Seasons/16 races

1998 season

Title decided in round 16

‹ 1997 1999 ›

World ChampionMika Häkkinen100 points · 8 wins
Constructors' championMcLaren156 points

Races16
Different winners4
Pole-sitters4
Not classified41%140 of 343 starts

Points: 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six.

The title was decided in round 16: Japanese Grand Prix on 1 Nov 1998.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Mika Häkkinen	10	20	26	26	36	46	46	50	56	66	76	77	77	80	90	100
Michael Schumacher	0	4	14	20	24	24	34	44	54	58	60	70	70	80	86	86
David Coulthard	6	12	13	23	29	29	29	30	30	36	42	48	48	48	52	56
Eddie Irvine	3	3	7	11	11	15	19	25	29	32	32	32	32	38	41	47
Jacques Villeneuve	2	2	2	5	6	8	8	11	11	12	16	20	20	20	20	21
Damon Hill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	16	17	17	20
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	13	15	17
Alexander Wurz	0	3	6	6	9	9	12	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	1	1	1	1	7	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Ralf Schumacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	10	14	14	14
Jean Alesi	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	9	9	9
Rubens Barrichello	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Mika Salo	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Pedro Diniz	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3
Johnny Herbert	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jan Magnussen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jarno Trulli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

McLaren156
Ferrari133
Williams38
Jordan34
Benetton33
Sauber10
Arrows6
Stewart5
1 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
McLaren	16	32	39	49	65	75	75	80	86	102	118	125	125	128	142	156
Ferrari	3	7	21	31	35	39	53	69	83	90	92	102	102	118	127	133
Williams	6	8	8	13	14	16	16	19	19	20	24	30	33	33	35	38
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	10	26	31	31	34
Benetton	0	4	7	7	10	16	25	27	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33
Sauber	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	10	10	10
Arrows	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6
Stewart	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Prost	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	8	100
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	6	86
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1	56
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari		47
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams		21
6	Damon Hill	Jordan	1	20
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams		17
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton		17
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton		16
10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan		14
11	Jean Alesi	Sauber		9
12	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart		4
13	Mika Salo	Arrows		3
14	Pedro Diniz	Arrows		3
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber		1
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart		1
17	Jarno Trulli	Prost		1

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	156
2	Ferrari	133
3	Williams	38
4	Jordan	34
5	Benetton	33
6	Sauber	10
7	Arrows	6
8	Stewart	5
9	Prost	1

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1998
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
HAK (Mika Häkkinen)	1^P^F	1^P^F	2	Ret	1^P^F	1^P^F	Ret	3^P	2^P	1	1^P	6^P	Ret^P	4^F	1^F	1	100
MSC (Michael Schumacher)	Ret	3	1	2^F	3	10	1^F	1	1^F	3	5	1^F	Ret^F	1^P	2^P	Ret^P^F	86
COU (David Coulthard)	2	2	6^P	1^P	2	Ret	Ret^P	6^F	Ret	2^F	2^F	2	7	Ret	3	3	56
IRV (Eddie Irvine)	4	8	3	3	Ret	3	3	2	3	4	8	Ret	Ret	2	4	2	47
VIL (Jacques Villeneuve)	5	7	Ret	4	6	5	10	4	7	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	8	6	21
HIL (Damon Hill)	8	Ret	8	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	4	1	6	9	4	20
FRE (Heinz-Harald Frentzen)	3	5	9	5	8	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	7	5	5	17
WUR (Alexander Wurz)	7	4	4^F	Ret	4	Ret	4	5	4	9	11	16	Ret	Ret	7	9	17
FIS (Giancarlo Fisichella)	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	9	5	Ret^P	7	8	Ret	8	6	8	16
RSC (Ralf Schumacher)	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	5	6	9	2	3	Ret	Ret	14
ALE (Jean Alesi)	Ret	9	5	6	10	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	10	7	3	5	10	7	9
BAR (Rubens Barrichello)	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	11	Ret	4
SAL (Mika Salo)	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	3
DIN (Pedro Diniz)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
HER (Johnny Herbert)	6	11	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	1
MAG (Jan Magnussen)	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	6										1
TRU (Jarno Trulli)	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	6	13	Ret	12	1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	8 Mar 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
2	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	29 Mar 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
3	Argentina	Juan y Oscar Gálvez	12 Apr 1998	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher
4	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	26 Apr 1998	David Coulthard	David Coulthard
5	Spain	Catalunya	10 May 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
6	Monaco	Monaco	24 May 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
7	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	7 Jun 1998	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher
8	France	Magny-Cours	28 Jun 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
9	Great Britain	Silverstone	12 Jul 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
10	Austria	Red Bull Ring	26 Jul 1998	Giancarlo Fisichella	Mika Häkkinen
11	Germany	Hockenheimring	2 Aug 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	16 Aug 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	30 Aug 1998	Mika Häkkinen	Damon Hill
14	Italy	Monza	13 Sept 1998	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
15	Luxembourg	Nürburgring	27 Sept 1998	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen
16	JapanTitle decided	Suzuka	1 Nov 1998	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Arrows	Danka Zepter Arrows	A19	Arrows T2-F1 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Mika Salo, Pedro Diniz
Benetton	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	B198	Playlife GC37-01 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Alexander Wurz, Giancarlo Fisichella
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	F300	Ferrari 047 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Eddie Irvine, Michael Schumacher
Jordan	Benson & Hedges Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda MF-301HC 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Damon Hill, Ralf Schumacher
McLaren	West McLaren Mercedes	MP4/13	Mercedes FO 110G 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	David Coulthard, Mika Häkkinen
Minardi	Fondmetal Minardi Team	M198	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Esteban Tuero, Shinji Nakano
Prost	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	AP01	Peugeot A16 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jarno Trulli, Olivier Panis
Sauber	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	C17	Petronas SPE-01D 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Jean Alesi, Johnny Herbert
Stewart	HSBC Stewart Ford	SF02	Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10	Bridgestone	Jan Magnussen, Jos Verstappen, Rubens Barrichello
Tyrrell	PIAA Tyrrell	026	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Ricardo Rosset, Toranosuke Takagi
Williams	Winfield Williams	FW20	Mecachrome GC37-01 3.0 V10	Goodyear	Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jacques Villeneuve

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	89	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	80	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	55	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	47	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	18	21	P5
6	Alexander Wurz	18	17	P8
7	Damon Hill	17	20	P6
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	17	17	P7
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	14	16	P9
10	Ralf Schumacher	12	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	8	9	P11
12	Rubens Barrichello	4	4	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	84	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	74	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	54	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	47	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	21	21	P5
6	Damon Hill	18	20	P6
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	17	17	P7
8	Alexander Wurz	17	17	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	16	16	P9
10	Ralf Schumacher	14	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	9	9	P11
12	Rubens Barrichello	4	4	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	92	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	80	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	55	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	47	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	21	21	P5
6	Damon Hill	19	20	P6
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	17	17	P7
8	Alexander Wurz	17	17	P8
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	16	16	P9
10	Ralf Schumacher	14	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	9	9	P11
12	Rubens Barrichello	4	4	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	110	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	98	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	78	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	71	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	44	21	P5
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	34	17	P7
7	Damon Hill	33	20	P6
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	33	16	P9
9	Alexander Wurz	33	17	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	26	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	23	9	P11
12	Johnny Herbert	9	1	P15

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	271	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	242	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	185	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	173	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	115	21	P5
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	91	17	P7
7	Damon Hill	90	20	P6
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	88	16	P9
9	Alexander Wurz	86	17	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	67	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	66	9	P11
12	Johnny Herbert	30	1	P15

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	277	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	246	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	188	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	173	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	115	21	P5
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	91	17	P7
7	Damon Hill	90	20	P6
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	88	16	P9
9	Alexander Wurz	87	17	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	67	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	66	9	P11
12	Johnny Herbert	30	1	P15

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Mika Häkkinen	271	100	P1
2	Michael Schumacher	242	86	P2
3	David Coulthard	185	56	P3
4	Eddie Irvine	173	47	P4
5	Jacques Villeneuve	115	21	P5
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	91	17	P7
7	Damon Hill	90	20	P6
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	88	16	P9
9	Alexander Wurz	86	17	P8
10	Ralf Schumacher	67	14	P10
11	Jean Alesi	66	9	P11
12	Johnny Herbert	30	1	P15

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.