Gridpedia1998 Monaco Grand Prix
- Date
- 24 May 1998
- Circuit
- Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
- Round
- 6 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 | 1 | 78 | 1:51:23.595 | 1:22.948 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 3 | 78 | +11.475 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 7 | 78 | +41.378 | 4 | |
| 4 | 17 | SALMika Salo | Arrows | 8 | 78 | +60.363 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 13 | 77 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 16 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 12 | 77 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 15 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 9 | 77 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 9 | HILDamon Hill | Jordan | 15 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | 22 | NAKShinji Nakano | Minardi | 19 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 10 | 3 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 4 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 11 | 21 | TAKToranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 20 | 76 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 14 | ALEJean Alesi | Sauber | 11 | 72 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 12 | TRUJarno Trulli | Prost | 10 | 56 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 11 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 18 | 49 | Wheel | 0 | |
| R | 10 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 16 | 44 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 6 | WURAlexander Wurz | Benetton | 6 | 42 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 19 | MAGJan Magnussen | Stewart | 17 | 30 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 7 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | 17 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 18 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 14 | 11 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 2 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 5 | 5 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 23 | TUEEsteban Tuero | Minardi | 21 | 0 | Spun off | 0 | |
| F | 20 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Tyrrell | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 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: 1 stop (lap 37), stints of 37, 41 laps
- 2nd
- Giancarlo Fisichella: 1 stop (lap 31), stints of 31, 47 laps
- 3rd
- Eddie Irvine: 1 stop (lap 45), stints of 45, 33 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 9 · 2 stops: 3
- First stops
- median lap 39 of 78
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 1 | 37 (26.6 s) | 3741 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 31 (27.6 s) | 3147 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 1 | 45 (25.3 s) | 4533 |
| SALMika Salo | 1 | 41 (27.4 s) | 4137 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 1 | 54 (24.4 s) | 5423 |
| DINPedro Diniz | 1 | 43 (28.5 s) | 4334 |
| HERJohnny Herbert | 1 | 38 (26.3 s) | 3839 |
| HILDamon Hill | 1 | 43 (26.2 s) | 4333 |
| NAKShinji Nakano | 1 | 40 (30.0 s) | 4036 |
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 30 (24.3 s), 38 (245.3 s) | 30838 |
| TAKToranosuke Takagi | 2 | 20 (26.7 s), 42 (29.9 s) | 202234 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 30 (24.9 s), 55 (24.4 s) | 302517 |
| TRUJarno Trulli | 1 | 37 (30.5 s) | 3719 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 1 | 16 (26.1 s) | 1633 |
| SCHRalf Schumacher | 1 | 44 (35.5 s) | 44 |
| WURAlexander Wurz | 1 | 42 (27.2 s) | 42 |
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 | 4 | 46 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 29 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 0 | 3 |