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1998 FORMULA 1 SEASON

MIKA HAKKINEN - McLAREN

THE ENTIRE 1998 F1 FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX SEASON FULL RACES

ALL 16 RACES ARE IN FULL (NEARLY 33 HOURS) 

AND ON 16  DVD DISCS, 1 FULL RACE PER DVD

OVER 33 HOURS OF F1 ACTION

 ALL RACES HAVE GREAT PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITY

COMMENTARY BY MURRAY WALKER - BBC

ALL RACES ARE IN FULL

Name	Date	Country	Circuit
Qantas Australian Grand Prix	March 8th 1998	Australia	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
27o Grande Premio do Brasil	March 29th 1998	Brazil	Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina	April 12th 1998	Argentina	Autodromo Oscar Alferedo Galvez
18o Gran Premio di San Marino	April 26th 1998	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Gran Premio Marlboro de Espana	May 10th 1998	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya
Grand Prix de Monaco	May 24th 1998	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco
Grand Prix Player's du Canada	June 7th 1998	Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Grand Prix Mobil 1 de France	June 28th 1998	France	Circuit de Nevers-Magny Cours
RAC British Grand Prix	July 12th 1998	Great-Britain	Silverstone Circuits Ltd.
Grosser Preis von Osterreich	July 26th 1998	Austria	A1-Ring
Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	August 2nd 1998	Germany	Hockenheimring
Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	August 16th 1998	Hungary	Hungaroring
Belgian Grand Prix	August 30th 1998	Belgium	Circuit National de Francorchamps
69o Gran Premio Campari d'Italia	September 13th 1998	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Grosser Warsteiner Preis von Luxemburg	September 27th 1998	Germany	Nurburgring
Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	November 1st 1998	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course

1998 Formula One season

Mika Häkkinen won his first title with McLaren.

Michael Schumacher finished as runner-up with Ferrari.

Häkkinen's team-mate, David Coulthard (pictured in 2007), finished the season ranked third.

The 1998 Formula One season was the 49th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 8, 1998, and ended on November 1 after sixteen races.

Season summary

The season had many rule changes, including the introduction of grooved tyres and making the cars narrower to reduce downforce. It was clear that McLaren had adapted to the new rule changes best as Mika Häkkinen comfortably won the first two races, with team-mate David Coulthard finishing second in both. With Goodyear making steps forward before Argentina, Michael Schumacher was able to win there and take second at Imola, both slow and twisty circuits. At Spain, however, the fast corners favoured McLaren and again they raced away to another 1-2 finish. A further win for Häkkinen in Monaco gave him a 17 point lead over Coulthard with Schumacher a further 5 points behind.

Schumacher fought back to win the next 3 races, while mistakes and bad luck cost both Häkkinen and Coulthard points. After the British Grand Prix Schumacher had closed the gap to Häkkinen to just 2 points, while Coulthard was 26 points behind his team mate and looking unlikely to be able to fight for the championship. Wins in Austria and Germany for Häkkinen proved that McLaren still had the strongest car, but a strategic master stroke in Hungary allowed Schumacher to take the win and close the gap to Häkkinen to just 7 points.

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix saw one of the worst accidents in F1, with over half the cars on the grid involved, and four drivers unable to take the restart almost an hour later due to lack of spare cars. An action packed race saw Häkkinen spin out at the restart, whilst Schumacher was leading comfortably before crashing into David Coulthard's McLaren whilst trying to lap the Scotsman. This led the way for Damon Hill to take Jordan's first win.

Schumacher bounced back to take a surprise victory at the Italian Grand Prix, and with Häkkinen finishing only fourth after brake problems the championship was level with 2 races to go. This result also brought Ferrari back into the constructors world championship, being just 10 points behind. However, Häkkinen managed to beat Schumacher in a straight fight in Luxembourg and win the final race in Japan, clinching his first world championship and the constructors championship for McLaren. Reigning champions Williams had a poor season overall, with only 3 podium finishes. However, in Japan they managed to secure 3rd in the constructors championship, ahead of Jordan and Benetton.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine †	Tyre	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Winfield Williams	Williams	FW20	Mecachrome GC37-01	G	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Juan Pablo Montoya Max Wilson
					2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F300	Ferrari 047	G	3	Michael Schumacher	Luca Badoer
					4	Eddie Irvine
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	B198	Playlife GC37-01	B	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	n/a
					6	Alexander Wurz
West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-13	Mercedes FO110G	B	7	David Coulthard	Ricardo Zonta Nick Heidfeld
					8	Mika Häkkinen
Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC	G	9	Damon Hill	Pedro de la Rosa
					10	Ralf Schumacher
Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	AP01	Peugeot A16	B	11	Olivier Panis	Stéphane Sarrazin
					12	Jarno Trulli
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C17	Petronas SPE-01D	G	14	Jean Alesi	Jörg Müller
					15	Johnny Herbert
Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	A19	Arrows T2-F1	B	16	Pedro Diniz	Emmanuel Collard Stephen Watson
					17	Mika Salo
HSBC Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF02	Ford VJ Zetec-R	B	18	Rubens Barrichello	n/a
					19	Jan Magnussen
						Jos Verstappen
PIAA Tyrrell	Tyrrell	026	Ford JD Zetec-R	G	20	Ricardo Rosset	n/a
					21	Toranosuke Takagi
Fondmetal Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	M198	Ford JD Zetec-R	B	22	Shinji Nakano	Laurent Redon
					23	Esteban Tuero

^† All engines were 3.0 litre, V10 configuration.

Season review

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
3	Argentine Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Alexander Wurz	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
4	San Marino Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
8	French Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
9	British Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
10	Austrian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella	David Coulthard	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
11	German Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Report
15	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	Report

1998 Constructors Championship final standings

The results of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship for Constructors were determined by awarding points on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each championship race.

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-13	B	156	9	20	12
2	Ferrari	F300	G	133	6	19	3
3	Williams-Mecachrome	FW20	G	38		3
4	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	198	G	34	1	3
5	Benetton-Playlife	B198	B	33		2	1
6	Sauber-Petronas	C17	G	10		1
7	Arrows	A19	B	6
8	Stewart-Ford	SF02	B	5
9	Prost-Peugeot	AP01	B	1
10	Minardi-Ford	M198	B
11	Tyrrell-Ford	026	G

 1998 Drivers Championship final standings

The results of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship for Drivers were determined by awarding points on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each championship race.

Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	1	1	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	3	2	1	1	6	Ret	4	1	1	100
2	Michael Schumacher	Ret	3	1	2	3	10	1	1	1	3	5	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	86
3	David Coulthard	2	2	6	1	2	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	2	2	2	7	Ret	3	3	56
4	Eddie Irvine	4	8	3	3	Ret	3	3	2	3	4	8	Ret	Ret	2	4	2	47
5	Jacques Villeneuve	5	7	Ret	4	6	5	10	4	7	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	8	6	21
6	Damon Hill	8	DSQ	8	10	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	4	1	6	9	4	20
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	5	9	5	8	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	7	5	5	17
8	Alexander Wurz	7	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	5	4	9	11	16	Ret	Ret	7	9	17
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	9	5	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	6	8	16
10	Ralf Schumacher	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	5	6	9	2	3	Ret	Ret	14
11	Jean Alesi	Ret	9	5	6	10	12	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	10	7	3	5	10	7	9
12	Rubens Barrichello	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	11	Ret	4
13	Mika Salo	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	3
14	Pedro Diniz	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
15	Johnny Herbert	6	11	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	1
16	Jarno Trulli	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	6	13	Ret	12	1
17	Jan Magnussen	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	6										1
NC	Shinji Nakano	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	9	7	17	8	11	Ret	15	8	Ret	15	Ret	0
NC	Esteban Tuero	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	11	NC	Ret	0
NC	Ricardo Rosset	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	8	Ret	Ret	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	12	Ret	DNQ	0
NC	Toranosuke Takagi	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	14	Ret	9	16	Ret	0
NC	Olivier Panis	9	Ret	15	11	16	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	15	12	DNS	Ret	12	11	0
NC	Jos Verstappen								12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN	Points