Английская Википедия:1998 Japanese Grand Prix

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Шаблон:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1998 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Fuji Television 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.

Schumacher started on pole position but stalled on the formation lap, meaning he was forced to start at the back of the grid. Schumacher managed to climb the field during the course of the race and eventually retired from a punctured tyre sustained from running over debris from an incident that occurred previously.

This was the last race for the Tyrrell racing team, as the team was rebranded into British American Racing the next season.

Report

Background

Шаблон:Expand section Heading into the final race of the season, McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen was leading the Drivers' Championship with 90 points; Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was second with 86 points.[1] A maximum of 10 points were available for the remaining race, which meant that Schumacher could still win the title. Häkkinen only needed a second-place finish to become Drivers' Champion even if Schumacher won—both drivers would be tied on points and number of victories but Häkkinen would claim the title as he would have finished second place three times, compared to Schumacher's two.[2] Behind Häkkinen and Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, David Coulthard was third on 52 points in a McLaren, with Eddie Irvine fourth on 41 points in a Ferrari.[1]

In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading on 142 points and Ferrari were second on 127 points, with a maximum of 16 points available, meaning Ferrari needed a 1-2 finish with both McLaren finishing outside point-scoring positions to claim the championship (if the two teams were level on points, McLaren would have won on countback due to having more wins than Ferrari).[1]

During the four-week break that followed the Шаблон:F1 GP, Ferrari and McLaren performed private tests that were heavily scheduled.[3] Ferrari concentrated their testing at their private race track at Mugello, while McLaren tested at the Circuit de Catalunya where they were joined by Benetton and Prost, Arrows, Stewart, new entrants for 1999 BAR and Jordan opted to run at Silverstone.[4]

Because of two controversial incidents that decided the 1994 and 1997 World Championships, Schumacher was placed under strict orders from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo not to repeat such incidents.[5]

After having been involved since their debut in Шаблон:F1, tyre supplier Goodyear bowed out of Formula One, having been the sport's single tyre supplier for several seasons. Competing manufacturer Bridgestone became the sport's single tyre supplier for the Шаблон:F1 season.[6]

Practice and qualifying

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Michael Schumacher, who took pole position and retired from a punctured tyre in the race (2011 photo)

Two practice sessions were held before the race; the first was held on Friday that was split into two parts and the second on Saturday morning. The first session was held for a total of three hours with the second session lasting two hours.[7] Schumacher set the fastest time in the first practice session with a time of 1:39.823, two-tenths of a second from Jordan driver and brother Ralf Schumacher and Williams driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Schumacher's team-mate Irvine was fourth fastest, Häkkinen was fifth fastest with team-mate Coulthard rounding out the top six.[8]

The Qualifying session was run as a one-hour session held on Saturday afternoon. Schumacher clinched his third consecutive pole position in his Ferrari, with a time of 1:36.293.[9] He was joined on the front row by Häkkinen, who was one-tenth of a second behind, after not being able to finish his last flying lap by running off in the gravel at the Degner corner. Coulthard was third in the other McLaren. Irvine took fourth in the second Ferrari, with Frentzen taking fifth despite going off into the gravel late in the session.[10]

Race

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Mika Häkkinen was crowned 1998 Formula One Drivers' Champion as a result of his win at Suzuka (2009 photo)

The start of the race was aborted with the Prost car of Jarno Trulli stalling from 14th position. Before the second attempt to start the race, Schumacher's Ferrari moved forward from his starting position and stalled as he put his car into gear.[11] This promoted Häkkinen into pole position as Schumacher started from the back of the grid.[12]

At the start, Häkkinen pulled away while Irvine overtook Coulthard for second. The Ferrari driver was unable to attack the leading Finn, while Schumacher moved up the order, reaching twelfth place at the end of the first lap. The first retirement was Pedro Diniz who spun out on lap 3 in the Arrows. By lap four, Schumacher overtook his brother Ralf for seventh, but was then stuck behind the fighting former world champions Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve, meanwhile Ralf Schumacher would eventually retire with engine failure by the end of lap 14. He lost thirty seconds in the following laps over race leader Häkkinen, damaging his hopes for victory and the title.

After all frontrunners had pitted, Schumacher emerged in third place, having put in some fast laps. On lap 28, Esteban Tuero missed his braking point going into the final corner, crashing into the Tyrrell of Tora Takagi. When Schumacher passed over the debris, he suffered a slow puncture that blew up his right rear tyre three laps later, causing him to retire. This left Häkkinen to take victory and his first drivers' championship. While Eddie Irvine succeeded at keeping David Coulthard behind him, McLaren were nevertheless able to retain their lead over Ferrari in the constructors' championship.[11][12]

Post-race

After the race, Häkkinen described the situation after the two aborted starts as relieving, saying: "When Michael was forced to start from the back of the grid it raised an enormous amount of pressure from me. The race was not as difficult as others I've had this season. But a lot of that's down to the team who kept letting me know where Eddie and Michael were."[11] Eddie Irvine was quoted saying: "What happened to Michael at the start didn't change our tactics for the race, it destroyed them. When Michael went to the back I knew it was up to me. I made a fantastic start and got close to Mika at some points but just couldn't manage to get in front."[11]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:36.293
2 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.471 +0.178
3 7 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.496 +1.203
4 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:38.197 +1.904
5 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome 1:38.272 +1.979
6 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome 1:38.448 +2.155
7 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:38.461 +2.168
8 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1:38.603 +2.310
9 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife 1:38.959 +2.666
10 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife 1:39.080 +2.787
11 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas 1:39.234 +2.941
12 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas 1:39.448 +3.155
13 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot 1:40.037 +3.744
14 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot 1:40.111 +3.818
15 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Salo Arrows 1:40.387 +4.094
16 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford 1:40.502 +4.209
17 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford 1:40.619 +4.326
18 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Diniz Arrows 1:40.687 +4.394
19 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford 1:40.943 +4.650
20 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford 1:41.315 +5.022
21 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford 1:42.358 +6.065
107% time: 1:43.033
DNQ 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford 1:43.259 +6.966

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Шаблон:Bridgestone 51 1:27:22.535 2 10
2 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine Ferrari Шаблон:Goodyear 51 +6.491 4 6
3 7 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes Шаблон:Bridgestone 51 +27.662 3 4
4 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill Jordan-Mugen-Honda Шаблон:Goodyear 51 +1:13.491 8 3
5 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Mecachrome Шаблон:Goodyear 51 +1:13.857 5 2
6 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Mecachrome Шаблон:Goodyear 51 +1:15.867 6 1
7 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi Sauber-Petronas Шаблон:Goodyear 51 +1:36.053 12  
8 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Playlife Шаблон:Bridgestone 51 +1:41.302 10  
9 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Alexander Wurz Benetton-Playlife Шаблон:Bridgestone 50 +1 Lap 9  
10 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Sauber-Petronas Шаблон:Goodyear 50 +1 Lap 11  
11 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Panis Prost-Peugeot Шаблон:Bridgestone 50 +1 Lap 13  
12 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Jarno Trulli Prost-Peugeot Шаблон:Bridgestone 48 Engine 14  
Ret 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Shinji Nakano Minardi-Ford Шаблон:Bridgestone 40 Throttle 20  
Ret 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari Шаблон:Goodyear 31 Tyre 1  
Ret 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell-Ford Шаблон:Goodyear 28 Collision damage 17  
Ret 23 Шаблон:Flagicon Esteban Tuero Minardi-Ford Шаблон:Bridgestone 28 Collision 21  
Ret 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Stewart-Ford Шаблон:Bridgestone 25 Hydraulics 16  
Ret 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Jos Verstappen Stewart-Ford Шаблон:Bridgestone 21 Gearbox 19  
Ret 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Salo Arrows Шаблон:Bridgestone 14 Hydraulics 15  
Ret 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Ralf Schumacher Jordan-Mugen-Honda Шаблон:Goodyear 13 Engine 7  
Ret 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Diniz Arrows Шаблон:Bridgestone 2 Spun off 18  
DNQ 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell-Ford Шаблон:Goodyear 107% Rule  
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Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen 100
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher 86
3 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard 56
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine 47
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve 21
Source: [13]

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Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Шаблон:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes 156
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Ferrari 133
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Williams-Mecachrome 38
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan-Mugen-Honda 34
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Benetton-Playlife 33
Source: [13]

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  • Bold text indicates 1998 World Champions.

References

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