1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix
- Date
- 27 Sept 1998
- Circuit
- Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
- Round
- 15 of 16
- Winner
- Mika Häkkinen (McLaren)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 3 | 67 | 1:32:14.789 | 1:20.450 | 10 |
| 2 | 3 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 67 | +2.212 | 6 | |
| 3 | 7 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 5 | 67 | +34.164 | 4 | |
| 4 | 4 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 2 | 67 | +58.183 | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 7 | 67 | +60.248 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 4 | 67 | +61.360 | 1 | |
| 7 | 6 | WURAlexander Wurz | Benetton | 8 | 67 | +64.790 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 9 | 66 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | HILDamon Hill | Jordan | 10 | 66 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 10 | 14 | ALEJean Alesi | Sauber | 11 | 66 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 11 | 18 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 12 | 65 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 11 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 15 | 65 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 19 | VERJos Verstappen | Stewart | 18 | 65 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 14 | 17 | SALMika Salo | Arrows | 16 | 65 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 15 | 22 | NAKShinji Nakano | Minardi | 20 | 65 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 16 | 21 | TAKToranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 19 | 65 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 23 | TUEEsteban Tuero | Minardi | 21 | 56 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 10 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 6 | 53 | Brakes | 0 | |
| R | 15 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 13 | 37 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 20 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 22 | 36 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 12 | TRUJarno Trulli | Prost | 14 | 6 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | 16 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 17 | 6 | Hydraulics | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Mika Häkkinen: 2 stops (laps 28, 48), stints of 28, 20, 19 laps
- 2nd
- Michael Schumacher: 2 stops (laps 24, 47), stints of 24, 23, 20 laps
- 3rd
- David Coulthard: 2 stops (laps 29, 52), stints of 29, 23, 15 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 2 · 2 stops: 14
- First stops
- median lap 26 of 67
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 2 | 28 (27.2 s), 48 (24.9 s) | 282019 |
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 24 (26.9 s), 47 (25.9 s) | 242320 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 2 | 29 (27.4 s), 52 (25.7 s) | 292315 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 2 | 25 (28.4 s), 49 (25.5 s) | 252418 |
| FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | 2 | 26 (27.5 s), 43 (27.3 s) | 261724 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 23 (29.6 s), 42 (28.2 s) | 231925 |
| WURAlexander Wurz | 2 | 24 (30.8 s), 43 (28.7 s) | 241924 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 2 | 31 (30.7 s), 45 (27.6 s) | 311421 |
| HILDamon Hill | 2 | 26 (27.5 s), 51 (26.5 s) | 262515 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 27 (26.9 s), 48 (26.5 s) | 272118 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 1 | 34 (30.5 s) | 3431 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 2 | 25 (28.7 s), 43 (28.2 s) | 251822 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 2 | 22 (30.4 s), 43 (29.4 s) | 222122 |
| SALMika Salo | 2 | 25 (30.4 s), 42 (28.3 s) | 251723 |
| NAKShinji Nakano | 1 | 39 (30.0 s) | 3926 |
| TAKToranosuke Takagi | 2 | 22 (29.3 s), 45 (27.5 s) | 222320 |
| TUEEsteban Tuero | 2 | 1 (713.1 s), 35 (29.6 s) | 3421 |
| SCHRalf Schumacher | 2 | 22 (28.6 s), 48 (26.7 s) | 22265 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 1 | 26 (26.1 s) | 2611 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 1 | 20 (28.8 s) | 2016 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 7 | 90 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 6 | 86 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 52 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 41 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 0 | 14 |