1998 Monaco Grand Prix

1998 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 24 May 1998
Official name Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.367 km (2.092 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 262.626 km (163.188 miles)
Weather Hot and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 22 °C (72 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:19.798
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:22.948 on lap 29
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second Benetton-Playlife
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1998 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 24 May 1998. It was the sixth race of the 1998 Formula One World Championship.

The 78-lap race was won by Finnish driver Mika Häkkinen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, his fourth win of the season. Häkkinen recorded a grand chelem, having taken pole position, led every lap of the race and set the fastest lap. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella finished second in a Benetton-Playlife, with Northern Irishman Eddie Irvine third in a Ferrari.


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