1998 French Grand Prix

F1 1998 Canadian Grand Prix 1998 British Grand Prix France French 28 June 1998 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours (1992-2002).svg 8 16 Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France Permanent racing facility 2.641 4.250Calculated based on the qualifying classification shown during TV broadcast 71 187.383 301.564Grand Prix de France http://www.fia.com/archive/F1/1998/008.html Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 2023-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100915022954/http://www.fia.com/archive/F1/1998/008.html 2010-09-15Calculated based on the race classification shown during TV broadcast 72 190.024 305.814Calculated by adding lap length to the race distance Sunny, warm Mika Häkkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.929 David Coulthard GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.523 59 Michael Schumacher GER Ferrari Eddie Irvine GBR Ferrari Mika Häkkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes FRA The 1998 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 28 June 1998. It was the eighth race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 71-lap race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari. It was Schumacher's third victory of the season. Northern Irish teammate Eddie Irvine finished second, with Finn Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes, having started from pole position. The result marked Ferrari's first one-two finish since the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix. Report Background The race was originally dropped due to a dispute over television broadcasting rights in France. Though TF1 had the rights, rival channel France 3 obtained a judgement from a French court to allow all channels to operate on the grounds of the circuit.Motor Racing: Doubts over Belgian Grand Prix https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/motor-racing-doubts-over-belgian-grand-prix-1288537.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/motor-racing-doubts-over-belgian-grand-prix-1288537.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 13 December 1997 8 December 2012France dropped from F1 season http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/39247.stm BBC News 13 December 1997 8 December 2012 Jos Verstappen replaced Jan Magnussen at the Stewart team for the remainder of the season. Qualifying Mika Häkkinen of McLaren-Mercedes took pole position, beating Michael Schumacher by 0.2 seconds. David Coulthard qualified third, and Eddie Irvine took fourth place. Throughout the qualifying session, Schumacher and Häkkinen exchanged first place, until Häkkinen finally took the pole. Race At the beginning of the race, Verstappen stalled his Stewart, the race was stopped on lap 1, and a restart was required. At the second start, Häkkinen was overtaken by Michael Schumacher and Irvine. Schumacher then began to pull away, sometimes at one second a lap, with Irvine holding both the McLarens behind him. On lap 20, Häkkinen tried an ambitious move on Irvine. His attempt failed, and he spun into the gravel trap. However, he managed to keep his car going, pitted for fresh tyres, and rejoined in fourth place. Then he regained third place when Coulthard had problems during his pit stop: Coulthard went into the pits, but due to a fuel filling problem, had to do another lap, and then go into the pits again. After the second set of pit stops, Häkkinen was back behind Irvine, and Schumacher was some way in front. On the final lap, on the final corner, Häkkinen made an attempt to overtake Irvine, after Irvine was very slow through the chicane before the final corner. Irvine just held off Häkkinen to take second, but only by a tenth of a second. However, both drivers were 19 seconds behind Schumacher. After Coulthard's misfortune in the pitlane, he finished sixth, scoring one world championship point. It was Ferrari's first 1–2 in 8 years, the previous being at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix, with Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.929 2 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.159 +0.230 3 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.333 +0.404 4 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:15.527 +0.598 5 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 1:15.630 +0.701 6 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:15.925 +0.996 7 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:16.245 +1.316 8 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 1:16.319 +1.390 9 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:16.375 +1.446 10 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:16.460 +1.531 11 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:16.627 +1.698 12 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:16.892 +1.963 13 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:16.977 +2.048 14 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:17.024 +2.095 15 19 NED Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 1:17.604 +2.675 16 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:17.671 +2.742 17 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:17.880 +2.951 18 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 1:17.908 +2.979 19 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 1:17.970 +3.041 20 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.221 +3.292 21 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 1:18.273 +3.344 22 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 1:19.146 +4.217107% time: 1:20.174 Source:http://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/france/qualification.aspx France 1998 - Qualifications StatsF1 28 March 2016 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 71 1:34:45.026 2 10 2 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 71 + 19.575 4 6 3 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 71 + 19.747 1 4 4 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 71 + 1:06.965 5 3 5 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 70 + 1 lap 10 2 6 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 70 + 1 lap 3 1 7 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 70 + 1 lap 11   8 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 70 + 1 lap 13   9 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 70 + 1 lap 9   10 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 69 + 2 laps 14   11 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 69 + 2 laps 16   12 19 NED Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 69 + 2 laps 15   13 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 69 + 2 laps 19   14 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 69 + 2 laps 17   15 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 68 Suspension 8   16 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 68 + 3 laps 6   17 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 65 Engine 21   Ret Retired 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 60 Engine 20   Ret Retired 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 55 Spun off 12   Ret Retired 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 41 Gearbox 22   Ret Retired 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 19 Hydraulics 7   Ret Retired 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 16 Hydraulics 18  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1998/171/ 1998 French Grand Prix formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141205004725/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1998/171/ 5 December 2014 24 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen 50 2 GER Michael Schumacher 44 3 GBR David Coulthard 30 4 GBR Eddie Irvine 25 5 AUT Alexander Wurz 14Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/france/championnat.aspx France 1998 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 17 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 80 2 ITA Ferrari 69 3 ITA Benetton-Playlife 27 4 GBR Williams-Mecachrome 19 5 GBR Stewart-Ford 5Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References French Grand Prix 1998 1998 Canadian Grand Prix 1998 British Grand Prix 1997 French Grand Prix 1999 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix French Grand Prix