Pit Lane F1
1998 Season - Round 13 - 1998-08-30
Damon Hill won the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix for Jordan, with Ralf Schumacher (Jordan) second and Jean Alesi (Sauber) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Shinji Nakano (Minardi) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P21 on the grid to P8 at the flag — a 13-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 14 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, completing round 13 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 3 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 8 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 10 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
| Williams |
| 9 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 16 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 13 | +2 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 2 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 21 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 7 | Collision | 0 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| 11 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 5 | Spun off | 0 |
| 12 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 13 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | Spun off | 0 |
| 14 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 19 | Spun off | 0 |
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 16 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| 17 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | Collision | 0 |
| 18 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 12 | Collision | 0 |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 15 | Collision | 0 |
| 20 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 14 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 18 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 20 | Collision | 0 |
