1998 San Marino Grand Prix

 1998 San Marino Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 16 races in the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XVIII Gran Premio di San Marino
Date:	April 26, 1998
Place:	Imola
Course:	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Length:	305.846 km in 62 laps of 4.933 km
Weather:	sunny, later slightly cloudy
Spectator:	~ 100,000
Pole position
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 25.627 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Time:	1: 29.345 min (lap 48)
Podium
First:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Third:	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari

The 1998 San Marino Grand Prix (officially XVIII Gran Premio di San Marino ) took place on April 26 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola and was the fourth race of the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship . David Coulthard took first place ahead of Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine .

report

background

It's the 100th race for Mika Häkkinen . Ferrari adapted the "X-Wings" from Tyrrell and only used it in this race, as these wings were declared illegal the day after the race.

training

Friday training

Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time in the first session of the race weekend with 1: 27.617 ahead of his team-mate Coulthard. Michael Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher follow behind.

All drivers were placed within five seconds.

Saturday training

This time Coulthard was the faster of the two McLaren, Häkkinen had to admit defeat by almost a second.

With the exception of Jarno Trulli, who was around 18 seconds behind, all drivers were placed within seven seconds.

Qualifying

The special aerodynamics and Bridgestone tires will benefit the McLarens this weekend: Coulthard took pole position in front of his team-mate Häkkinen, followed by Michael Schumacher, Irvine and Alexander Wurz.

All drivers were placed within five and a half seconds.

Warm-up

Coulthard was the fastest with 1: 28.085, around one and a half seconds ahead of Mika Salo in the Arrows.

All drivers were placed within six seconds.

run

The race was relatively unspectacular, at the start Magnussen collided with Barrichello. The Dane got a new front wing in the pits, while Barrichello turned and had to give up without a rear wing. Just eight laps later, Magnussen also had to retire. Because of the accident, the first rumors of Magnussen's planned dismissal emerged. Alexander Wurz could not defend his good fifth place on the grid because he had a bad start. The reason, however, was not due to a driving error, but rather to transmission problems that forced him to give up 19 laps later. Also with transmission problems, Häkkinen had to give up on lap 17 when he wanted to make a pit stop. On the same lap, Fisichella suffered a serious accident but got away with no major injuries.

Towards the end of the race, Coulthard, who was the leader of the race at the time, had problems with the oil temperature. This forced him to go slower than usual for the last three laps, but that didn't prevent his victory. With Tuero in eighth place, Minardi was able to achieve a sensational top ten result. It should be noted, however, that only nine drivers made it to the finish, or only eleven drivers were rated.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Winfield Williams	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams FW20	Mecachrome 3.0 V10	G
	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari F300	Ferrari 3.0 V10	G
	4th	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton B198	Playlife 3.0 V10	B.
	6th	Alexander Wurz
West McLaren Mercedes	7th	David Coulthard	McLaren MP4 / 13	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	B.
	8th	Mika Hakkinen
Benson & Hedges Jordan	9	Damon Hill	Jordan 197	Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10	G
	10	Ralf Schumacher
Gauloises cheers Peugeot	11	Olivier Panis	Cheers AP01	Peugeot 3.0 V10	B.
	12	Jarno Trulli
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	14th	Jean Alesi	Clean C17	Petronas 3.0 V10	G
	15th	Johnny Herbert
Danka Zepter Arrows	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows A19	Arrows 3.0 V10	B.
	17th	Mika Salo
Stewart Ford	18th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart SF2	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V10	B.
	19th	Jan Magnussen
Tyrrell	20th	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell 026	Ford Zetec-R / 97 3.0 V10	G
	21st	Toranosuke Takagi
Fondmetal Minardi team	22nd	Shinji Nakano	Minardi M198	Ford Zetec-R / 97 3.0 V10	B.
	23	Esteban Tuero

classification

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	time	begin
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 25.627	01
02	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 26.075	02
03	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 26.437	03
04th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 26.705	04th
05	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	1: 27.273	05
06th	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Mecachrome	1: 27.390	06th
07th	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 27.592	07th
08th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Mecachrome	1: 27.645	08th
09	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 27.866	09
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	1: 27.937	10
11	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 28.111	11
12	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	1: 28.191	12
13	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	1: 28.270	13
14th	Mika Salo	Arrows	1: 28.798	14th
15th	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 29.073	15th
16	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	1: 29.584	16
17th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 29.641	17th
18th	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1: 29.932	18th
19th	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	1: 30.649	19th
20th	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1: 31.017	20th
21st	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	1: 31.255	21st
22nd	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 31.482	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 31.621 min (based on the best time of 1: 25.627 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	62	2	1: 34: 24.593	01	1: 29.497
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	62	2	+ 4.554	03	1: 29.345
03	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	62	2	+ 51.775	04th	1: 30.206
04th	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Mecachrome	62	2	+ 54.590	06th	1: 29.726
05	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Mecachrome	62	2	+1: 17.476	08th	1: 30.283
06th	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	61	2	+ 1 lap	12	1: 30.391
07th	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	60	2	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 31.837
08th	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	60	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 33.443
09	Mika Salo	Arrows	60	3	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 31.267
10	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	57	3	DNF	07th	1: 30.859
11	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	56	2	DNF	13	1: 30.481
12	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	48	2	DNF	22nd	1: 34.491
-	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	40	1	DNF	15th	1: 32.430
-	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	34	1	DNF	16	1: 32.361
-	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	27	1	DNF	21st	1: 33.889
-	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	18th	-	DNF	18th	1: 32.988
-	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	17th	-	DNF	02	1: 30.115
-	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	17th	-	DNF	10	1: 31.969
-	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	17th	1	DNF	05	1: 31.562
-	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	12	-	DNF	11	1: 32.215
-	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	08th	1	DNF	20th	1: 35.069
-	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	00	-	DNF	17th	-

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 26th 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 23 03  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 20th 04th  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 11 05  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 8th 06th  Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 6th 07th  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 5 08th  Jean Alesi Clean Petronas 2 09  Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 1 09  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 1 -  Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0

Item driver constructor Points -  Olivier Panis Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Jarno Trulli Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Mika Salo Arrows 0 -  Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 0 -  Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 0 -  Pedro Diniz Arrows 0 -  Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 -  Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 0 -  Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Mercedes 49 02  Ferrari 31 03  Williams Mecachrome 13 04th  Benetton Playlife 7th 05  Clean Petronas 4th -  Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0

Item constructor Points -  Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Stewart-Ford 0 -  Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Arrows 0 -  Minardi-Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Overview San Marino 1998 ( Memento from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Friday training San Marino 1998 ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training San Marino 1998
4. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Saturday training San Marino 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training San Marino 1998
6. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Qualifying San Marino 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying San Marino 1998
8. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Warm-Up San Marino 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up San Marino 1998
10. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Race San Marino 1998 ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race San Marino 1998