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1998 Grand Prix of Belgium Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 13 of 16 Sunday, August 30, 1998 at Circuit de Spa Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium 44 laps on a 6.968 kilometer road course (306.592 kilometers) Time of race: 1:43:47.407 Average speed: 177.238 kph Pole time: 108.682 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: .932 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1998 Formula One results   /   1998 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 3 9   Damon Hill Benson and Hedges Total Jordan Jordan 198 / Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC 44 1:43:47.407 26 10 2 8 10   Ralf Schumacher Benson and Hedges Total Jordan Jordan 198 / Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC 44 +0.932 0 6 3 10 14   Jean Alesi Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C17 / Petronas SPE-01D 44 +7.240 0 4 4 9 2   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Winfield Williams F1 Mecachrome Williams FW20 / Mecachrome GC37-01 44 +32.243 0 3 5 16 16   Pedro Diniz Danka Zepter Arrows Arrows A19 / Arrows T2-F1 44 +51.682 0 2 6 13 12   Jarno Trulli Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost AP01 / Peugeot A16 42 +2 laps 0 1 7 2 7   David Coulthard West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-13 / Mercedes-Benz FO110G 39 +5 laps 0 0 8 21 22   Shinji Nakano Minardi Team SpA Minardi M198 / Ford JD Zetec-R 39 +5 laps 0 0 ret 7 5   Giancarlo Fisichella Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B198 / Playlife GC37-01 26 crash 0 0 ret 4 3   Michael Schumacher Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F300 / Ferrari Type 047 25 crash 18 0 ret 5 4   Eddie Irvine Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F300 / Ferrari Type 047 25 spun off 0 0 ret 22 23   Esteban Tuero Minardi Team SpA Minardi M198 / Ford JD Zetec-R 17 gearbox 0 0 ret 6 1   Jacques Villeneuve Winfield Williams F1 Mecachrome Williams FW20 / Mecachrome GC37-01 16 spun off 0 0 ret 19 21   Tora Takagi Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 026 / Ford JD Zetec-R 10 spun off 0 0 ret 17 19   Jos Verstappen Stewart Ford Stewart SF02 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 8 engine 0 0 ret 1 8   Mika Hakkinen West McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-13 / Mercedes-Benz FO110G 1 crash 0 0 ret 11 6   Alexander Wurz Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B198 / Playlife GC37-01 1 crash 0 0 ret 12 15   Johnny Herbert Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C17 / Petronas SPE-01D 1 crash 0 0 dns 15 18   Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford Stewart SF02 / Ford VJ Zetec-R 0 did not start 0 0 dns 14 11   Olivier Panis Equipe Prost Gauloises Blondes Prost AP01 / Peugeot A16 0 did not start 0 0 dns 18 17   Mika Salo Danka Zepter Arrows Arrows A19 / Arrows T2-F1 0 did not start 0 0 dns 20 20   Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford Tyrrell 026 / Ford JD Zetec-R 0 did not start 0 0

Fastest Lap: 202.679 kph by Michael Schumacher Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Damon Hill 1 7 7   Michael Schumacher 8 25 18   Damon Hill 26 44 19 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Mika Hakkinen 77     2   Michael Schumacher 70   -7   3   David Coulthard 48   -29   4   Eddie Irvine 32   -45   5   Jacques Villeneuve 20   -57   6   Alexander Wurz 17   -60   7   Damon Hill 16   -61   8   Giancarlo Fisichella 15   -62   9   Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13   -64   10   Ralf Schumacher 10   -67   11   Jean Alesi 7   -70   12   Rubens Barrichello 4   -73   13   Mika Salo 3   -74   13   Pedro Diniz 3   -74   15   Jarno Trulli 1   -76   15   Jan Magnussen 1   -76   15   Johnny Herbert 1   -76