1998 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 1998 San Marino Grand Prix 1998 Monaco Grand Prix Spain Spanish Circuit Catalunya 1995-2003.svg Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona 10 May 1998 XL Gran Premio Marlboro de España 5 16 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain1998 Spanish Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1998-spanish-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 31 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.938 4.728 65 190.883 307.196 Sunny and warm 70,000 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.262 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:24.275 25 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes FIN David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes GBR Michael Schumacher Ferrari GER ESP The 1998 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 May 1998 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the fifth race of the 1998 Formula One season. The 65-lap race was won by McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen after he started from pole position. His teammate David Coulthard finished second and Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher took third. Race summary Mika Häkkinen qualified in pole position, 0.7 seconds ahead of his McLaren teammate David Coulthard in second place, with Ferrari's Michael Schumacher a further 0.8 seconds behind in third. The race proved to be a formality for Häkkinen, winning the race ahead of Coulthard in second, and Schumacher in third. Arrows driver Pedro Diniz started from the pit lane due to stalling on the warm up lap. At the start the McLarens got away well, but Schumacher made a poor start and fell back to fifth behind his teammate Eddie Irvine and Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella. They ran in these positions until the first round of pit stops, when Irvine delayed Fisichella sufficiently for his teammate Schumacher to emerge ahead of them both and regain third. Fisichella and Irvine continued to battle until lap 28, when Fisichella attempted a passing manoeuvre around the outside of Irvine, resulting in a collision spearing them both off into the gravel trap. This led to Fisichella's Benetton teammate, Alexander Wurz, inheriting fourth place which he held until the finish. Mika Häkkinen was consistently faster than his teammate David Coulthard throughout the race weekend, unable to match his pace, even though they were in the same car. Respected ex driver and pundit Martin Brundle made the comment that Häkkinen was "in a class of his own". During the race, Michael Schumacher and Minardi's Esteban Tuero were given 10 second stop-go penalties for pit lane speeding.10 May 1998 Hakkinen increases Championship lead (Spanish GP) http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/1998/686.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20250119145634/http://atlasf1.autosport.com/news/1998/686.htm 19 January 2025 21 April 2025 AtlasF1 Autosport The Stewart of Rubens Barrichello earned two points by finishing in fifth place, which were team's first of the season, this was made possible by the new engine and chassis the team used (however teammate Jan Magnussen ran with the old chassis). Reigning World Champion Jacques Villeneuve finished in sixth place, after Williams had their worst qualifying result since the 1989 United States Grand Prix. On the final lap, Williams driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen passed Prost's Jarno Trulli for eight place when Trulli was incorrectly shown the blue flags as the marshalls had mistaken the Williams for a Ferrari. "I am truly angry because I had to give up a great battle, and it isn't fair to lose a position because they are blind and can't recognise one car from another. Of course it doesn't matter much to finish eighth or ninth, but for a racer it matters. In a case of a blue flag I didn't have an alternative". Jarno Trulli Post race, Fisichella was given a $7,500USD fine for the collision with Irvine. Classification 250px|thumb|right|Toranosuke Takagi on his way to qualifying 21st and last on the grid, as his teammate Ricardo Rosset failed to qualify for the Grand Prix, missing the benchmark 107% of the polesitter's time by 0.065 secs. Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Time Gap 1 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.262 2 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.996 +0.734 3 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.785 +1.523 4 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:21.894 +1.632 5 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:21.965 +1.703 6 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:22.350 +2.088 7 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:22.794 +2.532 8 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:22.835 +2.573 9 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:22.860 +2.598 10 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 1:22.885 +2.623 11 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:22.927 +2.665 12 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:22.963 +2.701 13 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 1:23.197 +2.935 14 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:23.327 +3.065 15 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:23.704 +3.442 16 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:23.748 +3.486 17 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 1:23.887 +3.625 18 19 DEN Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:24.112 +3.850 19 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 1:24.265 +4.003 20 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 1:24.538 +4.276 21 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.722 +4.460107% time: 1:25.880 DNQ Did not qualify 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.946 +5.684 Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/675/spain/qualifying-0.html Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1998 – Qualifying Formula1.com Formula One World Championship Ltd 9 May 1998 27 October 2017 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 65 1:33:37.621 1 10 2 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 65 +9.439 2 6 3 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 65 +47.095 3 4 4 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 65 +1:02.538 5 3 5 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 64 +1 Lap 9 2 6 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 64 +1 Lap 10 1 7 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 64 +1 Lap 7   8 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 63 +2 Laps 13   9 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 63 +2 Laps 16   10 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 63 +2 Laps 14   11 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 63 +2 Laps 11   12 19 DEN Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 63 +2 Laps 18   13 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 63 +2 Laps 21   14 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 63 +2 Laps 20   15 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 63 +2 Laps 19   16 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 60 Engine 12   Ret Retired 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 46 Engine 8   Ret Retired 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 28 Collision 6   Ret Retired 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 28 Collision 4   Ret Retired 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 21 Engine 17   Ret Retired 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 20 Engine 15   DNQ Did not qualify 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 107% Rule   Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/675/spain/race-result.html Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1998 – Race Result Formula1.com Formula One World Championship Ltd 10 May 1998 27 October 2017 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen 36 2 GBR David Coulthard 29 3 GER Michael Schumacher 24 4 GBR Eddie Irvine 11 5 AUT Alexander Wurz 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1998 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 65 2 ITA Ferrari 35 3 GBR Williams-Mecachrome 14 4 ITA Benetton-Playlife 10 5 CHE Sauber-Petronas 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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