The Belgian Grand Prix 1998 was the 13th round of the 1998 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, on August 30th.
Damon Hill won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Ralf Schumacher, and Jean Alesi completing the podium.
Mika Häkkinen 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 0th.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 16 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Giancarlo Fisichella, Michael Schumacher, Mika Häkkinen, Alexander Wurz, Johnny Herbert, Rubens Barrichello, Olivier Panis, Mika Salo, and Ricardo Rosset, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Eddie Irvine, Jacques Villeneuve, and Toranosuke Takagi, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, Esteban Tuero, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 17, and Jos Verstappen, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 8.
Collision
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 26
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Michael SchumacherLap 25
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Mika HäkkinenLap 0
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Alexander WurzLap 0
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Johnny HerbertLap 0
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 0
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Olivier PanisLap 0
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Mika SaloLap 0
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Ricardo RossetLap 0
Spun off
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Eddie IrvineLap 25
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Jacques VilleneuveLap 16
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Toranosuke TakagiLap 10
Gearbox
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Esteban TueroLap 17
Engine
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Jos VerstappenLap 8
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, Mika Häkkinen managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:48.682 seconds, with his teammate David Coulthard rigth behind him at 0.163 seconds, helping McLaren score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.