| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 16 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | November 1, 1998 | |
| Official name | XXIV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.864 km (3.644 mi) | |
| Distance | 51 laps, 299.064 km (185.830 mi) | |
| Scheduled Distance | 53 laps, 310.792 km (193.117 mi) | |
| Weather | Fine | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari |
| Time | 1:36.293 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari |
| Time | 1:40.190 | |
| Podium | ||
| First |  Mika Häkkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes |
| Second |  Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari |
| Third | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes |
The 1998 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Suzuka on November 1, 1998.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Mika Häkkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 51 | 1:27:22.535 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari | 51 | +6.491 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | 51 | +27.662 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Damon Hill
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Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 51 | +1:13.491 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Williams-Mecachrome | 51 | +1:13.857 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 |  Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams-Mecachrome | 51 | +1:15.867 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 |  Jean Alesi
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Sauber-Petronas | 51 | +1:36.053 | 12 | |
| 8 | 5 |  Giancarlo Fisichella
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Benetton-Playlife | 51 | +1:41.302 | 10 | |
| 9 | 6 |  Alexander Wurz
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Benetton-Playlife | 50 | +1 Lap | 9 | |
| 10 | 15 | Johnny Herbert
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Sauber-Petronas | 50 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
| 11 | 11 | Olivier Panis
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Prost-Peugeot | 50 | +1 Lap | 13 | |
| 12 | 12 | Jarno Trulli
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Prost-Peugeot | 48 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 |  Shinji Nakano
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Minardi-Ford | 40 | Throttle | 20 | |
| Ret | 3 | Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | 31 | Tyre | 1 | |
| Ret | 21 | Toranosuke Takagi
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Tyrrell-Ford | 28 | Collision | 17 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Esteban Tuero
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Minardi-Ford | 28 | Collision | 21 | |
| Ret | 18 |  Rubens Barrichello
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Stewart-Ford | 25 | Hydraulics | 16 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Jos Verstappen
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Stewart-Ford | 21 | Gearbox | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 | Mika Salo
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Arrows | 14 | Hydraulics | 15 | |
| Ret | 10 | Ralf Schumacher
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Jordan-Mugen-Honda | 13 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 16 | Pedro Diniz
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Arrows | 2 | Spun off | 18 | |
| DNQ | 20 | Ricardo Rosset
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Tyrrell-Ford |
Standings after Grand Prix[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes[]
- Lap leaders: Mika Häkkinen 51 (1-51)
- Mika Häkkinen won his first driver's world championship with this victory.
- McLaren team won their first world constructor's title since 1991.
- Last race: Ricardo Rosset, Shinji Nakano, Esteban Tuero, Tyrrell, Goodyear.
- Michael Schumacher was due to start on pole but stalled and was put to the back of the grid. He fought back to 3rd but his tyre exploded. Schumacher had been due to make a pit stop whilst many suggest that he ran over debris. Schumacher was first past the chicane after Takagi and Tuero suffered a heavy collision.
- This was the last Grand Prix to be held in November until the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix.
| Previous race: 1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1998 season |
Next race: 1999 Australian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1997 Japanese Grand Prix |
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