Season 1998 · Round 4

San Marino Grand Prix

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1998-04-26 · Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Italy · San Marino Grand Prix · 62Lap · 305.609km
7 David Coulthard
McLaren 1:34:25.400
Team win 10pt P1 · P17
3 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari +4.554
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
4 Eddie Irvine
Ferrari +51.775
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
11
Ricardo Rosset L48 Toranosuke Takagi L40 Jarno Trulli L34 Shinji Nakano L27 Pedro Diniz L18 Mika Häkkinen L17 Giancarlo Fisichella L17 Alexander Wurz L17 Johnny Herbert L12 Jan Magnussen L8 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 7 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/32 34.4%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Circuit Info
62Lap 305.609km 32 races held (1980–) Lap record 1:15.484 · Lewis Hamilton (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 7 wins · GP #1
P4 Damon Hill 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P6 David Coulthard 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P1 Michael Schumacher 15 starts · GP #1
P2 Rubens Barrichello 14 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P5 David Coulthard 12 starts · → Gerhard Berger -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Tuero TUE Tuero TUE Salo SAL Salo SAL Hill · stopped L57 · classified P10 Hill HIL Hill HIL Panis PAN Panis PAN Rosset · retired L48 Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Takagi · retired L40 Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Trulli · retired L34 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Nakano · retired L27 Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Diniz · retired L18 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Häkkinen · retired L17 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Fisichella · retired L17 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Wurz · retired L17 Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Herbert · retired L12 Herbert HER Herbert HER Magnussen · retired L8 Magnussen MAG Magnussen MAG Barrichello · retired L0 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 David Coulthard McLaren 1 62 1:34:25.400 10
2 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 62 +4.554 6
3 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 4 62 +51.775 4
4 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 6 62 +54.590 3
5 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 8 62 +1:17.476 2
6 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 12 61 +1 Lap 1
7 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 9 60 +2 Laps
8 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 19 60 +2 Laps
9 17 Mika Salo Arrows 14 60 +2 Laps
10 9 Damon Hill Jordan 7 57 Hydraulics
11 11 Olivier Panis Prost 13 56 +6 Laps
R 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 22 48 Engine
R 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 15 40 Engine
R 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 16 34 Throttle
R 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 21 27 Engine
R 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 18 18 Engine
R 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 2 17 Gearbox
R 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 10 17 Spun off
R 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 5 17 Engine
R 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 11 12 Puncture
R 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart 20 8 Transmission
R 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 17 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 David Coulthard
2
8 Mika Häkkinen
3
3 Michael Schumacher
4
4 Eddie Irvine
5
6 Alexander Wurz
6
1 Jacques Villeneuve
7
9 Damon Hill
8
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
9
10 Ralf Schumacher
10
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
11
15 Johnny Herbert
12
14 Jean Alesi
13
11 Olivier Panis
14
17 Mika Salo
15
21 Toranosuke Takagi
16
12 Jarno Trulli
17
18 Rubens Barrichello
18
16 Pedro Diniz
19
23 Esteban Tuero
20
19 Jan Magnussen
21
22 Shinji Nakano
22
20 Ricardo Rosset
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.345 L48
2 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.406 L49
3 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.408 L51
4 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.482 L50
5 7 David Coulthard 1:29.497 L21
6 7 David Coulthard 1:29.527 L23
7 7 David Coulthard 1:29.561 L15
8 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.579 L57
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.596 L58
10 3 Michael Schumacher 1:29.613 L55
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
9
Damon Hill
+14
P7→P10
23
Esteban Tuero
+10
P19→P8
17
Mika Salo
+10
P14→P9
11
Olivier Panis
+8
P13→P11
20
Ricardo Rosset
+7
P22→P—
10
Ralf Schumacher
+6
P9→P7
21
Toranosuke Takagi
+6
P15→P—
22
Shinji Nakano
+6
P21→P—
Most positions lost
Mika Salo −7 Ralf Schumacher −4 Damon Hill −4
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15