Season 1998 · Round 5

Spanish Grand Prix

← R4 1998 Season R6 →
1998-05-10 · Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya · Spain · Spanish Grand Prix · 65Lap · 307.196km
8 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren 1:33:38.300
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
7 David Coulthard
McLaren +9.439
3 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari +47.095
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
5
Damon Hill L46 Eddie Irvine L28 Giancarlo Fisichella L28 Mika Salo L21 Pedro Diniz L20
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 25/36 69.4%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
65Lap 307.196km 36 races held (1991–) Lap record 1:15.641 · Giancarlo Fisichella (2005)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 6 wins · GP #1
P4 Mika Häkkinen 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P13 Damon Hill 1 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P2 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P7 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Jenson Button -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Herbert HER Herbert HER Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Magnussen MAG Magnussen MAG Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Tuero TUE Tuero TUE Panis PAN Panis PAN Hill · retired L46 Hill HIL Hill HIL Irvine · retired L28 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Fisichella · retired L28 Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Salo · retired L21 Salo SAL Salo SAL Diniz · retired L20 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1 65 1:33:38.300 10
2 7 David Coulthard McLaren 2 65 +9.439 6
3 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 65 +47.095 4
4 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 5 65 +1:02.538 3
5 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 9 64 +1 Lap 2
6 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 10 64 +1 Lap 1
7 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 7 64 +1 Lap
8 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 13 63 +2 Laps
9 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 16 63 +2 Laps
10 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 14 63 +2 Laps
11 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 11 63 +2 Laps
12 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart 18 63 +2 Laps
13 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 21 63 +2 Laps
14 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 20 63 +2 Laps
15 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 19 63 +2 Laps
16 11 Olivier Panis Prost 12 60 +5 Laps
R 9 Damon Hill Jordan 8 46 Engine
R 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 6 28 Collision
R 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 4 28 Collision
R 17 Mika Salo Arrows 17 21 Engine
R 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 15 20 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
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
5
6 Alexander Wurz
6
4 Eddie Irvine
7
15 Johnny Herbert
8
9 Damon Hill
9
18 Rubens Barrichello
10
1 Jacques Villeneuve
11
10 Ralf Schumacher
12
11 Olivier Panis
13
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
14
14 Jean Alesi
15
16 Pedro Diniz
16
12 Jarno Trulli
17
17 Mika Salo
18
19 Jan Magnussen
19
23 Esteban Tuero
20
22 Shinji Nakano
21
21 Toranosuke Takagi
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 1:24.275 L25
2 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.532 L41
3 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.598 L3
4 3 Michael Schumacher 1:24.625 L47
5 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.650 L59
6 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.662 L4
7 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.672 L2
8 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.679 L50
9 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:24.739 L28
10 7 David Coulthard 1:24.778 L63
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
14
Jean Alesi
+14
P14→P10
2
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
+13
P13→P8
10
Ralf Schumacher
+13
P11→P11
19
Jan Magnussen
+12
P18→P12
12
Jarno Trulli
+10
P16→P9
22
Shinji Nakano
+9
P20→P14
11
Olivier Panis
+8
P12→P16
23
Esteban Tuero
+7
P19→P15
Most positions lost
Jan Magnussen −11 Jarno Trulli −8 Ralf Schumacher −7
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