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1998 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

01 Oct 1998Suzuka298.868 km (5864 m x 51 Laps - 196 m) *

 Pole Position: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F300, 1:36.293 (219.231 km/h) Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher, Ferrari F300, 1:40.190 (210.704 km/h lap 19) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:27:22.535 205.364 km/h 2 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:27:29.026 205.111 km/h 3 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:27:50.197 204.287 km/h 4 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:28:36.026 202.525 km/h 5 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:28:36.392 202.511 km/h 6 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:28:38.402 202.435 km/h 7 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:28:58.588 201.670 km/h 8 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:29:03.837 201.471 km/h 9 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife -1 Lap 10 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas -1 Lap 11 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot -1 Lap 12 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 48 Engine Did Not Finish: 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 40 Throttle 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 31 Puncture 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 28 Collision with Tuero 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 28 Collision with Takagi 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 25 Hydraulics 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 21 Gearbox 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 14 Hydraulics 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 13 Engine 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 2 Spun off Did Not Qualify: 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1-51 51 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:40.190 210.704 19 2 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:40.426 210.209 35 3 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:40.870 209.283 36 4 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:40.905 209.211 42 5 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:42.273 206.412 40 6 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:42.275 206.408 38 7 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:42.331 206.295 36 8 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:42.335 206.287 20 9 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:42.357 206.243 31 10 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:42.858 205.238 38 11 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:42.965 205.025 4 12 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:43.073 204.810 49 13 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:43.164 204.630 42 14 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:43.447 204.070 18 15 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:44.158 202.677 37 16 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:44.947 201.153 8 17 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:45.304 200.471 14 18 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:45.673 199.771 23 19 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:45.792 199.546 21 20 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:45.840 199.456 19 21 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:46.099 198.969 2 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:36.293 219.231 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 2 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:36.471 218.826 West McLaren Mercedes 3 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:37.496 216.526 West McLaren Mercedes 4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:38.197 214.980 Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 5 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:38.272 214.816 Winfield Williams 6 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:38.448 214.432 Winfield Williams 7 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:38.461 214.404 Benson&Hedges Jordan 8 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:38.603 214.095 Benson&Hedges Jordan 9 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:38.959 213.325 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 10 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:39.080 213.064 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 11 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:39.234 212.734 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 12 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:39.448 212.276 Red Bull Sauber Petronas 13 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:40.037 211.026 Gauloises Prost Peugeot 14 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01B-Peugeot 1:40.111 210.870 Gauloises Prost Peugeot 15 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:40.387 210.290 Danka Zepter Arrows 16 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:40.502 210.050 HSBC Stewart Ford 17 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:40.619 209.805 PIAA Tyrrell 18 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:40.687 209.664 Danka Zepter Arrows 19 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:40.943 209.132 HSBC Stewart Ford 20 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:41.315 208.364 Fondmetal Minardi Team 21 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:42.358 206.241 Fondmetal Minardi Team Did Not Qualify: 1:43.033 107% 22 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:43.259 204.441 PIAA Tyrrell Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:39.823 211.478 2 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:40.336 210.397 3 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:40.389 210.286 4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:40.615 209.814 5 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:40.644 209.753 6 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:40.845 209.335 7 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:41.098 208.811 8 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:41.252 208.494 9 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:42.191 206.578 10 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:42.224 206.511 11 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:42.628 205.698 12 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:42.833 205.288 13 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01B-Peugeot 1:43.121 204.715 14 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:43.493 203.979 15 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:43.634 203.701 16 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:43.788 203.399 17 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:43.854 203.270 18 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:43.894 203.192 19 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:44.468 202.075 20 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:44.632 201.759 21 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:45.054 200.948 22 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:46.396 198.413 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:38.429 214.473 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:38.673 213.943 3 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:38.752 213.772 4 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:38.874 213.508 5 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:39.883 211.351 6 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:40.003 211.098 7 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:40.146 210.796 8 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:40.265 210.546 9 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:40.552 209.945 10 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:40.857 209.310 11 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:40.925 209.169 12 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:41.002 209.010 13 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:41.105 208.797 14 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:41.172 208.659 15 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:41.543 207.896 16 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:41.823 207.324 17 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:41.889 207.190 18 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:41.924 207.119 19 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01B-Peugeot 1:42.786 205.382 20 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:43.013 204.929 21 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:43.048 204.860 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari F300 1:40.431 210.198 2 7 David Coulthard McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:40.710 209.616 3 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13-Mercedes 1:41.056 208.898 4 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:41.119 208.768 5 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari F300 1:41.246 208.506 6 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:41.452 208.083 7 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams FW20-Mecachrome 1:41.510 207.964 8 9 Damon Hill Jordan 198-Mugen-Honda 1:41.902 207.164 9 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton B198-Playlife 1:42.611 205.732 10 17 Mika Salo Arrows A19 1:42.650 205.654 11 14 Jean Alési Sauber C17-Petronas 1:42.700 205.554 12 11 Olivier Panis Prost AP01-Peugeot 1:42.727 205.500 13 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber C17-Petronas 1:42.837 205.280 14 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton B198-Playlife 1:42.881 205.192 15 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi M198-Ford 1:43.593 203.782 16 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 026-Ford 1:43.776 203.423 17 12 Jarno Trulli Prost AP01B-Peugeot 1:43.834 203.309 18 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart SF2-Ford 1:43.935 203.112 19 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart SF2-Ford 1:44.205 202.585 20 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows A19 1:44.273 202.453 21 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi M198-Ford 1:45.733 199.658 Notes:
  • Trulli crashed Prost AP01B in warm up, raced in Prost AP01.
  • Race was interrupted after start twice and two additional formation laps raced (Trulli, then M.Schumacher stalled on grid).
  • Trulli and M.Schumacher started from back of the grid.
  • Race was scheduled for 53 laps (310.596 km), raced 51 laps.
  • Weather: Partially cloudy, Mild, Dry.
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