Season
1998
Race
16. Japanese Grand Prix
1998 Japanese Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- 34.8431, 136.541
- Altitude
- 45 m
- Race number
- 630
R
01/11/1998 00:00 · Asia/Tokyo · 53 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 2 | +1 | 51 | 1:27:23.400 | 10 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 4 | +2 | 51 | 1:27:29.891 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 3 | = | 51 | 1:27:51.062 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 8 | +4 | 51 | 1:28:36.891 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 5 | = | 51 | 1:28:37.257 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | = | 51 | 1:28:39.267 | 1 | Finished | — | |
| 7 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 12 | +5 | 51 | 1:28:59.453 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 10 | +2 | 51 | 1:29:04.702 | 0 | Finished | — | |
| 9 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 9 | = | 50 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 10 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 11 | +1 | 50 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 13 | +2 | 50 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 14 | +2 | 48 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 20 | +7 | 40 | — | 0 | Throttle | — | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1 | -13 | 31 | — | 0 | Tyre | — | |
| 15 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 17 | +2 | 28 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 16 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 21 | +5 | 28 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 16 | -1 | 25 | — | 0 | Hydraulics | — | |
| 18 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 19 | +1 | 21 | — | 0 | Gearbox | — | |
| 19 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 15 | -4 | 14 | — | 0 | Hydraulics | — | |
| 20 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 7 | -13 | 13 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 18 | -3 | 2 | — | 0 | Spun off | — |