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Japanese Grand Prix

1998 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 16 of 16Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaNov 1 199851 laps

Podium

IRVFerrari

HAKMcLaren

COUMcLaren

Key facts

WinnerHAK1:27:22.535 from P2

PoleMSC1:36.293

Fastest lapMSC1:40.190 on lap 19

Pit stops34recorded stops

Finishers12 / 21classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	▲1	51	1:27:22.535	10	1:40.426	2
2	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	▲2	51	+6.491s	6	1:40.870	3
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	3	–	51	+27.662s	4	1:40.905	2
4	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	8	▲4	51	+73.491s	3	1:42.275	2
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	5	–	51	+73.857s	2	1:42.331	2
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	–	51	+75.867s	1	1:42.273	2
7	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	12	▲5	51	+96.053s		1:42.357	2
8	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10	▲2	51	+101.301s		1:42.335	2
9	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	9	–	50	+1 lap		1:43.447	2
10	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	11	▲1	50	+1 lap		1:42.858	2
11	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	13	▲2	50	+1 lap		1:43.073	2
12	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	14	▲2	48	+3 laps		1:43.164	2
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	20		40	Throttle		1:44.158	2
DNF	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1		31	Tyre		1:40.190	1
DNF	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	17		28	Collision damage		1:45.673	2
DNF	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	21		28	Collision		1:45.792	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	16		25	Hydraulics		1:44.947	2
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	19		21	Gearbox		1:45.840	1
DNF	SALMika Salo	Arrows	15		14	Hydraulics		1:45.304
DNF	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	7		13	Engine		1:42.965
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	18		2	Spun off		1:46.099

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	16	29.4s
2	IRV	39	29.5s
3	IRV	28	29.7s
4	FRE	34	29.7s
5	ALE	35	30.2s
6	FIS	15	30.4s
7	IRV	15	30.7s
8	HAK	18	30.8s
9	HER	36	30.9s
10	COU	21	31.0s
11	HER	20	31.1s
12	VIL	33	31.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 34 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.293
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.471	+0.178s
3	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.496	+1.203s
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.197	+1.904s
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:38.272	+1.979s
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.448	+2.155s
7	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:38.461	+2.168s
8	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:38.603	+2.310s
9	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:38.959	+2.666s
10	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:39.080	+2.787s
11	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:39.234	+2.941s
12	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:39.448	+3.155s
13	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:40.037	+3.744s
14	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:40.111	+3.818s
15	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:40.387	+4.094s
16	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.502	+4.209s
17	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:40.619	+4.326s
18	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:40.687	+4.394s
19	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	1:40.943	+4.650s
20	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:41.315	+5.022s
21	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:42.358	+6.065s
22	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:43.259	+6.966s

Suzuka Circuit

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	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1992	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1991	Gerhard Berger	McLaren
1990	Nelson Piquet	Benetton
1989	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren

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