1998 Austrian Grand Prix

Circuit: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Pole: Giancarlo Fisichella
Fastest lap: David Coulthard
Entries: 2212 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	3	71	Finished	10
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	14	71	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	4	71	Finished	4
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	8	71	Finished	3
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	9	71	Finished	2
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	11	71	Finished	1
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	15	71	Finished	0
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	18	70	Finished	0
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	17	70	Finished	0
10	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	16	70	Finished	0
11	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	21	70	Finished	0
12	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	22	69	Finished	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	12	51	Engine	0
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	19	30	Spun off	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	1	21	Collision	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	2	21	Collision	0
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	7	16	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	5	8	Brakes	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	13	3	Collision	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	6	1	Collision	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	10	0	Clutch	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	20	0	Collision	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Mika Hakkinen	3	1	71
David Coulthard	14	2	71
Michael Schumacher	4	3	71
Eddie Irvine	8	4	71
Ralf Schumacher	9	5	71
Jacques Villeneuve	11	6	71
Damon Hill	15	7	71
Johnny Herbert	18	8	70
Alexander Wurz	17	9	70
Jarno Trulli	16	10	70
Shinji Nakano	21	11	70
Ricardo Rosset	22	12	69
Jos Verstappen	12	DNF	51
Esteban Tuero	19	DNF	30
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	DNF	21
Jean Alesi	2	DNF	21
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	DNF	16
Rubens Barrichello	5	DNF	8
Pedro Diniz	13	DNF	3
Mika Salo	6	DNF	1
Olivier Panis	10	DNF	0
Toranosuke Takagi	20	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:29.598	—	—
2	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:30.317	+0.719	+0.719
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:30.517	+0.919	+0.200
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:30.551	+0.953	+0.034
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:31.005	+1.407	+0.454
6	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:31.028	+1.430	+0.023
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:31.515	+1.917	+0.487
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:31.651	+2.053	+0.136
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:31.917	+2.319	+0.266
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:32.081	+2.483	+0.164
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:32.083	+2.485	+0.002
12	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:32.099	+2.501	+0.016
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:32.206	+2.608	+0.107
14	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:32.399	+2.801	+0.193
15	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:32.718	+3.120	+0.319
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:32.906	+3.308	+0.188
17	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:33.185	+3.587	+0.279
18	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:33.205	+3.607	+0.020
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:33.399	+3.801	+0.194
20	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:34.090	+4.492	+0.691
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:34.536	+4.938	+0.446
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:34.910	+5.312	+0.374

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Mika Hakkinen	1	71	1	34
David Coulthard	2	71	2	1, 36
Michael Schumacher	3	71	2	18, 42
Eddie Irvine	4	71	2	28, 52
Ralf Schumacher	5	71	2	26, 43
Jacques Villeneuve	6	71	1	43
Damon Hill	7	71	2	19, 45
Johnny Herbert	8	70	1	37
Alexander Wurz	9	70	2	22, 48
Jarno Trulli	10	70	1	38
Shinji Nakano	11	70	1	38
Ricardo Rosset	12	69	2	21, 48
Jos Verstappen	DNF	51	2	25, 46
Esteban Tuero	DNF	30	3	2, 3, 26
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	21	1	21
Jean Alesi	DNF	21	0	None recorded
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	16	0	None recorded
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	8	0	None recorded
Pedro Diniz	DNF	3	0	None recorded
Mika Salo	DNF	1	0	None recorded
Olivier Panis	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Mika Hakkinen · David Coulthard	3 · 14	1 · 2	34 · 1	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Michael Schumacher	3 · 4	1 · 3	34 · 18	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	4 · 14	3 · 2	18 · 1	David Coulthard	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Damon Hill	14 · 15	2 · 7	1 · 19	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	4 · 8	3 · 4	18 · 28	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Ralf Schumacher	8 · 9	4 · 5	28 · 26	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Jacques Villeneuve	9 · 11	5 · 6	26 · 43	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Damon Hill	11 · 15	6 · 7	43 · 19	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Johnny Herbert	15 · 18	7 · 8	19 · 37	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Jarno Trulli	15 · 16	7 · 10	19 · 38	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Johnny Herbert	17 · 18	9 · 8	22 · 37	Alexander Wurz	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Alexander Wurz	16 · 17	10 · 9	38 · 22	Alexander Wurz	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Shinji Nakano	16 · 21	10 · 11	38 · 38	Same lap	Kept their order
Shinji Nakano · Ricardo Rosset	21 · 22	11 · 12	38 · 21	Ricardo Rosset	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:13.703	—	—	36
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:13.704	+0.001	+0.001	43
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:13.746	+0.043	+0.042	30
4	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:14.103	+0.400	+0.357	45
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:14.302	+0.599	+0.199	35
6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:14.397	+0.694	+0.095	34
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:14.411	+0.708	+0.014	25
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:14.523	+0.820	+0.112	31
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:14.535	+0.832	+0.012	46
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:14.627	+0.924	+0.092	35
11	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:14.685	+0.982	+0.058	44
12	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:14.755	+1.052	+0.070	50
13	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:14.820	+1.117	+0.065	39
14	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:15.117	+1.414	+0.297	28
15	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:15.158	+1.455	+0.041	48
16	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:15.231	+1.528	+0.073	35
17	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:15.345	+1.642	+0.114	25
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:15.696	+1.993	+0.351	31
19	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:16.171	+2.468	+0.475	43
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:16.303	+2.600	+0.132	35
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:16.582	+2.879	+0.279	28
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:18.469	+4.766	+1.887	36

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:11.655	—	—	37
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:11.819	+0.164	+0.164	36
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:12.569	+0.914	+0.750	40
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:12.673	+1.018	+0.104	33
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:12.690	+1.035	+0.017	32
6	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:12.789	+1.134	+0.099	37
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:13.010	+1.355	+0.221	35
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:13.074	+1.419	+0.064	37
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:13.259	+1.604	+0.185	41
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:13.354	+1.699	+0.095	35
11	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:13.396	+1.741	+0.042	33
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:13.421	+1.766	+0.025	35
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:13.671	+2.016	+0.250	27
14	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:13.730	+2.075	+0.059	21
15	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:13.802	+2.147	+0.072	34
16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:13.887	+2.232	+0.085	22
17	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:13.966	+2.311	+0.079	33
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:13.999	+2.344	+0.033	34
19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:14.070	+2.415	+0.071	29
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:14.351	+2.696	+0.281	36
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:14.738	+3.083	+0.387	39
22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:14.906	+3.251	+0.168	34

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:13.301	—	—	16
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:13.602	+0.301	+0.301	15
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:14.307	+1.006	+0.705	17
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:14.350	+1.049	+0.043	16
5	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:14.474	+1.173	+0.124	17
6	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:14.480	+1.179	+0.006	16
7	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:14.881	+1.580	+0.401	17
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:14.941	+1.640	+0.060	14
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:14.942	+1.641	+0.001	18
10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:15.086	+1.785	+0.144	13
11	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:15.097	+1.796	+0.011	17
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:15.162	+1.861	+0.065	10
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:15.368	+2.067	+0.206	15
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:15.376	+2.075	+0.008	9
15	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:15.574	+2.273	+0.198	16
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:15.638	+2.337	+0.064	14
17	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:15.702	+2.401	+0.064	18
18	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:15.788	+2.487	+0.086	17
19	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:16.006	+2.705	+0.218	19
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:16.142	+2.841	+0.136	20
21	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:16.159	+2.858	+0.017	12
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:16.309	+3.008	+0.150	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

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Sauber C17
Sauber C17 · Raoul van Wijk · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1998
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Jul 1998
Layout raced: A1-Ring · 4.326 km · 9 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.