Race · Round 4 of 16 · 26 April 1998

1998 San Marino Grand Prix

David Coulthard won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, Italy
Winner: David CoulthardMcLaren
Pole: David Coulthard
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	1	62	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	3	62	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	4	62	Finished	4
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	6	62	Finished	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	8	62	Finished	2
6	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	12	61	Finished	1
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	9	60	Finished	0
8	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	19	60	Finished	0
9	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	14	60	Finished	0
10	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	7	57	Hydraulics	0
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	13	56	Engine	0
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	22	48	Engine	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	15	40	Engine	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	16	34	Throttle	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	21	27	Engine	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	18	18	Engine	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	2	17	Gearbox	0
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	10	17	Spun off	0
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	5	17	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	11	12	Puncture	0
DNF	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	20	8	Transmission	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	17	0	Spun off	0

F1DB layout imola-2 · 4.959 km · 22 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
David Coulthard	1	1	62
Michael Schumacher	3	2	62
Eddie Irvine	4	3	62
Jacques Villeneuve	6	4	62
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	5	62
Jean Alesi	12	6	61
Ralf Schumacher	9	7	60
Esteban Tuero	19	8	60
Mika Salo	14	9	60
Damon Hill	7	10	57
Olivier Panis	13	11	56
Ricardo Rosset	22	DNF	48
Toranosuke Takagi	15	DNF	40
Jarno Trulli	16	DNF	34
Shinji Nakano	21	DNF	27
Pedro Diniz	18	DNF	18
Mika Hakkinen	2	DNF	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	10	DNF	17
Alexander Wurz	5	DNF	17
Johnny Herbert	11	DNF	12
Jan Magnussen	20	DNF	8
Rubens Barrichello	17	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:25.973	—	—
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:26.075	+0.102	+0.102
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:26.437	+0.464	+0.362
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:27.169	+1.196	+0.732
5	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:27.273	+1.300	+0.104
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:27.390	+1.417	+0.117
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:27.592	+1.619	+0.202
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:27.645	+1.672	+0.053
9	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:27.866	+1.893	+0.221
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:27.937	+1.964	+0.071
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:28.111	+2.138	+0.174
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:28.191	+2.218	+0.080
13	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:28.270	+2.297	+0.079
14	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:28.798	+2.825	+0.528
15	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:29.073	+3.100	+0.275
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:29.584	+3.611	+0.511
17	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:29.641	+3.668	+0.057
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:29.932	+3.959	+0.291
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:30.649	+4.676	+0.717
20	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:31.017	+5.044	+0.368
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:31.255	+5.282	+0.238
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:31.482	+5.509	+0.227

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
David Coulthard	1	62	2	26, 44
Michael Schumacher	2	62	2	26, 46
Eddie Irvine	3	62	2	27, 44
Jacques Villeneuve	4	62	2	26, 44
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	62	2	27, 41
Jean Alesi	6	61	2	22, 40
Ralf Schumacher	7	60	2	21, 36
Esteban Tuero	8	60	2	22, 42
Mika Salo	9	60	3	18, 27, 29
Damon Hill	10	57	3	1, 24, 41
Olivier Panis	11	56	2	23, 41
Ricardo Rosset	DNF	48	2	18, 36
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	40	1	20
Jarno Trulli	DNF	34	1	22
Shinji Nakano	DNF	27	1	20
Pedro Diniz	DNF	18	0	None recorded
Mika Hakkinen	DNF	17	0	None recorded
Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF	17	0	None recorded
Alexander Wurz	DNF	17	1	1
Johnny Herbert	DNF	12	0	None recorded
Jan Magnussen	DNF	8	1	1
Rubens Barrichello	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 · Michael Schumacher	1 · 3	1 · 2	26 · 26	Same lap	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine	3 · 4	2 · 3	26 · 27	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Jacques Villeneuve	4 · 6	3 · 4	27 · 26	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6 · 8	4 · 5	26 · 27	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Damon Hill	6 · 7	4 · 10	26 · 1	Damon Hill	Kept their order
Damon Hill · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	7 · 8	10 · 5	1 · 27	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Jean Alesi	8 · 12	5 · 6	27 · 22	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Ralf Schumacher	8 · 9	5 · 7	27 · 21	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Jean Alesi	9 · 12	7 · 6	21 · 22	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Olivier Panis	12 · 13	6 · 11	22 · 23	Jean Alesi	Kept their order
Ralf Schumacher · Esteban Tuero	9 · 19	7 · 8	21 · 22	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Mika Salo · Esteban Tuero	14 · 19	9 · 8	18 · 22	Mika Salo	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Mika Salo	7 · 14	10 · 9	1 · 18	Damon Hill	Swapped places
Olivier Panis · Mika Salo	13 · 14	11 · 9	23 · 18	Mika Salo	Swapped places
Damon Hill · Olivier Panis	7 · 13	10 · 11	1 · 23	Damon Hill	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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:27.617	—	—	27
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:27.940	+0.323	+0.323	20
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:28.088	+0.471	+0.148	28
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:28.644	+1.027	+0.556	33
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:28.891	+1.274	+0.247	25
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:28.963	+1.346	+0.072	46
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:29.028	+1.411	+0.065	35
8	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:29.175	+1.558	+0.147	35
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:29.246	+1.629	+0.071	37
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:29.470	+1.853	+0.224	26
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:29.516	+1.899	+0.046	30
12	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:29.828	+2.211	+0.312	28
13	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:29.864	+2.247	+0.036	37
14	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:30.190	+2.573	+0.326	39
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:30.223	+2.606	+0.033	33
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:30.795	+3.178	+0.572	20
17	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:30.804	+3.187	+0.009	32
18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:30.849	+3.232	+0.045	22
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:31.954	+4.337	+1.105	32
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:32.052	+4.435	+0.098	34
21	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:32.196	+4.579	+0.144	17
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:32.554	+4.937	+0.358	23

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	1:25.627	—	—	29
2	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:26.431	+0.804	+0.804	26
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:27.056	+1.429	+0.625	25
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:27.318	+1.691	+0.262	35
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:27.421	+1.794	+0.103	30
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:27.653	+2.026	+0.232	35
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:27.694	+2.067	+0.041	28
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:27.751	+2.124	+0.057	26
9	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:27.854	+2.227	+0.103	33
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:27.876	+2.249	+0.022	26
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:27.931	+2.304	+0.055	26
12	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:27.959	+2.332	+0.028	31
13	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:28.130	+2.503	+0.171	16
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:28.291	+2.664	+0.161	28
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:28.712	+3.085	+0.421	26
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:29.628	+4.001	+0.916	22
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:29.954	+4.327	+0.326	14
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:30.243	+4.616	+0.289	27
19	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:30.349	+4.722	+0.106	34
20	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:31.182	+5.555	+0.833	13
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:32.459	+6.832	+1.277	28
22	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:43.882	+18.255	+11.423	6

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	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:28.085	—	—	14
2	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:29.428	+1.343	+1.343	13
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:29.434	+1.349	+0.006	14
4	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:29.525	+1.440	+0.091	6
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:29.891	+1.806	+0.366	13
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:29.996	+1.911	+0.105	12
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:30.216	+2.131	+0.220	14
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:30.275	+2.190	+0.059	14
9	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:30.330	+2.245	+0.055	12
10	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:30.423	+2.338	+0.093	15
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:30.449	+2.364	+0.026	12
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:30.492	+2.407	+0.043	14
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:30.628	+2.543	+0.136	12
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:30.662	+2.577	+0.034	17
15	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:30.948	+2.863	+0.286	14
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:30.991	+2.906	+0.043	14
17	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:31.321	+3.236	+0.330	10
18	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:32.087	+4.002	+0.766	12
19	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:32.092	+4.007	+0.005	13
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:32.345	+4.260	+0.253	8
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:33.303	+5.218	+0.958	7
22	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:33.956	+5.871	+0.653	8

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: 4 of 1998
Grand Prix: San Marino Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Apr 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.