Austria 1998: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Fisichella	Benetton	1:29.598
2	Alesi	Sauber	1:30.317	+0.719
3	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:30.517	+0.919
4	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:30.551	+0.953
5	Barrichello	Stewart	1:31.005	+1.407
6	Salo	Arrows	1:31.028	+1.430
7	Frentzen	Williams	1:31.515	+1.917
8	Irvine	Ferrari	1:31.651	+2.053
9	Schumacher	Jordan	1:31.917	+2.319
10	Panis	Prost	1:32.081	+2.483
11	Villeneuve	Williams	1:32.083	+2.485
12	Verstappen	Stewart	1:32.099	+2.501
13	Diniz	Arrows	1:32.206	+2.608
14	Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.399	+2.801
15	Hill	Jordan	1:32.718	+3.120
16	Trulli	Prost	1:32.906	+3.308
17	Wurz	Benetton	1:33.185	+3.587
18	Herbert	Sauber	1:33.205	+3.607
19	Tuero	Minardi	1:33.399	+3.801
20	Takagi	Tyrrell	1:34.090	+4.492
21	Nakano	Minardi	1:34.536	+4.938
22	Rosset	Tyrrell	1:34.910	+5.312

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	71	1:30:44.086	1	Mercedes	Bridgestone
2	David CoulthardFastest lap	McLaren	14	71	+5.289	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	71	+39.093	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	8	71	+43.977	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	9	71	+50.655	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	11	71	+53.202	1	Mecachrome	Goodyear
7	Damon Hill	Jordan	15	71	+1:13.624	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	18	70	+1 lap	1	Petronas	Goodyear
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	17	70	+1 lap	2	Playlife	Bridgestone
10	Jarno Trulli	Prost	16	70	+1 lap	1	Peugeot	Bridgestone
11	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	21	70	+1 lap	1	Ford	Bridgestone
12	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	69	+2 laps	2	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	12	51	Engine	2	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	19	30	Spun off	3	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1	21	Collision	1	Playlife	Bridgestone
DNF	Jean Alesi	Sauber	2	21	Collision	0	Petronas	Goodyear
DNF	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	7	16	Engine	0	Mecachrome	Goodyear
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	5	8	Brakes	0	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	13	3	Collision	0	Arrows	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	6	1	Collision	0	Arrows	Bridgestone
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost	10	0	Clutch	0	Peugeot	Bridgestone
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	20	0	Collision	0	Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Coulthard14→2+12
Herbert18→8+10
Nakano21→11+10
Rosset22→12+10
Hill15→7+8
Wurz17→9+8
Trulli16→10+6
Villeneuve11→6+5
Irvine8→4+4
Schumacher9→5+4
Häkkinen3→1+2
Schumacher4→3+1

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Tuero15.286R3
2Irvine25.472R52
3Verstappen25.995R46
4Irvine26.375R28
5Schumacher26.404R43
6Hill26.546R45
7Wurz26.617R48
8Hill26.884R19
9Herbert26.912R37
10Schumacher27.079R26

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Häkkinen34371 stop
Coulthard135352 stops
Schumacher1824292 stops
Irvine2824192 stops
Schumacher2617282 stops
Villeneuve43281 stop
Hill1926262 stops
Herbert37331 stop · +1 lap
Wurz2226222 stops · +1 lap
Trulli38321 stop · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

19 races here since 1970Won from pole: 5 of 19

Win from furthest back (P14): Alan Jones 1977

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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