Season 1998 · Round 15

Luxembourg Grand Prix

1998-09-27 · Nürburgring · Germany · Luxembourg Grand Prix · 67Lap · 305.235km
McLaren 1:32:14.789
Team win 14pt P1 · P3 1-3
McLaren +34.163
Fastest Lap
DNF
6
Esteban Tuero L56 Ralf Schumacher L53 Johnny Herbert L37 Ricardo Rosset L36 Jarno Trulli L6 Pedro Diniz L6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
67Lap 305.235km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
P1 Mika Häkkinen 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Jacques Villeneuve 1 wins · GP #1
P1 Mika Häkkinen 1 · GP #1
P1 Michael Schumacher 1 · GP #1
P1 Jean Alesi 1 · GP #1
P1 Mika Häkkinen 1 · GP #1
P1 Michael Schumacher 1 · GP #1
P1 Jean Alesi 2 starts · GP #1
P1 Johnny Herbert 2 starts · GP #1
P1 Mika Häkkinen 2 starts · GP #1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Hill HIL Hill HIL Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Panis PAN Panis PAN Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Salo SAL Salo SAL Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Tuero · retired L56 Tuero TUE Tuero TUE Schumacher · retired L53 Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Herbert · retired L37 Herbert HER Herbert HER Rosset · retired L36 Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Trulli · retired L6 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Diniz · retired L6 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 3 67 1:32:14.789 10
2 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 67 +2.211 6
3 7 David Coulthard McLaren 5 67 +34.163 4
4 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 2 67 +58.182 3
5 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 7 67 +1:00.247 2
6 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 4 67 +1:01.359 1
7 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 8 67 +1:04.789
8 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 9 66 +1 Lap
9 9 Damon Hill Jordan 10 66 +1 Lap
10 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 11 66 +1 Lap
11 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 12 65 +2 Laps
12 11 Olivier Panis Prost 15 65 +2 Laps
13 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 18 65 +2 Laps
14 17 Mika Salo Arrows 16 65 +2 Laps
15 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 20 65 +2 Laps
16 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 19 65 +2 Laps
R 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 21 56 Engine
R 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 6 53 Brakes
R 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 13 37 Engine
R 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 22 36 Engine
R 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 14 6 Transmission
R 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 17 6 Hydraulics
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
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 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:20.450 L25
2 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:20.629 L26
3 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:20.632 L27
4 7 David Coulthard 1:20.715 L61
5 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:20.790 L22
6 7 David Coulthard 1:20.908 L59
7 7 David Coulthard 1:20.937 L60
8 3 Michael Schumacher 1:21.001 L65
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:21.093 L66
10 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:21.097 L62
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
1
+12
P9→P8
9
+12
P10→P9
5
+10
P4→P6
2
+9
P7→P5
6
+9
P8→P7
14
+9
P11→P10
22
+9
P20→P15
21
+8
P19→P16
Most positions lost
Ralf Schumacher −14 Giancarlo Fisichella −11 Jacques Villeneuve −11
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