Race · Round 3 of 16 · 12 April 1998

1998 Argentine Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Oscar Galvez. 7 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Oscar GalvezBuenos Aires, Argentina
Winner: Michael SchumacherFerrari
Pole: David Coulthard
Fastest lap: Alexander Wurz
Entries: 2215 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	2	72	Finished	10
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	3	72	Finished	6
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	4	72	Finished	4
4	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	8	72	Finished	3	fastest lap
5	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	11	72	Finished	2
6	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	1	72	Finished	1
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	10	72	Finished	0
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	9	71	Finished	0
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	6	71	Finished	0
10	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	14	70	Finished	0
11	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	16	70	Finished	0
12	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	13	70	Finished	0
13	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	19	69	Finished	0
14	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	21	68	Finished	0
15	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	15	65	Engine	0
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	20	63	Spun off	0
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	7	52	Collision	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	12	46	Collision	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	5	22	Suspension	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	17	18	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	22	17	Transmission	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	18	13	Gearbox	0

F1DB layout buenos-aires-4 · 4.259 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
Michael Schumacher	2	1	72
Mika Hakkinen	3	2	72
Eddie Irvine	4	3	72
Alexander Wurz	8	4	72
Jean Alesi	11	5	72
David Coulthard	1	6	72
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	7	72
Damon Hill	9	8	71
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	9	71
Rubens Barrichello	14	10	70
Jarno Trulli	16	11	70
Toranosuke Takagi	13	12	70
Shinji Nakano	19	13	69
Ricardo Rosset	21	14	68
Olivier Panis	15	15	65
Esteban Tuero	20	DNF	63
Jacques Villeneuve	7	DNF	52
Johnny Herbert	12	DNF	46
Ralf Schumacher	5	DNF	22
Mika Salo	17	DNF	18
Jan Magnussen	22	DNF	17
Pedro Diniz	18	DNF	13

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:25.852	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:26.251	+0.399	+0.399
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:26.632	+0.780	+0.381
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:26.780	+0.928	+0.148
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:26.827	+0.975	+0.047
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:26.876	+1.024	+0.049
7	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:26.941	+1.089	+0.065
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:27.198	+1.346	+0.257
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:27.483	+1.631	+0.285
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:27.836	+1.984	+0.353
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:27.839	+1.987	+0.003
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:28.016	+2.164	+0.177
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:28.811	+2.959	+0.795
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:29.249	+3.397	+0.438
15	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:29.320	+3.468	+0.071
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:29.352	+3.500	+0.032
17	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:29.617	+3.765	+0.265
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:30.022	+4.170	+0.405
19	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:30.054	+4.202	+0.032
20	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:30.158	+4.306	+0.104
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:30.437	+4.585	+0.279
22	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:31.178	+5.326	+0.741

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
Michael Schumacher	1	72	2	28, 53
Mika Hakkinen	2	72	1	42
Eddie Irvine	3	72	2	29, 55
Alexander Wurz	4	72	1	40
Jean Alesi	5	72	2	27, 50
David Coulthard	6	72	1	32
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	72	1	37
Damon Hill	8	71	2	28, 46
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	71	2	38, 43
Rubens Barrichello	10	70	2	40, 45
Jarno Trulli	11	70	1	39
Toranosuke Takagi	12	70	1	38
Shinji Nakano	13	69	1	38
Ricardo Rosset	14	68	1	34
Olivier Panis	15	65	1	42
Esteban Tuero	DNF	63	1	35
Jacques Villeneuve	DNF	52	1	37
Johnny Herbert	DNF	46	1	39
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	22	1	18
Mika Salo	DNF	18	0	None recorded
Jan Magnussen	DNF	17	0	None recorded
Pedro Diniz	DNF	13	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 · Michael Schumacher	1 · 2	6 · 1	32 · 28	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Mika Hakkinen	2 · 3	1 · 2	28 · 42	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Eddie Irvine	3 · 4	2 · 3	42 · 29	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Alexander Wurz	4 · 8	3 · 4	29 · 40	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Jean Alesi	8 · 11	4 · 5	40 · 27	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Alexander Wurz · Damon Hill	8 · 9	4 · 8	40 · 28	Damon Hill	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Jean Alesi	1 · 11	6 · 5	32 · 27	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jean Alesi	10 · 11	7 · 5	37 · 27	Jean Alesi	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Giancarlo Fisichella	1 · 10	6 · 7	32 · 37	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Giancarlo Fisichella	9 · 10	8 · 7	28 · 37	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Damon Hill	6 · 9	9 · 8	38 · 28	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Rubens Barrichello	6 · 14	9 · 10	38 · 40	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Toranosuke Takagi · Rubens Barrichello	13 · 14	12 · 10	38 · 40	Toranosuke Takagi	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Jarno Trulli	14 · 16	10 · 11	40 · 39	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Olivier Panis	14 · 15	10 · 15	40 · 42	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Toranosuke Takagi · Jarno Trulli	13 · 16	12 · 11	38 · 39	Toranosuke Takagi	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Jarno Trulli	15 · 16	15 · 11	42 · 39	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Toranosuke Takagi · Shinji Nakano	13 · 19	12 · 13	38 · 38	Same lap	Kept their order
Shinji Nakano · Ricardo Rosset	19 · 21	13 · 14	38 · 34	Ricardo Rosset	Kept their order
Olivier Panis · Ricardo Rosset	15 · 21	15 · 14	42 · 34	Ricardo Rosset	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	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:28.130	—	—	16
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:29.114	+0.984	+0.984	22
3	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:29.488	+1.358	+0.374	15
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:29.610	+1.480	+0.122	20
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:29.781	+1.651	+0.171	29
6	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:29.845	+1.715	+0.064	24
7	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:30.054	+1.924	+0.209	27
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:30.317	+2.187	+0.263	16
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:30.645	+2.515	+0.328	35
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:30.859	+2.729	+0.214	14
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:30.963	+2.833	+0.104	22
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:31.081	+2.951	+0.118	16
13	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:31.297	+3.167	+0.216	16
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:31.428	+3.298	+0.131	24
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:31.727	+3.597	+0.299	20
16	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:31.761	+3.631	+0.034	25
17	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:31.850	+3.720	+0.089	23
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:32.257	+4.127	+0.407	22
19	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:32.660	+4.530	+0.403	18
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:33.390	+5.260	+0.730	19
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:33.731	+5.601	+0.341	18
22	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:34.829	+6.699	+1.098	18

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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:27.737	—	—	20
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:28.289	+0.552	+0.552	19
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:28.347	+0.610	+0.058	30
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:28.501	+0.764	+0.154	24
5	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:28.701	+0.964	+0.200	32
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:28.987	+1.250	+0.286	30
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:29.151	+1.414	+0.164	30
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:29.614	+1.877	+0.463	29
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:29.633	+1.896	+0.019	30
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:29.781	+2.044	+0.148	36
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:29.842	+2.105	+0.061	16
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:30.402	+2.665	+0.560	28
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:30.432	+2.695	+0.030	18
14	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:30.722	+2.985	+0.290	24
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:30.808	+3.071	+0.086	19
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:31.283	+3.546	+0.475	21
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:31.509	+3.772	+0.226	28
18	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:31.975	+4.238	+0.466	26
19	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:32.563	+4.826	+0.588	14
20	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:32.883	+5.146	+0.320	28
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:33.299	+5.562	+0.416	24
22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:33.675	+5.938	+0.376	21

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	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:47.594	—	—	13
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:48.025	+0.431	+0.431	12
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:48.501	+0.907	+0.476	12
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:49.030	+1.436	+0.529	11
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:49.046	+1.452	+0.016	12
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:49.224	+1.630	+0.178	13
7	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:49.314	+1.720	+0.090	13
8	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:49.435	+1.841	+0.121	11
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:49.568	+1.974	+0.133	11
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:49.673	+2.079	+0.105	13
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:49.735	+2.141	+0.062	11
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:50.607	+3.013	+0.872	11
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:51.150	+3.556	+0.543	11
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:51.159	+3.565	+0.009	10
15	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:51.240	+3.646	+0.081	10
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:51.257	+3.663	+0.017	12
17	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:52.048	+4.454	+0.791	12
18	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:52.483	+4.889	+0.435	11
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:52.824	+5.230	+0.341	8
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:53.166	+5.572	+0.342	11
21	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:53.294	+5.700	+0.128	4
22	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	9:19.807	+7:32.213	+7:26.513	3

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: 3 of 1998
Grand Prix: Argentine Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Apr 1998
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.