
   * 5 Benetton-Playlife - 33
   * 6 Sauber-Petronas - 10
   * 7 Arrows - 6
   * 8 Stewart-Ford - 5
   * 9 Prost - 1

Notes

  • Mika Häkkinen won his first driver's world championship with this victory.
  • McLaren team won their first world constructor's title since 1991.
  • Last race: Ricardo Rosset, Shinji Nakano, Esteban Tuero, Tyrrell, Goodyear.
  • Michael Schumacher was due to start on pole but stalled and was put to the back of the grid. He fought back to 3rd but his tyre exploded. Schumacher had been due to make a pit stop whilst many suggest that he ran over debris. Schumacher was first past the chicane after Takagi and Tuero suffered a heavy collision.


Previous race:
1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix		 FIA Formula One World Championship
1998 season		 Next race:
1999 Australian Grand Prix
Previous race:
1997 Japanese Grand Prix		 Japanese Grand Prix Next race:
1999 Japanese Grand Prix
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Japanese_Grand_Prix"

No comments have been added.



Your name:

City:

Country:

Your comments:

Security check *
(Please enter the number into adjoining box)

 

  • Ads

           
eXTReMe Tracker