Argentine Grand Prix
1998 · Round 3 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Apr 12, 1998Race summary
Victory went to Schumacher (from 2nd on the grid), with a 22.9s margin. Rosset made the biggest gain, from 21st on the grid to 14th (up 7 places). Coulthard had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 6th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | 72 | 1:48:36.100 | 10 |
| 2 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 3 | 72 | +22.898 | 6 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 4 | 72 | +57.745 | 4 |
| 4 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 8 | 72 | +1:08.134 | 3 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 11 | 72 | +1:18.286 | 2 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 72 | +1:19.751 | 1 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 10 | 72 | +1:28.437 | 0 |
| 8 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 9 | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 6 | 71 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 14 | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 16 | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 13 | 70 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 19 | 69 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 21 | 68 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Prost | 15 | 65 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 20 | 63 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 7 | 52 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 12 | 46 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | 5 | 22 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Mika Salo | Arrows | 17 | 18 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Jan Magnussen | Stewart | 22 | 17 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 18 | 13 | Gearbox | 0 |