ConnectingReaching the timing feed… Season

1998 Japanese Grand Prix: race pace

True race pace at the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix: each driver's typical lap time with the first lap, pit laps and safety car laps removed.

Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) won the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka on 1 November 1998, starting from P2. Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard completed the podium.

Result · Lap chart · Race pace · All 1998 races

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / status	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	1:27:23.400	10
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	+6.491	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	+27.662	4
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	8	+1:13.491	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	5	+1:13.857	2
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	+1:15.867	1
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	12	+1:36.053	0
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10	+1:41.302	0
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	9	+1 Lap	0
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	11	+1 Lap	0
11	Olivier Panis	Prost	13	+1 Lap	0
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	14	+3 Laps	0
R	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	20	Throttle	0
R	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	Tyre	0
R	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	17	Collision	0
R	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	21	Collision	0
R	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	16	Hydraulics	0
R	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	19	Gearbox	0
R	Mika Salo	Arrows	15	Hydraulics	0
R	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	7	Engine	0
R	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	18	Spun off	0

Loading timing data

1998 Japanese Grand Prix: race pace

Drivers' championship

Constructors' championship

Season

Page not found

Points progression

Season stats Sort by any column. Select a driver for their race record and career.

Teammate battles Quali gap is the median over the season.

Season leaders

Car performance How each car has stacked up across the season.

Constructors' points progression

One-lap pace

Reliability