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Race · Round 8 of 16 ·

1998 French Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 21 °C, no 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
Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner
Michael SchumacherFerrari
Fastest lap
David Coulthard
Entries
2217 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Michael SchumacherFerrariF300271Finished10
2Eddie IrvineFerrariF300471Finished6
3Mika HakkinenMcLarenMP4/13171Finished4
4Jacques VilleneuveWilliamsFW20571Finished3
5Alexander WurzBenettonB1981070Finished2
6David CoulthardMcLarenMP4/13370Finished1fastest lap
7Jean AlesiSauberC171170Finished0
8Johnny HerbertSauberC171370Finished0
9Giancarlo FisichellaBenettonB198970Finished0
10Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand PrixSF021469Finished0
11Olivier PanisProst Grand PrixAP011669Finished0
12Jos VerstappenStewart Grand PrixSF021569Finished0
13Mika SaloArrowsA191969Finished0
14Pedro DinizArrowsA191769Finished0
15Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliamsFW20868Suspension0
16Ralf SchumacherJordan198668Finished0
17Shinji NakanoMinardiM1982165Engine0
DNFToranosuke TakagiTyrrell222060Engine0
DNFJarno TrulliProst Grand PrixAP011255Spun off0
DNFEsteban TueroMinardiM1982241Gearbox0
DNFDamon HillJordan198719Hydraulics0
DNFRicardo RossetTyrrell221816Hydraulics0
F1DB layout magny-cours-2 · 4.25 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

010203040506070Laps completedGridResult21Michael Schumacher42Eddie Irvine13Mika Hakkinen54Jacques Villeneuve105Alexander Wurz36David Coulthard117Jean Alesi138Johnny Herbert99Giancarlo Fisichella1410Rubens Barrichello1611Olivier Panis1512Jos Verstappen1913Mika Salo1714Pedro Diniz815Heinz-Harald Frentzen616Ralf Schumacher2117Shinji Nakano20DNFToranosuke Takagi12DNFJarno Trulli22DNFEsteban Tuero7DNFDamon Hill18DNFRicardo Rosset

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
DriverGridResultLaps
Michael Schumacher2171
Eddie Irvine4271
Mika Hakkinen1371
Jacques Villeneuve5471
Alexander Wurz10570
David Coulthard3670
Jean Alesi11770
Johnny Herbert13870
Giancarlo Fisichella9970
Rubens Barrichello141069
Olivier Panis161169
Jos Verstappen151269
Mika Salo191369
Pedro Diniz171469
Heinz-Harald Frentzen81568
Ralf Schumacher61668
Shinji Nakano211765
Toranosuke Takagi20DNF60
Jarno Trulli12DNF55
Esteban Tuero22DNF41
Damon Hill7DNF19
Ricardo Rosset18DNF16

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:14.929—0 m—
2Michael SchumacherFerrari31:15.159+0.23013 m+0.230
3David CoulthardMcLaren71:15.333+0.40423 m+0.174
4Eddie IrvineFerrari41:15.527+0.59834 m+0.194
5Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:15.630+0.70140 m+0.103
6Ralf SchumacherJordan101:15.925+0.99656 m+0.295
7Damon HillJordan91:16.245+1.31675 m+0.320
8Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:16.319+1.39079 m+0.074
9Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:16.375+1.44682 m+0.056
10Alexander WurzBenetton61:16.460+1.53187 m+0.085
11Jean AlesiSauber141:16.627+1.69896 m+0.167
12Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:16.892+1.963111 m+0.265
13Johnny HerbertSauber151:16.977+2.048116 m+0.085
14Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:17.024+2.095119 m+0.047
15Jos VerstappenStewart Grand Prix191:17.604+2.675152 m+0.580
16Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:17.671+2.742156 m+0.067
17Pedro DinizArrows161:17.880+2.951167 m+0.209
18Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:17.908+2.979169 m+0.028
19Mika SaloArrows171:17.970+3.041172 m+0.062
20Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:18.221+3.292187 m+0.251
21Shinji NakanoMinardi221:18.273+3.344190 m+0.052
22Esteban TueroMinardi231:19.146+4.217239 m+0.873
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, Qualifying

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

Pit stops

010203040506070LapStops on each lap (up to 3)1Michael SchumacherLap 22: pit lane 25.9 sLap 45: pit lane 26.5 s2Eddie IrvineLap 23: pit lane 25.5 sLap 43: pit lane 26.6 s3Mika HakkinenLap 21: pit lane 25.8 sLap 54: pit lane 25.7 s4Jacques VilleneuveLap 24: pit lane 26.0 sLap 48: pit lane 26.0 s5Alexander WurzLap 17: pit lane 25.1 sLap 34: pit lane 24.1 sLap 50: pit lane 25.1 s6David CoulthardLap 22: pit lane 34.3 sLap 55: pit lane 53.6 sLap 56: pit lane 31.3 sLap 63: pit lane 27.2 s7Jean AlesiLap 23: pit lane 25.9 sLap 46: pit lane 25.4 s8Johnny HerbertLap 24: pit lane 45.7 sLap 47: pit lane 25.8 s9Giancarlo FisichellaLap 18: pit lane 24.6 sLap 34: pit lane 31.5 sLap 52: pit lane 26.4 s10Rubens BarrichelloLap 23: pit lane 26.7 sLap 47: pit lane 25.7 s11Olivier PanisLap 29: pit lane 25.6 sLap 45: pit lane 26.2 s12Jos VerstappenLap 21: pit lane 28.7 sLap 45: pit lane 25.8 s13Mika SaloLap 31: pit lane 28.1 s14Pedro DinizLap 39: pit lane 28.6 s15Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 20: pit lane 26.6 sLap 51: pit lane 24.8 s16Ralf SchumacherLap 16: pit lane 27.2 sLap 18: pit lane 142.3 sLap 53: pit lane 25.2 s17Shinji NakanoLap 21: pit lane 27.8 sLap 43: pit lane 28.2 sDNFToranosuke TakagiLap 15: pit lane 26.4 sLap 35: pit lane 26.7 sLap 51: pit lane 26.5 sDNFJarno TrulliLap 2: pit lane 81.7 sLap 25: pit lane 25.8 sLap 46: pit lane 26.5 sDNFEsteban TueroLap 35: pit lane 31.0 sDNFDamon HillLap 17: pit lane 26.6 sDNFRicardo Rosset

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
DriverResultLapsStops recordedStopped on lapPit-lane time (s)
Michael Schumacher171222, 4525.9, 26.5
Eddie Irvine271223, 4325.5, 26.6
Mika Hakkinen371221, 5425.8, 25.7
Jacques Villeneuve471224, 4826.0, 26.0
Alexander Wurz570317, 34, 5025.1, 24.1, 25.1
David Coulthard670422, 55, 56, 6334.3, 53.6, 31.3, 27.2
Jean Alesi770223, 4625.9, 25.4
Johnny Herbert870224, 4745.7, 25.8
Giancarlo Fisichella970318, 34, 5224.6, 31.5, 26.4
Rubens Barrichello1069223, 4726.7, 25.7
Olivier Panis1169229, 4525.6, 26.2
Jos Verstappen1269221, 4528.7, 25.8
Mika Salo136913128.1
Pedro Diniz146913928.6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen1568220, 5126.6, 24.8
Ralf Schumacher1668316, 18, 5327.2, 142.3, 25.2
Shinji Nakano1765221, 4327.8, 28.2
Toranosuke TakagiDNF60315, 35, 5126.4, 26.7, 26.5
Jarno TrulliDNF5532, 25, 4681.7, 25.8, 26.5
Esteban TueroDNF4113531.0
Damon HillDNF1911726.6
Ricardo RossetDNF160None 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 orderGridResultFirst recorded stop, lapStopped firstGrid to flag
Mika Hakkinen · Michael Schumacher1 · 23 · 121 · 22Mika HakkinenSwapped places
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard2 · 31 · 622 · 22Same lapKept their order
Michael Schumacher · Eddie Irvine2 · 41 · 222 · 23Michael SchumacherKept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Eddie Irvine1 · 43 · 221 · 23Mika HakkinenSwapped places
David Coulthard · Eddie Irvine3 · 46 · 222 · 23David CoulthardSwapped places
Eddie Irvine · Jacques Villeneuve4 · 52 · 423 · 24Eddie IrvineKept their order
Mika Hakkinen · Jacques Villeneuve1 · 53 · 421 · 24Mika HakkinenKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Alexander Wurz5 · 104 · 524 · 17Alexander WurzKept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Ralf Schumacher5 · 64 · 1624 · 16Ralf SchumacherKept their order
David Coulthard · Alexander Wurz3 · 106 · 522 · 17Alexander WurzSwapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Alexander Wurz9 · 109 · 518 · 17Alexander WurzSwapped places
Alexander Wurz · Jean Alesi10 · 115 · 717 · 23Alexander WurzKept their order
David Coulthard · Jean Alesi3 · 116 · 722 · 23David CoulthardKept their order
Jean Alesi · Johnny Herbert11 · 137 · 823 · 24Jean AlesiKept their order
Giancarlo Fisichella · Johnny Herbert9 · 139 · 818 · 24Giancarlo FisichellaSwapped places
Johnny Herbert · Rubens Barrichello13 · 148 · 1024 · 23Rubens BarrichelloKept their order
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Giancarlo Fisichella8 · 915 · 920 · 18Giancarlo FisichellaSwapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Rubens Barrichello9 · 149 · 1018 · 23Giancarlo FisichellaKept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Olivier Panis14 · 1610 · 1123 · 29Rubens BarrichelloKept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jos Verstappen14 · 1510 · 1223 · 21Jos VerstappenKept their order
Jos Verstappen · Olivier Panis15 · 1612 · 1121 · 29Jos VerstappenSwapped places
Olivier Panis · Pedro Diniz16 · 1711 · 1429 · 39Olivier PanisKept their order
Jos Verstappen · Mika Salo15 · 1912 · 1321 · 31Jos VerstappenKept their order
Pedro Diniz · Mika Salo17 · 1914 · 1339 · 31Mika SaloSwapped places
Heinz-Harald Frentzen · Pedro Diniz8 · 1715 · 1420 · 39Heinz-Harald FrentzenSwapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Heinz-Harald Frentzen6 · 816 · 1516 · 20Ralf SchumacherSwapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Shinji Nakano6 · 2116 · 1716 · 21Ralf SchumacherKept their order
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
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:16.515—0 m—28
2Eddie IrvineFerrari41:16.597+0.0825 m+0.08233
3David CoulthardMcLaren71:16.707+0.19211 m+0.11025
4Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:17.026+0.51128 m+0.31935
5Michael SchumacherFerrari31:17.429+0.91451 m+0.40335
6Ralf SchumacherJordan101:17.505+0.99055 m+0.07635
7Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:17.664+1.14964 m+0.15930
8Alexander WurzBenetton61:17.706+1.19166 m+0.04226
9Damon HillJordan91:17.895+1.38077 m+0.18940
10Johnny HerbertSauber151:17.977+1.46281 m+0.08232
11Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:18.036+1.52184 m+0.05938
12Jean AlesiSauber141:18.172+1.65792 m+0.13622
13Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:18.367+1.852103 m+0.19526
14Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:18.649+2.134119 m+0.28234
15Mika SaloArrows171:18.656+2.141119 m+0.00733
16Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:18.703+2.188122 m+0.04727
17Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:19.008+2.493138 m+0.30518
18Pedro DinizArrows161:19.023+2.508139 m+0.01532
19Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:19.057+2.542141 m+0.03446
20Jos VerstappenStewart Grand Prix191:20.286+3.771209 m+1.22915
21Shinji NakanoMinardi221:20.445+3.930218 m+0.15920
22Esteban TueroMinardi231:20.871+4.356242 m+0.42621
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

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

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:15.613—0 m—26
2Michael SchumacherFerrari31:15.738+0.1257 m+0.12517
3Eddie IrvineFerrari41:15.870+0.25714 m+0.13227
4David CoulthardMcLaren71:15.909+0.29617 m+0.03917
5Ralf SchumacherJordan101:16.678+1.06560 m+0.76935
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:16.745+1.13264 m+0.06731
7Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:16.782+1.16966 m+0.03735
8Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:17.106+1.49384 m+0.32429
9Alexander WurzBenetton61:17.205+1.59289 m+0.09919
10Damon HillJordan91:17.426+1.813102 m+0.22128
11Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:17.711+2.098118 m+0.28517
12Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:17.847+2.234126 m+0.13626
13Johnny HerbertSauber151:17.873+2.260127 m+0.02626
14Mika SaloArrows171:18.075+2.462138 m+0.20225
15Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:18.170+2.557144 m+0.09525
16Pedro DinizArrows161:18.389+2.776156 m+0.21928
17Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:18.405+2.792157 m+0.01624
18Jos VerstappenStewart Grand Prix191:18.451+2.838160 m+0.04629
19Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:18.706+3.093174 m+0.25520
20Jean AlesiSauber141:18.893+3.280184 m+0.1874
21Shinji NakanoMinardi221:19.324+3.711209 m+0.43128
22Esteban TueroMinardi231:19.475+3.862217 m+0.15127
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

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

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1David CoulthardMcLaren71:16.483—0 m—14
2Mika HakkinenMcLaren81:16.718+0.23513 m+0.23512
3Michael SchumacherFerrari31:17.189+0.70639 m+0.47114
4Eddie IrvineFerrari41:17.628+1.14564 m+0.43914
5Jacques VilleneuveWilliams11:18.442+1.959109 m+0.81414
6Heinz-Harald FrentzenWilliams21:18.466+1.983110 m+0.02417
7Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton51:18.545+2.062115 m+0.07911
8Alexander WurzBenetton61:18.607+2.124118 m+0.06214
9Jean AlesiSauber141:18.611+2.128118 m+0.00413
10Olivier PanisProst Grand Prix111:18.729+2.246125 m+0.11812
11Ralf SchumacherJordan101:18.790+2.307128 m+0.06114
12Damon HillJordan91:18.819+2.336130 m+0.02911
13Johnny HerbertSauber151:19.092+2.609145 m+0.27315
14Rubens BarrichelloStewart Grand Prix181:19.097+2.614145 m+0.00513
15Jarno TrulliProst Grand Prix121:19.442+2.959164 m+0.34518
16Jos VerstappenStewart Grand Prix191:19.641+3.158175 m+0.19912
17Mika SaloArrows171:19.733+3.250181 m+0.09213
18Toranosuke TakagiTyrrell211:19.788+3.305184 m+0.05513
19Shinji NakanoMinardi221:19.835+3.352186 m+0.04717
20Pedro DinizArrows161:20.240+3.757209 m+0.40514
21Esteban TueroMinardi231:21.376+4.893272 m+1.13616
22Ricardo RossetTyrrell201:22.160+5.677315 m+0.78413
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

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.

Ferrari F300
Ferrari F300
Ferrari F300 front-right1 2019 Michael Schumacher Private Collection · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
McLaren MP4/13
McLaren MP4/13
Mercedes-Benz, Techno-Classica 2018, Essen (IMG 9896) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW20
Williams FW20
Williams FW20 front-right 2017 Williams Conference Centre 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Benetton B198
Benetton B198
Benetton B198 schraeg vorne · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sauber C17
Sauber C17
Sauber C17 · Raoul van Wijk · CC BY-SA 2.0
Stewart SF02
Stewart SF02
Stewart SF02 4 · Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 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.

5 more photographs
Prost AP01
Prost AP01
Prost AP01 2 · xavier romero · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A19
Arrows A19
Mika Salo Arrows A19 Sinsheim Baden-Württemberg · danishevskiy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jordan 198
Jordan 198
Jordan 198 front-left Donington Grand Prix Collection · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Minardi M198
Minardi M198
Minardi M198 2025-09-06 Italian Grand Prix mod · Quelle: Eustace Bagge / Bildbearbeitung & Retusche von Auge=mit · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tyrrell 026
Tyrrell 026
Takagi 1998 Spanish GP · Formulanone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
8 of 1998
Grand Prix
French Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Ferrari
Entrant
Ferrari
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.