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Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Practice 1st Timed Session2nd Timed SessionWarm Up
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 26 July 1998
Start time14:00
Event Austrian GP
Circuit Spielberg
Event FormatRace of 71 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#10 of 16 in 1998
#624 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps71
Circuit Perimeter4319 m
Race Distance4319 × 71 = 306.649 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherSunny, Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries22
Qualifiers22
Finishers12
DebutantsNone
MilestonesMild Seven Benetton Playlife – 1st Pole Position (Entrant)
Playlife – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
 Damon Hill – 100th Race Entry (Driver)
 Giancarlo Fisichella – 1st Pole Position (Driver)
Records Broken None
Records Extended 1. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (426),
2. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (535),
3. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (667),
4. Most 3rd Place Finishes Ferrari (147),
5. Most 4th Place Finishes Ferrari (118),
6. Most Race Entries Ferrari (1414),
7. Most 4th Place Qualifications Ferrari (149),
8. Most 8th Place Qualifications Ferrari (87),
9. Most 19th Place Qualifications Minardi (47),
10. Most 22nd Place Qualifications Tyrrell (49)

World Championship standings
1  Mika Häkkinen 66 
2  Michael Schumacher 58 
3  David Coulthard 36 
4  Eddie Irvine 32 
5  Alexander Wurz 17 
6  Giancarlo Fisichella 15 
7  Jacques Villeneuve 12 
8  Heinz-Harald Frentzen 8 
9  Rubens Barrichello 4 
10  Mika Salo 3 
11  Ralf Schumacher 3 up
  Jean Alesi 3 
13  Jan Magnussen 1 up
  Pedro Diniz 1 up
  Johnny Herbert 1 up
1  McLaren / Mercedes 102 
2  Ferrari / Ferrari 90 
3  Benetton / Playlife 32 
4  Williams / Mecachrome 20 
5  Stewart / Ford 5 
6  Arrows / Arrows 4 
7  Sauber / Petronas 4 
8  Jordan / Mugen-Honda 3 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 8Car 5Car 7
EntrantWest McLaren MercedesMild Seven Benetton PlaylifeWest McLaren Mercedes
Driver Mika Häkkinen Giancarlo Fisichella David Coulthard
Car McLaren MP4/13 Benetton B198 McLaren MP4/13
EngineMercedes 3.0 V10Playlife 3.0 V10Mercedes 3.0 V10
Time1:30'44.0861'29.5981'12.878
Speed202.777 km/h173.535 km/h213.348 km/h