1998 Formula One season facts for kids

The 1998 Formula One season was the 47th edition of the championship. The champion was Mika Häkkinen in a close battle. Mclaren won the constructor's championship.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Rounds	Test driver(s)
Winfield Williams	Williams	Williams FW20	Mecachrome GC37-01 3.0 L V10	G	1	Jacques Villeneuve	All	Juan Pablo Montoya Max Wilson
					2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	Ferrari F300	Ferrari 047 3.0 L V10	G	3	Michael Schumacher	All	Luca Badoer
					4	Eddie Irvine	All
Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	Benetton B198	Playlife GC37-01 3.0 L V10	B	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	All	n/a
					6	Alexander Wurz	All
West Mclaren Mercedes	McLaren	McLaren MP4-13	Mercedes FO110G 3.0 L V10	B	7	David Coulthard	All	Ricardo Zonta Nick Heidfeld
					8	Mika Häkkinen	All
Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan	Jordan 198	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HC 3.0 L V10	G	9	Damon Hill	All	Pedro De La Rosa
					10	Ralf Schumacher	All
Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	Prost AP01	Peugeot A16 3.0 L V10	B	11	Olivier Panis	All	Stephane Sarrazin
					12	Jarno Trulli	All
Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	Sauber C17	Petronas SPE-01D 3.0 L V10	G	14	Jean Alesi	All	Jörg Müller
					15	Johnny Herbert	All
Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	Arrows A19	Arrows T2-F1 3.0 L V10	B	16	Pedro Diniz	All	Emmanuel Collard Stephen Watson
					17	Mika Salo	All
Stewart Ford	Stewart	Stewart SF02	Ford VJ Zetec-R 3.0 L V10	B	18	Rubens Barrichello	All	n/a
					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	n/a
					21	Toranosuke Takagi	All
Fondmetal Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	Minardi M198	Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 L V10	B	22	Shinji Nakano	All	Laurent Redon
					23	Esteban Tuero	All

Season review

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

Drivers standings

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
13	Mika Salo	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	4	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	14	Ret	3
14	Pedro Diniz	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	9	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
15	Johnny Herbert	6	11†	Ret	Ret	7	7	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	1
16	Jarno Trulli	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	6	13	Ret	12†	1
17	Jan Magnussen	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	6										1
18	Shinji Nakano	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	9	7	17†	8	11	Ret	15	8	Ret	15	Ret	0
19	Esteban Tuero	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	11	NC	Ret	0
20	Ricardo Rosset	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	8	Ret	Ret	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	12	Ret	DNQ	0
21	Toranosuke Takagi	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	14	Ret	9	16	Ret	0
22	Olivier Panis	9	Ret	15†	11†	16†	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	15	12	DNS	Ret	12	11	0
23	Jos Verstappen								12	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN	Points

Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

Constructors standings

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†
10	Minardi-Ford	22	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	9	7	17†	8	11	Ret	15	8	Ret	15	Ret	0
		23	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	11	NC	Ret
11	Tyrrell-Ford	20	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	8	Ret	Ret	12	DNQ	DNQ	DNS	12	Ret	DNQ	0
		21	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	13	11	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	14	Ret	9	16	Ret
Pos	Constructor	Car no.	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	LUX	JPN	Points

Pole position in Bold.
Fastest lap in Italics.
^† Car did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

Images for kids

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  Mika Häkkinen won his first title with McLaren.

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  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

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  Williams-Mecachrome placed third in the Constructors' Championship

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1998 de Fórmula 1 para niños