Season
1998
Race
16. Japanese Grand Prix
1998 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 34.8431, 136.541
- Altitude
- 45 m
- Race number
- 630
Race winner
Winning driver
10.0 pts
- Race
- 10.0 pts
Top team
Leader Team
Driver standings before the race
| Position | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 90 | 7 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 86 | 6 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 52 | 1 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 41 | 0 |
| 5 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 17 | 0 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 16 | 0 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Jan Magnussen | — | 1 | 0 |
| — | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 0 | 0 |
| — | Ricardo Rosset | — | 0 | 0 |
| — | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 0 | 0 |
| — | Olivier Panis | Prost | 0 | 0 |
| — | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 0 | 0 |