Season 1998 · Round 7

Canadian Grand Prix

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1998-06-07 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 69Lap · 305.049km
3 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari 1:40:57.300
Team win 14pt P1 · P3 1-3
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
Benetton +16.662
4 Eddie Irvine
Ferrari +1:00.059
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Esteban Tuero L53 Damon Hill L42 Olivier Panis L39 Heinz-Harald Frentzen L20 David Coulthard L18 Johnny Herbert L18 Mika Salo L18 Mika Häkkinen L0 Ralf Schumacher L0 Jean Alesi L0 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 7 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
69Lap 305.049km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 7 wins · GP #1
P10 Jean Alesi 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Mika Häkkinen 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P2 Rubens Barrichello 18 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P8 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Magnussen MAG Magnussen MAG Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Tuero · retired L53 Tuero TUE Tuero TUE Hill · retired L42 Hill HIL Hill HIL Panis · retired L39 Panis PAN Panis PAN Frentzen · retired L20 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Coulthard · retired L18 Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Herbert · retired L18 Herbert HER Herbert HER Salo · retired L18 Salo SAL Salo SAL Häkkinen · retired L0 Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Schumacher · retired L0 Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Alesi · retired L0 Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Trulli · retired L0 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Takagi · retired L0 Takagi TAK Takagi TAK
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 69 1:40:57.300 10
2 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 4 69 +16.662 6
3 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 8 69 +1:00.059 4
4 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 11 69 +1:03.232 3
5 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 13 69 +1:21.513 2
6 19 Jan Magnussen Stewart 20 68 +1 Lap 1
7 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 18 68 +1 Lap
8 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 22 68 +1 Lap
9 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 19 68 +1 Lap
10 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 6 63 +6 Laps
R 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 21 53 Electrical
R 9 Damon Hill Jordan 10 42 Electrical
R 11 Olivier Panis Prost 15 39 Spun off
R 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 7 20 Spun off
R 7 David Coulthard McLaren 1 18 Throttle
R 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 12 18 Spun off
R 17 Mika Salo Arrows 17 18 Accident
R 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 2 0 Gearbox
R 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 5 0 Gearbox
R 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 9 0 Collision
R 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 14 0 Collision
R 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 16 0 Transmission
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
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
5
10 Ralf Schumacher
6
1 Jacques Villeneuve
7
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
8
4 Eddie Irvine
9
14 Jean Alesi
10
9 Damon Hill
11
6 Alexander Wurz
12
15 Johnny Herbert
13
18 Rubens Barrichello
14
12 Jarno Trulli
15
11 Olivier Panis
16
21 Toranosuke Takagi
17
17 Mika Salo
18
22 Shinji Nakano
19
16 Pedro Diniz
20
19 Jan Magnussen
21
23 Esteban Tuero
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 1:19.379 L48
2 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.810 L47
3 3 Michael Schumacher 1:19.977 L45
4 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.149 L46
5 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.157 L43
6 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.261 L44
7 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.338 L42
8 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.351 L40
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.404 L19
10 3 Michael Schumacher 1:20.438 L49
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
4
Eddie Irvine
+16
P8→P3
6
Alexander Wurz
+13
P11→P4
18
Rubens Barrichello
+12
P13→P5
22
Shinji Nakano
+11
P18→P7
23
Esteban Tuero
+10
P21→P—
11
Olivier Panis
+10
P15→P—
20
Ricardo Rosset
+9
P22→P8
16
Pedro Diniz
+9
P19→P9
Most positions lost
Jacques Villeneuve −12 Rubens Barrichello −11 Damon Hill −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