Spanish Grand Prix 1998

Catalunya
Montmeló
10 May 1998
65 laps
307.2 km
4.730 km a lap

Pole positionMika HäkkinenMcLaren · 1:20.262
Fastest lapMika Häkkinen1:24.275 · lap 25
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mika Häkkinenfastest lap	8	McLaren · Mercedes	1	65	1:33:37.621	10
2	David Coulthard	7	McLaren · Mercedes	2	65	+9.439	6
3	Michael Schumacher	3	Ferrari	3	65	+47.094	4
4	Alexander Wurz	6	Benetton · Playlife	5	65	+1:02.538	3
5	Rubens Barrichello	18	Stewart · Ford	9	64	+1 lap	2
6	Jacques Villeneuve	1	Williams · Mecachrome	10	64	+1 lap	1
7	Johnny Herbert	15	Sauber · Petronas	7	64	+1 lap
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	Williams · Mecachrome	13	63	+2 laps
9	Jarno Trulli	12	Prost · Peugeot	16	63	+2 laps
10	Jean Alesi	14	Sauber · Petronas	14	63	+2 laps
11	Ralf Schumacher	10	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	11	63	+2 laps
12	Jan Magnussen	19	Stewart · Ford	18	63	+2 laps
13	Toranosuke Takagi	21	Tyrrell · Ford	21	63	+2 laps
14	Shinji Nakano	22	Minardi · Ford	20	63	+2 laps
15	Esteban Tuero	23	Minardi · Ford	19	63	+2 laps
16	Olivier Panis	11	Prost · Peugeot	12	60	Engine
DNF	Damon Hill	9	Jordan · Mugen-Honda	8	46	Engine
DNF	Eddie Irvine	4	Ferrari	6	28	Collision
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	5	Benetton · Playlife	4	28	Collision
DNF	Mika Salo	17	Arrows	17	21	Engine
DNF	Pedro Diniz	16	Arrows	15	20	Engine
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 63, David Coulthard 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 16	Lap 33	Lap 49	Finish	Laps led
Mika Häkkinen	1	1	1	1	1	63
David Coulthard	2	2	2	2	2	2
Michael Schumacher	3	5	3	3	3
Alexander Wurz	5	6	4	4	4
Rubens Barrichello	9	7	5	5	5
Jacques Villeneuve	10	8	6	6	6
Johnny Herbert	7	9	7	7	7
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	13	20	15	12	8
Jarno Trulli	16	12	10	9	9
Jean Alesi	14	17	11	10	10
Ralf Schumacher	11	16	13	11	11
Jan Magnussen	18	13	12	13	12
Toranosuke Takagi	21	15	14	14	13
Shinji Nakano	20	18	16	15	14
Esteban Tuero	19	19	17	16	15
Olivier Panis	12	11	9	8	16
Damon Hill	8	10	8	–	out
Eddie Irvine	6	3	–	–	out
Giancarlo Fisichella	4	4	–	–	out
Mika Salo	17	14	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	15	21	–	–	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.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 16	Lap 33	Lap 49	Last lap
Mika Häkkinen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
David Coulthard	+13.3	+14.3	+6.0	+9.4
Michael Schumacher	+23.2	+31.5	+45.8	+47.1
Alexander Wurz	+27.8	+41.2	+50.4	+62.5
Rubens Barrichello	+39.1	+61.2	+75.9	+102.2
Jacques Villeneuve	+42.0	+61.9	+78.4	+102.9
Johnny Herbert	+42.7	+63.6	+79.1	+105.9
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	+85.3	+122.1	+152.6	+176.5
Jarno Trulli	+57.3	+91.6	+140.4	+180.8
Jean Alesi	+72.1	+98.3	+141.1	+181.9
Ralf Schumacher	+71.6	+110.4	+141.5	+183.6
Jan Magnussen	+60.0	+110.0	+154.2	+194.9
Toranosuke Takagi	+71.3	+121.6	+178.0	+231.5
Shinji Nakano	+76.9	+126.2	+187.1	+235.2
Esteban Tuero	+77.6	+130.1	+193.2	+236.1
Olivier Panis	+46.1	+71.4	+89.7	+122.7
Damon Hill	+45.5	+69.6	–	out
Eddie Irvine	+19.3	–	–	out
Giancarlo Fisichella	+21.6	–	–	out
Mika Salo	+61.9	–	–	out
Pedro Diniz	+151.8	–	–	out

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:20.262
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:20.996	+0.734
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.785	+1.523
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:21.894	+1.632
5	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:21.965	+1.703
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.350	+2.088
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:22.794	+2.532
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:22.835	+2.573
9	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:22.860	+2.598
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:22.885	+2.623
11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.927	+2.665
12	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:22.963	+2.701
13	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:23.197	+2.935
14	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:23.327	+3.065
15	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:23.704	+3.442
16	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:23.748	+3.486
17	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:23.887	+3.625
18	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	1:24.112	+3.850
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:24.265	+4.003
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:24.538	+4.276
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:24.722	+4.460
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:25.946	+5.684

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Eddie Irvine	1	25	26.982 s
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	25	27.380 s
David Coulthard	2	27, 46	25.156 s
Jean Alesi	2	24, 34	25.243 s
Jarno Trulli	2	24, 33	26.009 s
Johnny Herbert	2	22, 44	26.194 s
Alexander Wurz	2	23, 46	26.669 s
Damon Hill	2	22, 44	27.212 s
Mika Häkkinen	2	26, 45	27.261 s
Rubens Barrichello	2	22, 44	27.409 s
Olivier Panis	2	18, 42	27.456 s
Ralf Schumacher	2	19, 42	27.647 s
Jacques Villeneuve	2	27, 45	27.832 s
Toranosuke Takagi	2	21, 40	28.000 s
Shinji Nakano	2	23, 40	29.053 s
Jan Magnussen	2	19, 42	29.417 s
Michael Schumacher	3	27, 40, 48	25.794 s
Esteban Tuero	3	21, 38, 42	28.682 s
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	2, 21, 40	29.628 s

Every stop, lap by lap (39)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	35.395 s
18	Olivier Panis	1	27.989 s
19	Ralf Schumacher	1	28.489 s
19	Jan Magnussen	1	29.445 s
21	Toranosuke Takagi	1	28.000 s
21	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	29.818 s
21	Esteban Tuero	1	30.033 s
22	Johnny Herbert	1	26.694 s
22	Damon Hill	1	27.241 s
22	Rubens Barrichello	1	27.409 s
23	Alexander Wurz	1	28.239 s
23	Shinji Nakano	1	29.053 s
24	Jean Alesi	1	25.243 s
24	Jarno Trulli	1	26.009 s
25	Eddie Irvine	1	26.982 s
25	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	27.380 s
26	Mika Häkkinen	1	27.261 s
27	David Coulthard	1	25.920 s
27	Michael Schumacher	1	26.056 s
27	Jacques Villeneuve	1	27.832 s
33	Jarno Trulli	2	31.385 s
34	Jean Alesi	2	27.670 s
38	Esteban Tuero	2	29.976 s
40	Toranosuke Takagi	2	28.614 s
40	Michael Schumacher	2	28.983 s
40	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	29.628 s
40	Shinji Nakano	2	31.159 s
42	Olivier Panis	2	27.456 s
42	Ralf Schumacher	2	27.647 s
42	Esteban Tuero	3	28.682 s
42	Jan Magnussen	2	29.417 s
44	Johnny Herbert	2	26.194 s
44	Damon Hill	2	27.212 s
44	Rubens Barrichello	2	28.329 s
45	Jacques Villeneuve	2	28.248 s
45	Mika Häkkinen	2	30.994 s
46	David Coulthard	2	25.156 s
46	Alexander Wurz	2	26.669 s
48	Michael Schumacher	3	25.794 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mika Häkkinen	25	1:24.275
2	Michael Schumacher	45	1:24.625	+0.350
3	David Coulthard	61	1:24.778	+0.503
4	Alexander Wurz	43	1:25.343	+1.068
5	Jean Alesi	31	1:25.668	+1.393
6	Eddie Irvine	20	1:25.778	+1.503
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	18	1:25.851	+1.576
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	1:26.011	+1.736
9	Johnny Herbert	25	1:26.354	+2.079
10	Jarno Trulli	25	1:26.394	+2.119

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 5
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mika Häkkinen	36
2	David Coulthard	29
3	Michael Schumacher	24
4	Eddie Irvine	11
5	Alexander Wurz	9	▲1
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	▼1
7	Jacques Villeneuve	6
8	Jean Alesi	3
9	Rubens Barrichello	2
10	Johnny Herbert	1	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 5
Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	65
2	Ferrari	35
3	Williams	14
4	Benetton	10
5	Sauber	4
6	Stewart	2