Race · Round 13 of 16 · 30 August 1998

1998 Belgian Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Jordan from 3rd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 10 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Jordan.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Damon HillJordan
Pole: Mika Hakkinen
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 228 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	3	44	Finished	10
2	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	8	44	Finished	6
3	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	10	44	Finished	4
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	9	44	Finished	3
5	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	16	44	Finished	2
6	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	13	42	Finished	1
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	2	39	Finished	0
8	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	21	39	Finished	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	7	26	Collision	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	4	25	Collision	0	fastest lap
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	5	25	Spun off	0
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	22	17	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	6	16	Spun off	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	19	10	Spun off	0
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	17	8	Engine	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	1	0	Collision	0
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	11	0	Collision	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	12	0	Collision	0
DNS	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	14	—	Collision	0
DNS	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	15	—	Collision	0
DNS	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	18	—	Collision	0
DNS	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	20	—	Collision	0

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

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
Damon Hill	3	1	44
Ralf Schumacher	8	2	44
Jean Alesi	10	3	44
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	4	44
Pedro Diniz	16	5	44
Jarno Trulli	13	6	42
David Coulthard	2	7	39
Shinji Nakano	21	8	39
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	DNF	26
Michael Schumacher	4	DNF	25
Eddie Irvine	5	DNF	25
Esteban Tuero	22	DNF	17
Jacques Villeneuve	6	DNF	16
Toranosuke Takagi	19	DNF	10
Jos Verstappen	17	DNF	8
Mika Hakkinen	1	DNF	0
Alexander Wurz	11	DNF	0
Johnny Herbert	12	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:48.682	—	—
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:48.845	+0.163	+0.163
3	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:49.728	+1.046	+0.883
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:50.027	+1.345	+0.299
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:50.189	+1.507	+0.162
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:50.204	+1.522	+0.015
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:50.462	+1.780	+0.258
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:50.501	+1.819	+0.039
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:50.686	+2.004	+0.185
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:51.189	+2.507	+0.503
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:51.648	+2.966	+0.459
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:51.851	+3.169	+0.203
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:52.572	+3.890	+0.721
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:52.670	+3.988	+0.098
15	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:52.784	+4.102	+0.114
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:53.037	+4.355	+0.253
17	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:53.149	+4.467	+0.112
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:53.207	+4.525	+0.058
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:53.237	+4.555	+0.030
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:54.850	+6.168	+1.613
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:55.084	+6.402	+0.234
22	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:55.520	+6.838	+0.436

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
Damon Hill	1	44	2	16, 28
Ralf Schumacher	2	44	2	11, 27
Jean Alesi	3	44	2	16, 28
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	44	2	16, 28
Pedro Diniz	5	44	1	21
Jarno Trulli	6	42	1	21
David Coulthard	7	39	2	9, 24
Shinji Nakano	8	39	2	24, 26
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	26	1	16
Michael Schumacher	DNF	25	1	16
Eddie Irvine	DNF	25	2	10, 24
Esteban Tuero	DNF	17	1	9
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	16	0	None recorded
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	10	0	None recorded
Jos Verstappen	DNF	8	0	None recorded
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Alexander Wurz	DNF	0	0	None recorded
Johnny Herbert	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
David Coulthard · Damon Hill	2 · 3	7 · 1	9 · 16	David Coulthard	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Ralf Schumacher	3 · 8	1 · 2	16 · 11	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Jean Alesi	8 · 10	2 · 3	11 · 16	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8 · 9	2 · 4	11 · 16	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jean Alesi	9 · 10	4 · 3	16 · 16	Same lap	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Pedro Diniz	9 · 16	4 · 5	16 · 21	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Pedro Diniz	13 · 16	6 · 5	21 · 21	Same lap	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Jarno Trulli	2 · 13	7 · 6	9 · 21	David Coulthard	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Shinji Nakano	2 · 21	7 · 8	9 · 24	David Coulthard	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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:51.895	—	—	24
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:51.906	+0.011	+0.011	21
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:52.629	+0.734	+0.723	23
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:53.100	+1.205	+0.471	25
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:53.534	+1.639	+0.434	32
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:53.589	+1.694	+0.055	19
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:53.601	+1.706	+0.012	28
8	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:53.660	+1.765	+0.059	30
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:54.116	+2.221	+0.456	18
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:54.130	+2.235	+0.014	29
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:54.158	+2.263	+0.028	29
12	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:54.171	+2.276	+0.013	30
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:54.433	+2.538	+0.262	26
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:54.878	+2.983	+0.445	33
15	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:55.182	+3.287	+0.304	32
16	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:55.263	+3.368	+0.081	28
17	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:55.730	+3.835	+0.467	29
18	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:56.080	+4.185	+0.350	33
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:56.431	+4.536	+0.351	29
20	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:57.014	+5.119	+0.583	33
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:57.682	+5.787	+0.668	30
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:58.178	+6.283	+0.496	34

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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:50.319	—	—	21
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:50.702	+0.383	+0.383	23
3	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:51.368	+1.049	+0.666	27
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:51.859	+1.540	+0.491	23
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:51.972	+1.653	+0.113	22
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:52.058	+1.739	+0.086	23
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:52.102	+1.783	+0.044	24
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:52.136	+1.817	+0.034	22
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:52.346	+2.027	+0.210	25
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:52.542	+2.223	+0.196	25
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:53.020	+2.701	+0.478	21
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:53.379	+3.060	+0.359	28
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:53.898	+3.579	+0.519	22
14	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:53.933	+3.614	+0.035	17
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:54.071	+3.752	+0.138	25
16	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:54.814	+4.495	+0.743	9
17	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:55.049	+4.730	+0.235	11
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:55.302	+4.983	+0.253	16
19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:55.451	+5.132	+0.149	15
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:56.329	+6.010	+0.878	22
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:56.604	+6.285	+0.275	23
22	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:57.000	+6.681	+0.396	23

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	2:07.839	—	—	11
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	2:08.608	+0.769	+0.769	12
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	2:09.120	+1.281	+0.512	11
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	2:09.127	+1.288	+0.007	11
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	2:09.539	+1.700	+0.412	12
6	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	2:10.076	+2.237	+0.537	11
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	2:10.258	+2.419	+0.182	7
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	2:10.917	+3.078	+0.659	12
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	2:11.374	+3.535	+0.457	12
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	2:11.546	+3.707	+0.172	11
11	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	2:11.860	+4.021	+0.314	10
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	2:13.781	+5.942	+1.921	9
13	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	2:13.853	+6.014	+0.072	10
14	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	2:14.038	+6.199	+0.185	8
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	2:14.147	+6.308	+0.109	10
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	2:14.680	+6.841	+0.533	9
17	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	2:16.139	+8.300	+1.459	8
18	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	2:16.174	+8.335	+0.035	11
19	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	2:16.217	+8.378	+0.043	9
20	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	2:17.733	+9.894	+1.516	7
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	2:20.842	+13.003	+3.109	5
22	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	2:26.065	+18.226	+5.223	4

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

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

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

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Where this comes from

Round: 13 of 1998
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 30 Aug 1998
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Jordan
Entrant: Jordan-Mugen-Honda
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.