1998 Brazilian Grand Prix

1998 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One season
Date	March 29, 1998
Official name	XXVII Grande Prêmio Marlboro do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.292 km
Distance	72 laps, 309.024 km
Weather	Dry
Pole Position
Driver	Rami Saidy	Tyrrell-Ford
Time	1:15.872
Fastest lap
Driver	Omer Said	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:16.681
Podium
First	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari
Second	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas
Third	Rami Saidy	Tyrrell-Ford

The 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 29, 1998 at Interlagos. It was the 2nd race of the 1998 Formula One season.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	17	Rami Saidy	Tyrrell-Ford	1:15.872
2	4	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows	1:15.929	+0.057
3	2	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Mecachrome	1:16.005	+0.133
4	16	Lesley Buurlage	Tyrrell-Ford	1:16.063	+0.191
5	10	Ben Herbert	Ferrari	1:16.078	+0.206
6	9	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari	1:16.079	+0.207
7	20	Pablo Diehl	Minardi-Ford	1:16.103	+0.231
8	1	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Mecachrome	1:16.112	+0.240
9	6	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.121	+0.249
10	12	Omer Said	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.122	+0.250
11	5	Rui Martins	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.128	+0.256
12	18	Aidan Keranen	Jordan-Mugen Honda	1:16.131	+0.259
13	11	Xen Foro	McLaren-Mercedes	1:16.135	+0.263
14	19	Tim Engberink	Jordan-Mugen Honda	1:16.148	+0.276
15	14	Steven Poirier	Benetton-Playlife	1:16.155	+0.283
16	7	William Néron	Prost-Peugeot	1:16.280	+0.408
17	21	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Ford	1:16.318	+0.446
18	15	Márk Lintner	Benetton-Playlife	1:16.325	+0.453
19	3	Milos Ancevski	Arrows	1:16.395	+0.523
20	23	Ben Utzer	Stewart-Ford	1:16.414	+0.542
21	8	Andy Black	Prost-Peugeot	1:16.446	+0.574
22	22	Old Wolf	Stewart-Ford	1:16.663	+0.791

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Tobi Kederer	Ferrari	72	1:34:22.024	6	10
2	6	James McNamara	Sauber-Petronas	72	+13.353	9	6
3	17	Rami Saidy	Tyrrell-Ford	72	+14.317	1	4
4	16	Lesley Buurlage	Tyrrell-Ford	72	+26.349	4	3
5	1	Jimmy Laad	Williams-Mecachrome	72	+30.563	8	2
6	12	Omer Said	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+31.794	10	1
7	20	Pablo Diehl	Minardi-Ford	72	+33.992	7
8	14	Steven Poirier	Benetton-Playlife	72	+39.824	15
9	15	Márk Lintner	Benetton-Playlife	72	+41.885	18
10	4	Joel Rautavaara	Arrows	72	+42.768	2
11	8	Andy Black	Prost-Peugeot	72	+48.479	21
12	19	Tim Engberink	Jordan-Mugen Honda	72	+50.072	14
13	2	Jack Hunsley	Williams-Mecachrome	72	+54.299	3
14	23	Ben Utzer	Stewart-Ford	72	+55.226	20
15	3	Milos Ancevski	Arrows	72	+58.000	19
16	11	Xen Foro	McLaren-Mercedes	72	+58.874	13
17	22	Old Wolf	Stewart-Ford	72	+1:02.727	22
18	21	Mane Goddard	Minardi-Ford	72	+1:12.553	17
19	7	William Néron	Prost-Peugeot	68	+4 Laps	16
Ret	10	Ben Herbert	Ferrari	51	Oil leak	5
Ret	18	Aidan Keranen	Jordan-Mugen Honda	15	Gearbox	12
Ret	5	Rui Martins	Sauber-Petronas	6	Engine	11

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 James McNamara 16 2 Tobi Kederer 10 3 Rami Saidy 8 4 Ben Herbert 6 5 Omer Said 4	Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 16 2 Sauber-Petronas 16 3 Tyrrell-Ford 11 4 McLaren-Mercedes 4 5 Benetton-Playlife 2
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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