Hakkinen wins impressively in Monaco (Monaco GP)
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Sunday May 24, 1998

Summary


Podium Monaco Mika Hakkinen secured another win and is looking good for the championship. Giancarlo Fisichella set out to prove he is faster than Eddie Irvine and did during this race with second. Eddie Irvine brought home a nice third place finish.

The Arrows team can be extremely happy with Mika Salo fourth and Pedro Diniz sixth.

Notes


The Result (78 Lap Race)

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22.

Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) B
Fisichella (Benetton-Playlife) B
Irvine (Ferrari) G
Salo (Arrows) B
Villeneuve (Winfield-Williams) G
Diniz (Arrows) B
Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) G
Hill (Jordan-Mugen) G
Nakano (Minardi-Ford) B
M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G
Takagi (Tyrrell-Ford) G
Alesi (Sauber-Petronas) G

Not Classified

Trulli (Prost-Peugeot) B
Panis (Prost-Peugeot) B
R. Schumacher (Jordan-Mugen) G
Wurz (Benetton-Playlife) B
Magnussen (Stewart-Ford) B
Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) B
Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) B
Frentzen (Winfield-Williams) G
Tuero (Minardi-Ford) B

Rosset (Tyrrell-Ford)B

B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1h 51m 23.595s
+ 0m 11.475s
+ 0m 41.378s
+ 1m 00.363s
1 lap
1 lap
1 lap
2 laps
2 laps
2 laps
2 laps
6 laps: gearbox

 

22 laps: rear suspension
29 laps: rear suspension
34 laps: rear suspension
36 laps: crash
48 laps: rear suspension
61 laps: engine
67 laps: rear suspension
69 laps: crash
78 laps: crash

DNQ

Fastest lap: Mika Hakkinen 1m 22.948s (lap 29)

The Quotes


Wurz at Monaco

The Standings

Drivers Championship table
Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) 46
Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) 29
M. Schumacher (Ferrari) 24
Irvine (Ferrari) 15
Wurz (Benetton-Playlife) 9
Frentzen (Winfield-Williams) 8
Villeneuve (Winfield-Williams) 8
Fisichella (Benetton-Playlife) 7
Alesi (Sauber-Petronas) 3
Salo (Arrows) 3
Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) 2
Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) 1
Diniz (Arrows) 1

Constructor Championship table
McLaren-Mercedes 75
Ferrari 39
Winfield-Williams 16
Benetton-Playlife 16
Sauber-Petronas 4
Arrows 4
Stewart-Ford 2

Pictures courtesy of Benetton-PlayLife


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