1998 season/ Round 16

Japanese Grand Prix

Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan. Sun, 1 Nov 1998. 51 laps.

Winner: HÄKMcLaren
Pole: MSCFerrari
Fastest lap: MSC1:40.190

Weekend

Race

Eddie IrvineFerrari+6.4912
Mika HäkkinenMcLaren1:27:23.4001
David CoulthardMcLaren+27.6623

Overtakes

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No overtake data

Biggest mover

SAALE

+5 places, P12 to P7

Beat our forecast

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No forecast for this race

Fastest Pit Stop

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No pit stop data

Fastest lap

MSC

1:40.190, lap 19

DNFs

NAK, MSC, TAK, TUE, BAR, VER, SAL, SCH, DIN

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Fastest lap
1	HÄKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	2+1	51	1:27:23.400	10	1:40.426L35
2	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	4+2	51	+6.491	6	1:40.870L36
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3	51	+27.662	4	1:40.905L42
4	JOHILDamon Hill	JOJordan	8+4	51	+1:13.491	3	1:42.275L38
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	5	51	+1:13.857	2	1:42.331L36
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	51	+1:15.867	1	1:42.273L40
7	SAALEJean Alesi	SASauber	12+5	51	+1:36.053		1:42.357L31
8	BEFISGiancarlo Fisichella	BEBenetton	10+2	51	+1:41.302		1:42.335L20
9	BEWURAlexander Wurz	BEBenetton	9	50	+1 Lap		1:43.447L18
10	SAHERJohnny Herbert	SASauber	11+1	50	+1 Lap		1:42.858L38
11	PRPANOlivier Panis	PRProst	13+2	50	+1 Lap		1:43.073L49
12	PRTRUJarno Trulli	PRProst	14+2	48	+3 Laps		1:43.164L42
DNF	MINAKShinji Nakano	MIMinardi	20	40	Throttle		1:44.158L37
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	31	Tyre		1:40.190L19
DNF	TYTAKToranosuke Takagi	TYTyrrell	17	28	Collision		1:45.673L23
DNF	MITUEEsteban Tuero	MIMinardi	21	28	Collision		1:45.792L21
DNF	STBARRubens Barrichello	STStewart	16	25	Hydraulics		1:44.947L8
DNF	STVERJos Verstappen	STStewart	19	21	Gearbox		1:45.840L19
DNF	ARSALMika Salo	ARArrows	15	14	Hydraulics		1:45.304L14
DNF	JOSCHRalf Schumacher	JOJordan	7	13	Engine		1:42.965L4
DNF	ARDINPedro Diniz	ARArrows	18	2	Spun off		1:46.099L2

Lap chart

HÄKIRVCOUHILFREVILALEFISWURHERPANTRUNAKMSCTAKTUEBARVERSALSCHDIN

Table view

Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
HÄK	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
IRV	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
COU	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
HIL	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
FRE	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
VIL	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
ALE	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	7	7	7	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
FIS	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
WUR	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
HER	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
PAN	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
TRU	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
NAK	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
MSC	12	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
TAK	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15
TUE	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
BAR	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16
VER	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	15	14	14	17
SAL	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
SCH	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
DIN	15	15

Fastest laps

Rank	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Michael Schumacher	19	1:40.190
2	Mika Häkkinen	35	1:40.426	+0.236
3	Eddie Irvine	36	1:40.870	+0.680
4	David Coulthard	42	1:40.905	+0.715
5	Jacques Villeneuve	40	1:42.273	+2.083
6	JODamon Hill	38	1:42.275	+2.085
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	36	1:42.331	+2.141
8	BEGiancarlo Fisichella	20	1:42.335	+2.145
9	SAJean Alesi	31	1:42.357	+2.167
10	SAJohnny Herbert	38	1:42.858	+2.668