1998 Formula One season facts for kids

The 1998 Formula One season was the 47th year of the Formula One World Championship. This exciting season saw Mika Häkkinen win his first championship title after a very close fight. His team, McLaren, also won the Constructors' Championship.

Teams and Drivers

In the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship, many different teams and drivers competed. Here's a look at who raced:

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Rounds
Winfield Williams	Williams	Williams FW20	Mecachrome GC37-01 3.0 L V10	G	1	Jacques Villeneuve	All
					2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	Ferrari F300	Ferrari 047 3.0 L V10	G	3	Michael Schumacher	All
					4	Eddie Irvine	All
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	Benetton B198	Playlife GC37-01 3.0 L V10	B	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	All
					6	Alexander Wurz	All
West Mclaren Mercedes	McLaren	McLaren MP4-13	Mercedes FO110G 3.0 L V10	B	7	David Coulthard	All
					8	Mika Häkkinen	All
Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan	Jordan 198	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC 3.0 L V10	G	9	Damon Hill	All
					10	Ralf Schumacher	All
Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	Prost AP01	Peugeot A16 3.0 L V10	B	11	Olivier Panis	All
					12	Jarno Trulli	All
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	Sauber C17	Petronas SPE-01D 3.0 L V10	G	14	Jean Alesi	All
					15	Johnny Herbert	All
Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	Arrows A19	Arrows T2-F1 3.0 L V10	B	16	Pedro Diniz	All
					17	Mika Salo	All
Stewart Ford	Stewart	Stewart SF02	Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 L V10	B	18	Rubens Barrichello	All
					19	Jan Magnussen	1-7
						Jos Verstappen	8-16
Tyrrell	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 026	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 L V10	G	20	Ricardo Rosset	All
					21	Toranosuke Takagi	All
Fondmetal Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	Minardi M198	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 L V10	B	22	Shinji Nakano	All
					23	Esteban Tuero	All

Season Highlights

The 1998 season had many exciting races! Here are the winners for each Grand Prix:

Race Results

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
3	Argentine Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Alexander Wurz	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
4	San Marino Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
7	Canadian Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
8	French Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
9	British Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
10	Austrian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella	David Coulthard	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
11	German Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	David Coulthard	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda
14	Italian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
15	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes

Driver Standings

Here are the top drivers and their points at the end of the season. Points are given for finishing in the top six places in a race.

Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	1	1	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	3	2	1	1	6	Ret	4	1	1	100
2	Michael Schumacher	Ret	3	1	2	3	10	1	1	1	3	5	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	86
3	David Coulthard	2	2	6	1	2	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	2	2	2	7	Ret	3	3	56
4	Eddie Irvine	4	8	3	3	Ret	3	3	2	3	4	8	Ret	Ret	2	4	2	47
5	Jacques Villeneuve	5	7	Ret	4	6	5	10	4	7	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	8	6	21
6	Damon Hill	8	DSQ	8	10†	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	4	1	6	9	4	20
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	5	9	5	8	Ret	Ret	15†	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	7	5	5	17
8	Alexander Wurz	7	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	5	4	9	11	16†	Ret	Ret	7	9	17
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	9	5	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	6	8	16
10	Ralf Schumacher	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	5	6	9	2	3	Ret	Ret	14
11	Jean Alesi	Ret	9	5	6	10	12†	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	10	7	3	5	10	7	9
12	Rubens Barrichello	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	11	Ret	4

• Pole position is shown in Bold.
• Fastest lap is shown in Italics.
• ^† Driver did not finish the race but was still ranked because they completed over 90% of the race distance.
• DSQ means Disqualified.
• Ret means Retired (did not finish the race).
• DNQ means Did Not Qualify.
• DNS means Did Not Start.
• NC means Not Classified.

Constructor Standings

Here are the top teams and their points at the end of the season.

Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN	Points
1	McLaren-Mercedes	7	2	2	6	1	2	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	2	2	2	7	Ret	3	3	156
		8	1	1	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	3	2	1	1	6	Ret	4	1	1
2	Ferrari	3	Ret	3	1	2	3	10	1	1	1	3	5	1	Ret	1	2	Ret	133
		4	4	8	3	3	Ret	3	3	2	3	4	8	Ret	Ret	2	4	2
3	Williams-Mecachrome	1	5	7	Ret	4	6	5	10	4	7	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	8	6	38
		2	3	5	9	5	8	Ret	Ret	15†	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	7	5	5
4	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	9	8	DSQ	8	10†	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	4	1	6	9	4	34
		10	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	5	6	9	2	3	Ret	Ret
5	Benetton-Playlife	5	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	2	2	9	5	Ret	7	8	Ret	8	6	8	33
		6	7	4	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	5	4	9	11	16†	Ret	Ret	7	9
6	Sauber-Petronas	14	Ret	9	5	6	10	12†	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	10	7	3	5	10	7	10
		15	6	11†	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
7	Arrows	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
		17	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret
8	Stewart-Ford	18	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	10	11	Ret	5
		19	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	6	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	13	Ret
9	Prost-Peugeot	11	9	Ret	15†	11†	16†	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	15	12	DNS	Ret	12	11	1
		12	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	6	13	Ret	12†

• Pole position is shown in Bold.
• Fastest lap is shown in Italics.
• ^† Car did not finish the race but was still ranked because the driver completed over 90% of the race distance.
• DSQ means Disqualified.
• Ret means Retired (did not finish the race).
• DNQ means Did Not Qualify.
• DNS means Did Not Start.
• NC means Not Classified.

Images for kids

• 

  Mika Häkkinen won his first title with McLaren.

• 

  Michael Schumacher finished as runner-up with Ferrari.

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  Häkkinen's teammate, David Coulthard (pictured in 1995), finished the season ranked third.

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  McLaren-Mercedes won the Constructors' Championship (their most recent to date) with the MP4/13.

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  Ferrari placed second in the Constructors' Championship

• 

  Williams-Mecachrome placed third in the Constructors' Championship

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1998 de Fórmula 1 para niños