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San Marino Grand Prix

Gran Premio di San Marino 1998

Round 4 of 16Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, ImolaApr 26 199862 laps

Podium

MSCFerrari

COUMcLaren

IRVFerrari

Key facts

WinnerCOU1:34:24.593 from P1

PoleCOU1:25.973

Fastest lapMSC1:29.345 on lap 46

Pit stops31recorded stops

Finishers11 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1	–	62	1:34:24.593	10	1:29.497	2
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	▲1	62	+4.554s	6	1:29.345	2
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	▲1	62	+51.776s	4	1:30.206	2
4	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	▲2	62	+54.590s	3	1:29.726	2
5	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	8	▲3	62	+77.477s	2	1:30.283	2
6	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	12	▲6	61	+1 lap	1	1:30.391	2
7	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	9	▲2	60	+2 laps		1:31.837	2
8	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	19	▲11	60	+2 laps		1:33.443	2
9	SALMika Salo	Arrows	14	▲5	60	+2 laps		1:31.267	3
10	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	7	▼3	57	+5 laps		1:30.859	3
11	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	13	▲2	56	+6 laps		1:30.481	2
DNF	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22		48	Engine		1:34.491	2
DNF	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	15		40	Engine		1:32.430	1
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	16		34	Throttle		1:32.361	1
DNF	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	21		27	Engine		1:33.889	1
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	18		18	Engine		1:32.988
DNF	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	2		17	Gearbox		1:30.115
DNF	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10		17	Spun off		1:31.969
DNF	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	5		17	Engine		1:31.562	1
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	11		12	Puncture		1:32.215
DNF	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	20		8	Transmission		1:35.069	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	17		0	Spun off		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	MSC	46	23.3s
2	IRV	44	23.8s
3	COU	44	24.3s
4	IRV	27	24.5s
5	COU	26	24.6s
6	PAN	23	24.6s
7	ALE	22	24.8s
8	MSC	26	25.0s
9	FRE	27	25.0s
10	PAN	41	25.2s
11	TAK	20	25.5s
12	TRU	22	25.5s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 31 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:25.973
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:26.075	+0.102s
3	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.437	+0.464s
4	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:27.169	+1.196s
5	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:27.273	+1.300s
6	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:27.390	+1.417s
7	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:27.592	+1.619s
8	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:27.645	+1.672s
9	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	1:27.866	+1.893s
10	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:27.937	+1.964s
11	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:28.111	+2.138s
12	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:28.191	+2.218s
13	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	1:28.270	+2.297s
14	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:28.798	+2.825s
15	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:29.073	+3.100s
16	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:29.584	+3.611s
17	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:29.641	+3.668s
18	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:29.932	+3.959s
19	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:30.649	+4.676s
20	MAGJan Magnussen	Stewart	1:31.017	+5.044s
21	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:31.255	+5.282s
22	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:31.482	+5.509s

Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari

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

Previous winners here

1997	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Damon Hill	Williams
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1990	Riccardo Patrese	Williams
1989	Ayrton Senna	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren

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