1998 Monaco Grand Prix

A perfect start from both McLarens saw them lead through the first corner, with Häkkinen ahead of Coulthard, followed by Fisichella and Michael Schumacher. Esteban Tuero became the first retirement when he ran wide at Massenet in his Minardi and hit the armco barrier. In the early stages the McLarens pulled ahead, netting 12 fastest laps between them from laps 4 to 12. On lap 10, Frentzen and Irvine collided at the Loews hairpin; Frentzen retired but Irvine was able to continue. Rubens Barrichello dropped out on lap 12 with a suspension failure in his Stewart; his teammate Jan Magnussen suffered the same problem shortly before half distance. On lap 18, Coulthard's engine blew, promoting Fisichella to second.

Michael Schumacher was first to pit for fuel on lap 30. Fisichella pitted the following lap, coming out of the pits behind the Ferrari. Soon Michael came up behind Fisichella's teammate, Wurz, and tried to get past. At the Loews hairpin, Michael went down the inside but Wurz did not give way. The two cars touched and the Ferrari was damaged. Michael pitted for repairs, eventually coming out three laps down on Häkkinen. Wurz appeared unaffected, but on lap 43 his suspension broke due to damage from the collision and he had a huge accident coming out of the tunnel, finally stopping at the Nouvelle Chicane.

Ralf Schumacher suffered a suspension failure in his Jordan on lap 45, before the two Prosts retired within seven laps of each other, Olivier Panis with wheel problems on lap 50 and Trulli with a gearbox failure on lap 57. By this point, Salo had moved up to fourth behind Häkkinen, Fisichella and Irvine, with Jean Alesi fifth in the Sauber and Villeneuve sixth. On lap 73, Alesi's gearbox failed, promoting Pedro Diniz in the second Arrows to sixth, just ahead of the recovering Michael Schumacher. Attempting to overtake Diniz at the Nouvelle Chicane on the final lap, Michael lost control and hit the back of the Arrows, losing his front wing; he ended up finishing tenth, two laps down.

Häkkinen's final margin of victory over Fisichella was 11.4 seconds, with another 30 seconds back to Irvine and a further 19 to Salo, the last driver on the lead lap. Villeneuve was fifth with Diniz holding on to sixth.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	78	1:51:23.595	1	10
2	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	78	+ 11.475	3	6
3	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	78	+ 41.378	7	4
4	17	Mika Salo	Arrows	78	+ 1:00.363	8	3
5	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	77	+ 1 lap	13	2
6	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	77	+ 1 lap	12	1
7	15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	77	+ 1 lap	9
8	9	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	76	+ 2 laps	15
9	22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	76	+ 2 laps	19
10	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	76	+ 2 laps	4
11	21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	76	+ 2 laps	20
12	14	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	72	Gearbox	11
Ret	12	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	56	Gearbox	10
Ret	11	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	49	Wheel	18
Ret	10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	44	Suspension	16
Ret	6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	42	Accident damage	6
Ret	19	Jan Magnussen	Stewart-Ford	30	Suspension	17
Ret	7	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	17	Engine	2
Ret	18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	11	Suspension	14
Ret	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	9	Collision	5
Ret	23	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	0	Spun off	21
DNQ	20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford		107% rule
Source:[4]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen 46 2 David Coulthard 29 3 Michael Schumacher 24 4 Eddie Irvine 15 5 Alexander Wurz 9 Source:[5]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes 75 2 Ferrari 39 3 Williams-Mecachrome 16 4 Benetton-Playlife 16 5 Arrows 4 Source:[5]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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