Luxembourg 1998: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:18.561
2	Irvine	Ferrari	1:18.907	+0.346
3	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:18.940	+0.379
4	Fisichella	Benetton	1:19.048	+0.487
5	Coulthard	McLaren	1:19.169	+0.608
6	Schumacher	Jordan	1:19.455	+0.894
7	Frentzen	Williams	1:19.522	+0.961
8	Wurz	Benetton	1:19.569	+1.008
9	Villeneuve	Williams	1:19.631	+1.070
10	Hill	Jordan	1:19.807	+1.246
11	Alesi	Sauber	1:20.493	+1.932
12	Barrichello	Stewart	1:20.530	+1.969
13	Herbert	Sauber	1:20.650	+2.089
14	Trulli	Prost	1:20.709	+2.148
15	Panis	Prost	1:21.048	+2.487
16	Salo	Arrows	1:21.120	+2.559
17	Diniz	Arrows	1:21.258	+2.697
18	Verstappen	Stewart	1:21.501	+2.940
19	Takagi	Tyrrell	1:21.525	+2.964
20	Nakano	Minardi	1:22.078	+3.517
21	Tuero	Minardi	1:22.146	+3.585
22	Rosset	Tyrrell	1:22.822	+4.261

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 HäkkinenFastest lap	McLaren	3	67	1:32:14.789	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	67	+2.212	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	5	67	+34.164	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	2	67	+58.183	2	Ferrari	Goodyear
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	7	67	+1:00.248	2	Mecachrome	Goodyear
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	4	67	+1:01.360	2	Playlife	Bridgestone
7	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	8	67	+1:04.790	2	Playlife	Bridgestone
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	9	66	+1 lap	2	Mecachrome	Goodyear
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	10	66	+1 lap	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	11	66	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Goodyear
11	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	12	65	+2 laps	1	Ford	Bridgestone
12	Olivier Panis	Prost	15	65	+2 laps	2	Peugeot	Bridgestone
13	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	18	65	+2 laps	2	Ford	Bridgestone
14	Mika Salo	Arrows	16	65	+2 laps	2	Arrows	Bridgestone
15	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	20	65	+2 laps	1	Ford	Bridgestone
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	19	65	+2 laps	2	Ford	Goodyear
NC	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	21	56	+11 laps	2	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	6	53	Brakes	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	13	37	Engine	1	Petronas	Goodyear
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	36	Engine	1	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost	14	6	Transmission	0	Peugeot	Bridgestone
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	17	6	Hydraulics	0	Arrows	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen18→13+5
Nakano20→15+5
Panis15→12+3
Takagi19→16+3
Häkkinen3→1+2
Coulthard5→3+2
Frentzen7→5+2
Salo16→14+2
Wurz8→7+1
Villeneuve9→8+1
Hill10→9+1
Alesi11→10+1
Barrichello12→11+1
Schumacher1→2-1
Irvine2→4-2
Fisichella4→6-2

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

Fastest pit stops

1Häkkinen24.858R48
2Irvine25.509R49
3Coulthard25.669R52
4Schumacher25.895R47
5Herbert26.052R26
6Alesi26.470R48
7Hill26.544R51
8Schumacher26.710R48
9Alesi26.865R27
10Schumacher26.933R24

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

Stints of the top 10

Häkkinen2820192 stops
Schumacher2423202 stops
Coulthard2923152 stops
Irvine2524182 stops
Frentzen2617242 stops
Fisichella2319252 stops
Wurz2419242 stops
Villeneuve3114212 stops · +1 lap
Hill2625152 stops · +1 lap
Alesi2721182 stops · +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

SchumacherBrakesJordan
HerbertEngineSauber
RossetEngineTyrrell
TrulliTransmissionProst
DinizHydraulicsArrows

This race in history

27 races here since 1951Won from pole: 12 of 27

Win from furthest back (P10): Carlos Reutemann 1975

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

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