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1998 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 1998 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/630-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 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

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

1998 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:27:22.535 · 51 laps · mercedes	10
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:27:29.026 · 51 laps · ferrari	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:27:50.197 · 51 laps · mercedes	4
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:28:36.026 · 51 laps · mugen-honda	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:28:36.392 · 51 laps · mecachrome	2
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:28:38.402 · 51 laps · mecachrome	1
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:28:58.588 · 51 laps · petronas	Unknown / not applicable
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:29:03.836 · 51 laps · playlife	Unknown / not applicable
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	Time not recorded · 50 laps · playlife	Unknown / not applicable
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	Time not recorded · 50 laps · petronas	Unknown / not applicable
11	Olivier Panis	Prost	Time not recorded · 50 laps · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	Engine · Time not recorded · 48 laps · peugeot	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	Throttle · Time not recorded · 40 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Tyre · Time not recorded · 31 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 28 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	Collision · Time not recorded · 28 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 21 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mika Salo	Arrows	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 14 laps · arrows	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	Engine · Time not recorded · 13 laps · mugen-honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	Spun off · Time not recorded · 2 laps · arrows	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	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	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.293 · 8 laps · ferrari
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.471 · 11 laps · mercedes
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.496 · 10 laps · mercedes
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.197 · 8 laps · ferrari
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:38.272 · 11 laps · mecachrome
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.448 · 12 laps · mecachrome
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:38.461 · 12 laps · mugen-honda
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:38.603 · 12 laps · mugen-honda
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:38.959 · 12 laps · playlife
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:39.080 · 11 laps · playlife
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:39.234 · 12 laps · petronas
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:39.448 · 12 laps · petronas
13	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:40.037 · 12 laps · peugeot
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:40.111 · 12 laps · peugeot
15	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:40.387 · 12 laps · arrows
16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.502 · 12 laps · ford
17	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:40.619 · 11 laps · ford
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:40.687 · 12 laps · arrows
19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	1:40.943 · 11 laps · ford
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:41.315 · 12 laps · ford
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:42.358 · 12 laps · ford
22	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:43.259 · 9 laps · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:36.293 · ferrari
2	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:36.471 · mercedes
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	1:37.496 · mercedes
4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:38.197 · ferrari
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:38.272 · mecachrome
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:38.448 · mecachrome
7	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	1:38.461 · mugen-honda
8	Damon Hill	Jordan	1:38.603 · mugen-honda
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	1:38.959 · playlife
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:39.080 · playlife
11	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	1:39.234 · petronas
12	Jean Alesi	Sauber	1:39.448 · petronas
13	Olivier Panis	Prost	1:40.037 · peugeot
14	Jarno Trulli	Prost	1:40.111 · peugeot
15	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:40.387 · arrows
16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:40.502 · ford
17	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:40.619 · ford
18	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:40.687 · arrows
19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	1:40.943 · ford
20	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	1:41.315 · ford
21	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	1:42.358 · 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	100
2	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	86
3	David Coulthard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	56
4	Eddie Irvine	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
5	Jacques Villeneuve	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
6	Damon Hill	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
8	Alexander Wurz	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
10	Ralf Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
11	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
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	1:39.823
freePractice1Results	Ralf Schumacher	2	1:40.336
freePractice1Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	1:40.389
freePractice1Results	Eddie Irvine	4	1:40.615
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	5	1:40.644
freePractice1Results	David Coulthard	6	1:40.845
freePractice1Results	Damon Hill	7	1:41.098
freePractice1Results	Jacques Villeneuve	8	1:41.252
freePractice1Results	Jos Verstappen	9	1:42.191
freePractice1Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	10	1:42.224
freePractice1Results	Alexander Wurz	11	1:42.628
freePractice1Results	Toranosuke Takagi	12	1:42.833
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	13	1:43.121
freePractice1Results	Olivier Panis	14	1:43.493
freePractice1Results	Mika Salo	15	1:43.634
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	16	1:43.788
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	17	1:43.854
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	18	1:43.894
freePractice1Results	Pedro Diniz	19	1:44.468
freePractice1Results	Shinji Nakano	20	1:44.632
freePractice1Results	Ricardo Rosset	21	1:45.054
freePractice1Results	Esteban Tuero	22	1:46.396
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	1	1:38.429
freePractice2Results	David Coulthard	2	1:38.673
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	3	1:38.752
freePractice2Results	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	1:38.874
freePractice2Results	Jacques Villeneuve	5	1:39.883
freePractice2Results	Ralf Schumacher	6	1:40.003
freePractice2Results	Damon Hill	7	1:40.146
freePractice2Results	Giancarlo Fisichella	8	1:40.265
freePractice2Results	Eddie Irvine	9	1:40.552
freePractice2Results	Olivier Panis	10	1:40.857
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	11	1:40.925
freePractice2Results	Alexander Wurz	12	1:41.002
freePractice2Results	Toranosuke Takagi	13	1:41.105
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	14	1:41.172
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	15	1:41.543
freePractice2Results	Mika Salo	16	1:41.823
freePractice2Results	Pedro Diniz	17	1:41.889
freePractice2Results	Jos Verstappen	18	1:41.924
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:42.786
freePractice2Results	Shinji Nakano	20	1:43.013
freePractice2Results	Esteban Tuero	21	1:43.048
warmingUpResults	Michael Schumacher	1	1:40.431
warmingUpResults	David Coulthard	2	1:40.710
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	3	1:41.056
warmingUpResults	Ralf Schumacher	4	1:41.119
warmingUpResults	Eddie Irvine	5	1:41.246
warmingUpResults	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	1:41.452
warmingUpResults	Jacques Villeneuve	7	1:41.510
warmingUpResults	Damon Hill	8	1:41.902
warmingUpResults	Giancarlo Fisichella	9	1:42.611
warmingUpResults	Mika Salo	10	1:42.650
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	11	1:42.700
warmingUpResults	Olivier Panis	12	1:42.727
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	13	1:42.837
warmingUpResults	Alexander Wurz	14	1:42.881
warmingUpResults	Shinji Nakano	15	1:43.593
warmingUpResults	Toranosuke Takagi	16	1:43.776
warmingUpResults	Jarno Trulli	17	1:43.834
warmingUpResults	Jos Verstappen	18	1:43.935
warmingUpResults	Rubens Barrichello	19	1:44.205
warmingUpResults	Pedro Diniz	20	1:44.273
warmingUpResults	Esteban Tuero	21	1:45.733

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Rubens Barrichello	1	9	31.688
Damon Hill	1	14	33.020
Alexander Wurz	1	14	31.474
Eddie Irvine	1	15	30.693
Giancarlo Fisichella	1	15	30.415
Michael Schumacher	1	16	29.395
Jos Verstappen	1	16	33.099
Shinji Nakano	1	16	32.735
Olivier Panis	1	17	33.974
Toranosuke Takagi	1	17	32.637
Mika Häkkinen	1	18	30.832
Jacques Villeneuve	1	18	31.711
Jarno Trulli	1	18	33.021
Esteban Tuero	1	18	33.134
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1	19	32.292
Jean Alesi	1	19	31.451
Johnny Herbert	1	20	31.123
David Coulthard	1	21	30.963
Rubens Barrichello	2	22	33.212
Eddie Irvine	2	28	29.670
Toranosuke Takagi	2	28	32.241
Giancarlo Fisichella	2	29	33.233
Alexander Wurz	2	30	33.985
Olivier Panis	2	30	32.638
Mika Häkkinen	2	32	31.513
Shinji Nakano	2	31	32.775
Damon Hill	2	33	31.593
Jacques Villeneuve	2	33	31.223
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	2	34	29.683
Jean Alesi	2	35	30.239
Jarno Trulli	2	35	31.481
Johnny Herbert	2	36	30.859
David Coulthard	2	38	31.562
Eddie Irvine	3	39	29.520