Spain 1998: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Häkkinen	McLaren	1:20.262
2	Coulthard	McLaren	1:20.996	+0.734
3	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.785	+1.523
4	Fisichella	Benetton	1:21.894	+1.632
5	Wurz	Benetton	1:21.965	+1.703
6	Irvine	Ferrari	1:22.350	+2.088
7	Herbert	Sauber	1:22.794	+2.532
8	Hill	Jordan	1:22.835	+2.573
9	Barrichello	Stewart	1:22.860	+2.598
10	Villeneuve	Williams	1:22.885	+2.623
11	Schumacher	Jordan	1:22.927	+2.665
12	Panis	Prost	1:22.963	+2.701
13	Frentzen	Williams	1:23.197	+2.935
14	Alesi	Sauber	1:23.327	+3.065
15	Diniz	Arrows	1:23.704	+3.442
16	Trulli	Prost	1:23.748	+3.486
17	Salo	Arrows	1:23.887	+3.625
18	Magnussen	Stewart	1:24.112	+3.850
19	Tuero	Minardi	1:24.265	+4.003
20	Nakano	Minardi	1:24.538	+4.276
21	Takagi	Tyrrell	1:24.722	+4.460
22	Rosset	Tyrrell	1:25.946	+5.684

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	1	65	1:33:37.621	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	2	65	+9.439	2	Mercedes	Bridgestone
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	65	+47.094	3	Ferrari	Goodyear
4	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	5	65	+1:02.538	2	Playlife	Bridgestone
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	9	64	+1 lap	2	Ford	Bridgestone
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	10	64	+1 lap	2	Mecachrome	Goodyear
7	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	7	64	+1 lap	2	Petronas	Goodyear
8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	13	63	+2 laps	3	Mecachrome	Goodyear
9	Jarno Trulli	Prost	16	63	+2 laps	2	Peugeot	Bridgestone
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	63	+2 laps	2	Petronas	Goodyear
11	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	11	63	+2 laps	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
12	Jan Magnussen	Stewart	18	63	+2 laps	2	Ford	Bridgestone
13	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	63	+2 laps	2	Ford	Goodyear
14	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	20	63	+2 laps	2	Ford	Bridgestone
15	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	19	63	+2 laps	3	Ford	Bridgestone
16	Olivier Panis	Prost	12	60	Engine	2	Peugeot	Bridgestone
DNF	Damon Hill	Jordan	8	46	Engine	2	Mugen-Honda	Goodyear
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	6	28	Collision	1	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	4	28	Collision	1	Playlife	Bridgestone
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	21	Engine	0	Arrows	Bridgestone
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	15	20	Engine	0	Arrows	Bridgestone
DNQ	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	-			0	Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Takagi21→13+8
Trulli16→9+7
Magnussen18→12+6
Nakano20→14+6
Frentzen13→8+5
Barrichello9→5+4
Villeneuve10→6+4
Alesi14→10+4
Tuero19→15+4
Wurz5→4+1
Häkkinen1→10
Coulthard2→20
Schumacher3→30
Herbert7→70
Schumacher11→110
Panis12→16-4

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

Fastest pit stops

1Coulthard25.156R46
2Alesi25.243R24
3Schumacher25.794R48
4Coulthard25.920R27
5Trulli26.009R24
6Schumacher26.056R27
7Herbert26.194R44
8Wurz26.669R46
9Herbert26.694R22
10Irvine26.982R25

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

Stints of the top 10

Häkkinen2619202 stops
Coulthard2719192 stops
Schumacher27138173 stops
Wurz2323192 stops
Barrichello2222202 stops · +1 lap
Villeneuve2718192 stops · +1 lap
Herbert2222202 stops · +1 lap
Frentzen21919233 stops · +2 laps
Trulli249302 stops · +2 laps
Alesi2410292 stops · +2 laps

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

PanisEngine, classified P16Prost
HillEngineJordan
IrvineCollisionFerrari
FisichellaCollisionBenetton
SaloEngineArrows
DinizEngineArrows

This race in history

7 races here since 1991Won from pole: 4 of 7

Win from furthest back (P3): Michael Schumacher 1996

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

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