Monaco Grand Prix 1998

Monaco
Monte Carlo
24 May 1998
78 laps
262.6 km
3.328 km a lap

Pole positionMika HäkkinenMcLaren · 1:19.798
Fastest lapMika Häkkinen1:22.948 · lap 30
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mika Häkkinenfastest lap	8	McLaren · Mercedes	1	78	1:51:23.595	10
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	5	Benetton · Playlife	3	78	+11.475	6
3	Eddie Irvine	4	Ferrari	7	78	+41.378	4
4	Mika Salo	17	Arrows	8	78	+1:00.363	3
5	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams · Mecachrome	13	77	+1 lap	2
6	Pedro Diniz	16	Arrows	12	77	+1 lap	1
7	Johnny Herbert	15	Sauber · Petronas	9	77	+1 lap
8	Damon Hill	9	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	15	76	+2 laps
9	Shinji Nakano	22	Minardi · Ford	19	76	+2 laps
10	Michael Schumacher	3	Ferrari	4	76	+2 laps
11	Toranosuke Takagi	21	Tyrrell · Ford	20	76	+2 laps
12	Jean Alesi	14	Sauber · Petronas	11	72	Gearbox
DNF	Jarno Trulli	12	Prost · Peugeot	10	56	Gearbox
DNF	Olivier Panis	11	Prost · Peugeot	18	49	Wheel
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	10	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	16	44	Suspension
DNF	Alexander Wurz	6	Benetton · Playlife	6	42	Accident damage
DNF	Jan Magnussen	19	Stewart · Ford	17	30	Suspension
DNF	David Coulthard	7	McLaren · Mercedes	2	17	Engine
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	18	Stewart · Ford	14	11	Suspension
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	Williams · Mecachrome	5	9	Collision
DNF	Esteban Tuero	23	Minardi · Ford	21	0	Spun off
DNQ	Ricardo Rosset	20	Tyrrell · Ford	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Mika Häkkinen 78. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 20	Lap 39	Lap 59	Finish	Laps led
Mika Häkkinen	1	1	1	1	1	78
Giancarlo Fisichella	3	2	3	2	2
Eddie Irvine	7	5	4	3	3
Mika Salo	8	6	5	4	4
Jacques Villeneuve	13	11	8	6	5
Pedro Diniz	12	10	7	7	6
Johnny Herbert	9	9	11	8	7
Damon Hill	15	13	9	9	8
Shinji Nakano	19	16	14	10	9
Michael Schumacher	4	3	16	12	10
Toranosuke Takagi	20	15	13	11	11
Jean Alesi	11	7	6	5	12
Jarno Trulli	10	8	12	–	out
Olivier Panis	18	17	15	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	16	14	10	–	out
Alexander Wurz	6	4	2	–	out
Jan Magnussen	17	12	–	–	out
David Coulthard	2	–	–	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	14	–	–	–	out
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 20	Lap 39	Lap 59	Last lap
Mika Häkkinen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Giancarlo Fisichella	+19.4	+31.2	+17.0	+11.5
Eddie Irvine	+49.2	+37.7	+61.2	+41.4
Mika Salo	+53.6	+42.1	+74.4	+60.4
Jacques Villeneuve	+78.7	+114.6	+139.8	+128.7
Pedro Diniz	+77.2	+107.2	+144.1	+136.7
Johnny Herbert	+76.6	+129.7	+156.0	+166.1
Damon Hill	+84.2	+120.4	+185.6	+207.8
Shinji Nakano	+116.1	+143.7	+204.4	+208.8
Michael Schumacher	+20.7	+268.6	+256.6	+237.1
Toranosuke Takagi	+107.9	+142.4	+211.3	+252.0
Jean Alesi	+55.6	+62.9	+93.6	+107.3
Jarno Trulli	+76.2	+137.6	–	out
Olivier Panis	+150.2	+176.2	–	out
Ralf Schumacher	+85.9	+120.8	–	out
Alexander Wurz	+33.8	+25.8	–	out
Jan Magnussen	+82.9	–	–	out
David Coulthard	–	–	–	out
Rubens Barrichello	–	–	–	out
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:19.798
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:20.137	+0.339
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:20.368	+0.570
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:20.702	+0.904
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:20.729	+0.931
6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:20.955	+1.157
7	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.712	+1.914
8	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:22.144	+2.346
9	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.157	+2.359
10	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:22.238	+2.440
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:22.257	+2.459
12	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:22.355	+2.557
13	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:22.468	+2.670
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:22.540	+2.742
15	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:23.151	+3.353
16	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:23.263	+3.465
17	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:23.411	+3.613
18	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:23.536	+3.738
19	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:23.957	+4.159
20	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:24.024	+4.226
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:24.031	+4.233
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:25.737	+5.939

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Jacques Villeneuve	1	54	24.449 s
Eddie Irvine	1	45	25.317 s
Olivier Panis	1	16	26.111 s
Damon Hill	1	43	26.200 s
Johnny Herbert	1	38	26.312 s
Mika Häkkinen	1	37	26.603 s
Alexander Wurz	1	42	27.200 s
Mika Salo	1	41	27.368 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	31	27.644 s
Pedro Diniz	1	43	28.466 s
Shinji Nakano	1	40	29.992 s
Jarno Trulli	1	37	30.548 s
Ralf Schumacher	1	44	35.483 s
Michael Schumacher	2	30, 38	24.328 s
Jean Alesi	2	30, 55	24.352 s
Toranosuke Takagi	2	20, 42	26.702 s

Every stop, lap by lap (19)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
16	Olivier Panis	1	26.111 s
20	Toranosuke Takagi	1	26.702 s
30	Michael Schumacher	1	24.328 s
30	Jean Alesi	1	24.876 s
31	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	27.644 s
37	Mika Häkkinen	1	26.603 s
37	Jarno Trulli	1	30.548 s
38	Johnny Herbert	1	26.312 s
38	Michael Schumacher	2	4:05.291 s
40	Shinji Nakano	1	29.992 s
41	Mika Salo	1	27.368 s
42	Alexander Wurz	1	27.200 s
42	Toranosuke Takagi	2	29.909 s
43	Damon Hill	1	26.200 s
43	Pedro Diniz	1	28.466 s
44	Ralf Schumacher	1	35.483 s
45	Eddie Irvine	1	25.317 s
54	Jacques Villeneuve	1	24.449 s
55	Jean Alesi	2	24.352 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	30	1:22.948
2	David Coulthard	18	1:22.955	+0.007
3	Michael Schumacher	64	1:23.189	+0.241
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	26	1:23.594	+0.646
5	Alexander Wurz	41	1:23.970	+1.022
6	Jacques Villeneuve	70	1:24.381	+1.433
7	Pedro Diniz	40	1:24.456	+1.508
8	Eddie Irvine	29	1:24.457	+1.509
9	Jean Alesi	51	1:24.539	+1.591
10	Mika Salo	39	1:24.582	+1.634

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 6
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mika Häkkinen	46
2	David Coulthard	29
3	Michael Schumacher	24
4	Eddie Irvine	15
5	Alexander Wurz	9
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8
7	Jacques Villeneuve	8
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	7	▲3
9	Mika Salo	3
10	Jean Alesi	3	▼2

Constructors' championship after round 6
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	McLaren	75
2	Ferrari	39
3	Benetton	16	▲1
4	Williams	16	▼1
5	Arrows	4
6	Sauber	4	▼1
7	Stewart	2	▼1