The Austrian Grand Prix 1998 was the 10th round of the 1998 F1 season, and took place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, on July 26th.
Mika Häkkinen won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by David Coulthard, and Michael Schumacher completing the podium.
Giancarlo Fisichella started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, and had to retire on lap 21st.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
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Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 10 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Jos Verstappen, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, both suffered an engine malfunction, Esteban Tuero, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 30, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jean Alesi, Pedro Diniz, Mika Salo, and Toranosuke Takagi, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Rubens Barrichello, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 8, and Olivier Panis, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 0.
Engine
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Jos VerstappenLap 51
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Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 16
Spun off
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Esteban TueroLap 30
Collision
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 21
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Jean AlesiLap 21
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Pedro DinizLap 3
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Mika SaloLap 1
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Toranosuke TakagiLap 0
Brakes
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 8
Clutch
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Olivier PanisLap 0
Qualifying
From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.
This time around, Giancarlo Fisichella managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:29.598 seconds, 0.719 seconds faster than Jean Alesi, who completed the first line of the grid.