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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix Mobil 1 de France 1998

Round 8 of 16Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, NeversJun 28 199871 laps

Podium

IRVFerrari

MSCFerrari

HAKMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:34:45.026 from P2

PoleHAK1:14.929

Fastest lapCOU1:17.523 on lap 56

Pit stops45recorded stops

Finishers17 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▲1	71	1:34:45.026	10	1:17.770	2
2	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	▲2	71	+19.575s	6	1:18.956	2
3	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1	▼2	71	+19.747s	4	1:18.493	2
4	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	5	▲1	71	+66.965s	3	1:18.913	2
5	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	10	▲5	70	+1 lap	2	1:19.320	3
6	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3	▼3	70	+1 lap	1	1:17.523	4
7	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	11	▲4	70	+1 lap		1:19.660	2
8	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	13	▲5	70	+1 lap		1:19.771	2
9	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	9	–	70	+1 lap		1:19.307	3
10	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	14	▲4	69	+2 laps		1:20.651	2
11	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	16	▲5	69	+2 laps		1:19.953	2
12	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	15	▲3	69	+2 laps		1:20.849	2
13	SALMika Salo	Arrows	19	▲6	69	+2 laps		1:21.502	1
14	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	17	▲3	69	+2 laps		1:21.765	1
15	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	8	▼7	68	+3 laps		1:19.229	2
16	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	6	▼10	68	+3 laps		1:19.052	3
17	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	21	▲4	65	+6 laps		1:21.883	2
DNF	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	20		60	Engine		1:20.299	3
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	12		55	Spun off		1:19.869	3
DNF	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	22		41	Gearbox		1:22.761	1
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	7		19	Hydraulics		1:19.490	1
DNF	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	18		16	Hydraulics		1:22.435

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	WUR	34	24.1s
2	FIS	18	24.6s
3	FRE	51	24.8s
4	WUR	17	25.1s
5	WUR	50	25.1s
6	RSC	53	25.2s
7	ALE	46	25.4s
8	IRV	23	25.5s
9	PAN	29	25.6s
10	BAR	47	25.7s
11	HAK	54	25.7s
12	TRU	25	25.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 45 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:14.929
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.159	+0.230s
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:15.333	+0.404s
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:15.527	+0.598s
5	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:15.630	+0.701s
6	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:15.925	+0.996s
7	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:16.245	+1.316s
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:16.319	+1.390s
9	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:16.375	+1.446s
10	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:16.460	+1.531s
11	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:16.627	+1.698s
12	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:16.892	+1.963s
13	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:16.977	+2.048s
14	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:17.024	+2.095s
15	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	1:17.604	+2.675s
16	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:17.671	+2.742s
17	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:17.880	+2.951s
18	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:17.908	+2.979s
19	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:17.970	+3.041s
20	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:18.221	+3.292s
21	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:18.273	+3.344s
22	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:19.146	+4.217s

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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

Previous winners here

1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams

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