1998 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 1998 Formula One Season. The race was won by the of Michael Schumacher ahead of David Coulthard and Jacques Villeneuve.
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==Background==
Following the German Grand Prix, a week of testing occured prior to the Hungarian race. Most of the teams were at the Circuito de Jerez for the pre-race tests, with team leading the pace in the tests. had also ran well, hoping they finally had the pace to challenge the McLaren and leaders in Hungary, following their first podium of the season in Germany. Unlike most other teams, Ferrari were not testing in Jerez and instead conducted their testing at their private test track at Fiorano. 
Going into Hungary, Mika Häkkinen held a sixteen point lead over Michael Schumacher in the driver's championship. Häkkinen's teammate David Coulthard was in third place 34 points down on Häkkinen. Coulthard at this point had conceded his own championship ambitions and would instead focus on assisting teammate Häkkinen to the 1998 title. McLaren also led the constructor's championship, 26 points ahead of Ferrari.
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jacques Villeneuve 	Winfield Williams 	 	FW20 	 	GC37-01 3.0 V10 	
2 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	Winfield Williams 	 	FW20 	 	GC37-01 3.0 V10 	
3 	Michael Schumacher 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F300 	 	047 3.0 V10 	
4 	Eddie Irvine 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F300 	 	047 3.0 V10 	
5 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 	 	B198 	 	GC37-01 3.0 V10 	
6 	Alexander Wurz 	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 	 	B198 	 	GC37-01 3.0 V10 	
7 	David Coulthard 	West McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4/13 	 	FO110G 3.0 V10 	
8 	Mika Häkkinen 	West McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4/13 	 	FO110G 3.0 V10 	
9 	Damon Hill 	Benson & Hedges Jordan 	 	198 	 	MF-301HC 3.0 V10 	
10 	Ralf Schumacher 	Benson & Hedges Jordan 	 	198 	 	MF-301HC 3.0 V10 	
11 	Olivier Panis 	Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	 	AP01 	 	A16 3.0 V10 	
12 	Jarno Trulli 	Gauloises Prost Peugeot 	 	AP01 	 	A16 3.0 V10 	
14 	Jean Alesi 	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	C17 	 	SPE-01D 3.0 V10 	
15 	Johnny Herbert 	Red Bull Sauber Petronas 	 	C17 	 	SPE-01D 3.0 V10 	
16 	Pedro Diniz 	Danka Zepter Arrows 	 	A19 	 	T2-F1 3.0 V10 	
17 	Mika Salo 	Danka Zepter Arrows 	 	A19 	 	T2-F1 3.0 V10 	
18 	Rubens Barrichello 	HSBC Stewart Ford 	 	SF02 	 	VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 	
19 	Jos Verstappen 	HSBC Stewart Ford 	 	SF02 	 	VJ Zetec-R 3.0 V10 	
20 	Ricardo Rosset 	PIAA Tyrrell 	 	026 	 	JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10 	
21 	Tora Takagi 	PIAA Tyrrell 	 	026 	 	JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10 	
22 	Shinji Nakano 	Fondmetal Minardi Team 	 	M198 	 	JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10 	
23 	Esteban Tuero 	Fondmetal Minardi Team 	 	M198 	 	JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10 	
Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Hungary 1998: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1998/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/12/2019)
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
The morning practice session saw torrential rain affect the run times of the driver's in the first session. Times were slow as the cars struggled around the circuit wrestling for grip. The afternoon session faired better weather, whilst the circuit remained quite wet, the rain of the morning did not return. As the track began to dry, faster lap times were produced by the cars. At session's end it was David Coulthard leading the time sheets ahead of teammate Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher. Eddie Irvine, Jacques Villeneuve and Damon Hill rounded out the top six.
===FP2===
The Saturday practice session turned out to be an eventful session for the driver's involved. The session saw many cars spinning and going into the gravel traps, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve all had their excursions with the gravel trap whilst Toranosuke Takagi and Esteban Tuero ended their sessions by spinning into the barriers. Ricardo Rosset was causing trouble when early on in the session, he first collided with Ralf Schumacher and then towards the end of the session he careered into the back of Jos Verstappen, causing significant damage to the rear of the driver's car.
The session saw a McLaren dominance with Mika Häkkinen leading the timesheets ahead of teammate Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jacques Villeneuve and Damon Hill. 
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	Warm-Up 	
No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Time 	Pos. 	Time 	Pos. 	Time 	Pos.
1 	Jacques Villeneuve 	 	1:20.441 	4 	1:19.016 	5 	1:20.580 	6
2 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	1:21.218 	9 	1:19.107 	7 	1:19.967 	3
3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	1:20.439 	3 	1:18.588 	3 	1:20.325 	4
4 	Eddie Irvine 	 	1:20.778 	5 	1:19.252 	9 	1:20.935 	8
5 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	1:21.110 	7 	1:18.792 	5 	1:21.334 	9
6 	Alexander Wurz 	 	1:22.297 	15 	1:19.286 	10 	1:21.924 	13
7 	David Coulthard 	 	1:19.989 	1 	1:17.495 	2 	1:19.555 	2
8 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	1:20.186 	2 	1:17.337 	1 	1:18.694 	1
9 	Damon Hill 	 	1:20.779 	6 	1:19.091 	6 	1:20.906 	7
10 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	1:21.198 	8 	1:19.183 	8 	1:20.385 	5
11 	Olivier Panis 	 	1:22.442 	16 	1:20.920 	17 	1:22.344 	16
12 	Jarno Trulli 	 	1:25.700 	22 	1:21.585 	19 	1:21.920 	12
14 	Jean Alesi 	 	1:21.990 	13 	1:19.449 	11 	1:21.799 	11
15 	Johnny Herbert 	 	1:21.571 	11 	1:19.800 	12 	1:21.441 	10
16 	Pedro Diniz 	 	1:23.450 	19 	1:20.589 	15 	1:23.231 	20
17 	Mika Salo 	 	1:22.145 	14 	1:20.552 	14 	1:22.119 	15
18 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	1:21.414 	10 	1:19.936 	13 	1:22.095 	14
19 	Jos Verstappen 	 	1:21.903 	12 	1:20.883 	16 	1:22.961 	18
20 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:25.611 	21 	1:23.279 	22 	 	
21 	Tora Takagi 	 	1:23.261 	18 	1:21.634 	20 	1:22.704 	17
22 	Shinji Nakano 	 	1:22.940 	17 	1:21.373 	18 	1:22.991 	19
23 	Esteban Tuero 	 	1:23.671 	20 	1:22.008 	21 	1:23.685 	21
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==Qualifying==
Mika Hakkinen took pole position having dominated the session from start to finish.
Michael Schumacher started from third - ahead of teammate Eddie Irvine went through practice almost unnoticed, but managed to produce a decent qualifying lap to take 5th.
 driver Damon Hill drove a storming final lap - despite traffic and surface gravel on the track - to start from fourth on a circuit where he has never finished lower than second. Hill would start between the two Ferrari drivers. Team mate Ralf Schumacher struggled round the circuit and will start in tenth.
 started with completely different wing configurations for each driver. Frentzen, suffering from a crippling stomach upset, went conventional but Villeneuve opted for a low downforce/high straight speed wing set up. In the end it was the resurgent Canadian who made 6th, with the German one place behind.
Behind the Williams come the Benettons, with Fisichella leading Wurz for 8th place. The Italian was one of the first drivers out on the circuit, and all eyes were upon him when he rounded the final turn - and kept on going, through a gravel trap, before smashing his car sideways into a tyre wall. Incredibly, the plucky Roman kept the engine running and was able to drive away, albeit somewhat slowly, and limp round again to the pits. Wurz had looked to be well down the grid before producing his qualifying lap.
Fisichella's accident was made all the more public because a heat haze settled over the circuit immediately before the red lights went out. In need of a car to blow it away, all the garages kept their vehicles firmly in place until Jos Verstappen, out of practice after a prang with Rosset this morning, got bored of the waiting. The luckless Rosset failed to make the 107% mark for the third time this season and will not race for the second Grand Prix running. A crash in Germany saw him concussed and medically unable to race.
The weather was once again warm and sunny, after torrential rain in Friday practice, and threats of thunderstorms for raceday appear to have lifted.
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Time 	Gap 	Ave. Speed
1 	8 	Mika Häkkinen 	 	1:16.973 	— 	185.582 km/h
2 	7 	David Coulthard 	 	1:17.131 	+0.158s 	185.202 km/h
3 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	1:17.366 	+0.393s 	184.639 km/h
4 	9 	Damon Hill 	 	1:18.214 	+1.241s 	182.637 km/h
5 	4 	Eddie Irvine 	 	1:18.325 	+1.352s 	182.379 km/h
6 	1 	Jacques Villeneuve 	 	1:18.337 	+1.364s 	182.351 km/h
7 	2 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	 	1:19.029 	+2.056s 	180.754 km/h
8 	5 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	1:19.050 	+2.077s 	180.706 km/h
9 	6 	Alexander Wurz 	 	1:19.063 	+2.090s 	180.676 km/h
10 	10 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	1:19.171 	+2.198s 	180.430 km/h
11 	14 	Jean Alesi 	 	1:19.210 	+2.237s 	180.341 km/h
12 	16 	Pedro Diniz 	 	1:19.706 	+2.733s 	179.219 km/h
13 	17 	Mika Salo 	 	1:19.712 	+2.739s 	179.219 km/h
14 	18 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	1:19.876 	+2.903s 	178.837 km/h
15 	15 	Johnny Herbert 	 	1:19.878 	+2.905s 	178.833 km/h
16 	12 	Jarno Trulli 	 	1:20.042 	+3.069s 	178.466 km/h
17 	19 	Jos Verstappen 	 	1:20.198 	+3.225s 	178.119 km/h
18 	21 	Tora Takagi 	 	1:20.354 	+3.381s 	177.773 km/h
19 	22 	Shinji Nakano 	 	1:20.635 	+3.662s 	177.154 km/h
20 	11 	Olivier Panis 	 	1:20.663 	+3.690s 	177.092 km/h
21 	23 	Esteban Tuero 	 	1:21.725 	+4.752s 	174.791 km/h
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NC 	20 	Ricardo Rosset 	 	1:23.140 	+6.167s 	171.816 km/h
Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)	Source:'Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1998/races/682/hungary/qualifying-0.html, (Accessed 08/12/2019)
*Bold indicates their best/qualifying time.
===Grid===
The full grid for the is shown below:
==Race==
===Report===
The start got away cleanly, with Mika Häkkinen leading into the first corner ahead of David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, who had managed to overtake Damon Hill for fourth place into the first corner. The top three of Häkkinen, Coulthard and Schumacher immediately began to pull away from the rest of the field. 
Esteban Tuero became the first retirement on lap 13 with engine failure, however more significantly at the end of the same lap Eddie Irvine who was running well in fourth pulled into the pits to retire with gearbox issues. 
Häkkinen then began to pull away when Coulthard and Schumacher got caught behind the backmarker of Jos Verstappen, once the pair had cleared the , they had lost a couple of seconds to the leading McLaren of Häkkinen.
Mika Salo then retired on lap 18 with gearbox failure. Jean Alesi then had on off-track moment, going wide into the gravel trap at turn 3, however the driver was able to continue without damage. 
Damon Hill became the first of the front runners to come into the pits on lap 21, pitting from fourth position. The following lap Michael Schumacher pitted from third place. Responding to Ferrari's move, McLaren brought David Coulthard in the lap after Schumacher's stop. Coulthard exited ahead of Schumacher, with Jacques Villeneuve in between him and the Ferrari driver. Villeneuve who had yet to stop continued to hold up Schumacher.
Two laps later race leader Häkkinen came into the pits for his first stop, exiting the pits and maintaining his lead ahead of Coulthard. 
Lap 28 saw Jarno Trulli pull into the pits and retire with engine failure. 
Lap 30 saw Villeneuve finally come into the pits, his stop was slow as the mechanics had trouble attaching the left rear tyre. This allowed Damon Hill to reclaim fourth position from Villeneuve. With Villeneuve clearing out the way, Schumacher began setting some blistering lap times settting the fastest lap of the race.
Over the following laps both Coulthard and Schumacher began to close up on Häkkinen in the lead, Schumacher all over the rear of Coulthard's McLaren. 
Then, at lap 42, Schumacher came in for an early second stop, suggesting that the Ferrari driver was on a three stop strategy rather than the standard two stop strategy at the Hungarian circuit. McLaren respond by pittting. however he exited behind Schumacher due to a combination of a slower stop and a fast outlap from the Ferrari driver. Häkkinen then came into the pits, also losing position to Schumacher.
Rubens Barrichello then retired on lap 54 with gearbox issues.
Schumacher then became the new race leader and began to consolidate his race lead. After extending his lead to nine seconds, Schumacher then went wide onto the grass going into the final corner, losing four seconds to Häkkinen. Following his mistake, Schumacher began to put in some very fast lap times extending his lead to fourteen seconds. 
Trouble occured for McLaren, Häkkinen's shock absorbers appeared to be damaged causing him to significantly slow and lose position to teammate Coulthard. 
Villeneuve took fourth position away from Hill following the second round of pit-stops. 
As the race entered its final stages, Schumacher came in for his final stop. Having extended his lead to 26 seconds, Schumacher came into the pits and exited continuing to maintain his lead. Meanwhile in third place, Häkkinen struggled for pace as Villeneuve and Hill began to bare down on him. 
Villeneuve then claimed third place from Häkkinen whilst going down into the first corner. A couple of laps later Hill then moved down the inside of Häkkinen going into the first corner.
Alexander Wurz then retired from seventh with gearbox issues. As this occured Heinz-Harald Frentzen took fifth away from Häkkinen going into turn 10. 
This allowed Schumacher took a dominant win, nine seconds ahead of Coulthard behind him. Schumacher notably lapping the crippled Häkkinen on the final lap. Villeneuve took third position, taking Williams's second podium in a row ahead of Damon Hill, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and the ailing Mika Häkkinen. 
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	77 	77 	1:45.26.550 	3 	10
2 	7 	David Coulthard 	 	77 	77 	+ 9.433 	2 	6
3 	1 	Jacques Villeneuve 	 	77 	77 	+ 44.444 	6 	4
4 	9 	Damon Hill 	 	77 	77 	+ 55.076 	4 	3
5 	2 	 Heinz-Harald Frentzen	 	77 	77 	+ 56.510 	7 	2
6 	8 	 Mika Häkkinen 	 	76 	76 	+ 1 Lap 	1 	1
7 	14 	Jean Alesi 	 	76 	76 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	
8 	5 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	76 	76 	+ 1 Lap 	8 	
9 	10 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	76 	76 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	
10 	15 	Johnny Herbert 	 	76 	76 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	
11 	16 	Pedro Diniz 	 	74 	74 	+ 3 Laps 	12 	
12 	11 	Olivier Panis 	 	74 	74 	+ 3 Laps 	20 	
13 	19 	Jos Verstappen 	 	74 	74 	+ 3 Laps 	17 	
14 	21 	Toranosuke Takagi 	 	74 	74 	+ 3 Laps 	18 	
15 	22 	Shinji Nakano 	 	74 	74 	+ 3 Laps 	19 	
16 	6 	Alexander Wurz 	 	69 	69 	Gearbox 	9 	
Ret 	18 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	54 	54 	Gearbox 	14 	
Ret 	12 	Jarno Trulli 	 	28 	28 	Engine 	16 	
Ret 	17 	Mika Salo 	 	18 	18 	Gearbox 	13 	
Ret 	4 	Eddie Irvine 	 	13 	13 	Gearbox 	5 	
Ret 	23 	Esteban Tuero 	 	13 	13 	Engine 	21 	
DNQ 	20 	Ricardo Rosset 	  	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
* Third and final podium for a Mecachrome engine.
==Standings==
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts.
1 	Mika Häkkinen 	77
2 	Michael Schumacher 	70
3 	David Coulthard 	48
4 	Eddie Irvine 	32
5 	Jacques Villeneuve 	20
6 	Alexander Wurz 	17
7 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	15
8 	Heinz-Harald Frentzen 	10
9 	Damon Hill 	6
10 	Rubens Barrichello 	4
11 	Ralf Schumacher 	4
12 	Jean Alesi 	3
13 	Mika Salo 	3
14 	Johnny Herbert 	1
15 	Pedro Diniz 	1
16 	Jan Magnussen 	1
Intercontinental Cup for Constructors	Intercontinental Cup for Constructors	Intercontinental Cup for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts.
1 	 	125
2 	 	120
3 	 	32
4 	 	30
5 	 	10
6 	 	5
7 	 	4
8 	 	4
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