Season 1998 · Round 6

Monaco Grand Prix

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1998-05-24 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 78Lap · 262.626km
8 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren 1:51:24.400
Team win 10pt P1 · P18
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
Benetton +11.475
4 Eddie Irvine
Ferrari +41.378
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Jarno Trulli L56 Olivier Panis L49 Ralf Schumacher L44 Alexander Wurz L42 Jan Magnussen L30 David Coulthard L17 Rubens Barrichello L11 Heinz-Harald Frentzen L5 Esteban Tuero L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Michael Schumacher active 5 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
78Lap 262.626km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Michael Schumacher 5 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P9 David Coulthard 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P18 Mika Häkkinen 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P2 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P4 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P9 Jarno Trulli 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 73 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Salo SAL Salo SAL Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Herbert HER Herbert HER Hill HIL Hill HIL Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Alesi · stopped L72 · classified P12 Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Trulli · retired L56 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Panis · retired L49 Panis PAN Panis PAN Schumacher · retired L44 Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Wurz · retired L42 Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Magnussen · retired L30 Magnussen MAG Magnussen MAG Coulthard · retired L17 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Barrichello · retired L11 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Frentzen · retired L9 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Tuero · retired L0 Tuero TUE Tuero TUE
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1 78 1:51:24.400 10
2 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 3 78 +11.475 6
3 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 7 78 +41.378 4
4 17 Mika Salo Arrows 8 78 +1:00.363 3
5 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 13 77 +1 Lap 2
6 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 12 77 +1 Lap 1
7 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 9 77 +1 Lap
8 9 Damon Hill Jordan 15 76 +2 Laps
9 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 19 76 +2 Laps
10 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 4 76 +2 Laps
11 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 20 76 +2 Laps
12 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 11 72 Gearbox
R 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 10 56 Gearbox
R 11 Olivier Panis Prost 18 49 Wheel
R 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 16 44 Suspension
R 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 6 42 Spun off
R 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart 17 30 Suspension
R 7 David Coulthard McLaren 2 17 Engine
R 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 14 11 Suspension
R 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 5 5 Collision
R 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 21 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Mika Häkkinen
2
7 David Coulthard
3
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
4
3 Michael Schumacher
5
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
6
6 Alexander Wurz
7
4 Eddie Irvine
8
17 Mika Salo
9
15 Johnny Herbert
10
12 Jarno Trulli
11
14 Jean Alesi
12
16 Pedro Diniz
13
1 Jacques Villeneuve
14
18 Rubens Barrichello
15
9 Damon Hill
16
10 Ralf Schumacher
17
19 Jan Magnussen
18
11 Olivier Panis
19
22 Shinji Nakano
20
21 Toranosuke Takagi
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 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:22.948 L29
2 7 David Coulthard 1:22.955 L17
3 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:22.996 L16
4 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:23.063 L17
5 3 Michael Schumacher 1:23.189 L65
6 3 Michael Schumacher 1:23.212 L68
7 7 David Coulthard 1:23.221 L14
8 7 David Coulthard 1:23.301 L16
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:23.340 L67
10 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:23.350 L31
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
22
Shinji Nakano
+11
P19→P9
1
Jacques Villeneuve
+9
P13→P5
9
Damon Hill
+9
P15→P8
10
Ralf Schumacher
+9
P16→P—
3
Michael Schumacher
+8
P4→P10
21
Toranosuke Takagi
+8
P20→P11
15
Johnny Herbert
+7
P9→P7
11
Olivier Panis
+7
P18→P—
Most positions lost
Michael Schumacher −14 Jarno Trulli −5 Johnny Herbert −3
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