Spa-Francorchamps
30 August 1998
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Belgium | Foster's Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps 30 August 1998 |
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| Results | Restart after a huge crash where 14 cars were involved in. Rainy circumstances. |
| driver | tyres | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Damon Hill Jordan Mugen-Honda | Goodyear | 1:43:47.407 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Ralf Schumacher Jordan Mugen-Honda | Goodyear | + 0.932 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Jean Alesi Sauber Petronas | Goodyear | + 7.240 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome | Goodyear | + 32.242 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Pedro Diniz Arrows Hart | Bridgestone | + 51.682 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Jarno Trulli Prost Peugeot | Bridgestone | + 2 laps | 1 |
| 7 |  | David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes | Bridgestone | + 5 laps | |
| 8 |  | Shinji Nakano Minardi Ford | Bridgestone | + 5 laps |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | Playlife | 26 | collision Nakano |
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 25 | collision Coulthard |
| Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 25 | spin / crash |
| Esteban Tuero | Minardi | Ford | 17 | crash |
| Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Mecachrome | 16 | spin |
| Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | Ford | 10 | crash |
| Jos Verstappen | Stewart | Ford | 8 | engine |
| Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 0 | spin / crash |
| Alexander Wurz | Benetton | Playlife | 0 | collision Coulthard |
| Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 0 | collision Hakkinen |
| Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | -- | didn't restart |
| Olivier Panis | Prost | Peugeot | -- | didn't restart |
| Mika Salo | Arrows | Hart | -- | didn't restart |
| Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Ford | -- | didn't restart |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:48.682 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:48.845 |
| 3 | Damon Hill | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:49.728 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:50.072 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:50.204 |
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Mecachrome | 1:50.462 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | Playlife | 1:50.501 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | Mugen-Honda | 1:50.686 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | Mecachrome | 1:51.189 |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | Petronas | 1:51.648 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | Playlife | 1:51.851 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Petronas | 1:52.572 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | Peugeot | 1:52.670 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | Ford | 1:52.670 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | Peugeot | 1:52.784 |
| 16 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | Hart | 1:53.037 |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | Ford | 1:53.149 |
| 18 | Mika Salo | Arrows | Hart | 1:53.207 |
| 19 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:53.237 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | Ford | 1:54.850 |
| 21 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | Ford | 1:55.084 |
| 22 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | Ford | 1:55.520 |
