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Belgian Grand Prix

1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix

Round 13 of 16Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, SpaAug 30 199844 laps

Podium

RSCJordan

HILJordan

ALESauber

Key facts

WinnerHIL1:43:47.407 from P3

PoleHAK1:48.682

Fastest lapMSC2:03.766 on lap 9

Pit stops19recorded stops

Finishers8 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	3	▲2	44	1:43:47.407	10	2:05.630	2
2	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	8	▲6	44	+0.932s	6	2:08.399	2
3	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	10	▲7	44	+7.240s	4	2:07.597	2
4	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	9	▲5	44	+32.242s	3	2:06.284	2
5	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	16	▲11	44	+51.682s	2	2:11.331	1
6	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	13	▲7	42	+2 laps	1	2:11.701	1
7	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	2	▼5	39	+5 laps		2:10.950	2
8	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	21	▲13	39	+5 laps		2:13.230	2
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	7		26	Collision		2:09.528	1
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	4		25	Collision		2:03.766	1
DNF	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	5		25	Spun off		2:06.561	2
DNF	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	22		17	Gearbox		2:19.996	1
DNF	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	6		16	Spun off		2:07.825
DNF	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	19		10	Spun off		2:12.327
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	17		8	Engine		2:12.425
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1		0	Collision		–
DNF	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	11		0	Collision		–
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	12		0	Collision		–
DNS	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	14		0	Collision		–
DNS	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	15		0	Collision		–
DNS	SALMika Salo	Arrows	18		0	Collision		–
DNS	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	HIL	28	30.7s
2	COU	9	30.9s
3	ALE	16	31.0s
4	MSC	16	31.1s
5	RSC	11	31.5s
6	TUE	9	31.6s
7	IRV	24	31.8s
8	FRE	16	31.8s
9	FRE	28	32.1s
10	TRU	21	32.8s
11	NAK	24	33.2s
12	RSC	27	33.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 19 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:48.682
2	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:48.845	+0.163s
3	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:49.728	+1.046s
4	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.027	+1.345s
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:50.189	+1.507s
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:50.204	+1.522s
7	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:50.462	+1.780s
8	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.501	+1.819s
9	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:50.686	+2.004s
10	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:51.189	+2.507s
11	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:51.648	+2.966s
12	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:51.851	+3.169s
13	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:52.572	+3.890s
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:52.670	+3.988s
15	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:52.784	+4.102s
16	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:53.037	+4.355s
17	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	1:53.149	+4.467s
18	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:53.207	+4.525s
19	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:53.237	+4.555s
20	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:54.850	+6.168s
21	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:55.084	+6.402s
22	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:55.520	+6.838s

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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

Previous winners here

1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Damon Hill	Williams
1992	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1991	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren

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