1998 French Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 8 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One season.

Date June 28 1998
Official name Grand Prix de France
Location Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France
Course Permanent racing facility
4.411 km (2.74 mi)
Distance 71 laps, 308.77 km (191.8 mi)
Weather Sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:14.929
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:17.523 on lap 59
Podium
First Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Second Flag of the United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari
Third Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes

The 1998 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Magny-Cours on June 28, 1998. The race was won by Michael Schumacher.

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[edit] Qualifying Summary

Mika Häkkinen took pole position, beating Michael Schumacher by 0.2 seconds. David Coulthard qualified third, and Eddie Irvine took fourth place. Throughout the qualifying session, Schumacher and Häkkinen exchanged first placed, until Häkkinen finally took the pole.

[edit] Race summary

At the beginning of the race, Jos Verstappen stalled his Stewart, meaning that a restart had to be called for. At the second start, Mika Häkkinen was overtaken by both Eddie Irvine and Michael Schumacher. This meant that Häkkinen dropped down from first to third, and Schumacher led Irvine in a Ferrari 1-2. After this start, Schumacher began to pull away; sometimes at one second a lap. While Schumacher was pulling away, Irvine was holding both the McLarens behind him. On lap 20, Häkkinen tried an ambitious move on Irvine. His attempt failed, and he drove into the gravel trap. However, he managed to keep his car going, went into the pits for more tyres, and rejoined in fourth place. However, he regained third place when David Coulthard had problems with his pitstop. Coulthard went into the pits, but due to a fuel filling problem, had to do another lap, and then go into the pits again. After this second set of pits, Häkkinen was back behind Irvine, and Schumacher was some way in front. Irvine just held off Häkkinen to take second, but both drivers were 19 seconds behind Schumacher. After Coulthard's error in the pitlane, he finished sixth. It was Ferrari's first one-two for 8 years.

[edit] Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 71 1:34:45.0 2 10
2 4 Flag of the United Kingdom Eddie Irvine Ferrari 71 +19.575 4 6
3 8 Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 71 +19.747 1 4
4 1 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 71 +1:06.965 5 3
5 6 Flag of Austria Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 70 +1 Lap 10 2
6 7 Flag of the United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 3 1
7 14 Flag of France Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 70 +1 Lap 11  
8 15 Flag of the United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 70 +1 Lap 13  
9 5 Flag of Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 70 +1 Lap 9  
10 18 Flag of Brazil Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 69 +2 Laps 14  
11 11 Flag of France Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 69 +2 Laps 16  
12 19 Flag of the Netherlands Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 69 +2 Laps 15  
13 17 Flag of Finland Mika Salo Arrows 69 +2 Laps 19  
14 16 Flag of Brazil Pedro Diniz Arrows 69 +2 Laps 17  
15 2 Flag of Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 68 Suspension 8  
16 10 Flag of Germany Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 68 +3 Laps 6  
17 22 Flag of Japan Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 65 Engine 21  
Ret 21 Flag of Japan Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 60 Engine 20  
Ret 12 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 55 Spun off 12  
Ret 23 Flag of Argentina Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 41 Gearbox 22  
Ret 9 Flag of the United Kingdom Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 19 Hydraulics 7  
Ret 20 Flag of Brazil Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 16 Hydraulics 18  

[edit] Standings After Grand Prix

Drivers

Constructors

[edit] Notes

  • Fastest Lap: David Coulthard 1m 17.523s


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