1998 Canadian Grand Prix
- Date
- 7 Jun 1998
- Circuit
- Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
- Round
- 7 of 16
- Winner
- Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | 69 | 1:40:57.355 | 1:19.379 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 4 | 69 | +16.662 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | 69 | +60.058 | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | WURAlexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | 69 | +63.232 | 3 | |
| 5 | 18 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 13 | 69 | +81.512 | 2 | |
| 6 | 19 | MAGJan Magnussen | Stewart | 20 | 68 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 22 | NAKShinji Nakano | Minardi | 18 | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 20 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 22 | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 9 | 16 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 19 | 68 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | 63 | +6 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 23 | TUEEsteban Tuero | Minardi | 21 | 53 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 9 | HILDamon Hill | Jordan | 10 | 42 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 11 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 15 | 39 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 2 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 7 | 20 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 7 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 18 | Throttle | 0 | |
| R | 15 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 12 | 18 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 17 | SALMika Salo | Arrows | 17 | 18 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 8 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 2 | 0 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 10 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 5 | 0 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| R | 14 | ALEJean Alesi | Sauber | 9 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 12 | TRUJarno Trulli | Prost | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 21 | TAKToranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 16 | 0 | Transmission | 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
- Michael Schumacher: 3 stops (laps 20, 35, 50), stints of 20, 15, 15, 19 laps
- 2nd
- Giancarlo Fisichella: 1 stop (lap 44), stints of 44, 25 laps
- 3rd
- Eddie Irvine: 3 stops (laps 1, 38, 55), stints of 1, 37, 17, 14 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 5 · 2 stops: 2 · 3 or more: 3
- First stops
- median lap 22 of 69
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 3 | 20 (25.5 s), 35 (27.0 s), 50 (24.1 s) | 20151519 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 44 (27.4 s) | 4425 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 3 | 1 (53.5 s), 38 (25.5 s), 55 (23.5 s) | 371714 |
| WURAlexander Wurz | 1 | 40 (28.0 s) | 4029 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 2 | 21 (29.2 s), 48 (25.6 s) | 212721 |
| MAGJan Magnussen | 1 | 35 (27.8 s) | 3533 |
| NAKShinji Nakano | 1 | 39 (29.1 s) | 3929 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 3 | 15 (30.6 s), 21 (30.3 s), 62 (25.2 s) | 156416 |
| DINPedro Diniz | 2 | 14 (29.0 s), 37 (31.4 s) | 142331 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 1 | 23 (460.1 s) | 2340 |
| TUEEsteban Tuero | 1 | 23 (35.0 s) | 2330 |
| HILDamon Hill | 3 | 39 (28.2 s), 41 (36.7 s), 42 (172.7 s) | 39 |
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 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | 34 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 29 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 0 | 3 |