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Austrian Grand Prix

Grosser Preis von Österreich 1998

Round 10 of 16Red Bull Ring, SpielbergJul 26 199871 laps

Podium

COUMcLaren

HAKMcLaren

MSCFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAK1:30:44.086 from P3

PoleFIS1:29.598

Fastest lapCOU1:12.878 on lap 30

Pit stops25recorded stops

Finishers12 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	3	▲2	71	1:30:44.086	10	1:13.412	1
2	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	14	▲12	71	+5.289s	6	1:12.878	2
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	4	▲1	71	+39.093s	4	1:13.029	2
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	8	▲4	71	+43.977s	3	1:14.066	2
5	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	9	▲4	71	+50.655s	2	1:13.972	2
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	11	▲5	71	+53.202s	1	1:13.730	1
7	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	15	▲8	71	+73.624s		1:14.135	2
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	18	▲10	70	+1 lap		1:14.639	1
9	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	17	▲8	70	+1 lap		1:14.040	2
10	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	16	▲6	70	+1 lap		1:15.709	1
11	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	21	▲10	70	+1 lap		1:15.575	1
12	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	▲10	69	+2 laps		1:16.100	2
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	12		51	Engine		1:15.610	2
DNF	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	19		30	Spun off		1:15.769	3
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1		21	Collision		1:14.044	1
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	2		21	Collision		1:14.791
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	7		16	Engine		1:15.446
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	5		8	Brakes		1:16.822
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	13		3	Collision		2:02.090
DNF	SALMika Salo	Arrows	6		1	Collision		–
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	10		0	Clutch		–
DNF	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	20		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	TUE	3	15.3s
2	IRV	52	25.5s
3	VER	46	26.0s
4	IRV	28	26.4s
5	RSC	43	26.4s
6	HIL	45	26.5s
7	WUR	48	26.6s
8	HIL	19	26.9s
9	HER	37	26.9s
10	RSC	26	27.1s
11	VER	25	27.2s
12	MSC	42	27.4s

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

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:29.598
2	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:30.317	+0.719s
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:30.517	+0.919s
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:30.551	+0.953s
5	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:31.005	+1.407s
6	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:31.028	+1.430s
7	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:31.515	+1.917s
8	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:31.651	+2.053s
9	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:31.917	+2.319s
10	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:32.081	+2.483s
11	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:32.083	+2.485s
12	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	1:32.099	+2.501s
13	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:32.206	+2.608s
14	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:32.399	+2.801s
15	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:32.718	+3.120s
16	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:32.906	+3.308s
17	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:33.185	+3.587s
18	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:33.205	+3.607s
19	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:33.399	+3.801s
20	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:34.090	+4.492s
21	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:34.536	+4.938s
22	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:34.910	+5.312s

Red Bull Ring

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

Previous winners here

1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Alain Prost	McLaren
1985	Alain Prost	McLaren
1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren
1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1982	Elio De Angelis	Lotus
1981	Jacques Laffite	Ligier
1980	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Renault
1979	Alan Jones	Williams

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