Season 1998 · Round 8

French Grand Prix

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1998-06-28 · Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours · France · French Grand Prix · 71Lap · 301.564km
3 Michael Schumacher
Ferrari 1:34
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
4 Eddie Irvine
Ferrari +19.575
8 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren +19.747
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
5
Toranosuke Takagi L60 Jarno Trulli L55 Esteban Tuero L41 Damon Hill L19 Ricardo Rosset L16
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 8 wins
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/18 27.8%
Closest finish · all-time P26
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours, France
71Lap 301.564km 18 races held (1991–) Lap record 1:15.045 · David Coulthard (2002)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 8 wins · GP #1
P15 Damon Hill 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P15 David Coulthard 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Starts
P3 Rubens Barrichello 16 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
P4 Michael Schumacher 15 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P5 David Coulthard 14 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 7 13 19 25 31 37 43 49 55 61 67 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Irvine IRV Irvine IRV Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Wurz WUR Wurz WUR Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Herbert HER Herbert HER Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Panis PAN Panis PAN Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Salo SAL Salo SAL Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Frentzen · stopped L68 · classified P15 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Schumacher SCH Schumacher SCH Nakano · stopped L65 · classified P17 Nakano NAK Nakano NAK Takagi · retired L60 Takagi TAK Takagi TAK Trulli · retired L55 Trulli TRU Trulli TRU Tuero · retired L41 Tuero TUE Tuero TUE Hill · retired L19 Hill HIL Hill HIL Rosset · retired L16 Rosset ROS Rosset ROS
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 3 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 2 71 1:34 10
2 4 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 4 71 +19.575 6
3 8 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 1 71 +19.747 4
4 1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 5 71 +1:06.965 3
5 6 Alexander Wurz Benetton 10 70 +1 Lap 2
6 7 David Coulthard McLaren 3 70 +1 Lap 1
7 14 Jean Alesi Sauber 11 70 +1 Lap
8 15 Johnny Herbert Sauber 13 70 +1 Lap
9 5 Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton 9 70 +1 Lap
10 18 Rubens Barrichello Stewart 14 69 +2 Laps
11 11 Olivier Panis Prost 16 69 +2 Laps
12 19 Jos Verstappen Stewart 15 69 +2 Laps
13 17 Mika Salo Arrows 19 69 +2 Laps
14 16 Pedro Diniz Arrows 17 69 +2 Laps
15 2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams 8 68 Suspension
16 10 Ralf Schumacher Jordan 6 68 +3 Laps
17 22 Shinji Nakano Minardi 21 65 Engine
R 21 Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell 20 60 Engine
R 12 Jarno Trulli Prost 12 55 Spun off
R 23 Esteban Tuero Minardi 22 41 Gearbox
R 9 Damon Hill Jordan 7 19 Hydraulics
R 20 Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell 18 16 Hydraulics
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Mika Häkkinen
2
3 Michael Schumacher
3
7 David Coulthard
4
4 Eddie Irvine
5
1 Jacques Villeneuve
6
10 Ralf Schumacher
7
9 Damon Hill
8
2 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
9
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
10
6 Alexander Wurz
11
14 Jean Alesi
12
12 Jarno Trulli
13
15 Johnny Herbert
14
18 Rubens Barrichello
15
19 Jos Verstappen
16
11 Olivier Panis
17
16 Pedro Diniz
18
20 Ricardo Rosset
19
17 Mika Salo
20
21 Toranosuke Takagi
21
22 Shinji Nakano
22
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 7 David Coulthard 1:17.523 L59
2 3 Michael Schumacher 1:17.770 L4
3 3 Michael Schumacher 1:17.819 L3
4 3 Michael Schumacher 1:17.951 L2
5 3 Michael Schumacher 1:18.076 L5
6 3 Michael Schumacher 1:18.122 L6
7 7 David Coulthard 1:18.174 L58
8 3 Michael Schumacher 1:18.423 L7
9 3 Michael Schumacher 1:18.435 L10
10 8 Mika Häkkinen 1:18.493 L52
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
15
Johnny Herbert
+13
P13→P8
2
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
+12
P8→P15
21
Toranosuke Takagi
+12
P20→P—
17
Mika Salo
+11
P19→P13
6
Alexander Wurz
+10
P10→P5
5
Giancarlo Fisichella
+10
P9→P9
7
David Coulthard
+9
P3→P6
14
Jean Alesi
+9
P11→P7
Most positions lost
Ralf Schumacher −15 Jarno Trulli −12 David Coulthard −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