1998 Monaco Grand Prix

March 2021 F1 1998 Spanish Grand Prix 1998 Canadian Grand Prix Monaco Monaco Circuit Monaco.svg 24 May 1998 6 16 Grand Prix de Monaco Street circuit Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 2.092 3.367 78 163.188 262.626 Hot and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 22 C FWeather info for the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix at Weather Underground Mika Häkkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.798 Mika Häkkinen FIN McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.948 29 Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes FIN Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife ITA Eddie Irvine Ferrari GBR MON The 1998 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 24 May 1998. It was the sixth race of the 1998 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Finnish driver Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, his fourth win of the season. Häkkinen recorded a grand chelem, having taken pole position, led every lap of the race and set the fastest lap. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella finished second in a Benetton-Playlife, with Northern Irishman Eddie Irvine third in a Ferrari. This would be the last grand chelem by a McLaren driver until 27 years later, when Oscar Piastri achieved the same feat at the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix. Qualifying Qualifying report Qualifying saw Mika Häkkinen take his fourth pole position of the season by 0.339 seconds from McLaren teammate David Coulthard. In a surprise, Giancarlo Fisichella took third in his Benetton, over half a second behind Häkkinen but over three-tenths ahead of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari in fourth. Heinz-Harald Frentzen was fifth in the Williams; his teammate, reigning World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, could only manage 13th. The top ten was completed by Alexander Wurz in the second Benetton, Eddie Irvine in the second Ferrari, Mika Salo in the Arrows, Johnny Herbert in the Sauber and Jarno Trulli in the Prost. After a series of incidents in his Tyrrell, Ricardo Rosset failed to set a time within 107% of Häkkinen's pole time and so did not qualify for the race.Ricardo Rosset - Biography http://f1rejects.com/drivers/rosset/biography.html Formula One Rejects 16 August 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20130321220045/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/rosset/biography.html 21 March 2013 6 March 2021 Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Time Gap 1 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.798 2 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.137 +0.339 3 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:20.368 +0.570 4 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.702 +0.904 5 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 1:20.729 +0.931 6 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:20.955 +1.157 7 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:21.712 +1.914 8 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 1:22.144 +2.346 9 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:22.157 +2.359 10 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:22.238 +2.440 11 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:22.257 +2.459 12 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:22.355 +2.557 13 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 1:22.468 +2.670 14 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:22.540 +2.742 15 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:23.151 +3.353 16 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:23.263 +3.465 17 19 DEN Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1:23.411 +3.613 18 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:23.536 +3.738 19 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 1:23.957 +4.159 20 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.024 +4.226 21 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 1:24.031 +4.233107% time: 1:25.383 DNQ Did not qualify 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.737 +5.939 Source:Grand Prix de Monaco 1998 – Qualifying https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/676/monaco/qualifying-0.html Formula1.com Formula One World Championship Ltd 23 May 1998 27 October 2017 Race Race report A perfect start from both McLarens saw them lead through the first corner, with Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard, followed by Fisichella and Michael Schumacher. Esteban Tuero became the first retirement when he ran wide at Massenet in his Minardi and hit the armco barrier. In the early stages the McLarens pulled ahead, netting 12 fastest laps between them from laps 4 to 12. On lap 10, Frentzen and Irvine collided at the Loews hairpin; Frentzen retired but Irvine was able to continue. Rubens Barrichello dropped out on lap 12 with a suspension failure in his Stewart; his teammate Jan Magnussen suffered the same problem shortly before half distance. On lap 18, Coulthard's engine blew, promoting Fisichella to second. Michael Schumacher was first to pit for fuel on lap 30. Fisichella pitted the following lap, coming out of the pits behind the Ferrari. Soon Michael came up behind Fisichella's teammate, Wurz, and tried to get past. At the Loews hairpin, Michael went down the inside but Wurz did not give way. The two cars touched and the Ferrari was damaged. Michael pitted for repairs, eventually coming out three laps down on Häkkinen. Wurz appeared unaffected, but on lap 43 his suspension broke due to damage from the collision and he had a huge accident coming out of the tunnel, finally stopping at the Nouvelle Chicane. Ralf Schumacher suffered a suspension failure in his Jordan on lap 45, before the two Prosts retired within seven laps of each other, Olivier Panis with wheel problems on lap 50 and Trulli with a gearbox failure on lap 57. By this point, Salo had moved up to fourth behind Häkkinen, Fisichella and Irvine, with Jean Alesi fifth in the Sauber and Villeneuve sixth. On lap 73, Alesi's gearbox failed, promoting Pedro Diniz in the second Arrows to sixth, just ahead of the recovering Michael Schumacher. Attempting to overtake Diniz at the Nouvelle Chicane on the final lap, Michael lost control and hit the back of the Arrows, losing his front wing; he ended up finishing tenth, two laps down. Häkkinen's final margin of victory over Fisichella was 11.4 seconds, with another 30 seconds back to Irvine and a further 19 to Salo, the last driver on the lead lap. Villeneuve was fifth with Diniz holding on to sixth. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 FIN Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 78 1:51:23.595 1 10 2 5 ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 78 + 11.475 3 6 3 4 GBR Eddie Irvine Ferrari 78 + 41.378 7 4 4 17 FIN Mika Salo Arrows 78 + 1:00.363 8 3 5 1 CAN Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 77 + 1 lap 13 2 6 16 BRA Pedro Diniz Arrows 77 + 1 lap 12 1 7 15 GBR Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 77 + 1 lap 9   8 9 GBR Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 76 + 2 laps 15   9 22 JPN 1947 Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 76 + 2 laps 19   10 3 GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 76 + 2 laps 4   11 21 JPN 1947 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 76 + 2 laps 20   12 14 FRA Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 72 Gearbox 11   Ret Retired 12 ITA Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 56 Gearbox 10   Ret Retired 11 FRA Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 49 Wheel 18   Ret Retired 10 GER Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 44 Suspension 16   Ret Retired 6 AUT Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 42 Accident damage 6   Ret Retired 19 DEN Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 30 Suspension 17   Ret Retired 7 GBR David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 17 Engine 2   Ret Retired 18 BRA Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 11 Suspension 14   Ret Retired 2 GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 9 Collision 5   Ret Retired 23 ARG Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 0 Spun off 21   DNQ Did not qualify 20 BRA Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 107% rule   Source:Grand Prix de Monaco 1998 – Race Result https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/676/monaco/race-result.html Formula1.com Formula One World Championship Ltd 24 May 1998 27 October 2017 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 FIN Mika Häkkinen 46 2 GBR David Coulthard 29 3 GER Michael Schumacher 24 4 GBR Eddie Irvine 15 5 AUT Alexander Wurz 9Source:Monaco 1998 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/monaco/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 75 2 ITA Ferrari 39 3 GBR Williams-Mecachrome 16 4 ITA Benetton-Playlife 16 5 GBR Arrows 4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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