The 1998 San Marino Grand Prix was the third round of the 1998 FF1M Season and it was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit in Italy. It was won by Dodgem's Mika Hakkinen.
Qualifying[]
Results[]
Race Starting Grid
San Marino - Imola
(62 Laps)
Pole 1
Mika Hakkinen
1m 19.071s 2
Juan-Pablo Montoya
Row 2 3 1m 19.511s
Ralf Schumacher
1m 19.558s 4
Damon Hill
Row 3 5 1m 19.719s
Rubens Barrichello
1m 19.750s 6
Michael Schumacher
Row 4 7 1m 19.780s
Jean Alesi
1m 19.820s 8
Jos Verstappen
Row 5 9 1m 19.881s
Allan McNish
1m 19.997s 10
Mika Salo
Row 6 11 1m 20.077s
Jacques Villeneuve
1m 20.313s 12
Alexander Wurz
Row 7 13 1m 20.586s
Giancarlo Fisichella
1m 20.602s 14
Eddie Irvine
Row 8 15 1m 20.704s
Olivier Panis
1m 20.705s 16
Johnny Herbert
Row 9 17 1m 20.840s
David Coulthard
1m 20.916s 18
Bruno Junqueira
Row 10 19 1m 21.050s
Mark Blundell
1m 21.148s 20
Jan Magnussen
Row 11 21 1m 21.239s
Marc Gene
1m 21.477s 22
Kenny Brack
1m 21.687s
Race[]
Report
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Mika Hakkinen finally made a good start and maintained the lead, but Montoya made a poor start, dropping to 5th behind Ralf Schumacher, Hill and Barrichello. It got worse for Montoya during the first lap as Michael Schumacher took a chunk out of the Columbian’s sidepod at the Variante Alta. Despite this, all drivers made it round the first lap.
On lap 5, 3rd place Damon Hill became the first retirement when an oil leak started a fire and the Brit had to retire soon after, delaying Barrichello in the process. Schumacher took advantage of Barrichello’s delay, overtaking the Brazilian, managing to avoid contact this time, and becoming the new 3rd placed man. The black smoke from Hill’s car caught out the luckless Montoya, who spun and dropped more positions.
A lap later and Hill’s teammate Kenny Brack effectively ended Willow Images interest in the race after contact from a spinning Marc Gene sent the Swede rolling wildly. Thankfully, Kenny was uninjured but all that was left of the Willow Images was the chassis.
Lap 10 saw Jan Magnussen lose two places in one straight from a charging Bruno Junqueira and David Coulthard. 6 laps later, Mika Salo’s strong run in 5th place came to an end as his engine blew up.
Montoya was desperate to recover from his so far shambolic race and overtook his teammate for 13th. He gained another two positions as first Wurz spun out of 5th place and lost several places, and then Verstappen’s transmission lost him 4th place with only a few laps to go.
His teammate, Coulthard was having a trickier time of it, jumping the final chicane and losing a place to the Gui Racing of Jean Alesi. Despite this, he climbed up to 8th, but he was denied of the final point as Fisichella charged past him with 7 laps to go.
In the closing stages, Hakkinen’s lead looked under threat from Ralf Schumacher, but David Coulthard gave Hakkinen some crucial breathing space as Ralf lost time lapping the Scot. Hakkinen therefore took victory ahead of both Schumacher brothers.
Irvine had inherited 4th place from the unlucky Verstappen, but the Ulsterman was destined not to stay there. Irvine coasted to a halt with only the final chicane to negotiate having suffered an extremely rare problem... he'd run out of fuel. His teammate Johnny Herbert therefore took 4th place ahead of McNish, Fisichella and Barrichello. Irvine was the last runner on the lead lap, and so salvaged the final point.
Results
Race Results
San Marino - Imola
(62 Laps)
Pos Driver Time/Speed
1st Mika Hakkinen 1h 25m 42.557s
Dodgem-Ferrari
2nd Ralf Schumacher +1.220s
Gui Racing-Ford
3rd Michael Schumacher +11.480s
Dodgem-Ferrari
4th Johnny Herbert +1m 00.183s
VTR-Mecachrome
5th Allan McNish +1m 06.463s
FJR-Mecachrome
6th Giancarlo Fisichella +1m 17.728s
AquinoPlus-Peugeot
7th Rubens Barrichello +1m 21.729s
Pedersen-Mercedes
8th Eddie Irvine -1 Lap
VTR-Mecachrome
9th Olivier Panis -1 Lap
J Racing-Ford
10th David Coulthard -1 Lap
Mason Mspt-Mercedes
11th Juan-Pablo Montoya -1 Lap
Mason Mspt-Mercedes
12th Jean Alesi -1 Lap
Gui Racing-Ford
13th Alexander Wurz -1 Lap
J Racing-Ford
14th Bruno Junqueira -1 Lap
Maestro Mspt-Peugeot
15th Jan Magnussen -1 Lap
Dark Wolf-Mugen
16th Mark Blundell -1 Lap
Dark Wolf-Mugen
17th Jos Verstappen -3 Laps
FJR-Mecachrome
18th Marc Gene Engine
Maestro Mspt-Peugeot
19th Mika Salo Engine
AquinoPlus-Peugeot
20th Jacques Villeneuve Suspension
Pedersen-Mercedes
21st Kenny Brack Didn't Finish
Willow Image-Ferrari
22nd Damon Hill Oil Leak
Willow Image-Ferrari
Fastest Laps[]
Driver Best Laps
San Marino - Imola
(62 Laps)
Pos Driver Best Lap
1st Mika Hakkinen 1m 20.225s
Dodgem-Ferrari
2nd Michael Schumacher +0.051s
Dodgem-Ferrari
3rd Ralf Schumacher +0.342s
Gui Racing-Ford
4th Juan-Pablo Montoya +0.523s
Mason Mspt-Mercedes
5th Rubens Barrichello +0.688s
Pedersen-Mercedes
6th Jos Verstappen +0.986s
FJR-Mecachrome
7th Alexander Wurz +1.217s
J Racing-Ford
8th Damon Hill +1.297s
Willow Image-Ferrari
9th Olivier Panis +1.426s
J Racing-Ford
10th Jean Alesi +1.435s
Gui Racing-Ford
11th Eddie Irvine +1.440s
VTR-Mecachrome
12th Allan McNish +1.508s
FJR-Mecachrome
13th Johnny Herbert +1.548s
VTR-Mecachrome
14th Giancarlo Fisichella +1.632s
AquinoPlus-Peugeot
15th Mika Salo +1.778s
AquinoPlus-Peugeot
16th Bruno Junqueira +1.805s
Maestro Mspt-Peugeot
17th David Coulthard +2.016s
Mason Mspt-Mercedes
18th Jacques Villeneuve +2.100s
Pedersen-Mercedes
19th Mark Blundell +2.386s
Dark Wolf-Mugen
20th Jan Magnussen +2.403s
Dark Wolf-Mugen
21st Marc Gene +2.970s
Maestro Mspt-Peugeot
22nd Kenny Brack +3.856s
Willow Image-Ferrari