Race result

Race results
PosDriverTeamGridLapsTime / StatusPts
1FinnishMika HäkkinenMcLaren3711:3010
2BritishDavid CoulthardMcLaren1471+5.2896
3GermanMichael SchumacherFerrari471+39.0924
4BritishEddie IrvineFerrari871+43.9763
5GermanRalf SchumacherJordan971+50.6542
6CanadianJacques VilleneuveWilliams1171+53.2021
7BritishDamon HillJordan1571+1:13.6240
8BritishJohnny HerbertSauber1870+1 Lap0
9AustrianAlexander WurzBenetton1770+1 Lap0
10ItalianJarno TrulliProst1670+1 Lap0
11JapaneseShinji NakanoMinardi2170+1 Lap0
12BrazilianRicardo RossetTyrrell2269+2 Laps0
RDutchJos VerstappenStewart1251Engine0
RArgentineEsteban TueroMinardi1930Spun off0
RItalianGiancarlo FisichellaBenetton121Collision0
RFrenchJean AlesiSauber221Collision0
RGermanHeinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams716Engine0
RBrazilianRubens BarrichelloStewart58Brakes0
RBrazilianPedro DinizArrows133Collision0
RFinnishMika SaloArrows61Collision0
RFrenchOlivier PanisProst100Clutch0
RJapaneseToranosuke TakagiTyrrell200Collision0

Qualifying

Qualifying results
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
1ItalianGiancarlo FisichellaBenetton1:29.598––
2FrenchJean AlesiSauber1:30.317––
3FinnishMika HäkkinenMcLaren1:30.517––
4GermanMichael SchumacherFerrari1:30.551––
5BrazilianRubens BarrichelloStewart1:31.005––
6FinnishMika SaloArrows1:31.028––
7GermanHeinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams1:31.515––
8BritishEddie IrvineFerrari1:31.651––
9GermanRalf SchumacherJordan1:31.917––
10FrenchOlivier PanisProst1:32.081––
11CanadianJacques VilleneuveWilliams1:32.083––
12DutchJos VerstappenStewart1:32.099––
13BrazilianPedro DinizArrows1:32.206––
14BritishDavid CoulthardMcLaren1:32.399––
15BritishDamon HillJordan1:32.718––
16ItalianJarno TrulliProst1:32.906––
17AustrianAlexander WurzBenetton1:33.185––
18BritishJohnny HerbertSauber1:33.205––
19ArgentineEsteban TueroMinardi1:33.399––
20JapaneseToranosuke TakagiTyrrell1:34.090––
21JapaneseShinji NakanoMinardi1:34.536––
22BrazilianRicardo RossetTyrrell1:34.910––

About the Grand Prix

The 1998 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the A1-Ring on 26 July 1998. It was the tenth round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. A wet-dry qualifying session resulted in a mixed-up grid order, with Giancarlo Fisichella taking the first pole position of his career. The 71-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen for McLaren, with teammate David Coulthard recovering to finish second, having been involved in two collisions during the race, and Michael Schumacher finishing third for Ferrari.

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