Race · Round 2 of 16 · 29 March 1998

1998 Brazilian Grand Prix

Mika Hakkinen won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 26 °C, 8.2 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Mika HakkinenMcLaren
Pole: Mika Hakkinen
Fastest lap: Mika Hakkinen
Entries: 2211 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	MP4/13	1	72	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	MP4/13	2	72	Finished	6
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	F300	4	72	Finished	4
4	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	B198	5	72	Finished	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	FW20	3	71	Finished	2
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	B198	7	71	Finished	1
7	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	FW20	10	71	Finished	0
8	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	F300	6	71	Finished	0
9	Jean Alesi	Sauber	C17	15	71	Finished	0
10	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	16	70	Finished	0
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	C17	14	67	Physical	0
DSQ	Damon Hill	Jordan	198	11	70	Car underweight	0
DNF	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	9	63	Engine	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	SF02	13	56	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	22	21	52	Gearbox	0
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	M198	19	44	Throttle	0
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	A19	22	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	22	17	19	Engine	0
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	A19	20	18	Engine	0
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	AP01	12	17	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	M198	18	3	Spun off	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	198	8	0	Spun off	0

F1DB layout interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Mika Hakkinen	1	1	72
David Coulthard	2	2	72
Michael Schumacher	4	3	72
Alexander Wurz	5	4	72
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	5	71
Giancarlo Fisichella	7	6	71
Jacques Villeneuve	10	7	71
Eddie Irvine	6	8	71
Jean Alesi	15	9	71
Jan Magnussen	16	10	70
Johnny Herbert	14	11	67
Damon Hill	11	DSQ	70
Olivier Panis	9	DNF	63
Rubens Barrichello	13	DNF	56
Ricardo Rosset	21	DNF	52
Esteban Tuero	19	DNF	44
Pedro Diniz	22	DNF	26
Toranosuke Takagi	17	DNF	19
Mika Salo	20	DNF	18
Jarno Trulli	12	DNF	17
Shinji Nakano	18	DNF	3
Ralf Schumacher	8	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:17.092	—	0 m	—
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:17.757	+0.665	37 m	+0.665
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:18.109	+1.017	57 m	+0.352
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:18.250	+1.158	64 m	+0.141
5	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:18.261	+1.169	65 m	+0.011
6	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:18.449	+1.357	76 m	+0.188
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:18.652	+1.560	87 m	+0.203
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:18.735	+1.643	91 m	+0.083
9	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:18.753	+1.661	92 m	+0.018
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:18.761	+1.669	93 m	+0.008
11	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:18.988	+1.896	106 m	+0.227
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:19.069	+1.977	110 m	+0.081
13	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:19.344	+2.252	125 m	+0.275
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:19.375	+2.283	127 m	+0.031
15	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:19.449	+2.357	131 m	+0.074
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:19.644	+2.552	142 m	+0.195
17	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:20.203	+3.111	173 m	+0.559
18	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:20.390	+3.298	184 m	+0.187
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:20.459	+3.367	187 m	+0.069
20	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:20.481	+3.389	189 m	+0.022
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:20.748	+3.656	204 m	+0.267
22	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:20.847	+3.755	209 m	+0.099

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Mika Hakkinen	1	72	1	39	37.4
David Coulthard	2	72	1	36	35.9
Michael Schumacher	3	72	2	26, 53	33.7, 38.5
Alexander Wurz	4	72	1	46	34.9
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	71	2	27, 45	33.5, 33.5
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	71	1	47	33.8
Jacques Villeneuve	7	71	2	29, 48	34.6, 33.2
Eddie Irvine	8	71	2	27, 55	33.9, 33.3
Jean Alesi	9	71	1	42	35.3
Jan Magnussen	10	70	2	24, 49	41.4, 39.6
Johnny Herbert	11	67	1	41	36.5
Damon Hill	DSQ	70	1	37	36.7
Olivier Panis	DNF	63	1	43	39.9
Rubens Barrichello	DNF	56	1	36	41.1
Ricardo Rosset	DNF	52	2	22, 48	37.1, 39.1
Esteban Tuero	DNF	44	1	40	41.5
Pedro Diniz	DNF	26	0	None recorded	—
Toranosuke Takagi	DNF	19	0	None recorded	—
Mika Salo	DNF	18	0	None recorded	—
Jarno Trulli	DNF	17	0	None recorded	—
Shinji Nakano	DNF	3	0	None recorded	—
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Mika Hakkinen · David Coulthard	1 · 2	1 · 2	39 · 36	David Coulthard	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Michael Schumacher	2 · 4	2 · 3	36 · 26	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
David Coulthard · Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2 · 3	2 · 5	36 · 27	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Michael Schumacher	3 · 4	5 · 3	27 · 26	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Alexander Wurz	4 · 5	3 · 4	26 · 46	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Alexander Wurz	3 · 5	5 · 4	27 · 46	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Swapped places
Alexander Wurz · Eddie Irvine	5 · 6	4 · 8	46 · 27	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Giancarlo Fisichella	3 · 7	5 · 6	27 · 47	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Giancarlo Fisichella	6 · 7	8 · 6	27 · 47	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jacques Villeneuve	7 · 10	6 · 7	47 · 29	Jacques Villeneuve	Kept their order
Eddie Irvine · Jacques Villeneuve	6 · 10	8 · 7	27 · 29	Eddie Irvine	Swapped places
Eddie Irvine · Jean Alesi	6 · 15	8 · 9	27 · 42	Eddie Irvine	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Jean Alesi	14 · 15	11 · 9	41 · 42	Johnny Herbert	Swapped places
Jean Alesi · Jan Magnussen	15 · 16	9 · 10	42 · 24	Jan Magnussen	Kept their order
Johnny Herbert · Jan Magnussen	14 · 16	11 · 10	41 · 24	Jan Magnussen	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:18.573	—	0 m	—	25
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:18.799	+0.226	12 m	+0.226	29
3	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:19.721	+1.148	63 m	+0.922	40
4	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:19.786	+1.213	66 m	+0.065	33
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:19.916	+1.343	73 m	+0.130	41
6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:19.936	+1.363	74 m	+0.020	40
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:19.937	+1.364	75 m	+0.001	37
8	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:20.010	+1.437	78 m	+0.073	37
9	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:20.021	+1.448	79 m	+0.011	42
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:20.031	+1.458	80 m	+0.010	39
11	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:20.164	+1.591	87 m	+0.133	38
12	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:20.527	+1.954	107 m	+0.363	38
13	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:20.777	+2.204	120 m	+0.250	26
14	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:20.839	+2.266	124 m	+0.062	32
15	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:20.919	+2.346	128 m	+0.080	22
16	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:21.116	+2.543	139 m	+0.197	27
17	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:21.298	+2.725	149 m	+0.182	36
18	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:21.598	+3.025	165 m	+0.300	30
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:21.901	+3.328	182 m	+0.303	44
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:21.938	+3.365	184 m	+0.037	33
21	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:22.962	+4.389	240 m	+1.024	18
22	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	2:06.081	+47.508	2,595 m	+43.119	5

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:17.432	—	0 m	—	23
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:17.535	+0.103	6 m	+0.103	20
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:18.647	+1.215	67 m	+1.112	28
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:18.674	+1.242	69 m	+0.027	31
5	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:18.738	+1.306	72 m	+0.064	27
6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:18.879	+1.447	80 m	+0.141	35
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:18.974	+1.542	85 m	+0.095	33
8	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:19.138	+1.706	95 m	+0.164	15
9	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:19.329	+1.897	105 m	+0.191	33
10	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:19.364	+1.932	107 m	+0.035	35
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:19.429	+1.997	111 m	+0.065	20
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:19.474	+2.042	113 m	+0.045	19
13	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:19.686	+2.254	125 m	+0.212	17
14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:19.867	+2.435	135 m	+0.181	23
15	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:20.299	+2.867	159 m	+0.432	20
16	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:20.330	+2.898	161 m	+0.031	7
17	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:20.760	+3.328	184 m	+0.430	20
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:20.771	+3.339	185 m	+0.011	16
19	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:21.040	+3.608	200 m	+0.269	28
20	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:21.042	+3.610	200 m	+0.002	17
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:21.242	+3.810	211 m	+0.200	14
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:21.541	+4.109	228 m	+0.299	30

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren	8	1:19.394	—	0 m	—	12
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	7	1:19.526	+0.132	7 m	+0.132	12
3	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	1:20.547	+1.153	62 m	+1.021	12
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	1:20.578	+1.184	64 m	+0.031	12
5	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart Grand Prix	18	1:20.620	+1.226	66 m	+0.042	13
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1	1:20.946	+1.552	84 m	+0.326	13
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	2	1:20.975	+1.581	85 m	+0.029	13
8	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	6	1:21.009	+1.615	87 m	+0.034	16
9	Jan Magnussen	Stewart Grand Prix	19	1:21.026	+1.632	88 m	+0.017	12
10	Jarno Trulli	Prost Grand Prix	12	1:21.079	+1.685	91 m	+0.053	15
11	Olivier Panis	Prost Grand Prix	11	1:21.107	+1.713	93 m	+0.028	10
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	14	1:21.117	+1.723	93 m	+0.010	13
13	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	15	1:21.192	+1.798	97 m	+0.075	14
14	Mika Salo	Arrows	17	1:21.374	+1.980	107 m	+0.182	11
15	Damon Hill	Jordan	9	1:21.521	+2.127	115 m	+0.147	13
16	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	21	1:21.584	+2.190	118 m	+0.063	15
17	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	10	1:21.651	+2.257	122 m	+0.067	13
18	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	22	1:21.681	+2.287	124 m	+0.030	14
19	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	5	1:21.712	+2.318	125 m	+0.031	8
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20	1:22.228	+2.834	153 m	+0.516	14
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	23	1:22.542	+3.148	170 m	+0.314	8
22	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	16	1:22.654	+3.260	176 m	+0.112	9

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Sauber C17
Sauber C17 · Raoul van Wijk · CC BY-SA 2.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1998
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 29 Mar 1998
Layout raced: Revised · 4.292 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.