Japan 1998: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.293
2	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.471	+0.178
3	Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.496	+1.203
4	Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.197	+1.904
5	Frentzen	Williams	1:38.272	+1.979
6	Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.448	+2.155
7	Schumacher	Jordan	1:38.461	+2.168
8	Hill	Jordan	1:38.603	+2.310
9	Wurz	Benetton	1:38.959	+2.666
10	Fisichella	Benetton	1:39.080	+2.787
11	Herbert	Sauber	1:39.234	+2.941
12	Alesi	Sauber	1:39.448	+3.155
13	Panis	Prost	1:40.037	+3.744
14	Trulli	Prost	1:40.111	+3.818
15	Salo	Arrows	1:40.387	+4.094
16	Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.502	+4.209
17	Takagi	Tyrrell	1:40.619	+4.326
18	Diniz	Arrows	1:40.687	+4.394
19	Verstappen	Stewart	1:40.943	+4.650
20	Nakano	Minardi	1:41.315	+5.022
21	Tuero	Minardi	1:42.358	+6.065
22	Rosset	Tyrrell	1:43.259	+6.966

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	2	51	1:27:22.535	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	51	+6.491	3	Ferrari	Goodyear
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	51	+27.662	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	8	51	+1:13.491	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	5	51	+1:13.857	2	Mecachrome	Goodyear
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	51	+1:15.867	2	Mecachrome	Goodyear
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	12	51	+1:36.053	2	Petronas	Goodyear
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10	51	+1:41.301	2	Playlife	Bridgestone
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	9	50	+1 lap	2	Playlife	Bridgestone
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	11	50	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Goodyear
11	Olivier Panis	Prost	13	50	+1 lap	2	Peugeot	Bridgestone
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	14	48	Engine	2	Peugeot	Bridgestone
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	20	40	Throttle	2	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Michael SchumacherFastest lap	Ferrari	1	31	Tyre	1	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	17	28	Collision damage	2	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	21	28	Collision	1	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	16	25	Hydraulics	2	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	19	21	Gearbox	1	Ford	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	15	14	Hydraulics	0	Arrows	Bridgestone
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	7	13	Engine	0	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	18	2	Spun off	0	Arrows	Bridgestone
DNQ	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	-			0	Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Alesi12→7+5
Hill8→4+4
Irvine4→2+2
Fisichella10→8+2
Panis13→11+2
Trulli14→12+2
Häkkinen2→1+1
Herbert11→10+1
Coulthard3→30
Frentzen5→50
Villeneuve6→60
Wurz9→90

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

Fastest pit stops

1Schumacher29.395R16
2Irvine29.520R39
3Irvine29.670R28
4Frentzen29.683R34
5Alesi30.239R35
6Fisichella30.415R15
7Irvine30.693R15
8Häkkinen30.832R18
9Herbert30.859R36
10Coulthard30.963R21

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

Stints of the top 10

Häkkinen1814192 stops
Irvine151311123 stops
Coulthard2117132 stops
Hill1419182 stops
Frentzen1915172 stops
Villeneuve1815182 stops
Alesi1916162 stops
Fisichella1514222 stops
Wurz1416202 stops · +1 lap
Herbert2016142 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

TrulliEngine, classified P12Prost
NakanoThrottleMinardi
SchumacherTyreFerrari
TakagiCollision damageTyrrell
TueroCollisionMinardi
BarrichelloHydraulicsStewart
VerstappenGearboxStewart
SaloHydraulicsArrows
SchumacherEngineJordan
DinizSpun offArrows

This race in history

11 races here since 1987Won from pole: 4 of 11

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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

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