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The German Grand Prix 1998 was the 11th round of the 1998 F1 season, and took place at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany, on August 2nd.

Mika Häkkinen won the race from the pole, followed by David Coulthard, and Jacques Villeneuve completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren
1:20:48.0
Finished
2
-
COU
David Coulthard
McLaren
+0.426
Finished
3
-
VIL
Jacques Villeneuve
Williams
+2.577
Finished
4
1
Damon Hill
Jordan
+7.185
Finished
5
4
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
+12.613
Finished
6
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Jordan
+29.738
Finished
7
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Benetton
+31.026
Finished
8
2
Eddie Irvine
Ferrari
+31.649
Finished
9
1
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Williams
+32.784
Finished
10
1
Jean Alesi
Sauber
+48.371
Finished
11
4
WUR
Alexander Wurz
Benetton
+57.994
Finished
12
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Prost
+1 Lap
13
2
Toranosuke Takagi
Tyrrell
+1 Lap
14
3
Mika Salo
Arrows
+1 Lap
15
1
Olivier Panis
Prost
+1 Lap
16
5
Esteban Tuero
Minardi
+2 Laps
17
5
Johnny Herbert
Sauber
Gearbox
18
2
Shinji Nakano
Minardi
Gearbox
19
6
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Stewart
Gearbox
20
1
Jos Verstappen
Stewart
Gearbox
21
3
Pedro Diniz
Arrows
Throttle
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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

There were some incidents during the race, with 5 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Johnny Herbert, Shinji Nakano, Rubens Barrichello, and Jos Verstappen, all of whom experienced issues with the gearbox, and Pedro Diniz, who had a throttle issue on lap 2.

Gearbox

  • Johnny Herbert
    Lap 37
  • Shinji Nakano
    Lap 36
  • Rubens Barrichello
    Lap 27
  • Jos Verstappen
    Lap 24

Throttle

  • Pedro Diniz
    Lap 2

Qualifying

#1
#2
COU
#3
VIL
#4
SCH
#5
#6
#7
WUR
#8
FIS
#9
MSC
#10
#11
#12
#13
BAR
#14
TRU
#15
#16
#17
#18
#19
#20
#21

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 1:41.838 seconds, with his teammate David Coulthard rigth behind him at 0.509 seconds, helping McLaren score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Times table

  • Mika Häkkinen
    1:41.838
  • David Coulthard
    1:42.347
    + 0.509
    + 0.509
  • Jacques Villeneuve
    1:42.365
    + 0.018
    + 0.527
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:42.994
    + 0.629
    + 1.156
  • Damon Hill
    1:43.183
    + 0.189
    + 1.345
  • Eddie Irvine
    1:43.270
    + 0.087
    + 1.432
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:43.341
    + 0.071
    + 1.503
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:43.369
    + 0.028
    + 1.531
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:43.459
    + 0.09
    + 1.621
  • Heinz-Harald Frentzen
    1:43.467
    + 0.008
    + 1.629
  • Jean Alesi
    1:43.663
    + 0.196
    + 1.825
  • Johnny Herbert
    1:44.599
    + 0.936
    + 2.761
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:44.776
    + 0.177
    + 2.938
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:44.844
    + 0.068
    + 3.006
  • Toranosuke Takagi
    1:44.961
    + 0.117
    + 3.123
  • Olivier Panis
    1:45.197
    + 0.236
    + 3.359
  • Mika Salo
    1:45.276
    + 0.079
    + 3.438
  • Pedro Diniz
    1:45.588
    + 0.312
    + 3.75
  • Jos Verstappen
    1:45.623
    + 0.035
    + 3.785
  • Shinji Nakano
    1:46.713
    + 1.09
    + 4.875
  • Esteban Tuero
    1:47.265
    + 0.552
    + 5.427