F1 Points Calculator - 1998 Season
Explore the 1998 Formula 1 World Championship results and simulate alternative
standings. Use our drag-and-drop calculator to replay the first season of narrower cars
and grooved tyres, in which Mika Häkkinen took his maiden title for McLaren-Mercedes
after a season-long fight with Michael Schumacher, in the classic 10-6-4-3-2-1 points era.
1998 F1 Season Highlights
- 16 races — opening at Australia and closing at Suzuka, Japan
- 11 teams, 22 drivers — McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari, Williams-Mecachrome, Jordan-Mugen-Honda, Benetton-Playlife, Sauber-Petronas, Arrows, Stewart-Ford, Prost-Peugeot, Minardi-Ford and Tyrrell-Ford
- New technical rules — narrower 1,800mm cars and grooved (treaded) tyres introduced to cut cornering speeds, reshaping car design for the era
- Mika Häkkinen wins his first Drivers' Championship (100 pts) for McLaren-Mercedes, whose dominant MP4-13 set the pace all year
- Title decided at the final round in Japan — Michael Schumacher P2 (86 pts) stalled on the Suzuka grid, started from the back and later retired with a tyre failure, handing Häkkinen the crown
- David Coulthard P3 (56 pts) completed McLaren-Mercedes' front-running season
- McLaren-Mercedes take the Constructors' Championship (156 pts to Ferrari's 133)
- Damon Hill wins Jordan's first Grand Prix — a rain-hit Belgian GP at Spa, headed by a 13-car first-lap pileup, ending in a Jordan 1-2 with Ralf Schumacher
- Tyrrell's final season — one of F1's great names bowed out after 1998, its entry becoming BAR for 1999
- Classic 10-6-4-3-2-1 points system — top six only, used since 1991 and kept through 2002
- No Sprint races, no fastest lap bonus point
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