1998 Italian Grand Prix

The 1998 Italian Grand Prix was the 14th race of the 1998 Formula One Season. Held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 13 1998 in sunny conditions, it was won by Michael Schumacher for Ferrari. His teammate Eddie Irvine finished second, giving Ferrari a 1-2 finish on home soil to the delight of the tifosi. It was also the last win for Goodyear in Formula One.

Schumacher's win put him on level in points with Mika Häkkinen in the Drivers' Championship with two races remaining.

BackgroundEdit

Entry listEdit

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Winfield Williams	Williams	FW20	Mecachrome	GC37-01 V10 3.0	G
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Winfield Williams	Williams	FW20	Mecachrome	GC37-01 V10 3.0	G
3	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F300	Ferrari	047 V10 3.0	G
4	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F300	Ferrari	047 V10 3.0	G
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	B198	Playlife	GC37-01 V10 3.0	B
6	Alexander Wurz	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	B198	Playlife	GC37-01 V10 3.0	B
7	David Coulthard	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/13	Mercedes	FO 110G V10 3.0	B
8	Mika Häkkinen	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/13	Mercedes	FO 110G V10 3.0	B
9	Damon Hill	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda	MF-301 HC V10 3.0	G
10	Ralf Schumacher	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda	MF-301 HC V10 3.0	G
11	Olivier Panis	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	AP01	Peugeot	A16 V10 3.0	B
12	Jarno Trulli	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	AP01	Peugeot	A16 V10 3.0	B
14	Jean Alesi	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C17	Petronas	SPE-01D V10 3.0	G
15	Johnny Herbert	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C17	Petronas	SPE-01D V10 3.0	G
16	Pedro Diniz	Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	A19	Arrows	T2-F1 V10 3.0	B
17	Mika Salo	Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	A19	Arrows	T2-F1 V10 3.0	B
18	Rubens Barrichello	HSBC Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF02	Ford Cosworth	VJ Zetec-R V10 3.0	B
19	Jos Verstappen	HSBC Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF02	Ford Cosworth	VJ Zetec-R V10 3.0	B
20	Ricardo Rosset	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell	026	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	G
21	Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell	026	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	G
22	Shinji Nakano	Fondmetal Minardi Team	Minardi	M198	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	B
23	Esteban Tuero	Fondmetal Minardi Team	Minardi	M198	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	B

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Q1Edit

Q2Edit

Q3Edit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	1:17:09.672	1	10
2	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	53	+ 37.977	5	6
3	10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	53	+ 41.152	6	4
4	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+ 55.671	3	3
5	14	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	53	+ 1:01.872	8	2
6	9	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	53	+ 1:06.688	14	1
7	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	52	+ 1 Lap	12
8	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	52	+ 1 Lap	11
9	21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	19
10	18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	13
11	23	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	51	+ 2 Laps	22
12	20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	51	+ 2 Laps	18
13	12	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	50	+ 3 Laps	10
Ret	19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford	39	Gearbox	17
Ret	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	37	Spun off	2
Ret	17	Mika Salo	Arrows	32	Throttle	16
Ret	6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	24	Gearbox	7
Ret	7	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	16	Engine	4
Ret	11	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	15	Vibrations	9
Ret	22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	13	Engine	21
Ret	15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	12	Spun off	15
Ret	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	10	Spun off	20

MilestonesEdit

• Last F1 win for tyre supplier Goodyear.

Standings after raceEdit

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen 80 2 Michael Schumacher 80 3 David Coulthard 48 4 Eddie Irvine 38 5 Jacques Villeneuve 20 6 Damon Hill 17 7 Alexander Wurz 17 8 Giancarlo Fisichella 15 9 Ralf Schumacher 14 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13 11 Jean Alesi 9 12 Rubens Barrichello 4 13 Mika Salo 3 14 Pedro Diniz 3 15 Johnny Herbert 1 16 Jarno Trulli 1 17 Jan Magnussen 1 18 Shinji Nakano 0 19 Esteban Tuero 0 20 Ricardo Rosset 0 21 Toranosuke Takagi 0 22 Olivier Panis 0 23 Jos Verstappen 0

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes 128 2 Ferrari 118 3 Williams-Mecachrome 33 4 Benetton-Playlife 32 5 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 31 6 Sauber-Petronas 10 7 Arrows 6 8 Stewart-Ford 5 9 Prost-Peugeot 1 10 Minardi-Ford 0 11 Tyrrell-Ford 0

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