Season 1998 · Round 12

Hungarian Grand Prix

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1998-08-16 · Hungaroring · Hungary · Hungarian Grand Prix · 77Lap · 305.844km
3 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari 1:45:26.400
Team win 10pt P1 · P20
7 David Coulthard
McLaren +9.433
1 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams +44.444
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
6
Alexander Wurz L69 Rubens Barrichello L54 Jarno Trulli L28 Mika Salo L18 Eddie Irvine L13 Esteban Tuero L13
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 17/41 41.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P31
Closest finish · all-time P19
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Hungaroring Budapest, Hungary
77Lap 305.844km 41 races held (1986–) Lap record 1:16.207 · Michael Schumacher (2002)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Mika Häkkinen 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P4 Damon Hill 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -2
P8 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Hill HIL Hill HIL Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Herbert HER Herbert HER Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Panis PAN Panis PAN Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Wurz · retired L69 Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Barrichello · retired L54 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Trulli · retired L28 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Salo · retired L18 Salo SAL Salo SAL Irvine · retired L13 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Tuero · retired L13 Tuero TUE Tuero TUE
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 77 1:45:26.400 10
2 7 David Coulthard McLaren 2 77 +9.433 6
3 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 6 77 +44.444 4
4 9 Damon Hill Jordan 4 77 +55.076 3
5 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 7 77 +56.510 2
6 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1 76 +1 Lap 1
7 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 11 76 +1 Lap
8 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 8 76 +1 Lap
9 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 10 76 +1 Lap
10 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 15 76 +1 Lap
11 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 12 74 +3 Laps
12 11 Olivier Panis Prost 20 74 +3 Laps
13 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 17 74 +3 Laps
14 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 18 74 +3 Laps
15 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 19 74 +3 Laps
R 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 9 69 Gearbox
R 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 14 54 Gearbox
R 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 16 28 Engine
R 17 Mika Salo Arrows 13 18 Gearbox
R 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 5 13 Gearbox
R 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 21 13 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Mika Häkkinen
2
7 David Coulthard
3
3 Michael Schumacher
4
9 Damon Hill
5
4 Eddie Irvine
6
1 Jacques Villeneuve
7
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
8
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
9
6 Alexander Wurz
10
10 Ralf Schumacher
11
14 Jean Alesi
12
16 Pedro Diniz
13
17 Mika Salo
14
18 Rubens Barrichello
15
15 Johnny Herbert
16
12 Jarno Trulli
17
19 Jos Verstappen
18
21 Toranosuke Takagi
19
22 Shinji Nakano
20
11 Olivier Panis
21
23 Esteban Tuero
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 1:19.286 L60
2 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.510 L61
3 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.594 L46
4 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.625 L58
5 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.805 L48
6 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.857 L54
7 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.918 L45
8 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.952 L32
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.966 L59
10 1 Jacques Villeneuve 1:20.078 L57
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
11
Olivier Panis
+14
P20→P12
19
Jos Verstappen
+10
P17→P13
18
Rubens Barrichello
+9
P14→P—
9
Damon Hill
+8
P4→P4
14
Jean Alesi
+7
P11→P7
5
Giancarlo Fisichella
+7
P8→P8
10
Ralf Schumacher
+7
P10→P9
21
Toranosuke Takagi
+7
P18→P14
Most positions lost
Rubens Barrichello −8 Damon Hill −7 Pedro Diniz −6
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