1998 Italian Grand Prix

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1998 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World Championship
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (last modified in 1995)
Race details
Date13 September 1998
Official name LIX Gran Premio Campari d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.770 km (3.585 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 305.810 km (190.022 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:25.298
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:25.139 on lap 45
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1998 Italian Grand Prix

The 1998 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 13 September 1998. The race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari. Schumacher's teammate Eddie Irvine finished second in the other Ferrari and his brother Ralf finished third in a Jordan-Mugen-Honda. As of 2024, this was the last win for tyre manufacturer Goodyear in Formula One.

Contents

Background

In August 1998, the organisation of the sporting event was characterised by complications linked to the seizure of several stands and some underpasses by the magistrate's court due to alleged irregularities in the testing certifications. The affair continued until the beginning of September, when the use of the stands for the match was allowed. [1] The event was organised by the Automobile Club of Milan and SIAS, the company in charge of managing the racetrack. For the occasion, new giant screens were installed and the car parks and camping areas were expanded. [2]

Heading into the 14th round of the season, Mika Häkkinen led the championship with 77 points. Michael Schumacher was in second place, seven points behind. Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard was in third position on 48 points, making these three the only drivers who could mathematically win the title. In the constructors championship, McLaren led on 125 points, ahead of Ferrari on 102. Williams were third with 33 points, one point ahead of Benetton and seven points ahead of Jordan in fifth. [3] Jordan had just achieved a 1–2 finish at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, where neither Häkkinen nor Schumacher scored any point; when lapping Coulthard, Schumacher had crashed into the Scot's McLaren, which had not moved off the racing line, obscured by spray. [4] [5] Although he received no penalty or sanction, many were convinced that Coulthard had intentionally caused the collision with Schumacher in order to help his teammate. [6]

Report

Qualifying

While the free practice on Friday was dry, by the afternoon session it had rained. In a wet qualifying session, Michael Schumacher took pole position ahead of Jacques Villeneuve, who had achieved the team's best qualifying start. Mika Häkkinen, David Coulthard, and Eddie Irvine followed them in third, fourth, and fifth position. [4]

Race

Mika Häkkinen made a blinding start from third on the grid, pushing his way past Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher on the front row; at the same time, it was a dreadful start for Schumacher, who fell down to fifth but then passed Villeneuve for fourth and then Eddie Irvine for third. Häkkinen was struggling with a developing brake issue soon after and he waved his teammate David Coulthard through. Soon after, Coulthard's engine blew and seconds later Schumacher, who had caught Häkkinen, passed the Finn when Häkkinen had adjusted his brake bias forwards to cope with the brake problem and ran wide due to the smoke from Coulthard's engine. [4] [6]

Villeneuve, who was running very low downforce, soon spun out of the race, and Häkkinen started catching Schumacher again. Häkkinen was just three seconds behind with a handful of laps remaining when his rear brakes failed, sending him into a wild spin at the Roggia chicane. Although he was able to keep his engine running and kept going, at the beginning of the next lap he went off again at the first Rettifilo chicane, and Irvine reeled him in and took second off him. Ralf Schumacher then caught and overtook Häkkinen, who was able to limp home in fourth. [4] [6]

It was a jubilant scene for the Italian crowd as Schumacher came home first and Irvine, his Ferrari teammate, took second, with the younger Schumacher third. [4] [7] It was Jordan's third podium finishes in two races. Johnny Herbert retired in unusual circumstances; prior to the start, a Sauber mechanic accidentally left a spanner in the cockpit. During the race, the spanner became jammed under the foot pedals, which caused Herbert to crash. [8] Schumacher was now level on points with Häkkinen going into the Nürburgring, the penultimate round, although Häkkinen still led the championship on countback as both drivers had six wins but Häkkinen had two second places against Schumacher's one. This race was Ferrari's 600th start in a World Championship event as a team. [9] [10] [nb 1]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
13 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:25.289
21 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 1:25.561+0.272
38 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.679+0.390
47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.987+0.698
54 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:26.159+0.870
610 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:26.309+1.020
76 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:26.567+1.278
814 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:26.637+1.348
911 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:26.681+1.392
1012 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:26.794+1.505
115 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:26.817+1.528
122 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 1:26.836+1.547
1318 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:27.247+1.958
149 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:27.362+2.073
1515 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:27.510+2.221
1617 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Arrows 1:27.744+2.455
1719 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 1:28.212+2.923
1820 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.286+2.997
1921 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.346+3.057
2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:28.387+3.098
2122 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 1:29.101+3.812
2223 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 1:29.417+4.128
107% time: 1:31.259
Source: [11]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
13 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 531:17:09.672110
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 53+37.97756
310 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 53+41.15264
48 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 53+55.67133
514 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 53+1:01.87282
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 53+1:06.688141
72 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 52+1 Lap12 
85 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 52+1 Lap11 
921 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 52+1 Lap19 
1018 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 52+1 Lap13 
1123 Flag of Argentina.svg Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 51+2 Laps22 
1220 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 51+2 Laps18 
1312 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 50+3 Laps10 
Ret19 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 39Gearbox17 
Ret1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 37Spun off2 
Ret17 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Arrows 32Throttle16 
Ret6 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 24Gearbox7 
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 16Engine4 
Ret11 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 15Vibrations9 
Ret22 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 13Engine21 
Ret15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 12Spun off15 
Ret16 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Arrows 10Spun off20 
Source: [12]

Championship standings after the race

Notes

  1. A privateer Ferrari entry in the 1950 French Grand Prix, which is often a source of incorrect count for their races as a team (as opposed to as a manufacturer) is not counted towards the team's participations.

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