1998 Season - Round 7 - 1998-06-07
Michael Schumacher won the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) second and Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) third. The win came from P3 on the grid. Pole had been claimed by David Coulthard (McLaren), who could not convert it into the win.
Jan Magnussen (Stewart) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P20 on the grid to P6 at the flag — a 14-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 12 drivers failing to finish.
22 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix, completing round 7 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 4 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 8 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 13 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 20 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 18 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 22 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 6 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 21 | Electrical | 0 |
| 12 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 10 | Electrical | 0 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 15 | Spun off | 0 |
| 14 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 7 | Spun off | 0 |
| 15 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | Throttle | 0 |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 12 | Spun off | 0 |
| 17 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| 18 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 2 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 5 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 9 | Collision | 0 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 14 | Collision | 0 |
| 22 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 16 | Transmission | 0 |