1998 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 16 races in the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXVII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil
Date:	March 29, 1998
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	309.024 km in 72 laps of 4.292 km
Weather:	overcast and warm, later light rain
Spectator:	~ 52,611
Pole position
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 17.092 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 19.337 min (lap 65)
Podium
First:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari

The 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially XXVII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil ) took place on March 29 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the second race of the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship . Mika Häkkinen took first place ahead of David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher .

report

background

Several teams, especially Ferrari , officially protested at the FIA. The reason is the complex braking system at McLaren , which allows the driver to adjust the brakes on the rear wheels differently and independently, which provides additional traction when cornering. After Sauber, Jordan and Williams also experimented with it, the system was declared illegal by the FIA, although it was officially allowed before the season. McLaren did not appeal and said they would not use the system for the entire race weekend.

After the race in Australia , nine containers full of Minardi material could not be flown back to Europe as planned because the transport aircraft responsible was overloaded. After getting the equipment back, test days were held in Mugello. The tests were completed by Shinji Nakano and test driver Laurent Redon , Esteban Tuero was given a vacation due to the intensive tests before the first race of the season to prepare for the upcoming races.

training

Friday training

Mika Häkkinen set the fastest time in front of his team mate David Coulthard with 1: 18.573. Only after more than a second comes Ralf Schumacher in third place . Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher took tenth and eleventh place.

Olivier Panis caused a serious accident during training, in which Johnny Herbert , Ralf Schumacher , Giancarlo Fisichella and Jacques Villeneuve , among others , were involved. Damon Hill hit the perimeter wall at the pit entrance on his own. Everyone involved got away with no injuries.

With the exception of Herbert, who only achieved a lap time of 2: 06.081 due to the accident, all drivers were placed within four and a half seconds.

Saturday training

Again, the McLarens around Häkkinen and Coulthard took first and second place, and again the third-placed driver was more than a second behind, this time Heinz-Harald Frentzen . Michael Schumacher took seventh place, Villeneuve was eleventh.

All drivers were placed within about four seconds.

Qualifying

For the third time, Häkkinen and Coulthard took first and second places, followed by Frentzen, again one second behind, Michael Schumacher, Alexander Wurz , Eddie Irvine and Giancarlo Fisichella . Villeneuve was only able to place tenth, right in front of Damon Hill . It is the 34th time that McLaren has occupied the front row.

All drivers were placed within four seconds.

Warm-up

For the fourth time, Häkkinen set the fastest time with 1: 19.394 ahead of Coulthard. McLaren thus set the fastest and second-best times in every session, each with at least one second ahead of the third-placed driver. This time Irvine took third place ahead of Schumacher, followed by Rubens Barrichello , Villeneuve, Frentzen and Wurz.

All drivers were placed within three and a half seconds.

run

When the race started, Häkkinen was able to successfully defend his pole position and also successfully pull away. After the first lap, the lead between Häkkinen and the second Coulthard was one second and three seconds before the third Frentzen. Ralf Schumacher turned out before he had even finished a lap. His brother didn't fare any better as he fell behind teammate Irvine at the start.

After 18 laps, the McLaren duo is around 23 seconds ahead of Michael Schumacher, who has now overtaken his teammate. But in the next lap the Ferrari team screwed up the German's pit stop. Only after a standing time of 13.6 seconds, around twice as long as normal, could he drive back towards the pit exit. On the start-finish straight, Alexander Wurz overtook Frentzen with an excess of slipstream, while Schumacher was able to accelerate out of the pit lane again. At the end of the pit lane, however, Schumacher was able to defend his fourth place despite the unsuccessful pit stop.

The rest of the race wasn't particularly spectacular, the McLarens were simply overwhelming the other teams. Neither Ferrari nor the world championship team from last year, Williams, can counteract the dominance.

Damon Hill was subsequently disqualified because the car was underweight.

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	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 17,092	01
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 17.757	02
03	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Mecachrome	1: 18.109	03
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 18.250	04th
05	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	1: 18.261	05
06th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 18.449	06th
07th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	1: 18.652	07th
08th	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 18.735	08th
09	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	1: 18.753	09
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Mecachrome	1: 18.761	10
11	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 18.988	11
12	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	1: 19.069	12
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 19.344	13
14th	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 19.375	14th
15th	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	1: 19.449	15th
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	1: 19.644	16
17th	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.203	17th
18th	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	1: 20.390	18th
19th	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	1: 20.459	19th
20th	Mika Salo	Arrows	1: 20.481	20th
21st	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 20.748	21st
22nd	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1: 20.847	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 22.488 min (based on the best time of 1: 17.092 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	72	1	1: 37: 11.747	01	1: 19.337
02	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	72	1	+ 1.102	02	1: 19.646
03	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	72	2	+1: 00.550	04th	1: 19.627
04th	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	72	1	+1: 07.453	05	1: 19.863
05	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Mecachrome	71	2	+ 1 lap	03	1: 20.271
06th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	71	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 20.010
07th	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Mecachrome	71	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 20.129
08th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	71	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 20.378
09	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	71	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 20.623
10	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	70	2	+ 2 round	16	1: 20.991
11	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	67	1	+ 5 rounds 1	14th	1: 21.456
-	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	63	1	DNF	09	1: 20.449
-	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	56	1	DNF	13	1: 21.758
-	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	52	2	DNF	21st	1: 23.342
-	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	44	1	DNF	19th	1: 23.293
-	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	26th	-	DNF	22nd	1: 22.969
-	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	19th	-	DNF	17th	1: 23.226
-	Mika Salo	Arrows	18th	-	DNF	20th	1: 23.565
-	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	17th	-	DNF	12	1: 22.933
-	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	03	-	DNF	18th	1: 24.475
-	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	00	-	DNF	08th	-
DSQ	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	70	1	DSQ (+ 2 rounds)	11	1: 21.035

¹ Herbert had to give up prematurely due to physical complaints

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 20th 02  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 12 03  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 6th 04th  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 4th 05  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 3 05  Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 3 07th  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 2 08th  Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 1 08th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 1 -  Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 -  Olivier Panis Cheers Peugeot 0

Item driver constructor Points -  Jean Alesi Clean Petronas 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 32 02  Williams Mecachrome 8th 03  Ferrari 7th 04th  Benetton Playlife 4th 05  Clean Petronas 1 -  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 Brazil 1998 ( Memento from September 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ grandprix.com Minardi's cargo problems
3. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Brazil 1998 ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Saturday training Brazil 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Qualifying Brazil 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Warm-Up Brazil 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Race Brazil 1998 ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )