1998 Grand Prix of Luxembourg
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| 15th of 16 races in the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | VI Great Warsteiner Prize of Luxembourg | |
| Date: | September 27, 1998 | |
| Place: | Nürburg | |
| Course: | Nürburgring | |
| Length: | 305.252 km in 67 laps of 4.556 km
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| Weather: | cloudy and cool | |
| Spectator: | ~ 140,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Michael sSchumacher
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 Ferrari
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| Time: | 1: 18.561 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Mika Hakkinen
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 McLaren-Mercedes
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| Time: | 1: 20.450 min (lap 25) | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Mika Hakkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes
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| Second: |
Michael sSchumacher
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Ferrari
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| Third: |
David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes
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Leadership laps
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The 1998 Grand Prix of Luxembourg (officially VI Grand Warsteiner Prize of Luxembourg ) took place on September 27th at the Nürburgring in Germany and was the 15th race of the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship . Mika Häkkinen took first place ahead of Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard .
report
training
Friday training
Mika Häkkinen set the fastest lap with a time of 1: 19.689 minutes, followed by Fisichella, Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard and Eddie Irvine six tenths behind. All drivers were placed within four and a half seconds. Unlike in the other sessions, Ricardo Rosset was not the slowest driver, he was able to beat Mika Salo by four tenths.
Saturday training
Like the day before, Mika Häkkinen was the fastest driver in training, Michael Schumacher had to admit defeat by 75 thousandths. Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve and Heinz-Harald Frentzen followed. All drivers were placed within six seconds, with about one and a half seconds between the last Rosset and the penultimate Panis.
Qualifying
Unlike in the previous sessions, Ferrari occupied the front row, with Michael Schumacher three tenths ahead of Eddie Irvine. They were followed by Mika Häkkinen, Giancarlo Fisichella, David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher. All drivers were placed within four and a half seconds, Rosset beat the 107 percent time limit by over one and a half seconds.
Warm-up
In the warm-up before the race, Mika Häkkinen was the fastest driver in front of his team mate David Coulthard, followed by the two Ferraris with Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine as well as Alexander Wurz and Jacques Villeneuve. All drivers were placed within five seconds.
run
At the start Irvine overtook Schumacher and led the race to the last corner when Schumacher regained the lead. Irvine was now starting to stop Häkkinen for his teammate. Esteban Tuero rolled back into the pits on the first lap after the drive shaft broke. The team repaired the damage so Tuero could start the race again. However, he retired on the 56th lap due to an engine failure. On the 14th lap, Häkkinen was able to overtake Irvine in the Veedol chicane and now shorten the gap to the leading Schumacher. On lap 24, Schumacher pits to refuel, while Häkkinen stopped four laps later. This decision turned out to be the right one, as Häkkinen came out of the pits just ahead of Schumacher and maintained the lead despite strong pressure. After the next series of pit stops, Häkkinen increased the gap to Schumacher and won the race by almost two seconds.
Registration list
classification
Qualifying
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap |
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| 1 |
Mika Hakkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes
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67 | 2 | 1: 32: 14.789 | 3 | 1: 20.450 |
| 2 |
Michael sSchumacher
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Ferrari
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67 | 2 | + 2.211 | 1 | 1: 21.001 |
| 3 |
David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes
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67 | 2 | + 34.163 | 5 | 1: 20.715 |
| 4th |
Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari
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67 | 2 | + 58.182 | 2 | 1: 21.667 |
| 5 |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Williams Mecachrome
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67 | 2 | +1: 00.247 | 7th | 1: 21.394 |
| 6th |
Giancarlo Fisichella
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Benetton Playlife
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67 | 2 | +1: 01.359 | 4th | 1: 21.506 |
| 7th |
 Alexander Wurz
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Benetton Playlife
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67 | 2 | +1: 04.789 | 8th | 1: 21.778 |
| 8th |
 Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams Mecachrome
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66 | 2 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1: 21.701 |
| 9 |
Damon Hill
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 Jordan-Mugen-Honda
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66 | 2 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1: 21.741 |
| 10 |
 Jean Alesi
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 Clean Petronas
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66 | 2 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1: 21.979 |
| 11 |
 Rubens Barrichello
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Stewart-Ford
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65 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 12 | 1: 23.412 |
| 12 |
Olivier Panis
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Cheers Peugeot
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65 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 15th | 1: 22.931 |
| 13 |
 Jos Verstappen
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Stewart-Ford
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65 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 18th | 1: 23.944 |
| 14th |
Mika Salo
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Arrows
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65 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 16 | 1: 23.562 |
| 15th |
 Shinji Nakano
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Minardi-Ford
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65 | 1 | + 2 rounds | 20th | 1: 24.210 |
| 16 |
Toranosuke Takagi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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65 | 2 | + 2 rounds | 19th | 1: 23.392 |
| - |
 Esteban Tuero
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Minardi-Ford
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56 | 2 | DNF | 21st | 1: 24.024 |
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Ralf Schumacher
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Jordan-Mugen-Honda
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53 | 2 | DNF | 6th | 1: 21.881 |
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Johnny Herbert
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Clean Petronas
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37 | 1 | DNF | 13 | 1: 22.712 |
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Ricardo Rosset
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Tyrrell-Ford
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36 | 1 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 24.161 |
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Jarno Trulli
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Cheers Peugeot
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6th | - | DNF | 14th | 1: 25.328 |
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Pedro Diniz
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Arrows
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6th | - | DNF | 17th | 1: 25.286 |
World Cup stands after the race
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Friday training Austria 1998 ( Memento from April 27, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Friday training Austria 1998
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Saturday training Austria 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Saturday training Austria 1998
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Qualifying Austria 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Qualifying Austria 1998
- ↑ motorsportarchiv.de Warm-Up Austria 1998 ( Memento from May 11, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Warm-Up Austria 1998
- ^ Motorsportarchiv.de Race Luxembourg 1998 ( Memento from November 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com Race Austria 1998
