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Argentine Grand Prix

Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina 1998

Round 3 of 16Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos AiresApr 12 199872 laps

Podium

HAKMcLaren

MSCFerrari

IRVFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:48:36.175 from P2

PoleCOU1:25.852

Fastest lapWUR1:28.179 on lap 39

Pit stops25recorded stops

Finishers15 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▲1	72	1:48:36.175	10	1:28.272	2
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	▲1	72	+22.899s	6	1:28.261	1
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	▲1	72	+57.745s	4	1:28.933	2
4	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	8	▲4	72	+68.134s	3	1:28.179	1
5	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	11	▲6	72	+78.286s	2	1:29.000	2
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1	▼5	72	+79.751s	1	1:28.468	1
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10	▲3	72	+88.438s		1:28.507	1
8	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	9	▲1	71	+1 lap		1:29.310	2
9	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	6	▼3	71	+1 lap		1:29.592	2
10	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	14	▲4	70	+2 laps		1:30.408	2
11	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	16	▲5	70	+2 laps		1:30.876	1
12	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	13	▲1	70	+2 laps		1:31.057	1
13	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	19	▲6	69	+3 laps		1:31.168	1
14	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	21	▲7	68	+4 laps		1:33.091	1
15	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	15	–	65	+7 laps		1:29.201	1
DNF	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	20		63	Spun off		1:30.992	1
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	7		52	Collision		1:29.694	1
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	12		46	Collision		1:29.857	1
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	5		22	Suspension		1:31.541	1
DNF	SALMika Salo	Arrows	17		18	Gearbox		1:32.519
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	22		17	Transmission		1:32.808
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	18		13	Gearbox		1:33.350

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	53	24.5s
2	IRV	55	24.8s
3	ALE	50	25.1s
4	IRV	29	25.8s
5	MSC	28	26.0s
6	ALE	27	26.0s
7	HAK	42	26.2s
8	HIL	28	26.7s
9	HER	39	27.3s
10	FIS	37	27.4s
11	COU	32	27.6s
12	PAN	42	27.7s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 25 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:25.852
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.251	+0.399s
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:26.632	+0.780s
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:26.780	+0.928s
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:26.827	+0.975s
6	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:26.876	+1.024s
7	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:26.941	+1.089s
8	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:27.198	+1.346s
9	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:27.483	+1.631s
10	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:27.836	+1.984s
11	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:27.839	+1.987s
12	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:28.016	+2.164s
13	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:28.811	+2.959s
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:29.249	+3.397s
15	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:29.320	+3.468s
16	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:29.352	+3.500s
17	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:29.617	+3.765s
18	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:30.022	+4.170s
19	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:30.054	+4.202s
20	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:30.158	+4.306s
21	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:30.437	+4.585s
22	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:31.178	+5.326s

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1998. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Damon Hill	Williams
1981	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1980	Alan Jones	Williams
1979	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1977	Jody Scheckter	Wolf
1975	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren
1974	Denny Hulme	McLaren

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