1998 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 7 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 7 June 1998 | ||||
Official name | Grand Prix Player's du Canada | ||||
Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||
Course | Street circuit | ||||
Course length | 4.421 km (2.747 miles) | ||||
Distance | 69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 miles) | ||||
Weather |
Cool and overcast with air temperatures reaching up to 16.0 °C (60.8 °F) Wind speeds up to 2.9 km/h (1.8 mph) reported[1] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:18.213 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:19.379 on lap 48 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Benetton-Playlife | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1998 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 7 June 1998. The 69-lap race was the seventh round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was won by Michael Schumacher, however the race is probably best remembered for the crash on the first lap involving Alexander Wurz, Jean Alesi and Jarno Trulli, which resulted in the race being red flagged and restarted, only for another collision to take place between Alesi and Trulli at the same corner, and the race being started once again under the safety car.