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1998 / HÄKKINEN

A scrolling recap of 1998 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Mika Häkkinen closed the year on 100 points, a 14-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1998
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Mika Häkkinen	10	20	26	26	36	46	46	50	56	66	76	77	77	80	90	100
Michael Schumacher	0	4	14	20	24	24	34	44	54	58	60	70	70	80	86	86
David Coulthard	6	12	13	23	29	29	29	30	30	36	42	48	48	48	52	56
Eddie Irvine	3	3	7	11	11	15	19	25	29	32	32	32	32	38	41	47
Jacques Villeneuve	2	2	2	5	6	8	8	11	11	12	16	20	20	20	20	21
Damon Hill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	16	17	17	20
Alexander Wurz	0	3	6	6	9	9	12	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	4	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	13	15	17
Giancarlo Fisichella	0	1	1	1	1	7	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
Ralf Schumacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	10	14	14	14

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. McLaren–Mercedes ended on 156 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1998
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	MCLAREN–MERCEDES	156
P2	FERRARI	133
P3	WILLIAMS–MECACHROME	38
P4	JORDAN–MUGEN-HONDA	34
P5	BENETTON–PLAYLIFE	33
P6	SAUBER–PETRONAS	10
P7	ARROWS	6
P8	STEWART–FORD	5
P9	PROST–PEUGEOT	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1998
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Mika Häkkinen	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Michael Schumacher	—	P4	P2	P3	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
David Coulthard	P2	P2	P3	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Eddie Irvine	P4	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Jacques Villeneuve	P5	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8	P7	P7	P7	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5
Damon Hill	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P12	P9	P7	P6	P6	P6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	P3	P3	P5	P5	P6	P6	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P9	P10	P9	P7
Alexander Wurz	—	P6	P6	P6	P5	P5	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P6	P7	P7	P8
Giancarlo Fisichella	—	P9	P10	P10	P11	P8	P5	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8	P9
Ralf Schumacher	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P15	P12	P10	P11	P10	P9	P10	P10
Jean Alesi	—	—	P8	P8	P8	P10	P11	P11	P11	P11	P13	P13	P11	P11	P11	P11
Rubens Barrichello	—	—	—	—	P9	P11	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P10	P12	P12	P12	P12
Mika Salo	—	—	—	—	—	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P11	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13
Pedro Diniz	—	—	—	—	—	P13	P13	P13	P13	P14	P15	P15	P14	P14	P14	P14
Johnny Herbert	P6	P8	P9	P9	P10	P12	P12	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

10 drivers stood on a podium.

4 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 AUSTRALI

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 FRENTZEN

R02 BRAZIL

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 SCHUMACHER

R03 ARGENTIN

1 SCHUMACHER

2 HÄKKINEN

3 IRVINE

R04 SAN MARI

1 COULTHARD

2 SCHUMACHER

3 IRVINE

R05 SPAIN

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 SCHUMACHER

R06 MONACO

1 HÄKKINEN

2 FISICHELLA

3 IRVINE

R07 CANADA

1 SCHUMACHER

2 FISICHELLA

3 IRVINE

R08 FRANCE

1 SCHUMACHER

2 IRVINE

3 HÄKKINEN

R09 GREAT BR

1 SCHUMACHER

2 HÄKKINEN

3 IRVINE

R10 AUSTRIA

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 SCHUMACHER

R11 GERMANY

1 HÄKKINEN

2 COULTHARD

3 VILLENEUVE

R12 HUNGARY

1 SCHUMACHER

2 COULTHARD

3 VILLENEUVE

R13 BELGIUM

1 HILL

2 SCHUMACHER

3 ALESI

R14 ITALY

1 SCHUMACHER

2 IRVINE

3 SCHUMACHER

R15 LUXEMBOU

1 HÄKKINEN

2 SCHUMACHER

3 COULTHARD

R16 JAPAN

1 HÄKKINEN

2 IRVINE

3 COULTHARD

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

17

WINNERS

4

PODIUM·DRIVERS

10

POINTS·SHARED

416

CHAMPION

Mika Häkkinen

100 PTS · 8 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 1998 Qantas Australian Grand Prix	1998 Qantas Australian Grand Prix	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	FRENTZEN
R02 · Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil 1998	Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil 1998	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	SCHUMACHER
R03 · Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina 1998	Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina 1998	SCHUMACHER	HÄKKINEN	IRVINE
R04 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1998	Gran Premio di San Marino 1998	COULTHARD	SCHUMACHER	IRVINE
R05 · Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1998	Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1998	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	SCHUMACHER
R06 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1998	Grand Prix de Monaco 1998	HÄKKINEN	FISICHELLA	IRVINE
R07 · Grand Prix Player's du Canada 1998	Grand Prix Player's du Canada 1998	SCHUMACHER	FISICHELLA	IRVINE
R08 · Grand Prix Mobil 1 de France 1998	Grand Prix Mobil 1 de France 1998	SCHUMACHER	IRVINE	HÄKKINEN
R09 · 1998 RAC British Grand Prix	1998 RAC British Grand Prix	SCHUMACHER	HÄKKINEN	IRVINE
R10 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1998	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1998	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	SCHUMACHER
R11 · Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1998	Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1998	HÄKKINEN	COULTHARD	VILLENEUVE
R12 · Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998	Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1998	SCHUMACHER	COULTHARD	VILLENEUVE
R13 · 1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix	1998 Foster's Belgian Grand Prix	HILL	SCHUMACHER	ALESI
R14 · Gran Premio Campari d'Italia 1998	Gran Premio Campari d'Italia 1998	SCHUMACHER	IRVINE	SCHUMACHER
R15 · Grosser Warsteiner Preis von Luxemburg 1998	Grosser Warsteiner Preis von Luxemburg 1998	HÄKKINEN	SCHUMACHER	COULTHARD
R16 · 1998 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	1998 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	HÄKKINEN	IRVINE	COULTHARD