Race · Round 15 of 16 · 27 September 1998

1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix

Mika Hakkinen won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 6 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Mika Hakkinen
Entries: 2216 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	3	67	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	1	67	Finished	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	5	67	Finished	4
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	2	67	Finished	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	7	67	Finished	2
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	4	67	Finished	1
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	8	67	Finished	0
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	9	66	Finished	0
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	10	66	Finished	0
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	11	66	Finished	0
11	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	12	65	Finished	0
12	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	15	65	Finished	0
13	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	18	65	Finished	0
14	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	16	65	Finished	0
15	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	20	65	Finished	0
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	19	65	Finished	0
NC	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	21	56	NC	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	6	53	Brakes	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	13	37	Engine	0
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	22	36	Engine	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	14	6	Transmission	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	17	6	Hydraulics	0

F1DB layout nurburgring-3 · 4.556 km · 12 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
Mika Hakkinen	3	1	67
Michael Schumacher	1	2	67
David Coulthard	5	3	67
Eddie Irvine	2	4	67
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7	5	67
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	6	67
Alexander Wurz	8	7	67
Jacques Villeneuve	9	8	66
Damon Hill	10	9	66
Jean Alesi	11	10	66
Rubens Barrichello	12	11	65
Olivier Panis	15	12	65
Jos Verstappen	18	13	65
Mika Salo	16	14	65
Shinji Nakano	20	15	65
Toranosuke Takagi	19	16	65
Esteban Tuero	21	NC	56
Ralf Schumacher	6	DNF	53
Johnny Herbert	13	DNF	37
Ricardo Rosset	22	DNF	36
Jarno Trulli	14	DNF	6
Pedro Diniz	17	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:18.561	—	—
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:18.907	+0.346	+0.346
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:18.940	+0.379	+0.033
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:19.048	+0.487	+0.108
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:19.169	+0.608	+0.121
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:19.455	+0.894	+0.286
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:19.522	+0.961	+0.067
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:19.569	+1.008	+0.047
9	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:19.631	+1.070	+0.062
10	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:19.807	+1.246	+0.176
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:20.493	+1.932	+0.686
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:20.530	+1.969	+0.037
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:20.650	+2.089	+0.120
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:20.709	+2.148	+0.059
15	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:21.048	+2.487	+0.339
16	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:21.120	+2.559	+0.072
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:21.258	+2.697	+0.138
18	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:21.501	+2.940	+0.243
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:21.525	+2.964	+0.024
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:22.078	+3.517	+0.553
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:22.146	+3.585	+0.068
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:22.822	+4.261	+0.676

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	67	2	28, 48
Michael Schumacher	2	67	2	24, 47
David Coulthard	3	67	2	29, 52
Eddie Irvine	4	67	2	25, 49
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	67	2	26, 43
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	67	2	23, 42
Alexander Wurz	7	67	2	24, 43
Jacques Villeneuve	8	66	2	31, 45
Damon Hill	9	66	2	26, 51
Jean Alesi	10	66	2	27, 48
Rubens Barrichello	11	65	1	34
Olivier Panis	12	65	2	25, 43
Jos Verstappen	13	65	2	22, 43
Mika Salo	14	65	2	25, 42
Shinji Nakano	15	65	1	39
Toranosuke Takagi	16	65	2	22, 45
Esteban Tuero	NC	56	2	1, 35
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	53	2	22, 48
Johnny Herbert	DNF	37	1	26
Ricardo Rosset	DNF	36	1	20
Jarno Trulli	DNF	6	0	None recorded
Pedro Diniz	DNF	6	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
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	1 · 3	2 · 1	24 · 28	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Mika Hakkinen	2 · 3	4 · 1	25 · 28	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Mika Hakkinen · Giancarlo Fisichella	3 · 4	1 · 6	28 · 23	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	1 · 5	2 · 3	24 · 29	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	1 · 2	2 · 4	24 · 25	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · David Coulthard	2 · 5	4 · 3	25 · 29	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · David Coulthard	4 · 5	6 · 3	23 · 29	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2 · 7	4 · 5	25 · 26	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4 · 7	6 · 5	23 · 26	Giancarlo Fisichella	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Alexander Wurz	7 · 8	5 · 7	26 · 24	Alexander Wurz	Kept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Alexander Wurz	4 · 8	6 · 7	23 · 24	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Jacques Villeneuve	8 · 9	7 · 8	24 · 31	Alexander Wurz	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Damon Hill	9 · 10	8 · 9	31 · 26	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Jean Alesi	10 · 11	9 · 10	26 · 27	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Jean Alesi · Rubens Barrichello	11 · 12	10 · 11	27 · 34	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Olivier Panis	12 · 15	11 · 12	34 · 25	Olivier Panis	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Jos Verstappen	15 · 18	12 · 13	25 · 22	Jos Verstappen	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Mika Salo	15 · 16	12 · 14	25 · 25	Same lap	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Jos Verstappen	16 · 18	14 · 13	25 · 22	Jos Verstappen	Swapped places
Jos Verstappen · Toranosuke Takagi	18 · 19	13 · 16	22 · 22	Same lap	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Shinji Nakano	16 · 20	14 · 15	25 · 39	Mika Salo	Kept their order
Toranosuke Takagi · Shinji Nakano	19 · 20	16 · 15	22 · 39	Toranosuke Takagi	Swapped places

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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:19.689	—	—	26
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:20.325	+0.636	+0.636	34
3	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:20.326	+0.637	+0.001	35
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:20.461	+0.772	+0.135	32
5	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:20.577	+0.888	+0.116	28
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:20.841	+1.152	+0.264	33
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:21.014	+1.325	+0.173	37
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:21.174	+1.485	+0.160	35
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:21.351	+1.662	+0.177	22
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:21.391	+1.702	+0.040	44
11	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:21.538	+1.849	+0.147	28
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:21.738	+2.049	+0.200	41
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:21.764	+2.075	+0.026	47
14	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:21.952	+2.263	+0.188	38
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:22.485	+2.796	+0.533	41
16	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:22.566	+2.877	+0.081	25
17	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:22.603	+2.914	+0.037	31
18	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:22.792	+3.103	+0.189	35
19	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:22.967	+3.278	+0.175	39
20	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:23.331	+3.642	+0.364	43
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:23.644	+3.955	+0.313	27
22	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:24.004	+4.315	+0.360	25

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	1:19.850	—	—	23
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:19.925	+0.075	+0.075	11
3	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:20.327	+0.477	+0.402	33
4	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:20.388	+0.538	+0.061	30
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:20.457	+0.607	+0.069	27
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:20.646	+0.796	+0.189	33
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:20.819	+0.969	+0.173	25
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:20.834	+0.984	+0.015	28
9	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:20.953	+1.103	+0.119	33
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:20.982	+1.132	+0.029	37
11	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:21.050	+1.200	+0.068	37
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:21.427	+1.577	+0.377	32
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:21.649	+1.799	+0.222	27
14	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:21.704	+1.854	+0.055	28
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:21.781	+1.931	+0.077	29
16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:22.276	+2.426	+0.495	24
17	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:22.399	+2.549	+0.123	21
18	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:22.893	+3.043	+0.494	36
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:22.968	+3.118	+0.075	32
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:23.019	+3.169	+0.051	32
21	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:23.928	+4.078	+0.909	27
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:25.570	+5.720	+1.642	19

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	1:20.396	—	—	15
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:20.915	+0.519	+0.519	15
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:21.362	+0.966	+0.447	14
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:21.515	+1.119	+0.153	15
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:21.636	+1.240	+0.121	14
6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:21.870	+1.474	+0.234	19
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:22.206	+1.810	+0.336	13
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:22.257	+1.861	+0.051	12
9	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:22.278	+1.882	+0.021	13
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:22.352	+1.956	+0.074	16
11	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:22.582	+2.186	+0.230	16
12	Jos Verstappen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:22.698	+2.302	+0.116	13
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:22.716	+2.320	+0.018	15
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:23.104	+2.708	+0.388	15
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:23.112	+2.716	+0.008	17
16	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:23.248	+2.852	+0.136	12
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:23.398	+3.002	+0.150	14
18	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:23.555	+3.159	+0.157	15
19	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:23.997	+3.601	+0.442	12
20	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:24.178	+3.782	+0.181	15
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:24.333	+3.937	+0.155	16
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:25.225	+4.829	+0.892	13

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: 15 of 1998
Grand Prix: Luxembourg Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Sep 1998
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.