1998 French Grand Prix

 1998 French Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France
Date:	June 28, 1998
Place:	Magny-Cours
Course:	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Length:	301.75 km in 71 laps of 4.25 km
Planned:	306 km in 72 laps of 4.25 km
Weather:	sunny, later cloudy and warm
Spectator:	~ 75,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 14.929 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 17.523 min (lap 59)
Podium
First:	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari
Second:	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Third:	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes

The 1998 French Grand Prix (officially the Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France ) took place on June 28th at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours and was the eighth race of the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship . Michael Schumacher took first place ahead of Eddie Irvine and Mika Häkkinen .

report

background

From this race Jos Verstappen replaced Jan Magnussen, who had been dismissed due to poor performance .

Actually, due to a legal dispute, it was planned to remove the race from the calendar. Although the broadcaster TF1 owned the rights to the broadcasts of the Formula 1 weekends, France 3 obtained approval from the French court to operate on the track.

training

Friday training

Mika Häkkinen set the best time with 1: 16.515 minutes ahead of Eddie Irvine , David Coulthard , Heinz-Harald Frentzen , Michael Schumacher and Ralf Schumacher , who were all placed within a second.

All drivers were placed within four and a half seconds.

Saturday training

Once again, Mika Häkkinen was the fastest driver in the field with 1: 15.613 minutes, around one second faster than on Friday, ahead of Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard.

All drivers were placed within four seconds.

Qualifying

After Bridgestone tires were more competitive than Goodyear's in the early races, this trend has now turned. Mika Häkkinen was able to secure pole position again with 1: 14.929 minutes, the only time under 1:15 minutes, but the gap to the rear was much smaller than on the previous weekends. Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Eddie Irvine and Jacques Villeneuve followed Häkkinen on the grid.

Warm-up

McLaren set the fastest time again, but this time David Coulthard ahead of Mika Häkkinen. All drivers were placed within five and a half seconds.

run

First start

The first start was canceled shortly after the clearance because Jos Verstappen's engine had died at the start. Although the spectators received the message that the race had been abandoned, the drivers did not, so they continued to fight for positions. It was only in the penultimate corner that they were informed that the race had been canceled.

Second start

On the second start, both Ferraris overtook Häkkinen and Schumacher quickly gained a lead on Häkkinen, while Irvine kept both McLaren behind. Frentzen lost four places at the start. On lap 20, Häkkinen risked an overtaking maneuver in the last corner, misjudged himself and turned into the gravel. He was able to get the car back on the track and switched to new tires. He came back to third place after Coulthard had problems refilling the gasoline during the pit stop. When, after around half a minute, the filler neck still couldn't be put on correctly, it had to be sent out onto the track without new fuel and then refueled a lap later. It took three seconds for gasoline to flow into the McLaren's tank. However, the crowd misjudged and Coulthard had to pit for the fourth time after eight laps. The race ended with a one-two for Ferrari and Mika Häkkinen in third place.

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	Jos Verstappen
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: 14.929	01
02	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 15.159	02
03	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.333	03
04th	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1: 15.527	04th
05	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Mecachrome	1: 15.630	05
06th	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 15.925	06th
07th	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1: 16.245	07th
08th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Mecachrome	1: 16.319	08th
09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	1: 16.375	09
10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	1: 16.460	10
11	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	1: 16.627	11
12	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	1: 16.892	12
13	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	1: 16.977	13
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1: 17.024	14th
15th	Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford	1: 17.604	15th
16	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	1: 17.671	16
17th	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1: 17.880	17th
18th	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 17.908	18th
19th	Mika Salo	Arrows	1: 17.970	19th
20th	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 18.221	20th
21st	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	1: 18.273	21st
22nd	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	1: 19.146	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 20.174 min (based on the best time of 1: 14.929 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	71	2	1: 34: 45.026	02	1: 17.770
02	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	71	2	+ 19.575	04th	1: 18,956
03	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	2	+ 19.747	01	1: 18.493
04th	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams Mecachrome	71	2	+1: 06.965	05	1: 18.913
05	Alexander Wurz	Benetton Playlife	70	3	+ 1 lap	10	1: 19.320
06th	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	70	4th	+ 1 lap	03	1: 17.523
07th	Jean Alesi	Clean Petronas	70	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 19.660
08th	Johnny Herbert	Clean Petronas	70	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 19.771
09	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton Playlife	70	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 19.307
10	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	69	2	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 20.651
11	Olivier Panis	Cheers Peugeot	69	2	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 19.953
12	Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford	69	2	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 20.849
13	Mika Salo	Arrows	69	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 21.502
14th	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	69	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 21.765
15th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams Mecachrome	68	2	DNF	08th	1: 19.229
16	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	68	3	+ 3 rounds	06th	1: 19.052
-	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	65	2	DNF	21st	1: 21.883
-	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	60	3	DNF	20th	1: 20.299
-	Jarno Trulli	Cheers Peugeot	55	3	DNF	12	1: 19.869
-	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	41	1	DNF	22nd	1: 22.761
-	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	19th	1	DNF	07th	1: 19.490
-	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	16	-	DNF	18th	1: 22.435

World Cup stands after the race

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Mika Hakkinen McLaren-Mercedes 50 02  Michael sSchumacher Ferrari 44 03  David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 30th 04th  Eddie Irvine Ferrari 25th 05  Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 14th 06th  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 13 07th  Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 11 08th  Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 8th 09  Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 4th 10  Jean Alesi Clean Petronas 3 10  Mika Salo Arrows 3 12  Johnny Herbert Clean Petronas 1

Item driver constructor Points 12  Pedro Diniz Arrows 1 12  Jan Magnussen Stewart-Ford 1 -  Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 -  Olivier Panis Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Jarno Trulli Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 0 -  Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 0 -  Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 -  Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Mercedes 80 02  Ferrari 69 03  Benetton Playlife 27 04th  Williams Mecachrome 19th 05  Stewart-Ford 5 06th  Clean Petronas 4th

Item constructor Points 06th  Arrows 4th -  Jordan-Mugen-Honda 0 -  Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Cheers Peugeot 0 -  Minardi-Ford 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Friday training France 1998 ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training France 1998
3. ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Saturday training France 1998 ( Memento from October 29, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training France 1998
5. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Qualifying France 1998 ( Memento from October 31, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying France 1998
7. ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up France 1998
8. ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race France 1998 ( Memento from September 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
9. ^ Motorsport-magazin.com Race France 1998