Japanese Grand Prix 1998 Results – won by Mika Häkkinen

Race result

Race results
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Status	Pts
1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren	2	51	1:27:23.400	10
2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	4	51	+6.491	6
3	David Coulthard	McLaren	3	51	+27.662	4
4	Damon Hill	Jordan	8	51	+1:13.491	3
5	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	5	51	+1:13.857	2
6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams	6	51	+1:15.867	1
7	Jean Alesi	Sauber	12	51	+1:36.053	0
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10	51	+1:41.302	0
9	Alexander Wurz	Benetton	9	50	+1 Lap	0
10	Johnny Herbert	Sauber	11	50	+1 Lap	0
11	Olivier Panis	Prost	13	50	+1 Lap	0
12	Jarno Trulli	Prost	14	48	+3 Laps	0
R	Shinji Nakano	Minardi	20	40	Throttle	0
R	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	31	Tyre	0
R	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	17	28	Collision	0
R	Esteban Tuero	Minardi	21	28	Collision	0
R	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart	16	25	Hydraulics	0
R	Jos Verstappen	Stewart	19	21	Gearbox	0
R	Mika Salo	Arrows	15	14	Hydraulics	0
R	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan	7	13	Engine	0
R	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	18	2	Spun off	0

About the Grand Prix

The 1998 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka, Mie, Japan on 1 November 1998. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 51-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen driving for the McLaren-Mercedes team. Eddie Irvine, driving for Ferrari, finished second with David Coulthard third in the other McLaren. Häkkinen's win confirmed him as 1998 Drivers' Champion as title-rival Michael Schumacher retired with a punctured tyre on Lap 31.