The race was originally dropped due to a dispute over television broadcasting rights in France. Though TF1 had the rights, rival channel France 3 obtained a judgement from a French court to allow all channels to operate on the grounds of the circuit.[5][6]
Jos Verstappen replaced Jan Magnussen at the Stewart team for the remainder of the season.
At the beginning of the race, Verstappen stalled his Stewart, the race was stopped on lap 1, and a restart was required. At the second start, Häkkinen was overtaken by Michael Schumacher and Irvine. Schumacher then began to pull away, sometimes at one second a lap, with Irvine holding both the McLarens behind him. On lap 20, Häkkinen tried an ambitious move on Irvine. His attempt failed, and he spun into the gravel trap. However, he managed to keep his car going, pitted for fresh tyres, and rejoined in fourth place. Then he regained third place when Coulthard had problems during his pit stop: Coulthard went into the pits, but due to a fuel filling problem, had to do another lap, and then go into the pits again. After the second set of pit stops, Häkkinen was back behind Irvine, and Schumacher was some way in front. On the final lap, on the final corner, Häkkinen made an attempt to overtake Irvine, after Irvine was very slow through the chicane before the final corner. Irvine just held off Häkkinen to take second, but only by a tenth of a second. However, both drivers were 19 seconds behind Schumacher. After Coulthard's misfortune in the pitlane, he finished sixth, scoring one world championship point. It was Ferrari's first 1–2 in 8 years, the previous being at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix, with Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell.
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Referencesedit
^Calculated based on the qualifying classification shown during TV broadcast
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^Calculated based on the race classification shown during TV broadcast: [1]
^Calculated by adding lap length to the race distance
^"Motor Racing: Doubts over Belgian Grand Prix". The Independent. 13 December 1997. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^"France dropped from F1 season". BBC News. 13 December 1997. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
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The 1998 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny Cours on 28 June 1998 It was the eighth race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship 1998 French Grand PrixRace 8 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World Championship Previous raceNext race Race detailsDate28 June 1998Official nameMobil 1 Grand Prix de FranceLocationCircuit de Nevers Magny CoursMagny Cours FranceCoursePermanent racing facilityCourse length4 250 1 km 2 641 miles Distance71 laps 301 564 2 3 km 187 383 miles Scheduled distance72 laps 305 814 4 km 190 024 miles WeatherSunny warmPole positionDriverMika HakkinenMcLaren MercedesTime1 14 929Fastest lapDriverDavid CoulthardMcLaren MercedesTime1 17 523 on lap 59PodiumFirstMichael SchumacherFerrariSecondEddie IrvineFerrariThirdMika HakkinenMcLaren MercedesLap leaders The 71 lap race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari It was Schumacher s third victory of the season Northern Irish teammate Eddie Irvine finished second with Finn Mika Hakkinen third in a McLaren Mercedes having started from pole position Contents 1 Report 1 1 Background 1 2 Qualifying 1 3 Race 2 Classification 2 1 Qualifying 2 2 Race 3 Championship standings after the race 4 ReferencesReport editBackground edit The race was originally dropped due to a dispute over television broadcasting rights in France Though TF1 had the rights rival channel France 3 obtained a judgement from a French court to allow all channels to operate on the grounds of the circuit 5 6 Jos Verstappen replaced Jan Magnussen at the Stewart team for the remainder of the season Qualifying edit Mika Hakkinen of McLaren Mercedes took pole position beating Michael Schumacher by 0 2 seconds David Coulthard qualified third and Eddie Irvine took fourth place Throughout the qualifying session Schumacher and Hakkinen exchanged first place until Hakkinen finally took the pole Race edit At the beginning of the race Verstappen stalled his Stewart the race was stopped on lap 1 and a restart was required At the second start Hakkinen was overtaken by Michael Schumacher and Irvine Schumacher then began to pull away sometimes at one second a lap with Irvine holding both the McLarens behind him On lap 20 Hakkinen tried an ambitious move on Irvine His attempt failed and he spun into the gravel trap However he managed to keep his car going pitted for fresh tyres and rejoined in fourth place Then he regained third place when Coulthard had problems during his pit stop Coulthard went into the pits but due to a fuel filling problem had to do another lap and then go into the pits again After the second set of pit stops Hakkinen was back behind Irvine and Schumacher was some way in front On the final lap on the final corner Hakkinen made an attempt to overtake Irvine after Irvine was very slow through the chicane before the final corner Irvine just held off Hakkinen to take second but only by a tenth of a second However both drivers were 19 seconds behind Schumacher After Coulthard s misfortune in the pitlane he finished sixth scoring one world championship point It was Ferrari s first 1 2 in 8 years the previous being at the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix with Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell Classification editQualifying edit Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 8 nbsp Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes 1 14 9292 3 nbsp Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 15 159 0 2303 7 nbsp David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1 15 333 0 4044 4 nbsp Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1 15 527 0 5985 1 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve Williams Mecachrome 1 15 630 0 7016 10 nbsp Ralf Schumacher Jordan Mugen Honda 1 15 925 0 9967 9 nbsp Damon Hill Jordan Mugen Honda 1 16 245 1 3168 2 nbsp Heinz Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 1 16 319 1 3909 5 nbsp Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 1 16 375 1 44610 6 nbsp Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 1 16 460 1 53111 14 nbsp Jean Alesi Sauber Petronas 1 16 627 1 69812 12 nbsp Jarno Trulli Prost Peugeot 1 16 892 1 96313 15 nbsp Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas 1 16 977 2 04814 18 nbsp Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford 1 17 024 2 09515 19 nbsp Jos Verstappen Stewart Ford 1 17 604 2 67516 11 nbsp Olivier Panis Prost Peugeot 1 17 671 2 74217 16 nbsp Pedro Diniz Arrows 1 17 880 2 95118 20 nbsp Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell Ford 1 17 908 2 97919 17 nbsp Mika Salo Arrows 1 17 970 3 04120 21 nbsp Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell Ford 1 18 221 3 29221 22 nbsp Shinji Nakano Minardi Ford 1 18 273 3 34422 23 nbsp Esteban Tuero Minardi Ford 1 19 146 4 217107 time 1 20 174Source 7 Race edit Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 3 nbsp Michael Schumacher Ferrari 71 1 34 45 026 2 102 4 nbsp Eddie Irvine Ferrari 71 19 575 4 63 8 nbsp Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes 71 19 747 1 44 1 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve Williams Mecachrome 71 1 06 965 5 35 6 nbsp Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 70 1 lap 10 26 7 nbsp David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 70 1 lap 3 17 14 nbsp Jean Alesi Sauber Petronas 70 1 lap 11 8 15 nbsp Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas 70 1 lap 13 9 5 nbsp Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 70 1 lap 9 10 18 nbsp Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford 69 2 laps 14 11 11 nbsp Olivier Panis Prost Peugeot 69 2 laps 16 12 19 nbsp Jos Verstappen Stewart Ford 69 2 laps 15 13 17 nbsp Mika Salo Arrows 69 2 laps 19 14 16 nbsp Pedro Diniz Arrows 69 2 laps 17 15 2 nbsp Heinz Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 68 Suspension 8 16 10 nbsp Ralf Schumacher Jordan Mugen Honda 68 3 laps 6 17 22 nbsp Shinji Nakano Minardi Ford 65 Engine 21 Ret 21 nbsp Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell Ford 60 Engine 20 Ret 12 nbsp Jarno Trulli Prost Peugeot 55 Spun off 12 Ret 23 nbsp Esteban Tuero Minardi Ford 41 Gearbox 22 Ret 9 nbsp Damon Hill Jordan Mugen Honda 19 Hydraulics 7 Ret 20 nbsp Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell Ford 16 Hydraulics 18 Source 8 Championship standings after the race editDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points1 nbsp Mika Hakkinen 502 nbsp Michael Schumacher 443 nbsp David Coulthard 304 nbsp Eddie Irvine 255 nbsp Alexander Wurz 14Source 9 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points1 nbsp McLaren Mercedes 802 nbsp Ferrari 693 nbsp Benetton Playlife 274 nbsp Williams Mecachrome 195 nbsp Stewart Ford 5Source 9 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings References edit Calculated based on the qualifying classification shown during TV broadcast Grand Prix de France Federation Internationale de l Automobile Archived from the original on 2010 09 15 Retrieved 2023 07 21 Calculated based on the race classification shown during TV broadcast 1 Calculated by adding lap length to the race distance Motor Racing Doubts over Belgian Grand Prix The Independent 13 December 1997 Archived from the original on 2022 05 01 Retrieved 8 December 2012 France dropped from F1 season BBC News 13 December 1997 Retrieved 8 December 2012 France 1998 Qualifications StatsF1 Retrieved 28 March 2016 1998 French Grand Prix formula1 com Archived from the original on 5 December 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2015 a b France 1998 Championship STATS F1 www 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