1998 Argentine Grand Prix

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1998 Argentine Grand Prix
Race 3 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	12 April 1998
Official name	XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina
Location	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.259 km (2.646 miles)
Distance	72 laps, 306.449[1] km (190.419 miles)
Weather	Cloudy with variable levels of dryness; temperatures reaching up to 19 °C (66 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:25.852
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife
Time	1:28.179 on lap 39
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Second	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1998 Argentine Grand Prix (formally the XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina) was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, on 12 April 1998. The race is (to date) the last Argentine Grand Prix. It was the third race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 72-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher for the Ferrari team, from a second position start. Mika Häkkinen finished second in a McLaren, with Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari car.