1998 Formula One season

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The 1998 Formula One season was the 49th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 8, 1998, and ended on November 1 after sixteen races.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine †	Tyre	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Winfield Williams	Williams	FW20	Mecachrome GC37-01	G	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Juan Pablo Montoya Max Wilson
					2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F300	Ferrari 047	G	3	Michael Schumacher	Luca Badoer
					4	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	B198	Playlife GC37-01	B	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	n/a
					6	Alexander Wurz
West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-13	Mercedes FO110G	B	7	David Coulthard	Ricardo Zonta Nick Heidfeld
					8	Mika Häkkinen
Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC	G	9	Damon Hill	Pedro De La Rosa
					10	Ralf Schumacher
Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	AP01	Peugeot A16	B	11	Olivier Panis	Stephane Sarrazin
					12	Jarno Trulli
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C17	Petronas SPE-01D	G	14	Jean Alesi	Jörg Müller
					15	Johnny Herbert
Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	A19	Arrows T2-F1	B	16	Pedro Diniz	Emmanuel Collard Stephen Watson
					17	Mika Salo
Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF02	Ford VJ Zetec-R	B	18	Rubens Barrichello	n/a
					19	Jan Magnussen
						Jos Verstappen
Tyrrell	Tyrrell	026	Ford JD Zetec-R	G	20	Ricardo Rosset	n/a
					21	Toranosuke Takagi
Fondmetal Minardi Team	Minardi	M198	Ford JD Zetec-R	B	22	Shinji Nakano	Laurent Redon
					23	Esteban Tuero

^† All engines were 3.0 litre, V10 configuration.

Season review

Grands Prix

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning Driver	Constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	March 8	Melbourne	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 29	Interlagos	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
3	Argentine Grand Prix	April 12	Oscar Gálvez	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	April 26	Imola	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	May 10	Catalunya	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	May 24	Monaco	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	June 7	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
8	French Grand Prix	June 28	Magny-Cours	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 12	Silverstone	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
10	Austrian Grand Prix	July 26	A1-Ring	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
11	German Grand Prix	August 2	Hockenheimring	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 16	Hungaroring	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
13	Belgian Grand Prix	August 30	Spa-Francorchamps	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	September 13	Monza	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
15	Luxembourg Grand Prix	September 27	Nürburgring	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	November 1	Suzuka	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report

1998 Constructors Championship final standings

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-13		B	156	9	20	12
2	Ferrari	F300		G	133	6	19	3
3	Williams-Mecachrome	FW20		G	38		3
4	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	198		G	34	1	3
5	Benetton-Playlife	B198		B	33		2	1
6	Sauber-Petronas	C17		G	10		1
7	Arrows	A19		B	6
8	Stewart-Ford	SF02		B	5
9	Prost-Peugeot	AP01		B	1
10	Tyrrell-Ford	026		G
11	Minardi-Ford	M198		B

1998 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver AUS BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA LUX JPN Points 1 Häkkinen 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 3 2 1 1 6 Ret 4 1 1 100 2 M.Schumacher Ret 3 1 2 3 10 1 1 1 3 5 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 86 3 Coulthard 2 2 6 1 2 Ret Ret 6 Ret 2 2 2 7 Ret 3 3 56 4 Irvine 4 8 3 3 Ret 3 3 2 3 4 8 Ret Ret 2 4 2 47 5 Villeneuve 5 7 Ret 4 6 5 10 4 7 6 3 3 Ret Ret 8 6 21 6 Hill 8 DSQ 8 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 4 4 1 6 9 4 20 7 Frentzen 3 5 9 5 8 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 9 5 4 7 5 5 17 8 Wurz 7 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 5 4 9 11 16 Ret Ret 7 9 17 9 Fisichella Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 2 2 9 5 Ret 7 8 Ret 8 6 8 16 10 R.Schumacher Ret Ret Ret 7 11 Ret Ret 16 6 5 6 9 2 3 Ret Ret 14 11 Alesi Ret 9 5 6 10 12 Ret 7 Ret Ret 10 7 3 5 10 7 9 12 Barrichello Ret Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret 5 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 4 13 Salo Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 4 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 3 14 Diniz Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 9 14 Ret Ret Ret 11 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 15 Herbert 6 11 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret 10 1 16 Trulli Ret Ret 11 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 6 13 Ret 12 1 17 Magnussen Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 6 1 18 Nakano Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 9 7 17 8 11 Ret 15 8 Ret 15 Ret 0 19 Tuero Ret Ret Ret 8 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 11 NC Ret 0 20 Rosset Ret Ret 14 Ret DNQ DNQ 8 Ret Ret 12 DNQ DNQ Ret 12 Ret DNQ 0 21 Takagi Ret Ret 12 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 9 Ret 13 14 Ret 9 16 Ret 0 22 Panis 9 Ret 15 11 16 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 15 12 Ret Ret 12 11 0 23 Verstappen 12 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR AUT GER HUN BEL ITA LUX JPN Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank Excluded (EX)