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1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

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Name: 1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/627-qualifying

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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1998 Formula 1 World Championship · round 13

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:43:47.407 · 44 laps · mugen-honda	10
2	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:43:48.339 · 44 laps · mugen-honda	6
3	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:43:54.647 · 44 laps · petronas	4
4	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:44:19.649 · 44 laps · mecachrome	3
5	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:44:39.089 · 44 laps · arrows	2
6	Jarno Trulli	Prost	Time not recorded · 42 laps · peugeot	1
7	David Coulthard	McLaren	Time not recorded · 39 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
8	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	Time not recorded · 39 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	Collision · Time not recorded · 26 laps · playlife	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	Spun off · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 17 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	Spun off · Time not recorded · 16 laps · mecachrome	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 10 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	Engine · Time not recorded · 8 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · playlife	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · petronas	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	Collision · Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Olivier Panis	Prost	Collision · Time not recorded · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Mika Salo	Arrows	Collision · Time not recorded · arrows	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	Collision · Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:48.682 · 11 laps · mercedes
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:48.845 · 12 laps · mercedes
3	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:49.728 · 11 laps · mugen-honda
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.027 · 12 laps · ferrari
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:50.189 · 12 laps · ferrari
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:50.204 · 12 laps · mecachrome
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:50.462 · 12 laps · playlife
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.501 · 12 laps · mugen-honda
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:50.686 · 11 laps · mecachrome
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:51.189 · 11 laps · petronas
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:51.648 · 12 laps · playlife
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:51.851 · 11 laps · petronas
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:52.572 · 10 laps · peugeot
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:52.670 · 12 laps · ford
15	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:52.784 · 12 laps · peugeot
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:53.037 · 12 laps · arrows
17	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	1:53.149 · 12 laps · ford
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:53.207 · 8 laps · arrows
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:53.237 · 12 laps · ford
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:54.850 · 11 laps · ford
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:55.084 · 12 laps · ford
22	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:55.520 · 12 laps · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:48.682 · mercedes
2	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:48.845 · mercedes
3	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:49.728 · mugen-honda
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:50.027 · ferrari
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:50.189 · ferrari
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:50.204 · mecachrome
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:50.462 · playlife
8	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:50.501 · mugen-honda
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:50.686 · mecachrome
10	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:51.189 · petronas
11	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:51.648 · playlife
12	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:51.851 · petronas
13	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:52.572 · peugeot
14	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:52.670 · ford
15	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:52.784 · peugeot
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:53.037 · arrows
17	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	1:53.149 · ford
18	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:53.207 · arrows
19	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:53.237 · ford
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:54.850 · ford
21	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:55.084 · ford
22	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:55.520 · ford

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	77
2	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	70
3	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	48
4	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	32
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
6	Alexander Wurz	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
7	Damon Hill	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
10	Ralf Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
11	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
12	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
13	Mika Salo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
14	Pedro Diniz	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
15	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
16	Jan Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
17	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	1	1:51.895
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	2	1:51.906
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	3	1:52.629
freePractice1Results	Damon Hill	4	1:53.100
freePractice1Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	5	1:53.534
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	6	1:53.589
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	7	1:53.601
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	8	1:53.660
freePractice1Results	Ralf Schumacher	9	1:54.116
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	10	1:54.130
freePractice1Results	Alexander Wurz	11	1:54.158
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	12	1:54.171
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:54.433
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	14	1:54.878
freePractice1Results	Olivier Panis	15	1:55.182
freePractice1Results	Jos Verstappen	16	1:55.263
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	17	1:55.730
freePractice1Results	Toranosuke Takagi	18	1:56.080
freePractice1Results	Pedro Diniz	19	1:56.431
freePractice1Results	Esteban Tuero	20	1:57.014
freePractice1Results	Shinji Nakano	21	1:57.682
freePractice1Results	Ricardo Rosset	22	1:58.178
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	1	1:50.319
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	2	1:50.702
freePractice2Results	Damon Hill	3	1:51.368
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	4	1:51.859
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	5	1:51.972
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:52.058
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	7	1:52.102
freePractice2Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	8	1:52.136
freePractice2Results	Ralf Schumacher	9	1:52.346
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	10	1:52.542
freePractice2Results	Alexander Wurz	11	1:53.020
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	12	1:53.379
freePractice2Results	Toranosuke Takagi	13	1:53.898
freePractice2Results	Olivier Panis	14	1:53.933
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:54.071
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	16	1:54.814
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	17	1:55.049
freePractice2Results	Pedro Diniz	18	1:55.302
freePractice2Results	Jos Verstappen	19	1:55.451
freePractice2Results	Shinji Nakano	20	1:56.329
freePractice2Results	Ricardo Rosset	21	1:56.604
freePractice2Results	Esteban Tuero	22	1:57.000
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	1	2:07.839
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	2	2:08.608
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	3	2:09.120
warmingUpResults	Giancarlo Fisichella	4	2:09.127
warmingUpResults	Ralf Schumacher	5	2:09.539
warmingUpResults	Damon Hill	6	2:10.076
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	7	2:10.258
warmingUpResults	Alexander Wurz	8	2:10.917
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	9	2:11.374
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	10	2:11.546
warmingUpResults	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	2:11.860
warmingUpResults	Jacques Villeneuve	12	2:13.781
warmingUpResults	Pedro Diniz	13	2:13.853
warmingUpResults	Toranosuke Takagi	14	2:14.038
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	15	2:14.147
warmingUpResults	Jarno Trulli	16	2:14.680
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	17	2:16.139
warmingUpResults	Ricardo Rosset	18	2:16.174
warmingUpResults	Shinji Nakano	19	2:16.217
warmingUpResults	Jos Verstappen	20	2:17.733
warmingUpResults	Esteban Tuero	21	2:20.842
warmingUpResults	Olivier Panis	22	2:26.065

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
David Coulthard	1	9	30.867
Esteban Tuero	1	9	31.603
Eddie Irvine	1	10	40.142
Ralf Schumacher	1	11	31.506
Michael Schumacher	1	16	31.147
Damon Hill	1	16	34.088
Jean Alesi	1	16	31.000
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	16	31.822
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	16	38.510
Pedro Diniz	1	21	33.346
Jarno Trulli	1	21	32.831
Eddie Irvine	2	24	31.793
David Coulthard	2	24	13:17.692
Shinji Nakano	1	24	33.211
Ralf Schumacher	2	27	33.342
Shinji Nakano	2	26	13:45.304
Damon Hill	2	28	30.663
Jean Alesi	2	28	33.789
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	28	32.134