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1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix

30 Aug 1998Spa-Francorchamps306.592 km (6968 m x 44 Laps)

 Pole Position: Mika Häkkinen, McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes, 1:48.682 (230.809 km/h) Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F300, 2:03.766 (202.679 km/h lap 9) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:43:47.407 177.238 km/h 2 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:43:48.339 177.211 km/h 3 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:43:54.647 177.032 km/h 4 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:44:19.650 176.325 km/h 5 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:44:39.089 175.779 km/h 6 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot -2 Laps 7 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes -5 Laps 8 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford -5 Laps Did Not Finish: 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 26 Collision with Nakano 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 25 Collision with Coulthard 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 25 Spun off 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 17 Gearbox 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 16 Spun off 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 10 Spun off 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 8 Engine 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 0 Collision with Herbert 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 0 Collision with Coulthard 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 0 Collision with Häkkinen Did Not Start: 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 0 Collision 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 0 Collision 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 0 Collision 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 0 Collision Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total Safety Car 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1-7 26 1-2 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 8-25 18 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 26-44 29-32 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 2:03.766 202.679 9 2 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 2:05.630 199.672 7 3 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 2:06.284 198.638 7 4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 2:06.561 198.203 6 5 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 2:07.597 196.594 7 6 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 2:07.825 196.243 8 7 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 2:08.399 195.366 7 8 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 2:09.528 193.663 5 9 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 2:10.950 191.560 33 10 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 2:11.331 191.004 5 11 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 2:11.701 190.468 13 12 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 2:12.327 189.567 6 13 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 2:12.425 189.426 8 14 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 2:13.230 188.282 12 15 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 2:19.996 179.182 5 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:48.682 230.809 West McLaren Mercedes 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:48.845 230.464 West McLaren Mercedes 3 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:49.728 228.609 Benson&Hedges Jordan 4 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:50.027 227.988 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 5 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:50.189 227.652 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 6 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:50.204 227.622 Winfield Williams 7 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:50.462 227.090 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 8 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:50.501 227.010 Benson&Hedges Jordan 9 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:50.686 226.630 Winfield Williams 10 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:51.189 225.605 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 11 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:51.648 224.678 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 12 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:51.851 224.270 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 13 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:52.572 222.833 Gauloises Prost Peugeot 14 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:52.670 222.640 HSBC Stewart Ford 15 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:52.784 222.415 Gauloises Prost Peugeot 16 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:53.037 221.917 Danka Zepter Arrows 17 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:53.149 221.697 HSBC Stewart Ford 18 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:53.207 221.583 Danka Zepter Arrows 19 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:53.237 221.525 PIAA Tyrrell 20 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:54.850 218.414 PIAA Tyrrell 21 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:55.084 217.969 Fondmetal Minardi Team 22 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:55.520 217.147 Fondmetal Minardi Team Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:51.895 224.182 2 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:51.906 224.160 3 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:52.629 222.721 4 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:53.100 221.793 5 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:53.534 220.945 6 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:53.589 220.838 7 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:53.601 220.815 8 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:53.660 220.700 9 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:54.116 219.818 10 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:54.130 219.791 11 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:54.158 219.738 12 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:54.171 219.713 13 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:54.433 219.209 14 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:54.878 218.360 15 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:55.182 217.784 16 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:55.263 217.631 17 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:55.730 216.753 18 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:56.080 216.099 19 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:56.431 215.448 20 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:57.014 214.374 21 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:57.682 213.157 22 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:58.178 212.263 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:50.319 227.384 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:50.702 226.598 3 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:51.368 225.242 4 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:51.859 224.254 5 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:51.972 224.027 6 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:52.058 223.856 7 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:52.102 223.768 8 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:52.136 223.700 9 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:52.346 223.282 10 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:52.542 222.893 11 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:53.020 221.950 12 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:53.379 221.247 13 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:53.898 220.239 14 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:53.933 220.172 15 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:54.071 219.905 16 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:54.814 218.482 17 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:55.049 218.036 18 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:55.302 217.557 19 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:55.451 217.277 20 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:56.329 215.637 21 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:56.604 215.128 22 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:57.000 214.400 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 2:07.839 196.222 2 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 2:08.608 195.049 3 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 2:09.120 194.275 4 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 2:09.127 194.265 5 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 2:09.539 193.647 6 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 2:10.076 192.847 7 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 2:10.258 192.578 8 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 2:10.917 191.608 9 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 2:11.374 190.942 10 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 2:11.546 190.692 11 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 2:11.860 190.238 12 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 2:13.781 187.506 13 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 2:13.853 187.406 14 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 2:14.038 187.147 15 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 2:14.147 186.995 16 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 2:14.680 186.255 17 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 2:16.139 184.259 18 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 2:16.174 184.211 19 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 2:16.217 184.153 20 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 2:17.733 182.126 21 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 2:20.842 178.106 22 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 2:26.065 171.737 Notes:
  • Race was interrupted after 1st lap (massive collision). Restarted for original distance.
  • Weather: Overcast, Cold, Rain.
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