1998 Argentine Grand Prix

July 2015 F1 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix 1998 San Marino Grand Prix Argentina Argentine 12 April 1998 Autódromo_Oscar_y_Juan_Gálvez_Circuito_N°_6_por_Senna.svg XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina 3 16 Autódromo Oscar Alfredo GálvezBuenos Aires, Argentina 2.646 4.259 72 190.419 306.449VP0xLidaP1w 102m26s Cloudy with variable levels of dryness; temperatures reaching up to 19 C FWeather info for the 1998 Argentine Grand Prix at Weather Underground David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.852 GBR Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:28.179 39 AUT Michael Schumacher Ferrari GER Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes FIN Eddie Irvine Ferrari GBR ARG The 1998 Argentine Grand Prix (formally the XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina) was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, on 12 April 1998. The race is (to date) the last Argentine Grand Prix. It was the third race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 72-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher for the Ferrari team, from a second position start. Mika Häkkinen finished second in a McLaren, with Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari car. Race summary The two Saubers collided en route to the grid. At the start of the race, Michael Schumacher was caught out by Mika Häkkinen, while David Coulthard maintained his first place. Schumacher passed Häkkinen at the start of the second lap. On the same lap, Eddie Irvine overtook Heinz-Harald Frentzen. By lap 4, Schumacher caught up with Coulthard, and on the next lap the Scotsman took the wrong line, and Schumacher went past. The two cars touched, and Coulthard slid off the track, and rejoined in sixth place. The race then became one between Schumacher, stopping twice, and Häkkinen, on a one-stop strategy. Schumacher's plan proved to be the right one, as he emerged in front following his second stop, after Häkkinen lost time behind Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Behind Häkkinen and the two Ferraris, Jacques Villeneuve was under attack from Jean Alesi and Coulthard. When Esteban Tuero came into the pits, one of his tyres was missing. Eventually, one of the mechanics found it in the garage. Coulthard was slowed by gearbox problems and lost further ground when he tangled with Jacques Villeneuve, putting the Canadian out, while the Scot collected the solitary point for sixth place behind Häkkinen, Eddie Irvine, Alexander Wurz, and Sauber's Jean Alesi. In the lead, Schumacher collected the victory (even having to go off the track and return due to a drizzle that fell at the end of the race). Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Time Gap 1 7GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.852 2 3GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:26.251 +0.399 3 8FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.632 +0.780 4 4GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:26.780 +0.928 5 10GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:26.827 +0.975 6 2GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 1:26.876 +1.024 7 1CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 1:26.941 +1.089 8 6AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:27.196 +1.344 9 9GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:27.483 +1.631 10 5ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:27.836 +1.984 11 14FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:27.839 +1.987 12 15GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:28.016 +2.164 13 21JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.811 +2.959 14 18BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:29.249 +3.397 15 11FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:29.320 +3.468 16 12ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:29.352 +3.500 17 17FIN Mika Salo Arrows 1:29.617 +3.765 18 16BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:30.022 +4.170 19 22JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 1:30.054 +4.202 20 23ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 1:30.158 +4.306 21 20BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 1:30.437 +4.585 22 19 DEN Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:31.178 +5.326107% time: 1:31.862Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/argentine/qualification.aspx Argentina 1998 - Qualifications • STATS F1 F1 STATS www.statsf1.com en 15 October 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 72 1:48:36.175 2 10 2 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 72 +22.898 3 6 3 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 72 +57.745 4 4 4 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 72 +1:08.134 8 3 5 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 72 +1:18.286 11 2 6 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 72 +1:19.751 1 1 7 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 72 +1:28.437 10   8 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 71 +1 Lap 9   9 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 71 +1 Lap 6   10 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 70 +2 Laps 14   11 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 70 +2 Laps 16   12 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 70 +2 Laps 13   13 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 69 +3 Laps 19   14 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 68 +4 Laps 21   15 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 65 Engine 15   Ret Retired 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 63 Spun off 20   Ret Retired 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 52 Collision 7   Ret Retired 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 46 Collision 12   Ret Retired 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 22 Suspension 5   Ret Retired 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 18 Gearbox 17   Ret Retired 19 DEN Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 17 Transmission 22   Ret Retired 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 13 Gearbox 18  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1998/166/ 1998 Argentine Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141205010612/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1998/166/ 5 December 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen 26 2 GER Michael Schumacher 14 3 GBR David Coulthard 13 4 GBR Eddie Irvine 7 5 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1998 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 39 2 ITA Ferrari 21 3 GBR Williams-Mecachrome 8 4 ITA Benetton-Playlife 7 5 CHE Sauber-Petronas 3Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Argentine Grand Prix 1998 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix 1998 San Marino Grand Prix 1997 Argentine Grand Prix None Argentine Grand Prix Category:Argentine Grand Prix Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix